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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

For to him yt was reported thus (_badly_). 1143. C.
holy; _rest_ noble 1144. F. T. Th. B. _om._ as. 1149. F. Tn. Th. B. _om._
ful. 1155. _All but_ C. P. _needlessly put_ for to (_for_ to) _twice_.
1159. C. T. A. P. Add. hath; _rest om._ 1160. C. now comyth the freut.
1163. F. Tn. vp-reyseth (_error for_ vp-reysed). C. A. Th. P. hadde (had);
F. Tn. B. hath. C. his; _rest_ hire (hir, her); _see note_. 1169. P. mon (=
A.S. _mán_); _rest_ mone; _read_ moon. 1171. C. slep; _rest_ dreme. 1173.
C. Me thynkith that he. 1174. C. T. P. Add. for; _rest om._ 1175. T. A. P.
therwith al; Th. therwith; C. ek thereto; F. Tn. _om._ ther. 1178. C. rede
it me; _rest om._ it. 1179. C. T. A. P. Add. wolde; F. Tn. wil; Th. wol.
1195. Add. coursers; C. B. courseris; F. Tn. Th. coursere. 1196. F. Tn. Th.
heuen (!); _rest_ houen (houyn). 1200, 1201. C. hye, wrye; F. heighe,
wreighe. 1202. C. bright (_for_ fair). 1203. A. B. P. folk; F. Tn. T. Th.
folkes; C. men. 1210. F. _om._ noble. T. thus lat; Addit. thus late; _rest_
this lady (!!). 1211. T. Add. An; A. In; _rest_ On; _see l._ 1191. 1215. T.
A. P. ones mete him; _rest_ him ones mete. 1217. C. T. A. Add. These;
_rest_ The. C. bestys wilde; T. A. P. wild bestys; _rest_ wilde hertes;
_but read_ hertes wilde. 1221. C. A. it; F. Tn. B. P. is (!). 1238. _I
propose to read_ to been; _all have_ and becom (became), _which cannot
possibly be scanned_. 1239. C. Tn. -mo; F. -mor. 1242. C. wikke fame a-ros.
1247. F. Tn. Th. B. _om. 2nd_ her. 1251. C. of; _rest_ at. 1253. T. A. Add.
he; _rest om._ 1255. F. and (_for 2nd_ of). 1258. C. T. A. Th. olde
ensamples; F. ensamples olde. 1259. C. A. how that; _rest_ how. 1267. C.
trewe; A. besy; _rest_ privy. 1268, 1269. F. Tn. Th. B. -aunce; C. T. A. P.
-aunces. 1269. C. And waytyn hire; T. Add. And plesyn hyr; Tn. A. And hir
(!); F. Th. To hir (!). 1273. C. Tn. A. Th. Not; F. B. Wot. 1275. _All but_
C. _ins._ and _before_ ringes. 1281. C. F. T. B. reame; Tn. P. ream; Th.
realme; A. regne. 1285. C. A. P. so; _rest_ thus. 1296. C. A. so sore me;
Add. sore me; _rest_ me so sore. 1298. F. Tn. B. _om._ to. 1313. C. gre;
_rest_ degree (degre). 1314. C. to-fore (_for_ to fote). 1319. C. T. A.
Add. so; _rest om._ F. now me; _rest_ me now. 1322. F. shal I yet; Tn. C.
T. A. Th. yit shall I. 1323. C. T. yeue; F. yive; Tn. yif. 1324. C. hauyth;
_rest_ haue. 1326, 1327. _The old printed editions omit these two lines._
1327. C. on to; T. A. Add. vnto; F. Tn. B. vpon. 1330. C. Thus; _rest_ And
thus. C. Tn. laft; F. lefte. 1332. C. lafte; F. lefte. 1333. F. (_only_)
_om._ her. 1337. F. Tn. B. _om._ hit. 1338. _All but_ T. A. Add. _insert_
swete _after_ O. 1339. F. Tn. Th. B. P. _om._ now. C. and brynge it of this
onreste; Tn. T. Th. P. Add. vnbynde me of this vnreste; F. B. vnbynde me of
this reste (!); A. me bynd of myn vnrest; _I follow_ Tn. T. Th. P. Add.
1345. F. Tn. Th. P. _om._ a. C. tendite; _rest_ to endite (endyte). 1346.
A. P. Add. suster; C. T. A. sistir; _rest_ sustren (!). 1347. C. T. 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

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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

