Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 — Notes to the Canterbury Tales (part 6)

567. 'As I hope to have the use of my chin.' See note to l. 334.

578. 'I will repay thee for thy words, when I see my opportunity.'

583. It ben, they are; lit. it are. A common idiom in Middle English. See P. Plowman, C. vi. 59, ix. 217, xvi. 309; and compare it am I, as in Chaucer, Man of Lawes Tale, B. 1109.

588. 'Make their beds in the fen,' i. e. lie down in the fen or mud.

596. Spoken ironically. Adam offers them some refreshment. They reply, that his wine is not good, being too strong; indeed, so strong that it will not only, like ordinary wine, steal away a man's brains, but even take them out of his head altogether, so that they lie scattered in his hood. In other words. Adam's staff breaks their heads, and lets the brains out.

606. 'It is better for us to be there at large.'

609. Lodge says that they 'tooke their way towards the forest of Arden.'

610. 'Then the sheriff found the nest, but no egg (in it).' So also in William of Palerne, l. 83: 'Than fond he nest and no neiȝ · for nouȝt nas ther leued'; i. e. for nothing was left there. No neiȝ = non eiȝ, no egg.

616. and loke how he fare, and let us see how he may fare.

618. Here Adam merely expresses disgust of his new mode of life. In Lodge's novel, he begins to faint, being old. Cf. l. 817.

621. lever me were, it would be preferable for me.

631. 'After misery comes help.' So in the Proverbs of Hendyng, as said above, in note to l. 32. Trench, in his book On Proverbs, quotes a Hebrew proverb:—When the tale of bricks is doubled, Moses comes.

642. 'Whoso looked aright,' i. e. if one were to look carefully.

651. i. e. I only curse (or blame) myself if I yield.

652. 'Though ye fetched five more, ye would then be only twelve in number.' He means that he would fight twelve of them.

660. In Lodge's novel, the chief is 'Gerismond the lawfull King of France, banished by Torismond, who with a lustie crue of Outlawes lived in that Forrest.' But the present text evidently refers to an English outlaw, such as Robin Hood.

666. 'I will adventure myself as far as the door.' Spoken proverbially, there being no door in the wood. He means that he will venture within sight of the chief. hadde mete, might have food.

689. 'His peace was made'; i. e. his pardon had been obtained.

698. 'And caused his brother to be indicted.'

700. wolves-heed, wolf's head. 'This was the ancient Saxon formula of outlawry, and seems to have been literally equivalent to setting the man's head at the same estimate as a wolf's head. In the laws of Edward the Confessor [§ 6], it is said of a person who has fled justice, 'Si postea repertus fuerit et teneri possit, vivus regi reddatur, vel caput ipsius si se defenderit; lupinum enim caput geret a die utlagacionis sue, quod ab Anglis wluesheued nominatur. Et hec sententia communis est de omnibus utlagis.'—Wright. See Thorpe, Ancient Laws, &c., i. 445.

701. of his men, i. e. (some) of his men.

703. 'How the wind was turned'; i. e. which way the wind blew, as we now say.

704. 'When a man's lands were seized by force or unjustly, the peasantry on the estates were exposed to be plundered and ill-treated by the followers of the intruder.'—Wright.

707. 'The messengers of ill tidings, however innocent themselves, often experienced all the first anger of the person to whom they carried them, in the ages of feudal power. Hence the bearer of ill news generally began by deprecating the wrath of the person addressed.'—Wright. This was not, however, peculiar to those times. Cf. Sophocles, Antigone, 228; 2 Hen. IV. i. I. 100; Rich. III. iv. 4. 510; Macb. v. 5. 39.

709. 'I. e. has obtained government of the bailiwick. In former times ... the high sheriff was the officer personally responsible for the peace of his bailiwick, which he maintained by calling out the posse comitatus to assist him.'—Jephson.

710. doth thee crye, causes thee to be proclaimed.

713. 'Greet well my husbands (i. e. servants) and their wives.' The A.S. wif was a neuter substantive, and remained unchanged in the plural, like sheep and deer in modern English. We find wif as a pl. form also in Layamon, l. 1507. The present is a very late example.

714. 'I will go to (attend) the next assizes; see note to l. 715. If schire refers to the shire or county, the result is much the same. In venturing into the shire of which his brother was sheriff, Gamelyn was boldly putting himself into his brother's power.

715. nexte schire, may mean 'next (succeeding) assizes'; for schire may be used in the sense of A. S. scīr-gemōt; and the Lat. comitatus meant curia as well as 'county.' See, for example, the last quotation in the note to l. 871.

718. 'Put down his hood,' lowered his hood, so as to show his face.

724. leet take Gamelyn, caused (men) to take Gamelyn; we now say 'caused Gamelyn to be taken,' changing the verb from active to passive. The active use of the verb is universal in such phrases in Middle English, as is still common in German. 'Er liess Gamelyn nehmen.' Cf. l. 733.

727. Ote is not a common name; we find mention of 'Sir Otes de Lile' in Libius Disconius, l. 1103, in the Percy Folio MS., ii. 455. Otes is equivalent to 'Otho'; see Le Livere de Reis de Angletere, ed. Glover, p. 268, l. 6; and p. 272. The form Otoun or Oton is equivalent to Lat. acc. Othonem.

732. wonder sory, wonderfully sorry. nothing light, in no degree light-hearted.

738. 'May evil befall such another brother (as thou art)'; cf. l. 485.

744. 'I offer to bail him,' lit. I bid for him for bail; mainprise being a sb., and him a dative case. Mr. Jephson says—'I demand that he be granted to me on mainprise, or bail, till the assize for general gaol-delivery.'

752. 'Cause (men) to deliver him at once, and to hand him over to me.'

761. sitte means 'may sit'; cf. l. 749.

779. cors, curse. He was never cursed by those with whom he had dealings. This can only refer to the poor whom he never oppressed. The author quietly ignores the strong language of the churchmen whom he stripped of everything. This is precisely the tone adopted in the Robin Hood ballads.

782. nom, catch, take; a new form of the infinitive mood. It arose from the pt. t. cam, by analogy of comen from cam. See Mätzner, Alteng. Sprachproben, i. 261, l. 80.

785. fast aboute, busily employed. See l. 240.

786. to hyre the quest, to suborn the jury. See l. 801.

790. seet, should sit. The A.S. for sat is sæt, but for should sit (3rd pers. sing. of the pt. t. subj.) is sǣte. The latter became the M.E. seete; hence seet, by loss of the final e. It rimes with beheet (A.S. behēt).

806. spet, short for speedeth; cf. stant for standeth, &c.

834. of, in. So in Shakespeare, Jul. Cæsar, ii. 1. 157—'We shall find of him A shrewd contriver.'

840. the quest is oute, the verdict is (already) delivered.

852. the barre, the bar in front of the justice's seat; see ll. 860, 867.

864. 'It seemed a very long time to him.'

871. sisours, jury-men. I copy the following from my note on P. Plowman, B. ii. 62. 'The exact signification of sisour does not seem quite certain, and perhaps it has not always the same meaning. The Low-Latin name was assissores or assisiarii, interpreted by Ducange to mean "qui a principe vel a domino feudi delegati assisias tenent"; whence Halliwell's explanation of sisour as a person deputed to hold assizes. Compare—

"Þys fals men, þat beyn sysours,

Þat for hate a trew man wyl endyte,

And a þefe for syluer quyte."

Robert of Brunne, Handlyng Synne, 1335.'

Mr. Furnivall's note says—'Sysour, an inquest-man at assizes. The sisour was really a juror, though differing greatly in functions and in position from what jurymen subsequently became; see Forsyth's Hist. of Trial by Jury.' In the tale of Gamelyn, however, it is pretty clear that 'the twelve sisours that weren of the quest' were simply the twelve gentlemen of the jury, who were hired to give false judgment (l. 786). Blount, in his Law Dictionary, says of assisors, that 'in Scotland (according to Skene) they are the same with our jurors.' The following stanza from A Poem of the Times of Edw. II., ll. 469-474 (printed in Political Songs, ed. Wright, p. 344), throws some light on the text:—

'And thise assisours, that comen to shire and to hundred,

Damneth men for silver, and that nis no wonder.

For whan the riche justise wol do wrong for mede,

Thanne thinketh hem thei muwen the bet, for thei han more nede

To winne.

Ac so is al this world ablent, that no man douteth sinne.'

880. 'To swing about with the ropes, and to be dried in the wind.'

881. 'Sorrow may he have who cares for it.' Not an uncommon phrase. In P. Plowman, B. vi. 122, it appears as 'þe deuel haue þat reccheth,' i. e. the devil take him who regrets it.

885. This seems to mean, 'he was hanged by the neck, and not by the purse.' That is, he was really hanged, and not merely made to suffer in his purse by paying a fine; cf. Ch. Prol. 657.

889. of the best assise, in the truest manner; cf. l. 544.

900. 'Buried under the earth.'

901. 'No man can escape it.'

ADDENDA.

Note: to vol. i. p. ix. I am informed that it appears, from a charter in the British Museum, that one Galfridus de Chaucere is a witness to a grant of land to Hatfield Broad Oak Priory, co. Essex, about A.D. 1300. This shews that the poet was not the first of his surname to bear the name of Geoffrey.

Rom. Rose, 923. Turke bowes, Turkish bows. The form Turke can hardly be right, as the adjective is required. The original copy probably had 'Turkis,' with the is written as a contraction; this would easily be misread as 'Turke,' i. e. as if the contraction stood for e. The French text has ars turquois, as the reader can see.

Cotgrave gives: 'Arc turquois, the Turkish long-bow.' But the Turkish long-bow was short, as compared with the English. Strutt speaks of his seeing the Turkish ambassador shoot; this was in the year 1800. 'The bow he used was much shorter than those belonging to the English archers; and his arrows were of the bolt kind, with round heads made of wood'; Sports and Pastimes, bk. ii. c. i. § 17. Cf. 'with bowes turkoys,' Percy Folio MS., ed. Hales and Furnivall, ii. 458.

III. (Book of the Duchesse), 1318, 1319. The lines are:—

A LONG CASTEL with walles WHYTE,

By seynt Iohan! on a RICHE HIL.

There can be no doubt that (as has been suggested by the Bishop of Oxford) these apparently otiose lines contain punning allusions to the whole subject of the poem. Long-castell (put for Lon-castell, or the castle on the Lune) was another name for Lancaster; compare the modern Lonsdale as a name for the valley of the Lune, and see Barbour's Bruce, xvii. 285, 582. Whyte alludes to Blanche. Thus the former line expresses Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster.

In the second line, the RICHE HIL refers to Richmond in Yorkshire; and the whole line expresses John, Earl of Richmond. John of Gaunt had been created Earl of Richmond (vol. i. p. xviii).

Boethius. For some corrections, see vol. ii. p. lxxix.

