That approach seems natural, but I wonder if it's what Lucy wants. She said to write it as if Chaucer were writing today, and perhaps that means we should write it in modern English. The problem is, if we don't throw in many nods to Middle English, how else do we instantly invoke a Chaucer vibe? Unable to answer that question myself, I went with the modern/middle English pastiche approach myself. (My problem, though, is that I just learned that the BBC stopped showing Sesame street nearly 10 years ago, so my references may come across as too obscure for those who have not been steeped in Sesame Street in recent times).
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