Spiderman in the 1300s

Digging though some ancient texts in the back room of my hometown library, I came upon this old gem. Most of us are familiar with the modern adaptations of this story but I think that it is worth revisiting the text in its original form as published in the late 1350s. It's such a classic that shaped the literary landscape of its time inspiring the words of Chaucer and even Martin Luther. We often forget that this story was in such high demand that the publishers (this was before such modern convinces as the printing press mind you) switched to a new fast drying form of ink in order to get copies printed and distributed faster. This is known to be directly linked to the great fire of 1358 that threatened to consume what is now Southampton due to the highly volatile nature of the inks used and devastated the local wool industry for nearly a decade.
I took great pleasure in transcribing the faded words of this old musty book and I sincerely hope those who chose to read receive similar pleasure in soaking in the source material of one of pop culture's favorite heroes.

Since I'm transcribing not writing, expect a fairly short wait between uploads.

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*Based on MCU Spiderman (Tom Holland)
*Inspired by Sanspants radio's "Plumbing the Death Star" episode "How would Spider-Man Deal with Being in the Middle-Ages?" published July 8, 2018. sanspantsradio.com