Troilus. For some corrections and additions, see vol. ii. pp. lxxix, lxxx.

For an Additional Note to Bk. iii. 674, see vol. ii. p. 506.

Legend of Good Women. For an Additional Note to ll. 1896-8, see vol. iii. p. lvi.

Vol. III. pp. 421, 422. Sources of the Prioresses Tale. It is tolerably clear that Chaucer really got the former part of this story from one of the Miracles of our Lady, by Gautier de Coinci or Coincy. And I have now little doubt that he adapted the latter part of it from another story in the same collection (and therefore in the same MS.), by the same author. It so happens that the latter story is printed in Bartsch and Horning's collection in 'La Langue et la Littérature Françaises'; Paris, 1887; col. 367. It is there entitled 'De Clerico Sancte Virgini devoto, in cuius iam mortui ore flos inuentus est.' It is rather a stupid and pointless story, to the following effect. There was a wicked cleric at Chartres, who gave himself up to all kinds of debauchery; but he had one merit. He never passed an image of Our Lady without kneeling down and saying a prayer. Some enemies killed him; and it was at once resolved to bury him in a ditch, as an outcast; and this was done. But Our Lady appeared to one of the chief clergy, and commanded that he should be buried again, in the holiest spot in the cemetery. When the body was recovered, it was found that the tongue of the corpse remained uncorrupted, being as red as a rose, and a miraculous flower was blossoming in his mouth. He was reburied in holy ground, with many tears from the pious. It was also observed that his tongue still slowly moved, as if endeavouring to sing the Virgin's praises.

This is rather a clumsy assumption; for the tongue might have been trying to swear. Hence Chaucer gives it a real voice; and substitutes a small grain in place of the flower; probably because there was a well-known legend about the three grains found by Seth under Adam's tongue (above, p. 180, note to l. 1852). Chaucer's tale is really made up, with great skill, from a combination of these two poems by Gautier de Coinci; and it is highly remarkable that, in the Vernon MS., there is a version of the story which says that five roses were found in the child's head; one in his mouth, two in his eyes, and two in his ears. In the Legend of Alphonsus of Lincoln (see vol. iii. p. 421), the child has a precious stone in place of a tongue; but this legend was composed in 1459, and was probably copied from Chaucer. I think it highly probable that Chaucer combined the two 'Miracles' himself; though of course some one else may have done it before him. In any case, it is worth while pointing out that we must combine the two stories by de Coinci, before we obtain the whole of Chaucer's poem.

Vol. III. pp. 502, 503. The statement that the French treatise by Frère Lorens, entitled La Somme des Vices et des Vertus, 'has never been printed,' is incorrect. However, the book is scarce. Mr. Bradley tells me that there is a copy of it in the British Museum, printed by Anthoine Verard 'sus le pont notre dame,' Paris. It is undated, but it is said to have been printed in 1495.

Canterbury Tales.

The Canterbury Tales, and especially the Prologue, are so full of allusions and expressions that either require or invite illustrations, that no commentary upon them can be considered exhaustive. Consequently, those points only have, for the most part, been considered where the expressions used are for any reason difficult, obscure, or likely to be misunderstood; for it frequently happens that, by a change in meaning, the modern form or use of a word suggests a wrong impression.

A considerable number of words and phrases which occur in Chaucer have already been explained by me in the Notes to Piers the Plowman. Hence, in many cases, additional illustrations and references can easily be had by consulting the 'Index to the Explanations in the Notes' printed in P. Plowman, vol. iv. pp. 464-491.

The 'Index of Books referred to in the Notes' to the same, vol. iv. pp. 492-502, gives a long list of books, most of which are useful for the illustration of Chaucer also. I add here a few additional notes, taken almost at random, for two of which I am indebted to Professor Earle.

A. 30. Zupitza (Notes to Guy of Warwick, 855, p. 361) further illustrates this line. 'There can be no doubt that the pp. goon is to be supplied.' He quotes 'to reste eode þa sunne,' Layamon, 28328; 'until the son was gon to rest,' Iwaine, 3612, ed. Ritson (Met. Romances, i. 151); also from J. Grimm, Mythology, p. 702, who treats of the M.H.G. phrase ze reste gān.

A. 179. It is shown (vol. v. p. 22) that the simile about the fish out of water occurs in the Life of St. Anthony. Chaucer clearly took it from Jehan de Meung (or Jean de Meun); but the French poet probably took it from the Life of St. Anthony in the Legenda Aurea. We find it even in Caxton's Golden Legende:—'for lyke as fysshes that haue ben longe in the water whan they come in-to drye londe they muste dye, in lyke wyse the monkes that goon out of theyr cloystre or selles, yf they conuerse longe wyth seculiers they must nedes lose theyr holynesse and leue theyr good lyf.'

A. 387. With the beste, 'as well as possible,' but originally 'among the best.' So in Zupitza, notes to Guy of Warwick, l. 1496. He quotes Mätzner's Grammatik, II. 2. 434; King Horn, 1326, knight with the beste; &c. Cf. with the furste, King Horn, 1119.

A. 467. She coude muche of wandring by the weye; i. e. she knew much which she had learnt through being so great a traveller.—J. Earle.

I have explained it above, p. 44, by—'She knew much about travelling.' The original will bear either interpretation; all depends upon the meaning of the word of.

A. 655. See Freeman, vol. v. p. 497, and his quotation from John of Salisbury, Ep. 146 (Giles, i. 260):—'Erat, ut memini, genus hominum, qui in ecclesia Dei archidiaconorum censentur nomine, quibus vestra discretio omnem salutis viam querebatur esse praeclusam. Nam, ut dicere consuevistis, diligunt munera, sequuntur retributiones, ad injurias proni sunt, calumniis gaudent, peccata populi comedunt et bibunt, quibus vivitur ex rapto, ut non sit hospes ab hospite tutus.'—J. Earle. [From Freeman's Hist. of the Norman Conquest, ed. 1867-79.]

Cf. the Somnours Tale; especially D. 1315, 1317, and the notes.

A. 1155. For par amour, see all the instances referred to in the Glossary. The fact that it sometimes means 'with all affection,' or 'affectionately,' is well illustrated by a passage in the Coventry Mysteries, p. 50, where it is put into the mouth of Abraham, when addressing Isaac. 'Thu art my suete childe, and par amoure Ful wele in herte do I the loue.'

A. 1452. Seven yeer is an old proverbial expression for a long time; see Seven-year in Halliwell; P. Plowman, C. vii. 214, xi. 73; Zupitza's notes to Guy of Warwick (l. 8667); &c. The curious thing is that Chaucer understood himself literally: 'It fel that in the seventhe yeer, in May'; A. 1462.

A. 2749. Some further illustration of the word expulsive as a technical term may be found in old treatises. Thus Brunetto Latini, in his Livres dou Tresor, livre i. part iii. chap. 103, says that the four virtues which sustain life are the appetitive (due to the element of fire), the retentive (due to earth), the digestive (due to air), and the expulsive (due to water). Hence we have an appetite for food; we retain it; we digest it; and expel it. 'L'aigue est froide et moiste, et fait la vertu expulsive, ce est qu'ele chace fuer la viande quant ele est cuite.' Sir Thos. Elyot, Castel of Helth, 1539, p. 10, says there are three Powers, animal, spiritual, and natural. Of these, it is the natural power which 'appetiteth, retayneth, digesteth, expelleth'; whereas it is the 'power animall' that 'ordeyneth, discerneth, and composeth; that moueth by voluntarye mocyon,' &c. Of the four 'operations,' he says that 'expulsion [is] by colde and moyste.' The whole of this sort of jargon is full of inconsistencies.

A. 3287. Do wey, i. e. take away. So also go wey occurs for 'go away.' See these phrases plentifully illustrated in Zupitza's notes to Guy of Warwick, l. 3097.

B. 124. After all, this line is probably merely a reproduction from Le Roman de la Rose, l. 10438:—

'Tu n'a pas geté ambesas.'

B. 1983. The phrase in toune is, as I have said, practically otiose, and means nothing, being merely introduced as a tag. So again in londe, in l. 2077. For further illustrations see Zupitza's notes to Guy of Warwick, l. 5841.

B. 3917. A correspondent kindly reminds me that the story of Cyrus in Vincent of Beauvais came originally from Herodotus, who tells it, not of Cyrus, but of Polycrates of Samos; see Herodotus, bk. iii. capp. 124, 125. In Herodotus, the vision is seen by the daughter.

C. 406. In the long note at pp. 272-274, I have shewn that the sense is 'though their souls go a-gathering blackberries,' i. e. wander wherever they please. Mr. E.M. Spence suggests for comparison the well-known words of Falstaff (1 Hen. IV. ii. 4. 448):—'Shall the blessed sun of heaven prove a micher and eat blackberries?'

C. 570. In the Accounts of Henry, Earl of Derby, on his return from Prussia in 1391, the following item occurs for March:—'Et per manus eiusdem pro ij barrellis ferreres [vessels for carrying wine on horseback] vini de Lepe, viz. lj stope per ipsum emptis ibidem, ij nobles'; printed for the Camden Society, ed. L. Toulmin Smith, p. 95. Miss Toulmin Smith quotes from Henderson's History of Wines, 1824, the note that Lepe wine is 'a strong white wine of Spain,' and that Lepe is 'a small town on the sea-coast, between Ayamont and Palos, long celebrated for figs, raisins, and wine.' Its position was favourable, as it is in the part of Andalucia nearest to England. See Lepe in Pinero's Spanish Dictionary, ed. 1740.

D. 110. The word fore occurs also, but with the Southern spelling vore, in P. Plowman, C. vii. 118; on which see my note.

D. 325. At line 180 above (see the note), the Wife is plainly alluding to one of the passages in Le Roman de la Rose in which the Almageste is mentioned; and I have no doubt that she here refers to the other (l. 18772). For though the passage quoted by Jean de Meun, as from the Almagest, is really quite different, there is a general reference, in the context, to the idea of contentment:—

'Car soffisance fait richece,' &c.

And just below:—

'Cil qui nous escrit l'Almageste.'

F. 226. Many examples are given in Godefroy of the use of Fr. maistre with the adjectival sense of 'principal' or 'chief.' Thus we find la mestre yglise, la mestre tor, la maistre rue, la maistre cité, la maistre tente. See Maister in the Glossarial Index.

F. 233. Tyrwhitt remarks that a 'treatise on Perspective, under his name [i. e. of Aristotle], is mentioned by Vincent of Beauvais, in the thirteenth century (Speculum Historiale, lib. iii. c. 84):—"Extat etiam liber, qui dicitur Perspectiva Aristotelis."' See the word Aristotle in Tyrwhitt's Glossary to Chaucer.

INDEX TO SUBJECTS AND WORDS EXPLAINED IN THE NOTES.

