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Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 — The House of Fame; The Legend of Good Women; The Treatise on the Astrolabe; The Sources of the Canterbury TalesChaucer, Geoffrey

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Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 — The House of Fame; The Legend of Good Women; The Treatise on the Astrolabe; The Sources of the Canterbury Tales

Name: Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 — The House of Fame; The Legend of Good Women; The Treatise on the Astrolabe; The Sources of the Canterbury Tales
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey

Chaucer, Geoffrey

English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500

song; F.
songe. C. Tn. despise; F. dispise. 136. F. cherle. 138. F. hire. Tn. T. A.
fouler; C. foulere; F. foweler. 139. F. crafte; T. A. craft. 141. F. Tn. B.
in preysinge; _rest om._ in. 144. F. hire. 146. C. ches; T. chase; P.
chose; F. chees (_rightly_); _rest_ chese. 147. C. herte; F. hert. 148. F.
-alle hire. 150. F. hire othere. 151. F. Tn. on to; T. A. Th. B. vnto. 153.
F. thoo. Tn. vnkyndenesse; F. vnkyndnesse. 154. F. dooth. 156. F. Tn. B.
humblely (_trisyllabic_); T. Th. humbly. A. P. songen; T. sangen; _rest_
songe. 158. F. hire. 159. F. hire (_and elsewhere_). 161. F. thurgh. 162.
Tn. T. Th. B. P. made; F. mad. 163. F. Thurgh. 164. F. Tn. Th. P. clepe it
nat; _but_ T. A. _om._ it. T. _also om._ nat; _and_ A. _has_ that _for_
nat. 165. F. vertue. 166. Tn. A. Etic; B. Etyk; F. etike; T. Ethik. 167.
Tn. foules; F. foweles. 169. A. songen; T. songyn; F. Tn. B. songe. F. Tn.
acorde; T. acord; A. accord. 170. F. oure. F. Tn. lorde; T. A. lord. 171.
Tn. zephirus; F. Zepherus. 173. F. Hire swoote. 175. F. whiche; thoght;
myght. 176. F. Duellen. Tn. A. month; T. moneth; F. monyth. 177. Tn. sleep;
F. slepe. 178. F. A-dovne. 180. F. shoope. Tn. to a-bide; F. tabide. 181.
F. ellis. 182. Tn. dayesye; F. daysie. 183. F. B. (_only_) _transpose_ wel
_and_ men. 184. Tn. dayesie; F. daisie. 185. F. floure; A. flour. 186. T.
mot; P. may; _rest_ mote. 190. F. corne; Tn. corn.  192. F. mother (!);
_rest_ nother. 194. F. browken; her. 196. T. story; F. storye; Tn. storie.
F. swiche thinge. 197. _All_ west; _read_ weste (_as in_ MS. Add. 9832).
198. F. floure. _All_ rest; _read_ reste (_as in_ MS. Add. 9832 _and in_ l.
201). 199. Th. dredde (_rightly_); _rest_ dred. 200. Tn. hom; F. Home. Th.
spedde (_rightly_); _rest_ sped. 202. F. B. (_only_) _omit_ to. 208. F.
leyde; A. laid. 209. F. twoo. 210. Tn. medew; F. medewe; T. A. medow. 211,
212. F. (_only_) _transposes these lines_. 211. T. A. Add. so love; _rest_
love so. 212. Tn. com; Th. cam; _rest_ come. 214. Tn. habit; F. habite.
215. C. hadde; _rest_ had (_badly_). 216. C. whit; P. whyt; F. Tn. B.
white. T. coroun; C. corone; F. corwne; Tn. Th. crowne (_but_ corowne _in
ll._ 220, 223). 217 (_and_ 220). Th. florouns; Tn. floruns; F. flourouns;
B. flowrouns; _rest_ floures. 218. C. world; F. worlde. Tn. dayesie; F.
daysye. 220. P. corown; F. corovne; T. coroune; Tn. Th. B. corowne; A.
croun. 222. F. Hire. F. corovne; C. coroun (_and in l._ 223). 224. F. hire
lyke. 225. F. eke; golde. 229. F. worlde; Tn. world. 230. F. Tn. gilte; T.
A. gilt. Tn. heer; F. here; A. hair. 231. F. I stede; _rest_ In stede. F.
golde; Tn. gold. 232. F. thoght. _In_ 231, 232, _most_ MSS. _have_ wight,
bright; _but_ C. _has_ bryhte, _riming with_ syhte. 233. F. myght. 234. F.
thoght. 235. F. Twoo. 238. F. thoght; myght. 240. F. dooth; C. both (!). C.
herte; F. hert. 241. F. helde; C. held. C. the (_for_ this). 242. F.
Corowned. 244. F. _om._ wolde seke. 245. F. _imperfect; has only_ nat
fynde. C. Half hire beute schulde men; A.

