The Prioress’s Tale takes place in a small Asian town with a small ghetto at the end of the street where terrible things against Christ happened. A school was opened on the road and was open to all children, one who was a widow's son, devoted to his faith. They learned songs in Latin giving praise to the Virgin Mary and reverence to Christ. Singing a song on the way home, the boy angered the Jews of the city, who worshiped Satan. They hired a murderer who slit the boy's throat and threw him into a pit. His mother searched for him and begged the Jews to tell her where he was, but they denied her any information. The widow began to sing at the pit and her child, although his throat was slit, began to sing with her. Other Christians were amazed