The subjects discussed are in roman type; the words explained in italics. The references are to volume and page.

a (in), vol. v. p. .

a (one), i. 565.

a certein, iii. 352.

a twenty, iii. 337.

a twenty devil way, iii. 339.

a-begged, to goon, v. .

able, i. 457.

aboute, v. .

abrayd, i. 469; iii. 248.

Absalom, iii. 298.

abye, v. ;

abyen it, .

Accentuation, iii. 289; v. (l. 861).

accioun, i. 453.

Achilles, treachery of, ii. 503.

Actium, battle of, iii. 311-312.

Active and Contemplative Philosophy, ii. 420.

adamant, i. 511.

adj. pl. in -es or -s; ii. 436 (m 2. 19); v. , , .

Admetus, ii. 465.

advócat, i. 455;

advocaas, pl., v. .

Æetes, iii. 326.

Ægeus, iii. 335, 339.

Ægyptus, iii. 346-7.

Ælla, king, v. .

Æmilia, via, v. .

Æneas, iii. 317-324.

Æson, iii. 325.

Æsop's Fables, v. , , .

a-fere, ii. 463.

affyle, v. .

afounde, i. 550.

Agatho, iii. 309.

agayns, go, v. .

ageyn him, v. .

agreables, ii. 436.

agryse, v. ;

agroos, iii. 316;

agrisen, ii. 435.

agroted, iii. 345.

aketoun, v. .

akornes, ii. 448.

al, although, i. 454, 554; v. .

al and som, v. .

al to-rente, v. .

alambik, ii. 488.

alaunts, v. .

Albification, v. .

Albioun, i. 564.

Alcathoe, iii. 334.

Alcestis, ii. 502; iii. 308, 309; v. .

Alchabitius, i. 499, 500.

Alcyone, i. 464.

Aldebaran, iii. 358.

alder, gen. pl., iii. 300.

alder-best, v. .

alderman, v. (l. 372).

Aldiran, v. .

alemandres, i. 428.

ale-stake, v. , -9.

Alexander, v. ;

— carried aloft, iii. 262;

— and the pirate, v. .

Alexandria, v. .

Alexandryn, i. 420.

aleys, i. 428.

Algezir, v. .

Algomeisa, iii. 358.

Algus, i. 475.

Alhabor, iii. 361.

Alhazen, v. .

alle, at, i. 497.

alle and some, v. .

allegeaunce, i. 431.

aller, our, v. .

alles-kinnes, iii. 279.

Alliteration, v. .

Alma redemptoris, v. -178.

Almagest, iii. 354; v. , -6.

alpes, i. 421.

Amalgaming, v. .

Amazons, v. .

ambes as, v. .

Ambrose, St., v. .

ameled, i. 425.

amendes, his, v. .

amerciment, v. .

amonges, ii. 428.

amorettes, i. 423, 438.

Amphiaraus, i. 532, 533.

amphibologyes, ii. 493.

Amyas (a mistake), i. 435.

an hunting, iii. 322.

Anaxarchus, ii. 433.

Andromache's dream, v. .

Angelus ad virginem, v. -8.

Anger, v. .

Angle, in astrology, v. ;

— meridional, v. -80.

anientissed, v. .

a-night, v. .

anlas, v. -5.

Anna, St., v. , , .

annueleer, v. .

anoyeth, v. .

Antenor, ii. 486.

Anthony, Life of St., v. ;

— fire of, .

Anticlaudianus, iii. 264.

Antiochus, v. .

antiphoner, v. .

Antony, iii. 311-4.

aornement, v. .

apayd, evel, iii. 293.

ape, v. .

Ape in one's hood, v. .

Apelles, v. , -4.

Apollonius of Tyre, v. .

appalled, v. .

apparaunte, i. 417.

Appian Way, v. .

apposed, opposed, v. .

approwours, v. .

Apulia, v. -6.

apyked, v. .

Arabic numerals, i. 475.

arace, i. 566.

arblasters, i. 436.

Arcite, i. 529.

arest, v. .

areste, iii. 305.

arette, v. .

argoile, v. .

argument, iii. 367 (l. 44).

Argus (the argonaut), iii. 326.

Argus the hundred-eyed, ii. 493.

Ariadne, iii. 252, 333-40;

— in Naxos, i. 566.

Aries, qualities of, v. ;

— sun in, .

Arion, iii. 267.

Aristotle, iii. 296, 305.

ark (of the day), v. , .

Arming of knights, v. .

armipotent, v. , .

Arnoldus de Villa Nova, v. .

Arsemius, v. .

Arsenic, v. .

artelleries, v. .

artow, v. .

Arviragus, v. .

aryve, v. .

as, with imperative, v. , , .

as, short for al-so, v. .

ascaunce, v. ;

ascaunces, v. -3, .

ascendent, iii. 271, 272; v. , , , .

Ascension, right, iii. 362-363.

ascry, ii. 470.

Ashes, old, v. .

Asie, v. .

asp (aspen), i. 512.

Aspect (in astrology), i. 497; v. .

Ass and harp, ii. 422.

assege, ii. 485.

Assembly of Ladies, iii. 297.

Assonance (in Troilus, ii. 884); ii. 471.

assyse, i. 454.

Astrolabe, v. , .

Astrology, v. -7; -152; v. , .

Astronomy, old, v. ;

— system of, ii. 421, 425, 446.

at yë, iii. 253, 294; v. .

at-after, v. , .

atake, wel, v. .

Atalanta, i. 514, 515.

Atazir, v. -1.

atempre, iii. 294.

Atiteris, iii. 269.

Atlas, iii. 265.

Attalia, v. .

attamed, v. .

atte, v. , , ;

— nale, .

attempree, v. .

Attila, death of, v. .

attricioun, ii. 465.

auctoritee, v. , .

augrim-stones, v. .

Augury, v. .

Augustine, St., v. .

Aurelius, v. .

Aurelius, Marcus, v. .

Aurora (by P. de Riga), i. 492, 493.

Austin, St., v. , .

Austin friars, i. 450.

Avarice, v. -9.

avauntour, v. .

Ave Marie, v. .

aventaille, v. .

Avicenna, v. .

avow, to make, v. -7.

avowe, i. 466.

avoy, v. .

avyse us, v. ;

— you, .

awhaped, i. 536; ii. 463.

awmere (no such word), i. 432.

Ayas, v. .

Azimuth (etymology of), iii. 357.

azure, i. 538.

babewinnes, iii. 267.

bacheler, v. .

Bagpipes, v. , .

bak, v. .

bakbyting, v. .

Baked meats, v. .

Balade, iii. 306.

baldric, v. .

bale, (Gamelyn), v. .

balke, v. .

barbe, ii. 468, 469.

barre, iii. 322 (l. 1200);

barres, v. .

barringe, v. .

basilicok, v. .

Basket-making by apostles, v. .

baskett-es, v. .

Bath, Wife of, v. .

Bayard, blind, v. .

Beard, making a, iii. 258;

to trim his, v. ;

forked beards, v. ;

yellow beards, .

become, iii. 339.

bede, pt. s. subj., i. 423.

bedes, payre of, v. .

Bees, i. 519.

bees, been, pl., v. .

beet, pt. s., i. 418.

beggar, i. 448, 449.

Begging by friars, v. -5.

Beguins, Begards, i. 448, 449;

Beguines, 446.

behelde = beholde, i. 533-4.

bel-amy, v. .

bele, v. .

Belial, meaning of, v. .

Belinous, iii. 272.

Bell before a corpse, v. ;

bells on horses, v. , ;

— of a clock, i. 495.

Belshazzar, v. .

bely (bellows), v. -4.

bendinge, v. .

benedicite, v. ;

ben'cite, ii. 466 (l. 780); v. , , , .

Benet, St., v. .

Benmarin, v. .

bere the belle, ii. 476.

Bernabo Visconti, v. -241.

Bernard, St., iii. 89; v. -3.

berth on hond, v. .

besaunt, i. 426.

besette, iii. 346 (l. 2558).

beshende, iii. 350.

beste, with the, v. .

bet; see go.

bete, v., v. .

Bevis, Sir, v. , .

bicched bones, v. .

bigamye, v. .

bigonne, v. ;

— the bord, v. .

bigoon, bigo, i. 420, 421.

Bill (of a bird), iii. 261.

bille, i. 455, 460.

Birds, various, i. 517.

biseken, bisechen, v. .

bisemare, v. .

bisette, v. .

biseye, v. .

bit (for biddeth), v. .

bitrent, ii. 481, 490.

bitter swete, v. -8.

blakeberied, a, v. -3.

blank-manger, v. .

Blean Forest, v. .

blere his yë, v. , , .

blewe, i. 496.

bleynte, v. .

Blue, meaning of, i. 538, 565; v. .

Boar's head at Christmas, v. .

Bob-up-and-down, v. .

boës (behoves), v. .

Boethius, v. ;

— on music, .

boght agayn, v. .

bole, v. -4.

Bologna, v. .

bolt-upright, v. .

Boötes, ii. 450; v. .

Boots, tight-fitting, v. .

bord, v. .

borel, v. ;

burel, .

borken, ii. 426.

borneth, ii. 463.

borwe, to, i. 496; iii. 338; v. .

bost, iii. 317.

bote and bale (Gam.), v. .

botel hay, v. .

boteler, iii. 256.

botoun, i. 430.

Boulogne, pilgrims to, v. .

boun, v. .

bourdon, v. .

boydekins, v. .

bracer, v. .

Bradwardine, v. .

bragot, v. .

brasil, v. .

brayd, iii. 321-2.

Bread for horses, v. .

brede, iii. 269.

Bret, iii. 267.

bretful, iii. 286; v. .

breyd-e, v. .

Bridles, v. .

brige, v. .

brimstoon, v. .

brocages, i. 446 (l. 6971);

brocage, v. .

broche, v. .

broken, iii. 327.

broken harm, v. .

brokkinge, v. .

Bromholm, v. .

brotelnesse, i. 565.

Brothers, sworn, v. .

brouke, iii. 250 (l. 273); v. , .

Bruges, v. .

Brut, i. 564.

Brutus Cassius, v. .

brybe, v. .

bryberyes, v. .

Buck, names of the, i. 475.

Bucklers, v. , .

buf, v. -6.

bulles, v. .

bumbleth, v. -8.

burel, v. ;

borel, .

buriels, v. .

Burnell the Ass, v. .

burnet, i. 418.

Busiris, v. ;

Busirides, ii. 433.

by, v. .

by and by, v. .

by me (rimes with tyme), v. .

by'r (by our), i. 477.

Byblis, i. 515.

cadence, iii. 257.

cake, v. , .

Calchas, ii. 462.

Calcination, v. .

calendar, iii. 309, 310.

Calendars, i. 454.

calendes, ii. 468.

caleweys, i. 447.

calle (caul), v. .

Callisto, i. 514; v. .

Calydonian boar-hunt, ii. 501.

Calypso, iii. 272.

Cambinskan, v. .

Campaneus (Capaneus); i. 533; v. .

camus, v. .