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Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 — The House of Fame; The Legend of Good Women; The Treatise on the Astrolabe; The Sources of the Canterbury TalesChaucer, Geoffrey

General

Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 — The House of Fame; The Legend of Good Women; The Treatise on the Astrolabe; The Sources of the Canterbury Tales

Chaucer, Geoffrey

English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500

song; F.
songe. C. Tn. despise; F. dispise. 136. F. cherle. 138. F. hire. Tn. T. A.
fouler; C. foulere; F. foweler. 139. F. crafte; T. A. craft. 141. F. Tn. B.
in preysinge; _rest om._ in. 144. F. hire. 146. C. ches; T. chase; P.
chose; F. chees (_rightly_); _rest_ chese. 147. C. herte; F. hert. 148. F.
-alle hire. 150. F. hire othere. 151. F. Tn. on to; T. A. Th. B. vnto. 153.
F. thoo. Tn. vnkyndenesse; F. vnkyndnesse. 154. F. dooth. 156. F. Tn. B.
humblely (_trisyllabic_); T. Th. humbly. A. P. songen; T. sangen; _rest_
songe. 158. F. hire. 159. F. hire (_and elsewhere_). 161. F. thurgh. 162.
Tn. T. Th. B. P. made; F. mad. 163. F. Thurgh. 164. F. Tn. Th. P. clepe it
nat; _but_ T. A. _om._ it. T. _also om._ nat; _and_ A. _has_ that _for_
nat. 165. F. vertue. 166. Tn. A. Etic; B. Etyk; F. etike; T. Ethik. 167.
Tn. foules; F. foweles. 169. A. songen; T. songyn; F. Tn. B. songe. F. Tn.
acorde; T. acord; A. accord. 170. F. oure. F. Tn. lorde; T. A. lord. 171.
Tn. zephirus; F. Zepherus. 173. F. Hire swoote. 175. F. whiche; thoght;
myght. 176. F. Duellen. Tn. A. month; T. moneth; F. monyth. 177. Tn. sleep;
F. slepe. 178. F. A-dovne. 180. F. shoope. Tn. to a-bide; F. tabide. 181.
F. ellis. 182. Tn. dayesye; F. daysie. 183. F. B. (_only_) _transpose_ wel
_and_ men. 184. Tn. dayesie; F. daisie. 185. F. floure; A. flour. 186. T.
mot; P. may; _rest_ mote. 190. F. corne; Tn. corn.  192. F. mother (!);
_rest_ nother. 194. F. browken; her. 196. T. story; F. storye; Tn. storie.
F. swiche thinge. 197. _All_ west; _read_ weste (_as in_ MS. Add. 9832).
198. F. floure. _All_ rest; _read_ reste (_as in_ MS. Add. 9832 _and in_ l.
201). 199. Th. dredde (_rightly_); _rest_ dred. 200. Tn. hom; F. Home. Th.
spedde (_rightly_); _rest_ sped. 202. F. B. (_only_) _omit_ to. 208. F.
leyde; A. laid. 209. F. twoo. 210. Tn. medew; F. medewe; T. A. medow. 211,
212. F. (_only_) _transposes these lines_. 211. T. A. Add. so love; _rest_
love so. 212. Tn. com; Th. cam; _rest_ come. 214. Tn. habit; F. habite.
215. C. hadde; _rest_ had (_badly_). 216. C. whit; P. whyt; F. Tn. B.
white. T. coroun; C. corone; F. corwne; Tn. Th. crowne (_but_ corowne _in
ll._ 220, 223). 217 (_and_ 220). Th. florouns; Tn. floruns; F. flourouns;
B. flowrouns; _rest_ floures. 218. C. world; F. worlde. Tn. dayesie; F.
daysye. 220. P. corown; F. corovne; T. coroune; Tn. Th. B. corowne; A.
croun. 222. F. Hire. F. corovne; C. coroun (_and in l._ 223). 224. F. hire
lyke. 225. F. eke; golde. 229. F. worlde; Tn. world. 230. F. Tn. gilte; T.
A. gilt. Tn. heer; F. here; A. hair. 231. F. I stede; _rest_ In stede. F.
golde; Tn. gold. 232. F. thoght. _In_ 231, 232, _most_ MSS. _have_ wight,
bright; _but_ C. _has_ bryhte, _riming with_ syhte. 233. F. myght. 234. F.
thoght. 235. F. Twoo. 238. F. thoght; myght. 240. F. dooth; C. both (!). C.
herte; F. hert. 241. F. helde; C. held. C. the (_for_ this). 242. F.
Corowned. 244. F. _om._ wolde seke. 245. F. _imperfect; has only_ nat
fynde. C. Half hire beute schulde men; A.

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