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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

C. prene (_rightly_); F. T. prefe; Tn. A. prof;
Th. profe; B. trouth. 2115. C. I-louyd; A. yloued; _rest_ loved. 2116. F.
Tn. Th. B. _om._ hit. 2119. C. ensure. 2124. C. Th. hertely; B. hertilye;
_rest_ hertly (hertely _is more correct_). F. Tn. Th. B. and at his chere.
2126. C. T. A. Al; _rest_ And. 2134. C. her-of us; _rest_ us her-of. 2138.
_All_ was performed; _the improvement is obvious_. 2139. F. B. the; _rest_
this. 2149. F. hath thys beste; _rest_ this beste hath. 2150-2153. F. Tn.
B. _omit from_ geten _to_ gayler (_owing to repetition of_ gayler). 2150.
_So_ C.; T. _has_ getyn he hath; A. Th. gotten hath. 2151. _So_ C. T. Th.;
A. _has_ he _for_ hit. 2152. _So_ C. T. A. Th. 2155. C. Ennepye; F. Tn. B.
Eunopye _or_ Ennopye; T. Ennopy; A. Ennopie; Th. Enupye. 2160. C. T. A.
newe; _rest_ noble. 2161. F. Tn. B. _om._ ful. 2164. C. dwellede; B. Th.
dwelte; Tn. A. dwelt; F. T. dwelleth. 2168. F. Tn. B. _om._ that. 2182. C.
atake; _rest_ y-take. 2184. C. now; T. A. gret; _rest om._ 2186. C. T.
graspeth; A. grapid; _rest_ gropeth. 2188. C. & al hire her. 2193. F. B.
_omit this line_. 2194. C. shynede; T. shynyd; A. schyneth; F. Tn. Th. B.
shone. 2199. C. Hadde; T. A. Had; _rest_ Hath. F. Tn. Th. _needlessly
insert_ he _after_ that. 2201. F. thy (_for_ his). 2202, 2203. T. _omits
these lines_. 2203. C. Tn. Th. B. Ascaunce; A. Ascances; F. Aschaunce. C.
A. that; _rest om._ 2206. C. I-gon; A. ygone; T. agone; _rest_ goon (gone).
2207. C. T. A. upon; _rest_ on. 2208. C. kyssith; _rest_ kyssed (_but read_
kiste). 2210. C. _om._ she. 2213. C. thyn; T. A. thy; _rest_ the. C. I-gon;
A. y-gone; _rest_ goon (gone). 2214. C. wreche. 2215. _So_ T.; A. that any
bote her come; C. that boot here ne come (_wrongly_); Tn. F. B. that bote
none here come (_wrongly_); _see note._ 2217. C. myn selue; F. my selfe
(_read_ my selven); _rest_ my self. 2221. C. T. A. I telle; _rest_ telle I.
2226, 2227. A. _omits these lines_. 2226. C. T. Th. this false louer; F.
Tn. B. these false lovers. 2227. C. Tn. T. Th. His; F. Hyr; B. Her; _but
all have_ him. _Perhaps_ him quyte _would give a smoother line_.




VII. THE LEGEND OF PHILOMELA.

INCIPIT LEGENDA PHILOMENE.

      _Deus dator formarum._

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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

C. prene (_rightly_); F. T. prefe; Tn. A. prof;
Th. profe; B. trouth. 2115. C. I-louyd; A. yloued; _rest_ loved. 2116. F.
Tn. Th. B. _om._ hit. 2119. C. ensure. 2124. C. Th. hertely; B. hertilye;
_rest_ hertly (hertely _is more correct_). F. Tn. Th. B. and at his chere.
2126. C. T. A. Al; _rest_ And. 2134. C. her-of us; _rest_ us her-of. 2138.
_All_ was performed; _the improvement is obvious_. 2139. F. B. the; _rest_
this. 2149. F. hath thys beste; _rest_ this beste hath. 2150-2153. F. Tn.
B. _omit from_ geten _to_ gayler (_owing to repetition of_ gayler). 2150.
_So_ C.; T. _has_ getyn he hath; A. Th. gotten hath. 2151. _So_ C. T. Th.;
A. _has_ he _for_ hit. 2152. _So_ C. T. A. Th. 2155. C. Ennepye; F. Tn. B.
Eunopye _or_ Ennopye; T. Ennopy; A. Ennopie; Th. Enupye. 2160. C. T. A.
newe; _rest_ noble. 2161. F. Tn. B. _om._ ful. 2164. C. dwellede; B. Th.
dwelte; Tn. A. dwelt; F. T. dwelleth. 2168. F. Tn. B. _om._ that. 2182. C.
atake; _rest_ y-take. 2184. C. now; T. A. gret; _rest om._ 2186. C. T.
graspeth; A. grapid; _rest_ gropeth. 2188. C. & al hire her. 2193. F. B.
_omit this line_. 2194. C. shynede; T. shynyd; A. schyneth; F. Tn. Th. B.
shone. 2199. C. Hadde; T. A. Had; _rest_ Hath. F. Tn. Th. _needlessly
insert_ he _after_ that. 2201. F. thy (_for_ his). 2202, 2203. T. _omits
these lines_. 2203. C. Tn. Th. B. Ascaunce; A. Ascances; F. Aschaunce. C.
A. that; _rest om._ 2206. C. I-gon; A. ygone; T. agone; _rest_ goon (gone).
2207. C. T. A. upon; _rest_ on. 2208. C. kyssith; _rest_ kyssed (_but read_
kiste). 2210. C. _om._ she. 2213. C. thyn; T. A. thy; _rest_ the. C. I-gon;
A. y-gone; _rest_ goon (gone). 2214. C. wreche. 2215. _So_ T.; A. that any
bote her come; C. that boot here ne come (_wrongly_); Tn. F. B. that bote
none here come (_wrongly_); _see note._ 2217. C. myn selue; F. my selfe
(_read_ my selven); _rest_ my self. 2221. C. T. A. I telle; _rest_ telle I.
2226, 2227. A. _omits these lines_. 2226. C. T. Th. this false louer; F.
Tn. B. these false lovers. 2227. C. Tn. T. Th. His; F. Hyr; B. Her; _but
all have_ him. _Perhaps_ him quyte _would give a smoother line_.




VII. THE LEGEND OF PHILOMELA.

INCIPIT LEGENDA PHILOMENE.

      _Deus dator formarum._

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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

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