Canace, iii. 299; v. .

Cananee, v. .

Candace, i. 513, 565.

canel-boon, i. 484.

Canius, or Canus, ii. 422, 424.

cankedort, ii. 473, 474.

Canon (by Avicenna), v. .

Canons, v. .

Canterbury, archbp. of, v. .

Capaneus, i. 533; v. .

cape (gape), ii. 500; v. .

cappe, hir aller, v. .

capul, v. .

Caracalla, ii. 439.

carbuncle, iii. 275; v. .

cardiacle, v. .

cariage, v. ;

upon —, .

carl, v. .

Carmelites, v. .

carole, i. 422, 484.

Carrenare, i. 487.

carrik, v. .

Carving, v. .

Cassandra's lament, i. 494.

Cassiodorus, ii. 423, 424.

Castel, long, v. .

Castles in Spain, i. 433.

Catalonia, iii. 270, 271.

caterwawed, a, v. .

Caucasus, v. .

cause causinge, ii. 490.

cause why, v. .

cave, i. 499.

caynard, v. .

Cecilia, St., v. ;

— church of, v. ;

— life of, iii. 308;

— meaning of the name, v. .

ceint, v. .

celle (for selle), v. .

celle fantastik, v. .

Cells, v. , ;

— of the brain, .

cenith, iii. 357.

Centaurs, the, v. .

Centaury, v. .

centre, v. ;

— (on a Rete), iii. 358 (l. 7); v. .

cered pokets, v. .

cerial, v. .

ceriously, v. -7.

ceruce, v. .

cetewale, v. .

Ceyx and Alcyone, v. .

chalons, v. .

chamail (camel), v. .

champioun, v. .

Chantecleer, v. .

Chantries, v. .

Chapes, v. .

Chaplains, v. .

charge, iii. 259.

Charity, St., v. .

Charms, v. ;

— and spells, -6.

Chaucer, genuine lines by, v. -3.

Chaucer's appearance, i. 557; v. ;

— his mistakes, ii. xxiv; v. , , ;

— his occupations, iii. 257;

— his translation of Boethius, iii. 307;

— his wife, iii. 256.

Chauntepleure, i. 537.

Cheapside, shows in, v. .

cheep (cheap), v. .

cheest (chooses), i. 524.

cheklatoun, v. .

chelaundre, i. 418.

cherisaunce (no such word), i. 434.

Cherry-fair, ii. 505.

cherubinnes face, v. .

Chess invented, i. 480;

chess-pieces, i. 481, 482;

chess, v. .

cheste, v. .

chevauche, i. 501; v. .

chevesaile, i. 425.

chevisaunce, iii. 345; v. , .

Chichevache, v. -2.

child, v. .

chilindre, v. -1.

chimbe, v. .

chinche, v. .

chirche-hawes, v. .

chirkinge, ii. 426; v. , .

Chiron, iii. 267.

chisels, v. .

chivachee, v. ; i. 501.

chivachye, v. .

choppen, iii. 282.

Chorus, iii. 344.

Chough, the, i. 518.

Christ's members (in oaths), v. -6.

Christmas, poor at, v. .

Christopher, St., v. , .

Chrysippus, v. .

Church-building, v. .

Church-door, marriage at the, v. .

chydester, v. .

Cicero, v. ;

— his Somnium Scipionis, v. .

ciclatoun, v. .

cipress, v. .

Cipryde, i. 514.

Circe, iii. 272.

citizein, iii. 264 (l. 986).

Cirrea, i. 531.

citrinacioun, v. .

claperes, i. 428.

clappen as a mille, v. .

Clara, St., iii. 266.

clarree, ii. 432; v. .

Claudian, iii. 279, 302.

clawe, v. .

Cleopatra, iii. 310-4.

clergeon, v. .

Clerk, duties of a, v. ;

the Clerk, -1.

clew, iii. 280 (l. 1702).

cliket, v. -5.

Climates, latitudes of, iii. 365-6.

clom, v. .

clote-leef, v. .

Cloth-making, v. .

cloutes, v. .

clowe-gilofre, v. .

Cock, the, i. 519;

— as astrologer, ii. 482;

Cock-crow, v. , .

cogge, iii. 327.

cok, cry, v. .

cokenay, v. .

Colchis, iii. 325.

cold (fatal), v. .

col-fox, v. .

Collatinus, iii. 331.

Colle, iii. 273.

Collect and Expanse years, iii. 367.

Cologne, pilgrims to, v. .

colour, i. 563.

Colours, meaning of, i. 534, 538, 565.

coltes tooth, v. .

com of, ii. 473; v. .

com-ba-me, v. .

combre-world, ii. 487.

combust, ii. 478; iii. 362.

come, s., v. .

comeveden, ii. 475.

Commandments, the ten, v. -4.

compas, iii. 260.

Compass, points of the, iii. 364 (§ 31. 6).

Complaints, v. .

Complexions, the four, iii. 247; v. -3, .

Compostella, pilgrims to, v. .

comprende, ii. 483; v. .

condicioun, iii. 290.

condys, pl., i. 428.

conning, iii. 292.

Conscience, worm of, v. .

consecrat, v. .

conseil, v. , .

Constantine, v. .

contenaunce, v. .

contre-houses, i. 532.

contubernial, v. .

contumax, v. .

Convent of thirteen, v. .

convers, in, ii. 505.

cope, v. .

coppe, withouten, v. -90.

corage, taketh his, i. 417.

Coral, buildings of, v. .

corbets, iii. 274.

Cormorant, the, i. 520.

cornes, v. , .

corniculere, v. .

corny, v. .

corollary, ii. 442.

Corona Borealis, iii. 340.

corseynt, iii. 248.

cost (coast), v. .

costlewe, v. .

costrel, iii. 550.

cote-armures, v. , .

counterwayte, v. , .

countour, v. .

court, v. .

courtepy, v. (l. 290).

covent, v. .

covercle, iii. 260.

covyne, v. .

cow is wood, v. .

crampisshe, i. 535.

Crane, the, i. 518.

Crassus, ii. 481.

creant, v. .

Creation, date of the, v. .

crece, i. 438.

Creusa, iii. 330.

crinkled, iii. 336.

Criseyde, for Briseida, ii. 426;

— her mother, 489 (l. 762).

croce, v. .

Crœsus, iii. 248; v. .

croppes, v. .

Crosiers, v. .

Cross, finding of the, v. ;

hymn to the —, ;

sign of the —, .

Crow, the, i. 520, 521.

Crow's feet, ii. 469.

crowding, v. , .

crowne, v. .

crulle, v. .

cucurbites, v. .

cukkow, v. .

Curfew-time, v. .

cut (lot), v. ;

draw cuts, .

Cuthbert, St., v. .

cutted, iii. 318; v. .

Cybele, iii. 309.

Cyllenius, i. 498.

dagges, i. 449;

dagginge, v. .

dagon, v. .

daliaunce, v. .

Dalida, i. 565; v. .

Damascus, v. .

Damocles, story of, ii. 439; v. .

Dan, v. .

Danaus, iii. 346.

Dante, mentioned, v. .

Daphne, v. .

dare, v. .

Dares Frigius, i. 489, 490; iii. 326.

darked, iii. 316.

darreyne, v. .

Dart, prize for running, v. .

Dartmouth, v. .

Date of the pilgrimage, v. -3.

Daun, v. .

daunce, the olde, ii. 478; v. .

Daunger, iii. 295.

daunger, in, v. ;

— with, .

daungerous, v. .

dawes, v. .

day, his (Gam.), v. .

day natural, i. 499; v. .

daysyes, iii. 291.

Deadly Sins, Seven, i. 453; v. .

decoped, i. 423.

Deficient lines, v. -5, -1.

defouled, v. .

degrees (steps), v. .

degyse, v. ;

degysinge, .

deliver, v. .

Delphos, v. .

delye, ii. 420.

Demophoon, iii. 252, 344.

Denis, St., v. , .

depardieux, v. -6.

Deptford, v. .

derk, i. 500.

derring-do (Spenser), ii. 498.

desespeired, i. 527.

deslavee, v. .

despitous, v. .

desray, v. .

devel way, v. , .

deye, s., v. .

deye, dye, v., v. .

deyntee, v. .

deys, v. , .

diapred, v. .

Dictys, i. 490.

Dido, iii. 317-24.

digne, v. .

Diomede described, ii. 498.

disioint, iii. 329.

dismal, i. 493, 494.

disputisoun, v. .

distoned, i. 436.

distraught, v. .

distreyneth, v. .

divisioun, i. 504.

divynailes, v. .

do wey, v. .

dogge for the bowe, v. , .

Dogs as pets, v. , (l. 146).

Dolphin, the constellation, iii. 265.

dolven and deed, i. 469.

dome, as to my, i. 567.

dominacioun, v. .

Domination, blood in, v. .

don make, hath, v. .

Dorothea, St., v. , .

doucettes, iii. 268.

dragges, v. .

Dragon's Tail, iii. 361.

dragoun, v. .

Drake, the, i. 520.

drasty, v. .

draught, i. 479.

Dreams, i. 509: ii. 497; iii. 246.

drede, withouten, v. .

dredful, iii. 316.

dresse, v. .

dreynt-e, def. adj., i. 469; v. .

droghte, v. .

Drunk as a mouse, v. , .

Dry sea, the, i. 486, 487.

Dryden on Chaucer, v. .

dryve away, i. 463; v. ;

dryve forth, ii. 467.

Du Gueschlin, v. -9.

duetee, v. .

dulcarnon, ii. 479, 480.

Dun in the mire, v. -6.

Dunmow flitch, v. .

durring don, ii. 498.

dyte, i. 568.

-e, i. the fem. adj., iii. 347.

Eagle, the, i. 517.

Eclipse, lunar, ii. 450.

Ecliptic, obliquity of the, iii. 354.

Eclympasteyre, i. 468.

-ed, for A. S. -að, -oð, v. .

Edward, St., v. .

eek, eke, v. .

Eels slippery, iii. 286, 287.

eftures (a ghost-word), iii. 332.

eggement, v. .

egrimoine, v. .

Egyptian days, i. 493.

eightetene, v. .

Eilers, Dr., quoted, v. .

Ekko, v. .

Eleatici, ii. 420.

Election, in astrology, v. -2.

Elements, the four, ii. 441; iii. 259, 261; v. , , .

elenge, v. , .

Eliachim, v. .

Eligius, St., v. .

elf, v. .

elf-queen, v. , .

elvish, v. -3.

embosed, i. 472.

embrouded, v. .

Emelye, i. 532.

emforth, iii. 338.

enbibing, v. .

endentinge, v. .

engreggen, v. .

enluting, v. .

entaile, i. 425.

entendeden, iii. 321.

entremees, i. 446.

Envoy, iii. 306.

Envy, v. -2.

envye, to, i. 468.

envyen, iii. 270.

envyned, v. .

