[524] "Return of the names of every member [of Parliament]," 1878, fol. a Blue Book, p. 229. [525] "Hous of Fame," l. 1189. [526] "Complete Works," ed. Skeat, Oxford, 1894, 6 vols. 8vo, vol. iv. [527] The "Tabard," a sleeveless overcoat, then in general use, was, like the "Bell," a frequent sign for inns. The Tabard Inn, famous in Chaucer's day, was situated in the Southwark High Street; often repaired and restored, rebaptised the "Talbot," it lasted till our century. [528] Beginning of the "Shipmannes Tale." [529] "Vie de Marianne," Paris, 1731-41. [530] Book i. chap. 81, Luce's edition. [531] The canonisation took place shortly after the death of the archbishop, 1170-73. There is nothing left to-day but an old marble mosaic, greatly restored, to indicate the place in the choir where the shrine used to be. [532] A map of the road from London to Canterbury, drawn in the seventeenth century, but showing the line of the old highway, has been reproduced by Dr. Furnivall in his "Supplementary Canterbury Tales--I. The Tale of Beryn," Chaucer Society, 1876, 8vo. [533] "E forse a queste cose scrivere, quantunque sieno umilissime, si sono elle venute parecchi volte a starsi meco." Prologue of "Giornata Quarta." [534] "Pardoner's Tale," ll. 904, 920, 931. [535] The setting of the tales into their proper order is due to Bradshaw and Furnivall; see Furnivall's "Temporary Preface" for the "Six-text edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales," Chaucer Society, 1868. The order, subject, and originals of the tales are follows:-- _1st Day._ London to Dartford, 15 miles.--Tale of the Knight, history of Palamon and Arcyte, derived from Boccaccio's "Teseide."--Tale of the Miller: story of Absolon, Nicholas and Alisoun the carpenter's wife, source unknown.--Reeve's tale, imitated from the French fabliau of Gombert and the two clerks (above, p. 155); same tale in Boccaccio, ix. 6, from whom La Fontaine took it: "le Berceau."--Cook's tale, unfinished; the tale of Gamelyn attributed by some MSS. to the Cook seems to be simply an old story which Chaucer intended to remodel; it would suit the Yeoman better than the Cook (in "Complete Works," as an appendix to vol. iv.).