The Knight's Tale (Scene 1)-Baba Brinkman

[ti:The Knight's Tale (Scene 1)] [ar:Baba Brinkman] [al:The Rap Canterbury Tales] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Knight's Tale (Scene 1) - Baba Brinkman [00:10.83]As history teaches us it happened to be [00:13.46]That theseus the governor of athens in greece [00:16.24]Attacked and besieged with wisdom and honour [00:18.87]The land of the amazon women and conquered [00:20.99] [00:21.54]And wedded their queen ypolita along with her [00:24.23]Young sister emilye his plundered possessions [00:26.08] [00:26.81]Theseus met them with a humble reception [00:28.81] [00:29.38]And he let them come back with him under protection [00:31.91]From hundreds of weapons to athens and kept them [00:34.82] [00:37.44]Upon his return to greece theseus learned of these [00:40.34]Awful and shameful dishonoured injustices [00:42.01] [00:42.56]Brought to the name of the monarch entrusted with [00:45.62]Keeping the city of thebes [00:47.15]In the dust with his [00:48.68]Power obsolete in a coward's defeat [00:50.73]He now was deceased and cast out in the streets [00:53.48]Where the hounds with their teeth would devour his meat [00:56.05]His widow the queen in her hour of need [00:58.60]Showered pleas on theseus from down on her knees [01:01.36]So he proudly agreed to put the town under siege [01:04.10]And surrounded thebes with all his men [01:06.07] [01:06.83]And pounded the city's walls and when [01:08.97]Those towers were downfallen then [01:11.70]His troops to dust demolished them [01:13.84] [01:14.64]And when the brawl was ended he finally obtained [01:17.15]And returned to the thebian queen for her pains [01:19.49] [01:20.19]The rest of her husband's majestic remains [01:21.82] [01:25.59]Deep in the wreckage the people were left with [01:28.07]Two knights were detected well dressed and connected [01:30.90]By royal bloodlines though it was expected [01:33.52]They would be dead soon from the head wounds inflicted [01:35.86] [01:36.38]But theseus ordered that they be protected [01:38.87]And sent them to athens where they could be hidden [01:41.50]And by his decision the two knights were given [01:44.05]A prison to live in though they were forbidden [01:46.73]To step from within til their ghosts had up risen [01:49.03] [01:50.06]The names of these knights in plain language [01:52.41] [01:53.32]Arcite and palamon utterly thankless [01:56.29]That they were not hanged with the rest of the vanquished [01:58.93]They were caged in a tower for ages to languish [02:01.21] [02:01.79]And waste away hours and days with their anguish [02:03.87] [02:08.11]Years pass til at last on a bright may morning [02:11.39] [02:11.98]Emilye rose as dawn was just forming [02:14.43] [02:14.98]To walk in the garden with flowers adorning [02:16.92] [02:17.45]Her head as a tribute to spring and her singing [02:20.09]As soft as an angel's rose up and just happened [02:22.79]To waft in a window and cause a distraction [02:24.79] [02:25.42]And that's when the passionate noise then up rose [02:28.03]To where palamon paced giving voice to his woes [02:31.51] [02:33.02]Woe is me cry woe woe [02:35.82] [02:36.52]And then he sees her [02:37.36] [02:38.01]Whoah [02:38.24] [02:41.50]Palamon struck to the quick by this vision [02:44.20]In his heart knew his lust to conflict his religion [02:46.44] [02:46.95]I mean she looked like a goddess and he must be forgiven [02:49.41]If he thought she was venus and asked for deliverance [02:51.98]As he felt an up surging of happiness in him [02:54.55]A hope was emerging that perhaps she would give him [02:57.41]A premature evacuation from prison [02:59.67] [03:01.60]Meanwhile arcite had noticed the cracks in [03:04.09]His cousin's demeanor and focus and asked him [03:06.88]Why are you looking so hopeless what's happened [03:08.90] [03:09.73]What have you seen to provoke this reaction [03:11.47] [03:12.10]And palamon sighed I'm choked with such passion [03:14.89]For her that I see down below yet I'm trapped in [03:17.54]This prison my station the lowest in athens [03:19.52] [03:20.20]Until I escape I'll have no satisfaction [03:22.08] [03:23.12]See palamon had gazed and had paid the price [03:25.89] [03:26.52]And arcite now bravely laid his eyes [03:28.79]Amazed upon the maiden guise [03:30.63]Of emilye and to his great surprise [03:32.64] [03:33.31]She made him sigh and feel as sore [03:35.58]Inside as palamon and more [03:38.19] [03:38.91]Arcite fell to the stone and swore [03:40.92] [03:41.43]This fresh beauty and peerless grace [03:43.53] [03:44.14]Has rescued me it clears away [03:46.66]The sorrow of this dreary place [03:48.23] [03:48.78]If only she'd appear each day [03:50.77]I'd cheerfully stay here just to see her face [03:53.15] [03:53.73]Palamon's answer was close to delirious [03:55.39] [03:56.21]Be clear with this brother are you joking or serious [03:59.10]Choking on tears his emotions were furious [04:00.99] [04:01.92]Arcite just sneered at this like [04:03.83]I would never say [04:04.63]Anything as heavyweight as this merely in clever play [04:07.33] [04:08.29]Palamon felt his pleasure fade [04:09.87] [04:10.58]Well then you have betrayed me and openly broken [04:13.37]Your oath to me plainly by both of us spoken [04:15.83]So faithfully traded to pose as a token [04:18.68]Of total devotion we must put that above [04:21.38]Any quarrel we have over matters of love [04:24.06]All we have is our blood and that is a trust [04:26.76]Rather tough to just patch up after it's cut [04:28.74] [04:29.39]Arcite laughed as if touched with a covered smirk [04:32.83]In other words since you loved her first [04:35.87]I'm supposed to pretend like it doesn't hurt [04:38.78]And I'm not even allowed to covet her [04:40.81] [04:41.37]When I'm the one who suffers worst [04:43.38] [04:44.21]Why should I thirst while my brother flirts [04:46.06] [04:46.87]It's enough to reverse one's trusted word [04:48.68] [04:53.47]Their hate and need were great indeed [04:55.39] [04:56.16]And made them see the impatiently [04:58.01] [04:58.97]But destiny soon gave them leave [05:01.11]Of one another's company [05:02.63]When arcite was released suddenly [05:04.26] [05:05.10]Cause one of his friends did something [05:07.34]To please theseus who grudgingly agreed [05:09.59] [05:10.55]To let arcite run free [05:11.75] [05:12.67]But the pardon came with one decree [05:14.75] [05:15.26]That once released from his country [05:17.89]If arcite came within a hundred feet [05:20.28]Of athens he'd soon be underneath [05:22.59]The axe and be beheaded violently [05:24.13] [05:25.31]So he returned to abide in thebes [05:27.67] [05:28.56]Now try and see the irony [05:31.18] [05:32.14]Palamon was left in the tyrant's keep [05:34.85]With shackled hands and ironed feet [05:36.96] [05:37.52]And every day his eyes could peek [05:40.05]At emilye in all her vibrancy [05:42.66]While arcite was unconfined yet he [05:45.36]Was not allowed inside the city [05:47.09]Of athens [05:47.51]And if he tried to sneak [05:49.39]Or slyly creep by it d be [05:52.23]Like a deadly game of hide and seek [05:54.73]So emilye was outside his reach [05:56.85] [05:57.43]But it's up to you to decide which of these [06:00.18]Two knights bleak lives was the highest defeat