Ephesus, widow of, v. .

Epicurus, v. .

episicle, iii. 364.

equacions, v. .

erchedeken, v. , .

Eriphyle, v. .

erme, i. 465; v. .

Erymanthian boar, ii. 454.

eschu, adj., v. .

eschue, ger., v. .

esed, v. .

espiaille, v. .

espirituels, v. .

essoyne, v. .

Esther, iii. 298.

estres iii. 331-2; v. .

et, pr. s., iii. 324.

Ethics of Aristotle, iii. 296.

Etymologies of names, v. .

Euripus, ii. 428.

Europa, iii. 294.

Eva, Ave, v. .

Eve, sone of, v. -5.

even-cristen, v. .

ever in oon, i. 458.

ew, i. 512.

Exaltation (in astrology), v. , ;

— of the moon, v. ;

— of the sun, .

Expanse years, iii. 367.

expulsif, v. , .

eye, awe (Gam.), v. .

Eyes, gray, v. .

Fable; Lion, Tiger, and Fox, v. ;

— Man conquering a Lion, , ;

— Wolf and the Mare, -3.

Face (in astrology), v. ;

— of Mars, .

facound, v. .

fade, i. 419.

Fairies, v. -90, , .

Fairs, v. .

Falcon, the, i. 517.

falding, v. .

fan, v. .

fard, i. 432.

Fates, the three, ii. 495.

favour, iii. 253.

fawe, v. .

Feast for three days, v. .

feeldes, v. .

felawshippe, iii. 318.

feldefare, farewel, ii. 479.

felle, adj. pl., ii. 464.

fen (Arab. fann), v. .

ferd, pp., ii. 491.

ferd, for, ii. 489.

ferforth, v. .

fermentacioun, v. .

fermerer, v. .

fermour, iii. 305.

fern, ferne yere, v. .

Fern-ashes, glass from, v. .

ferne, ii. 434, v. .

ferre, v. .

fers, i. 476, 480;

ferses, 481.

ferthing, v. .

fet-e, i. 469, 477 (l. 501).

fetis, v. .

fevere, a blaunche, ii. 466.

Fieldfare, the, i. 521.

fir, sailing, i. 512.

Fire, Greek, v. .

Fish Street, v. .

Flanders, v. .

Flat, not edge, ii. 490.

fled-de, pp. pl., ii. 464.

flekked, v. .

fleming of wrecches, ii. 480.

Flemings slain, v. -8.

flokmele, v. .

Florins, v. .

Flower and Leaf, iii. 293, 297.

floytinge, v. .

fneseth, v. .

folily, v. .

Folk-lore; when men's ears glow, ii. 471;

itching, v. .

foo (for foot), v. .

foot-hot, i. 435; v. .

foot-mantel, v. .

for, against, i. 432; iii. 298;

to prevent, i. 436, 524; v. , .

for moiste, i. 429.

for to, iii. 290.

for warping, iii. 365.

for wood, iii. 280, 344.

forage, v. .

forbyse, ii. 473.

fordrye, v. .

fore, s., v. , , .

foreyne, iii. 335.

forget, pr. s., i. 418.

forloyn, i. 473.

forme-fader, v. .

formel, i. 521.

forneys, v. .

fors, no, v. ;

no — of, .

forshright, ii. 491.

forstraught, v. .

fortened, i. 438.

Fortuna maior, ii. 482.

forward, v. .

fostred, v. (l. 539).

fot-hoot, i. 473.

foudre, iii. 254, 255.

foun (fawn), i. 475;

see fownes.

founde, i. 536.

fownes, ii. 464;

see foun.

foynen, v. .

Frankeleyn, the, v. .

frape, ii. 477.

fraternitee, v. .

Fraternity, letters of, v. , .

fraught, v. -6.

free, i. 453.

fremd, iii. 319.

French in England, v. .

Frere, the, v. , .

fret, ii. 297, 298.

fret full, i. 437.

fretted, i. 449.

Friars, orders of, i. 444, 450; v. -9, , .

Frideswide, St., v. .

Friesland, i. 558.

fro ye, ii. 461.

froit = fruit, iii. 285.

frouncen, i. 449.

fume, v. .

Fumitory, v. .

Funerals, v. .

furie, v. .

furlong-wey, iii. 300; v. .

fyrbrond, v. .

gadeling (Gam.), v. .

galaxye, iii. 263.

galentyne, i. 540, 549.

Galianes, v. .

galingale, v. .

galle, v. , .

galley half-pence, v. .

game, v. , .

Gaming, v. .

Ganelon, v. ;

Genelon, i. 491;

Genilon, v. , .

Gargaphia, v. .

gargate, v. .

garisoun, to, i. 434.

Garlands, v. .

gat-tothed, v. .

gauded, v. .

gaudy-grene, v. -4.

Gaunt, John of, i. 476.

gauren, v. .

Gawain, Sir, v. .

gaytres beryis, v. .

geen, gone (North.), v. .

geeth, iii. 338.

Geminis, in, v. .

Gems repel venom, i. 425.

Genelon, i. 491;

Ganelon, v. ;

Genilon, v. , .

Gengis Khan, v. .

Genitive, use of (in proper names), v. .

gentilesse, v. .

Geoffrey of Monmouth, iii. 278.

Geomancy, v. .

Gerund, use of the, v. .

gery, v. .

geste, v. , , ;

gestes, .

gestours, v. .

Giants, v. .

gib-cat, i. 443.

gigginge, v. .

Giles, St., iii. 264; v. .

gipoun, v. .

gipser, v. .

girles, v. .

girt, pr. s., i. 498.

giterne, v. .

Glasgerion, iii. 267, 268.

Glass-making, v. -9.

gledy, iii. 294.

glood, v. .

glose, i. 471.

Gloves, white, v. .

Gluttony, v. .

gnede, i. 442.

gnodded, gniden, i. 540.

gnof, v. .

go, iii. 337.

go bet, i. 466; iii. 323; v. .

go walked, v. .

god be with you, v. .

god yow see, v. .

goddes kechil, v. .

gode man, v. .

godsibbes, v. .

Gold, red, v. , ;

— a remedy, .

golde (flower), v. .

golee, i. 523.

goliardeys, v. -9.

gonne, iii. 312.

good man, iii. 325.

good' men, v. .

Good Women, v. -8.

goon a-caterwawed, v. .

Goose, the, i. 519.

goosish, ii. 477.

gore, v. -9, ;

under my —, .

Gospel of the Holy Ghost, i. 447, 448.

Gospels, copies of the, v. -8.

goune-cloth, v. .

governeresse, i. 456.

Gower, moral, ii. 505;

— quoted, i. 485;

— his tale of Constaunce, v. .

grace, to stonde in, v. .

grange, v. .

Graunson, Sir Otes de, i. 559, 562.

grayn, in, v. , .

gree, v. .

Green, for inconstancy, i. 565, 566.

Greenwich, v. .

grete, the, iii. 310.

grete see, v. .

greves, iii. 298.

greyn, v. .

greyn, in, v. , .

greyn of Portingale, v. .

grille, i. 418.

grisel, i. 557.

groyn, v. .

groyning, v. .

gruf, v. .

grys, v. .

Guido delle Colonne, i. 489, 490, 491; iii. 318, 324, 328.

Guilds, v. .

Gundulfus, v. -7.

Guy, Sir, v. .

Gyndes, v. .

gytes, v. , .

haberdassher, v. .

habergeoun, v. .

habitacles, iii. 267.

Hailes, Blood of, v. .

hainselins, v. .

Hair, yellow, v. .

haire, i. 419.

halcyon, i. 464.

half-goddes, iii. 305.

halse, v. .

halvendel (Gam.), v. .

halwes, v. ;

seketh —, iii. 323.

hande-brede, v. .

Harbledown, v. .

hardy, iii. 327.

harlot, v. .

harlotrye, v. .

harlots, king of, i. 442.

harneised, v. .

harneys, v. .

Harpies, the, ii. 453.

harre, v. .

harrow, v. , , .

Harrowing of hell, v. .

Harry Bailly, v. .

hasard, v. .

Hasdrubal's wife, v. .

hath (for is), v. .

haubergeons, v. .

hauberk, v. -6.

haunteden, v. .

hautein, iii. 321 (l. 1120).

hawe bake, v. .

hayt! v. .

Hazard, game of, v. , .

Head-dresses, v. .

hed (Kentish), iii. 297.

heef, ii. 420.

heigh and lowe, in, v. .

helde, v. .

Helicon, iii. 254.

Hellebore, v. .

Heloise, v. .

hende, v. .

hente, iii. 255.

herber, iii. 296, 297.

herberwe, v. (l. 1033).

Herbs, virtues of, v. .

Hercules, labours of, v. -2;

— pillars of, .

here (her), v. .

here and howne, ii. 486.

Herenus, i. 460; ii. 484.

Herines (Furies), ii. 484.

heritage, gen., i. 460.

Hermengild, v. .

Hermes, v. .

Hermes Ballenus, iii. 272.

Hero, iii. 299.

Heron, the, i. 518.

heronere, iii. 321.

heronsew, v. .

Herostratus, iii. 283.

herse, i. 458.

hert-e, iii. 292.

Hesperides, the, ii. 454.

heterly, iii. 312.

hethen (hence), v. .

hethenesse, v. .

hething, s., v. .

hette, i. 503.

heyne, v. -1.

heyre, an, v. .

hight, i. 460.

him and here, v. .

Hippolytus, iii. 338.

hit, pr. s., v. .

hit am I, iii. 300.

ho, v. .

Hoccleve, iii. 307; v. .

hochepot, v. .

hoker, v. .

hold, in, v. .

Holderness, v. .

holm, i. 512.

Holofernes, v. .

Homage, form of, i. 431.

Homer, ii. 462.

homicide, v. .

hond, holde in, iii. 258.

honestetee, v. .

Hood, the Canon's, v. .

Hood, game in one's, iii. 282.

Hoodless, to go, i. 486.

hool and sound, v. .

hoomly, v. .

hope, v., v. .

hoppesteres, v. .

Horn, lay of, v. .

Horoscopes, v. , , .

horowe, i. 503.

hors, pl., v. .

Horse of brass, v. .

hose, v. .

Host, the, v. .

hostes man, v. .

hostler, v. (l. 23);

hostiler, .

hoten, v. -5.

hottes, iii. 284.

houndfish, v. .

houped, v. .

Hours of the clock, v. ;

planetary hours, , ;

unequal hours, .

House with two rooms, v. .

House (in astrology), ii. 470; v. ;

celestial houses, iii. 361, 365.

House of Fame, argument of, iii. 243.

hoven, iii. 322.

Hugh of Lincoln, v. .

humble bed, v. .

Humours, four, v. , .

hunte, v. .

hunteresse, iii. 318.

hunting, an, iii. 322.

hurtlen, iii. 312.

