Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 — Romaunt of the Rose; Minor PoemsChaucer, Geoffrey
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Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 — Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems
Chaucer, Geoffrey
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
Merciless Beautè; M. P. XI--8.
Balade to Rosamounde; M. P. XII.--1 b.
Against Women Unconstaunt; M. P. XXI--2 b.
(_a_) Compleint to his Purse; M. P. XIX.--2 b.
Lak of Stedfastnesse; M. P. XV.--2 b.
Gentilesse; M. P. XIV.--2 b.
Truth; M. P. XIII.--2 b.
Proverbes of Chaucer; M. P. XX.--C.
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ERRATA AND ADDENDA.
P. 95: l. 47. Insert a comma after 'oughte'
P. 98: l. 114. Omit the comma at the end of the line.
P. 123: l. 705. It would be better to read 'Withoute.' The scansion
then is:
Without | e fabl' | I wol | descryve.
P. 126: l. 793. Delete the comma at the end of the line.
P. 127: l. 806. Delete the comma at the end of the line.
P. 135: l. 997. _For_ shall _read_ shal
P. 136: ll. 1015-6. Improve the punctuation thus:--
As whyt as lilie or rose in rys
Hir face, gentil and tretys.
P. 136: l. 1021. Delete the comma after 'yelowe'
P. 141: l. 1154. Delete the comma after 'seide'
P. 168: l. 1962. _For_ Bu -if _read_ But-if
P. 176: l. 2456. _For_ joy _read_ Ioy
P. 201: l. 4035. For the comma substitute a semicolon.
P. 249: l. 7087. _For_ echerye _read_ trecherye
P. 253: l. 7324. _For_ weary _read_ wery
P. 255: l. 7437. Supply a comma at the end of the line.
P. 258: l. 7665. Insert a comma after 'helle'
P. 269: l. 145. The stop at the end should be a comma.
P. 278: l. 49. _For_ aud _read_ and
P. 282: l. 145. _For_ Aud _read_ And
P. 301: l. 716. The comma should perhaps be a semicolon or a full stop.
P. 313: l. 1069. For 'Antilegius,' a better form would be 'Antilogus,'
a French form of Antilochus.
P. 326: l. 74. Perhaps 'let' should be 'lete'
P. 330: l. 206. _For_ folke _read_ folk
P. 338: l. 91. _For_ Aud _read_ And
P. 340: l. 133. _For_ the _read_ thee
P. 362: l. 76. The final stop should be a comma.
P. 374: ll. 243, 248. _For_ desteny _and_ ful _better forms are_
destinee _and_ fulle
P. 377: l. 328. _For_ furlong wey _read_ furlong-wey
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INTRODUCTION.
THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE.
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