Chaucer, Geoffrey

English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500

For to him yt was reported thus (_badly_). 1143. C.
holy; _rest_ noble 1144. F. T. Th. B. _om._ as. 1149. F. Tn. Th. B. _om._
ful. 1155. _All but_ C. P. _needlessly put_ for to (_for_ to) _twice_.
1159. C. T. A. P. Add. hath; _rest om._ 1160. C. now comyth the freut.
1163. F. Tn. vp-reyseth (_error for_ vp-reysed). C. A. Th. P. hadde (had);
F. Tn. B. hath. C. his; _rest_ hire (hir, her); _see note_. 1169. P. mon (=
A.S. _mán_); _rest_ mone; _read_ moon. 1171. C. slep; _rest_ dreme. 1173.
C. Me thynkith that he. 1174. C. T. P. Add. for; _rest om._ 1175. T. A. P.
therwith al; Th. therwith; C. ek thereto; F. Tn. _om._ ther. 1178. C. rede
it me; _rest om._ it. 1179. C. T. A. P. Add. wolde; F. Tn. wil; Th. wol.
1195. Add. coursers; C. B. courseris; F. Tn. Th. coursere. 1196. F. Tn. Th.
heuen (!); _rest_ houen (houyn). 1200, 1201. C. hye, wrye; F. heighe,
wreighe. 1202. C. bright (_for_ fair). 1203. A. B. P. folk; F. Tn. T. Th.
folkes; C. men. 1210. F. _om._ noble. T. thus lat; Addit. thus late; _rest_
this lady (!!). 1211. T. Add. An; A. In; _rest_ On; _see l._ 1191. 1215. T.
A. P. ones mete him; _rest_ him ones mete. 1217. C. T. A. Add. These;
_rest_ The. C. bestys wilde; T. A. P. wild bestys; _rest_ wilde hertes;
_but read_ hertes wilde. 1221. C. A. it; F. Tn. B. P. is (!). 1238. _I
propose to read_ to been; _all have_ and becom (became), _which cannot
possibly be scanned_. 1239. C. Tn. -mo; F. -mor. 1242. C. wikke fame a-ros.
1247. F. Tn. Th. B. _om. 2nd_ her. 1251. C. of; _rest_ at. 1253. T. A. Add.
he; _rest om._ 1255. F. and (_for 2nd_ of). 1258. C. T. A. Th. olde
ensamples; F. ensamples olde. 1259. C. A. how that; _rest_ how. 1267. C.
trewe; A. besy; _rest_ privy. 1268, 1269. F. Tn. Th. B. -aunce; C. T. A. P.
-aunces. 1269. C. And waytyn hire; T. Add. And plesyn hyr; Tn. A. And hir
(!); F. Th. To hir (!). 1273. C. Tn. A. Th. Not; F. B. Wot. 1275. _All but_
C. _ins._ and _before_ ringes. 1281. C. F. T. B. reame; Tn. P. ream; Th.
realme; A. regne. 1285. C. A. P. so; _rest_ thus. 1296. C. A. so sore me;
Add. sore me; _rest_ me so sore. 1298. F. Tn. B. _om._ to. 1313. C. gre;
_rest_ degree (degre). 1314. C. to-fore (_for_ to fote). 1319. C. T. A.
Add. so; _rest om._ F. now me; _rest_ me now. 1322. F. shal I yet; Tn. C.
T. A. Th. yit shall I. 1323. C. T. yeue; F. yive; Tn. yif. 1324. C. hauyth;
_rest_ haue. 1326, 1327. _The old printed editions omit these two lines._
1327. C. on to; T. A. Add. vnto; F. Tn. B. vpon. 1330. C. Thus; _rest_ And
thus. C. Tn. laft; F. lefte. 1332. C. lafte; F. lefte. 1333. F. (_only_)
_om._ her. 1337. F. Tn. B. _om._ hit. 1338. _All but_ T. A. Add. _insert_
swete _after_ O. 1339. F. Tn. Th. B. P. _om._ now. C. and brynge it of this
onreste; Tn. T. Th. P. Add. vnbynde me of this vnreste; F. B. vnbynde me of
this reste (!); A. me bynd of myn vnrest; _I follow_ Tn. T. Th. P. Add.
1345. F. Tn. Th. P. _om._ a. C. tendite; _rest_ to endite (endyte). 1346.
A. P. Add. suster; C. T. A. sistir; _rest_ sustren (!). 1347. C. T. A.

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