Hypermnestra, iii. 346-351.

Hypsipyle, iii. 324-8.

Idols, sacrifice to, v. .

ignotum per ignotius, v. .

Ilioun, i. 494; iii. 249, 250, 318.

Images as charms, iii. 271.

impes, v. .

in (for into), iii. 251.

in manus tuas, v. .

incubus, v. .

inde, i. 418.

Innocent III., On Human Misery, iii. 307.

inobedient, v. .

interesse, i. 547.

intervalle, v. .

in-with, iii. 293; v. -180.

ipocras, v. .

ipocrite, v. .

Irish (not irous), i. 435.

Isis, iii. 283.

Isoude, i. 515; iii. 282, 299.

it am I, v. , ;

it ben, .

Itching (in folk-lore), v. .

Ive, St., v. .

Jack (a fool), v. .

Jack of Dover, v. .

Jack Straw, v. -8.

Jacobin, i. 450.

Jaconites, iii. 329.

iagounce, i. 426.

Iambeux, v. .

James, St., v. , .

Jane, v. .

Janus, v. .

Jay, the, i. 518;

— its talking, v. .

je vous dy, v. .

Jephtha, v. .

Jerome against Jovinian, iii. 302.

Iesu (not Jhesu), v. .

Iet, the newe, v. .

ieupardies, i. 481.

Iewerye, v. .

Jews, feeling against the, v. -9;

Jews' work, .

io = jo, ii. 476.

Joce, St., v. .

jogelour, iii. 271, 327; v. .

John, a name of contempt, v. , .

Iolitee, v. .

Jonathan, iii. 298.

Josephus, iii. 276.

Iossa, v. .

iouken, ii. 497.

Ioves, iii. 256.

Jovinian, v. .

Jubilee, v. .

Julian, St., iii. 265; v. .

Julius Cæsar, v. .

Juniper, v. -3.

Iupartye, v. .

kalender, iii. 309-10.

Kay, Sir, i. 432.

Kayr-rud, v. .

kechil, v. .

kempe heres, v. .

ken = kin, i. 475.

Kenelm, St., v. .

Kentish forms, v. (l. 828).

kepe, s., iii. 319.

kept, don you, v. (l. 1098).

Kerchiefs, v. .

kernels, i. 336.

kers (curse!), v. .

kike, v. .

kimelin, v. .

King's Hall, v. -20.

King's note, v. .

kinnes, alles, iii. 279.

kirked, i. 433, 434.

Kite (bird), v. .

kk, written as lk, i. 425.

knarre, v. .

knave child, v. , .

Knight, v. ;

— of the shire, ;

Knightes Tale, chronology of the, .

knight, goddes, v. .

Knives for women, v. .

Kyte, the, i. 519.

labbe, v. .

lacche, i. 429.

lace, i. 561.

Ladder, parts of a, v. .

Ladies, nineteen, ii. 310; v. -8.

lady, gen., v. .

lake, (linen), v. .

lakkest, (Gam.), v. -3.

Lamech, i. 534; v. , .

lampe, v. .

Laodamia, iii. 299.

Laomedon, ii. 486.

Lapidaire, iii. 274.

Lapwing, the, i. 518.

largesse, iii. 274; v. .

last (weight), v. .

laten blood, v. .

lathe, v. .

Latitude (of places), v.

latoun, v. , -100, -1, .

latrede, v. .

lauds, v. .

launcegay, v. .

laurel, i. 512.

lause, ii. 431.

laved out, ii. 445;

laven, 450.

lavender, iii. 303, 304.

layneres, v. .

Lays, Breton, v. .

lazar, v. .

ledene, v. .

leed, v. .

leed, whippe of, v. .

leefsel, v. ;

levesel, .

leek, a, v. .

leet don cryen, v. .

Legend of Good Women, v. .

lemman, v. .

Lemnos, iii. 326-7.

Lemuel, king, v. .

Leo, v. , -1.

Leonard, St., iii. 249.

Lepe, v. , .

lese, ii. 471.

let (leadeth), v. .

lette, pt. s., iii. 339.

letted, v. .

Lettow, v. .

lettres, lettre, v. .

letuaries, v. .

leve, various senses of, iii. 288;

leve, v. ;

leue, lene, iii. 337; v. .

lever, him were, v. .

lever, I have, v. .

levesel, v. ;

leefsel, .

-lewe (suffix), v. .

lewed, iii. 261; v. .

leyt, v. .

Lia (Leah), v. -6.

liard, v. .

Libeux, v. .

licentiat, v. .

Light from a lantern, v. .

lighte, v., v. ; pt. s., .

light-for-somer, i. 566.

like, v., v. .

lilting-horn, iii. 269 (l. 1223).

Lily (of St. Mary), v. .

limaille, v. .

limitour, v. , .

Linian, v. .

Lion, the sign of the, ii. 485;

— of Hercules, 485.

Lion, Book of the, v. .

lisse, i. 488, 489.

list (ear), v. .

listes (lists), v. .

listeth, v. .

litheth (Gam.), v. .

liveree, v. .

Livia, v. .

lixt, v. .

lodemenage, v. .

lodesmen, iii. 327.

loigne, i. 435.

loller, v. -7.

Lombards, v. .

Lombardy horses, v. .

long castell (i. e. Lancaster; the note is wrong), i. 495; v. .

Longitudes of towns, iii. 366.

Longius, i. 457.

loos, los, iii. 327.

lordinges, v. .

lost, sb., ii. 431.

lotinge, v. -8.

loude and stille, i. 435.

louke, v. .

Love, chain of, v. ;

Court of —, ;

Love the ruler, ii. 435 (m 8. 10).

lovedayes, iii. 258; v. -9.

love-drury, v. .

Lovers are lean, i. 548.

Lowis Chaucer, iii. 352.

Loy, St., v. , , .

Lucan, v. , .

Lucia, or Lucilia, v. .

Lucifer, v. -8.

Lucretia, iii. 330-3.

luna, v. .

lunarie, v. .

Lure for a hawk, v. .

lussheburghes, v. .

lute (clay), v. .

Lycurgus, v. ;

— of Thrace, iii. 345.

lye, (blaze), v. .

lyes, iii. 286.

Lyeys, v. .

lyked, iii. 330.

lymere, i. 472.

Lymote, iii. 273.

Lynceus, iii. 346-7;

— or lynx, ii. 440.

Lyra, the constellation, iii. 265.

lyte, iii. 257.

lyve, on (Gam.), v. .

lyves, iii. 266; v. .

m', for me, i. 558; ii. 467 (l. 1050).

Macrobeus, i. 470.

Madrian, corpus, v. .

Magdalene, Lamentation of Mary, iii. 308.

Magic, v. , ; kinds of, .

maheym, v. -6.

Mahoun, v. .

maister-strete, iii. 335.

maister-temple, iii. 319.

maister-tour, v. , .

maistresse, v. .

maistrye, for the, v. .

make, iii. 292, 293.

malefice, v. .

Malin, v. .

Malkin, v. .

malt, pt. s., iii. 262.

Malvesye, v. .

Manciple, the, v. .

mandements, v. .

maner (without of), v. .

Manes, ii. 498.

mangerye (Gam.), v. .

mannish, v. , .

Mansions, in astrology, i. 497; iii. 348.

Mantua, iii. 317.

mappemonde, i. 549.

Marcia Catoun, iii. 299.

Marco Polo, v. -1.

marineer, v. .

mark, pl., v. .

mark of Adam, v. .

market-beter, v. .

Marriages made by friars, v. -6.

Mars the red, v. ;

— described, ;

— (the planet), i. 496-7;

ill influence of —, v. -2, ; iii. 348.

Marshal, v. .

Marsyas, iii. 269, 270.

Marte, accus., iii. 341.

Martian, iii. 264.

Martin, St., v. , .

Mary = bitter, i. 454.

Mary of Egypt, St., v. .

masse-peny, v. .

Master of Divinity, v. .

masty, iii. 281.

mat, iii. 294; v. .

Maudelayne (ship), v. , .

maugree thyn heed, v. ;

— hir heed, .

maumettrye, v. .

Mauny, Sir Oliver, v. -9.

Maur, St., v. .

Maurice, the emperor, v. -5.

mavis, i. 421.

mawmet, v. .

Maxim; he who is grieved in one respect, v. .

May, month of, iii. 290;

— festival, ii. 469, iii. 294;

May-day, v. , .

maysondewe, i. 440.

me, dative, i. 463;

with e elided, i. 458, 477.

mea culpa, ii. 469.

mede, v. .

Medea, iii. 272.

Medicine, writers on, v. -2.

Medlar, the, v. .

medlee cote, v. .

meinee, v. ;

meynee, iii. 319.

Melancholy, v. -2.

Meleager, ii. 501.

men, sing., i. 503, 505, 560; ii. 490; iii. 288; v. , .

mendinants, v. .

mene, sb., i. 455.

menes (means), v. ;

(go-betweens), .

Mercurie crude, v. .

Mercury (planet), v. ;

mansion of —, -7.

Mercy, Works of, v. .

merier, mery, v. .

merk, v. .

Merlin, the, i. 517.

mery, meanings of, v. .

mes, at good, i. 428, 429, 434.

message, v. , , .

messe, v. .

Metals and planets, iii. 276; v. .

Metamorphoseos, v. .

mewe, v. .

mewet, ii. 496.

meynee, iii. 319; v. .

micher, i. 445.

miches, i. 440.

Midas, story of, v. .

Middelburgh, v. .

mille, clappeth as a, v. .

Miller, the, v. -9.

Minos, iii. 333-4.

Minotaur, iii. 334-5.

mintinge, ii. 420.

Mirror, magic, v. .

mis, adj., iii. 285.

Misenus, iii. 270.

misericorde, i. 453.

mister, v. .

misterie, v. .

mo (others), v. , .

mochel, s., i. 484.

mokeren, ii. 431.

mone, gender of, iii. 321 (l. 1163).

Moon's motion, ii. 494, v. ;

Moon-stations, v. , ;

man in the moon, ii. 466-7.

moot, pl. sb., i. 473.

more (root), ii. 495.

more and lesse, v. .

mormal, v. -8.

morter, ii. 493.

mortificacioun, v. .

mortrewes, v. .

morwe, by the, v. , .

mot, v. .

moulen, v. ;

mowled, .

Mountain, snow-clad, iii. 266.

mourdaunt, i. 425.

mowe, v. .

moysoun, i. 430.

moyste, v. .

Mulberry-tree, iii. 316-7.

mullok, v. .

multiplye, v. .

Music, patroness of, v. .

muwis, i. 440.

n', for ne (not), v. .

Nails (as sworn by), v. .

naiteth, ii. 419;

nayte, v. .

naked, ii. 454.

naker, v. -9.

namely, v. .

nat (for ne at), v. .

natal, ii. 476.

Nativities, v. , .

Naxos, iii. 252, 338-9; v. .

