THE MINOR POEMS. I. An A. B. C. (with the French original) 261 II. The Compleynte unto Pitè 272 III. The Book of the Duchesse 277 IV. The Compleynt of Mars 323 V. The Parlement of Foules 335 VI. A Compleint to his Lady 360 VII. Anelida and Arcite 365 VIII. Chaucers Wordes unto Adam 379 IX. The Former Age 380 X. Fortune 383 XI. Merciles Beautè 387 XII. Balade to Rosemounde 389 XIII. Truth 390 XIV. Gentilesse 392 XV. Lak of Stedfastnesse 394 XVI. Lenvoy to Scogan 396 XVII. Lenvoy to Bukton 398 XVIII. The Compleynt of Venus (with the French original) 400 XIX. The Compleint of Chaucer to his empty Purse 405 XX. Proverbs of Chaucer 407 XXI. APPENDIX: Against Women Unconstaunt 409 XXII. An Amorous Complaint 411 XXIII. A Balade of Compleynt 415 NOTES TO THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE 417 NOTES TO THE MINOR POEMS 452 * * * * * GENERAL INTRODUCTION. The present edition of Chaucer contains an entirely new Text, founded solely on the manuscripts and on the earliest accessible printed editions. For correct copies of the manuscripts, I am indebted, except in a few rare instances, to the admirable texts published by the Chaucer Society. In each case, the best copy has been selected as the basis of the text, and has only been departed from where other copies afforded a better reading. All such variations, as regards the wording of the text, are invariably recorded in the footnotes at the bottom of each page; or, in the case of the Treatise on the Astrolabe, in Critical Notes immediately following the text. Variations in the spelling are also recorded, wherever they can be said to be of consequence. But I have purposely abstained from recording variations of reading that are certainly inferior to the reading given in the text.