God Spede the Plough

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"God Spede the Plough" is the name of an early 16th-century manuscript

Monk's Tale

It is a short, satirical complaint, listing the various indolent members of the clergy who will demand a share of the ploughman's harvest, rendering his work futile.

The work contains a possible allusion to

Second Shepherds' Play

References

^ 1 Corinthians 9:11

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God Spede the Plough

v t e Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Order of The Canterbury Tales	General Prologue The Knight's Tale The Miller's Tale The Reeve's Tale The Cook's Tale The Man of Law's Tale The Wife of Bath's Tale The Friar's Tale The Summoner's Tale The Clerk's Tale The Merchant's Tale The Squire's Tale The Franklin's Tale The Physician's Tale The Pardoner's Tale The Shipman's Tale The Prioress's Tale Sir Thopas The Tale of Melibee The Monk's Tale The Nun's Priest's Tale The Second Nun's Tale The Canon's Yeoman's Tale The Manciple's Tale The Parson's Tale
Addenda	The Plowman's Tale The Tale of Gamelyn Siege of Thebes Prologue and Tale of Beryn
Films	The Canterbury Tales (1972)
Stage and music	The Two Noble Kinsmen (1634 play) The Canterbury Pilgrims (De Koven) (1917 opera) Canterbury Tales (1964 musical)
Television	Trinity Tales (1975) Canterbury Tales (2003)
Literature	The Canterbury Puzzles A Commentary on the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
Single tale derivations	The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle Chanticleer and the Fox The Book of the Dun Cow Palamon and Arcite (Edwardes) "Palamon and Arcite" (Dryden) God Spede the Plough "The Pilgrim's Tale"
Related	Chaucer's Retraction Descriptive Catalogue Ellesmere Chaucer "Have a nice day" Hengwrt Chaucer The Tabard

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