Nazarenus, v. .

ne (use of), i. 461; v. .

Nebuchadnezzar, v. .

nedes cost, iii. 351; v. .

neesing, v. .

Negative, double, iii. 288.

neighebour, v. .

neither nother, ii. 457.

Nembrot, i. 542.

Neot, St., v. .

ner and ner, v. .

Neritos, ii. 448.

Nettle in, dock out, ii. 488.

New year's festival, v. .

newefangel, v. -6, .

Newgate, procession to, v. .

nexte, v. .

Nicholas, St., v. .

Nicholas of Lynn, iii. 352-3.

nightertale, v. .

Nightingale, the, i. 519.

night-spel, v. -6.

Noah's flood, v. -2;

— his wife, .

Noble (gold), v. , .

nom, inf. (Gam.), v. .

nones, for the, iii. 300; v. , ;

with the —, iii. 286, 328.

Nonne, the, v. .

north contree, v. .

Northern dialect, v. .

northern light, v. .

Northumberland, v. .

norture (Gam.), v. .

nos kinnes, iii. 282.

not-heed, v. .

nouncerteyn, i. 561; ii. 463.

nounpower, ii. 438.

now, v. -1.

Nowel! v. ; used to mean Noah, -2.

Nuns as chaplains, v. .

octogamye, v. .

Octovien, emperor, i. 472, 473.

Œdipus, ii. 487.

O-ënone (four syllables), ii. 465.

Œnopia (Ægina), iii. 338.

of al, thank god, v. .

offring, v. .

oght (at all), v. .

oghte us, iii. 289, 290; v. .

oile of tartre, v. .

Oise, the river, iii. 284.

olifaunt, v. .

olive, i. 512.

oneden to, v. .

oo (one), v. .

open ye, v. .

opposed, v. .

ord and ende, v. .

ordal, ii. 480.

ore, thyn, v. .

orfrays, i. 420.

organs, v. .

oriental, iii. 297.

Orleans, University at, v. -2.

orloge, v. , .

Orpheus, iii. 267.

Orwell, v. .

Osanne, v. .

Ospringe, v. .

ostelments, ii. 431.

oules, v. .

ounded, ii. 489;

oundinge, v. .

oundy, iii. 275.

out of drede, v. .

outen, v. , .

outherwhyle, v. .

outlawe, v. .

outrely, v. .

out-rydere, v. , .

out-twyne, i. 549.

over al, v. .

over-lippe, v. .

overskipper, i. 494.

oversloppe, v. -9.

overthwart, v. .

over-whelveth, ii. 429.

Ovid, iii. 279.

Owl, the, i. 517.

owne hand, his, v. .

Oxenford, v. .

Oxford, latitude of, iii. 363;

school of —, v. .

paas, goon a, v. .

Padua, v. .

Palamon and Arcite, iii. 306; v. .

pale, iii. 282, 283.

Pale as ashes, v. .

palestral, ii. 496.

palinge, v. .

palis, paleis, ii. 422, 426.

Palladium, ii. 462, 486.

palm (tree), i. 512.

palmer, v. .

Palmyra, v. .

panade, v. .

Pandion, iii. 341.

panter, iii. 295.

paper-whyt, iii. 322.

paradise (grains of), i. 428.

paramours, iii. 301; v. , ;

par amour, v. , .

Pardoner, the, v. .

Pardons, sale of, v. .

parements, iii. 320; v. .

Parnassus, i. 531; iii. 254; v. .

parodie, ii. 502, 503.

Parsley, v. .

Parson's daughters, v. .

parsoner, parcener, ii. 459.

Partridge-wings, iii. 276.

party, a (Gam.), v. .

parvys, v. .

Past participle, use of, v. -6.

patente, v. .

Paternoster, White, v. .

Paul's Windows, v. .

Pavements, v. .

Pawns, eight (at chess), i. 482.

pax, kisse, v. .

payed (as pt. s.), iii. 325.

payndemayn, v. -5.

Peacock, the, i. 519.

Peacock-arrows, v. .

Pegasee, v. .

pelet, iii. 280.

Pelias, iii. 325.

Penelope, i. 490; iii. 298.

Penmarch point, v. .

penner, v. .

pensel, i. 444; ii. 499.

Perceval, Sir, v. .

peregryn, v. .

pere-ionette, v. .

peril, upon my, v. .

pers, v. , .

Persoun, the, v. .

perspective, v. .

Pertelote, v. .

Pestilences, i. 557; v. .

Peter! iii. 265; v. , , .

Peter of Cyprus, v. .

Peter of Spain, v. .

Petrarch, v. .

Phædra, iii. 336.

Pheasant, the, i. 519.

Philomela, iii. 340-4.

Philosophers should be silent, ii. 434 (l. 95).

philosophre, v. .

Philostrate, v. .

Philotetes, iii. 326.

phitonesse, iii. 271; v. .

Phitoun, v. .

Phœnix, i. 485.

Phyllis, iii. 252, 344.

physices (?), v. -8.

Pierides, v. -1.

piëtous, ii. 497; v. (l. 20).

pigges-nye, v. .

Pilate's voice, v. .

piled, v. .

piler elm, i. 512.

Pilgrimages, v. .

Pilgrim's Tale, the, v. -4.

pilled, iii. 323.

pilwebeer, v. .

piment, i. 442; ii. 432.

pin, a Ioly, v. .

pinched, v. .

Pins given by friars, v. -7.

piper, i. 512.

Pipes, rustic, iii. 269.

Pirithous, v. .

Pisces, sign of, v. .

pitaunce, v. .

place, v. .

Placebo, v. , ;

(a name), v. -8.

plages, v. .

Planet's ascension, v. ;

influence of —, i. 556, iii. 347, 359;

— and metals, iii. 276, v. .

See Spheres

plate (armour), v. .

Plato, ii. 459;

— his doctrine of forms, iii. 340.

Plays, Miracle, v. .

platte (flat), v. .

plentevous, v. .

pleye, v. .

Pleyndamour, v. .

pleyne unto, pleyne on, i. 567.

Plowman, the, v. .

Plutarch, iii. 334-6.

Pluto, v. , .

plyt, v. , .

point, in good, v. .

point-devys, at, v. .

poke, v. .

Pole-star, iii. 363.

Polyxena, i. 490; iii. 299.

pomely-gray, v. .

Pompey, v. .

Pope-holy, i. 419.

popelote, v. .

Popering, v. .

Popinjay, the, i. 520 (l. 359).

poppen, i. 424.

popper, v. .

porismes, ii. 442.

porthors, i. 170.

pose, v. , .

possessioners, v. .

post, ii. 466; v. .

potent, ii. 500.

potestat, v. .

poudre-marchaunt, ii. 37.

pounage, i. 539, 540.

pounsoninge, v. .

pouped, v. .poverte, v. .

Precession of the equinoxes, v. .

preching, v. .

precious, v. .

preignant, ii. 492.

Present tense, 3 p., contracted, v. (l. 187.)

Pride, v. , .

Priests, the three, v. .

prikke, iii. 262.

prime, v. , ;

pryme, , ;

high pr., half pr., ;

fully pr., ;

pr. large, .

Primum mobile, iii. 355-356; v. .

Princess, i. 561, 562.

principals, adj. pl., iii. 353.

principio, in, v. .

Prioresse, v. ; her tale, .

procutour, v. .

Proper names, accent on, v. .

proporcionels, v. .

Prose, in, v. .

Proverbs: abide by the law, v. ;

after heat comes cold, i. 564;

all fails that fools think, ii. 463;

all that shines is not gold, v. -9;

as a blind man starts a hare, iii. 258;

as fain as a fowl of a fair day, v. , , 4;

as I brew, &c., iii. 283;

as just as a squire, v. ;

as mad as a hare, v. ;

aussi bien sont amourettes, &c., i. 438;

avoidance is the only remedy, i. 510;

beat the dog before the lion, v. ;

Bernardus monachus non uidit omnia, iii. 289;

better late than never, v. ;

a blind man cannot judge colours, ii. 468;

boot after bale (Gam.), v. ;

burnt child fears fire, i. 431; v. ;

(the) cat wants fish, &c., iii. 282;

companions in misery, ii. 465, (l. 708);

cover the gleed, and increase the fire, iii. 315;

(the) cowl makes not the monk, i. 443;

cuckolds at home, v. ;

curses come home, v. ;

delay is dangerous, ii. 479;

dim eyes have no clear sight, v. ;

with empty hand, v. -5;

evil to him who deserves it, v. ;

the false thinks not like the true, i. 534. (l. 105);

familiarity breeds contempt, v. ;

far from eye, v. ;

farewell, fieldfare, ii. 479;

farewell to last year's snow, ii. 500;

fields have eyes, v. ;

fish out of water, v. , ;

a fool's bell is soon rung, i. 439;

a fool's bolt is soon shot, i. 523;

Fortune favours the bold, ii. 488 (l. 600);

Fridays in the week, v. ;

to fry his own grease, v. ;

let the glass head beware of stones, ii. 471;

to glaze one's hood, ii. 497;

a good child soon learns, v. ;

as good fish in the sea, i. 523;

greatest sinner, greatest saint, ii. 466;

the guiler is beguiled, i. 441, v. ;

he hasteth well that wisely can abide, v. ;

he is wisest, who cares not, v. ;

he must have a long spoon, &c., v. ;

he that builds his house, &c., v. ;

he that does evil must not expect good, v. ;

he that enters into a game consents to it, v. ;

he that gives quickly deserves most thanks, iii. 308;

he that grasps at much holds little, i. 564;

he that knows the herb, &c., iii. 251;

hear both sides, iii. 303;

hoar head and green tail, v. ;

Hoc facit una dies, v. ;

if you have no servant, do it yourself, v. ;

judge hastily, and soon repent, v. -5;

let sleeping hounds lie, ii. 479;

let well alone, i. 559;

light as a linden-leaf, v. ;

make a sparrow-hawk of a buzzard, i. 436;

make a virtue of necessity, v. , ;

making a rod for his own back, ii. 466 (l. 740);

many littles make a mickle, v. ;

many peoples, many customs, ii. 468;

medicine is bitter, ii. 481;

men may outrun old age, v. ;

more haste, worse speed, ii. 466;

the mouse that hath but one hole, v. ;

murder will out, v. , ;

need has no peer, v. ;

nest and no egg (Gam), v. ;

a nine day's wonder, ii. 488;

none so gray goose, v. (l. 269);

not all gold that glistens, iii. 250;

nothing venture, nothing have, ii. 493;

of little meddling comes great ease, v. ;

oil increases fire, v. ;

patience conquers, ii. 493 (l. 1584);

to pipe in an ivy-leaf, v. ;

plants without a root soon die, ii. 489;

proffered service stinks, i. 523; v. ;

promise is debt, v. ;

qui bien aime, i. 526;

Qui plus castigat, i. 437;

repel force by force, v. ;

rotten apples spoil the hoard, v. ;

shrews like companions in misfortune, v. ;

slight impressions soon fade, ii. 472;

so many heads so many wits, v. ;

soon got, soon spent, v. ;

to spurn against an awl, i. 552;

sufferance is an ease, v. ;

(take what you can get), v. ;

that which is overdone, &c., v. ;

there's as good fish, &c., i. 523;

they never bent his bow, ii. 471;

too heavy or too hot, v. ;

tow on my distaff, v. ;

a true man and a thief think differently, v. ;

true jest is no jest, v. ;

(two strings to a bow), i. 566;

unhardy is unsely, v. -6;

what is learnt when young, &c., i. 483;

what one brews, he must drink, iii. 283;

when the iron's hot, ii. 472;

who comes first to the mill, v. ;

wise men are chastised by fools, ii. 476;

with empty hand, v. (l. 415);

women's counsels are cold, v. .

