Chaucer's Complaint to His Purse in Middle English, Early Modern English and Contemporary English

Chaucer's poem was a request to renew the annuity payments, which had been suspended. Chaucer concludes by saying that henry is the only one who can mend his harm. The middle ages were slowly giving way to the renaissance and the modern era. Next time we'll pick back up with the next regular episode, and look at a world transition in the late 14 hundreds.