Read the excerpt from "the nun's priest's tale." if you beguile me, having done so once, you shall no more, with any flattery, cause me to sing and close up either eye. for he who shuts his eyes when he should see, and wilfully, god let him ne'er be free! which best identifies the speaker and the context of this excerpt? chanticleer is telling pertelote about his dream of being killed by a beast. pertelote is flattering chanticleer, telling him to sing and his beautiful voice will him forget his bad dream. chanticleer is telling the fox he (chanticleer) will not fall for the fox's flattery a second time. the fox is telling chanticleer that chanticleer has a beautiful voice and the fox is not trying to trick him with flattery.