Digression Is Revealed in the Dream Debate To prove the futility of dreams Pertelote gives examples On the other hand Chaunticleer mentioned two anecdotes to prove that dreams are true and that they signify something Pertelote stated that Chaunticleer is very worried about his dream So Pertelote tries to cheer him up She says that his dream is just the result of overeating She gives the luminous example of a Roman historian and orator Cato Regard dreams as of no impertinence Dreams mean nothing Then Pertelote advised her husband to be cheerful and not to be worried about his terrible dream In reply Chaunticleer mentioned several anecdotes as digressions in the main story Anecdote of Two Pilgrims Once two best friends went on a pilgrimage On the way back they came into a city where they did not find a single cottage together for the night They have to stay in separate places One friend stayed in a stall with oxen and another lodged well who dreamt his friend saying that he would be murdered tonight The man woke up and took the dream just as a fancy Then he dreamt a second dream His friend appeared again and told him that he had already been murdered His body is hidden in a cast full of dung In the morning the friend searched for his companion and found his dead body in a cast full of dung Anecdote of Two Sailors Chaunticleer tells the story of a man who is commanded in his dreams to refrain from setting sail in the morning as the ship is going to meet a wreck on that day However the other man did not hear him and declared that he did not care for his dream The man started his journey and accidentally the ship sank Chaunticleer makes more anecdotes from history He reminds Pertelote of St Kenelim who saw his murder in a dream Anecdotes of the Bible The Chaunticleer describes Pertelote to read about Daniel and Joseph Then he told their story Daniel said the King's dream was about a giant statue that was destroyed by a stone cut out of a mountain The statue represented the kingdoms of the earth The stone cut out of the mountain represented the kingdom of God that would fill the earth Joseph once dreamed eleven bundles of grain each representing one of his brothers bowed to his bundle Anecdote of Mythology Chaunticleer also referred to mythology He reminded Pertelote about Andromache's dream She dreamt that Hector her husband would lose her life if that day he went to the battlefield However Hector did not listen to her He went to fight against Achilles and he slew him From lines - Chaucer reveals two digressions One is concerned with the fixed incident of predestined misfortune versus the free will to act The other one exposes the nature of woman and their role in Christian society Chaucer uses digression in the poem The Nun's Priest's Tale to a great extent for a definite purpose To justify the importance and accuracy of dreams Chaucer uses examples and anecdotes Chaucer applies digression in such a way that they have become part and parcel of the main storyline