See also i. 559, 564, and the references to the Proverbs in Troilus, ii. lxxviii.

Pruce, v. .

Prudence, three-eyed, ii. 498;

origin of the name, v. .

pryme, v. , , ;

see prime.

prymerole, v. .

Pseustis, iii. 269.

Ptolemaic system, iii. 355-356.

Ptolemy, v. ;

quoted, iii. 362;

his Almagest, iii. 354; v. , .

Puella and Rubens, v. -83.

pulle, i. 446;

— a finche, v. (l. 649);

pulled hen, .

Punctuation, i. 431.

purchace, v. ;

purchas, .

pure, i. 476; v. .

purfiled, v. .

purpryse, i. 436.

purveyance, v. .

put up, put by, i. 459.

Pygmalion, v. .

Pyramus, iii. 314.

Pythagoras, i. 481, 492, 507; ii. 425.

quad (evil), v. , .

quakke, v. .

Quarnaro, gulf of, i. 487.

querne, v. .

questio quid iuris, v. .

qui bien aime, i. 525, 526.

qui cum patre, v. .

qui la, v. .

Quicklime, pots of, iii. 312, 313.

quince, i. 428.

quinible, v. .

Quintain, the, v. .

quirboilly, v. -7.

quistroun, i. 423.

Rackets, playing at, ii. 488.

radevore, iii. 342 (l. 2352), 343.

rakel, v. .

rakelnesse, i. 557.

rake-stele, v. .

rakle, v., ii. 483.

Ram, the, v. .

Ram, as a prize, v. , , .

rape and renne, v. -2.

rape of rees (Gam.), v. .

Rebeck, v. .

recchelees, v. .

rechased, i. 473, 474.

reclaim, v. .

reclaiming, iii. 324.

recoverer, i. 566.

recreant, v. .

Red Sea, ii. 437.

rede (pipe), iii. 268.

rees (Gam.), v. .

refere, referre, ii. 463.

refreyd, i. 550;

refreyded, v. .

refut, v. , .

Regulus, ii. 433.

relay, i. 472.

relees, oute of, v. .

releved, iii. 294.

Relics, v. .

Reliq. Antiq. i. 233; v. .

rémembraunce, iii. 289.

renably, v. .

resalgar, v. .

rese, verb, v. .

resport, ii. 485.

reste, to, v. .

ret, pr. s.; ii. 469.

Reve, the, v. .

reverdye, i. 421.

reverents, ii. 438.

reward, v. .

rewel-boon, v. .

rewtheless, i. 524.

reyes, iii. 270.

Reynard, iii. 345.

Reynes (Rennes), i. 469.

reysed, v. .

rhyme, rime, v. .

ribaud, i. 441.

ribybe, v. .

Richard, St. (Gam.), v. -1.

riche hil, i. e. Richmond in Yorkshire; John of Gaunt was Earl of Richmond (note partly wrong), i. 495; v. .

rideled, i. 427.

Riding into hall, v. .

rime, rhyme, v. .

Rime, an imperfect, i. 560 (l. 23); 565 (xx. 7).

Rimes, repeated, v. ;

dissyllabic, ;

in -y or -ye, .

rim-ram-ruf, v. .

rist, pr. s., iii. 315.

rit, pr. s., v. .

River, hawking by the, v. -7.

Robin, Jolly, i. 450; ii. 500 (l. 1174).

Rochester, v. -5.

rochet, i. 427.

rodebeem, v. (l. 496).

roggeth, iii. 351.

Roland, i. 491.

rolleth, ii. 500; v. .

Romaunt of the Rose, i. 1, 417; iii. 301.

Romulus' mother, i. 516.

ron, pt. s., ii. 478.

Ronyan, v. .

Ronan, St., v. -7.

ronges, v. -8.

roon, i. 430.

Root, or Radix, iii. 367 (l. 44); v. -2, .

ropen, pt. pl., iii. 293.

Rosarie, v. .

roser, v. .

rote (fiddle), v. .

rote (root), v. (l. 2); .

rouketh, v. .

Rouncival, v. .

rouncy, v. .

Roundel, i. 524-5; iii. 307.

roundel (circle), iii. 260.

rowes, i. 495, 496.

royales, v. -5.

Rubeus, v. -3.

rubible, ribible, v. .

rubifying, v. .

Ruggieri, v. .

rum, ram, ruf, v. .

Russia, v. .

Rusticiana, ii. 430.

-s, sign of pl. adj., iii. 353.

Saddle-bow, v. .

sadly, v. .

saffron, v. , .

Sails, purple, iii. 313.

Saints carried to heaven, v. .

Sal armoniacum, v. .

sal peter, v. .

sal tartre, v. .

salwes, v. .

Sapor, v. .

Sarai, v. .

sarpulers, ii. 422.

Satan, v. .

Saturn, influence of, iii. 349; v. .

Sauces, v. .

savour, i. 551.

save (sage), v. .

sawcefleem, v. .

saylours, i. 423.

saynt, i. 449.

Scholars, poor, v. .

Scipio (Africanus Minor), i. 506.

scolering, v. .

scorkleth, ii. 433.

scorning, i. 518.

Scorpion, i. 479; v. , , ;

— with woman's face, .

Scot (horse's name), v. .

scriveyn, i. 539.

Scylla, daughter of Nisus, i. 515; ii. 500; iii. 334.

Sea, keeping the, v. , .

Sea-fights, v. .

Seals, virtue of, v. -5.

secree of secrees, v. .

seet (sat), i. 477.

seet, sete, i. 477.

seint-e, v. .

seken, to, v. .

selle (flooring), v. .

sely, iii. 321.

semëly, v. .

semi-cope, v. .

Semiramis, iii. 314.

sendal, v. .

sene, i. 565; iii. 314; v. .

Seneca, v. , .

sent, pr. s., v. .

sente, v. .

septem triones, ii. 433.

sereyns, i. 421.

seriaunt, ii. 439.

Serpent in form of woman, v. .

servant, (lover), i. 459, 511; iii. 257, 301; v. .

sessions, v. .

set, pr. s., i. 461.

sete, pp., iii. 320.

sette his howve, v. .

seur, siker, v. .

seven yeer, v. .

sewe, i. 554.

sewes, v. .

Sewing letters, ii. 472.

sey (saw), v. .

së-ynt, v. .

Shadow, length of the, v. .

shal, i. 528, 568.

shalmye, iii. 268.

shalt, v. .

shamefast, iii. 327.

sheeld, v. ;

sheeldes, (l. 278).

Sheffield knives, v. .

shene, v. .

shipe (hire), i. 536;

shepe, v. .

Shipman, the, v. -9.

shipnes, v. .

shirt, iii. 349 (l. 2629).

sho, v. .

Shoes, slashed, v. .

sholder-boon, v. .

shoop him, v. .

shot-windowe, v. -4.

Shoulder-blade, divination by a, v. .

shoures, ii. 481.

shynede, iii. 321.

sib, v. .

sicer, v. .

Sichæus, iii. 319.

sight-e, s., iii. 291.

sighte, pt. s., v. .

significavit, v. .

Signs, influence of the, iii. 359.

siker, iii. 349-50.

sikerly, v. .

Simile: like buckets in a well, v. .

Simkin, v.

simphonye, v. .

simpilly, i. 437.

Sinon, iii. 317-8; v. -7.

Sins, Seven, v. , .

Sir Thopas, metre of, v. .

sis cink, v. -4.

sisours (Gam.), v. .

sit, v. .

site, iii. 362.

Sitho, iii. 346.

sitte on knees, i. 466;

sit on knee, iii. 337.

Sittingbourne, v. .

skaffaut, i. 436.

sledes, ii. 446.

slider, v. .

slit, i. 505.

slong, v. .

sloppes, v. .

Sloth, v. -8.

slowe, s., i. 438.

sly, slyly, v. .

slyde, v. .

smal (voice), i. 549.

smoterlich, v. .

snewed, v. .

so mote I thee, v. , .

so that, iii. 327-8.

so theech, v. .

Socrates and Xantippe, v. .

sokingly, v. .

sol, v. .

solas, i. 184.

soler, v. .

Soler-halle, v. -20.

som (singular), i. 470; v. ;

some, ii. 472.

Somer, John, iii. 353.

somer-sesoun, ii. 440, 453.

Somnour, the, v. .

songe, ii. 504.

sonne, fem., v. .

sop-in-wine, v. .

sort, v. .

sote, v. .

sothe, v. .

souded, v. .

Sound, theory of, iii. 259, 260.

souneth into, v. , , ;

souninge, .

soure (buck), i. 475.

sours, iii. 255; v. .

souse, (mod. E.), iii. 255.

Southern dialect, v. .

sovereines, pl. adj., ii. 455.

spanisshing, i. 434.

Sparrow, the, i. 519.

sparth, v. .

spectacle, v. .

spending-silver, v. .

spenser (Gam.), v. .

Spheres, the, i. 557; ii. 425, 446, 474, 504-5;

seven —, i. 496-7;

nine —, i. 506, iii. 355; v. , -5, .

Spheres, harmony of the, i. 507.

Spices and wine, ii. 506; iii. 320;

Spices, v. , .

Spicery, v. , .

Spirits (in alchemy), v. , -7.

spitous, i. 566.

springen, v. .

springers, v. .

springoldes, i. 436.

spyced conscience, v. -7.

spycerye, v. , ;

see Spices.

squaymous, v. -3.

Squire, v. .

squire, as just as a, v. .

staf-slinge, v. .

stalke, iii. 332, v. .

stamin, iii. 343.

stand (in) awe, v. .

stant, v. .

stape, v. .

Starling, the, i. 518.

Stars, seven, i. 483;

— (on a Rete), iii. 357-8.

startling, iii. 322.

Statius, iii. 277.

stele, (handle), v. , .

stellifye, iii. 256.

stemed, v. .

stepe, v. .

-ster, as a suffix, v. -7.

sterres fixes, iii. 357.

steven, sette, v. .

stewe, v. .

stewes, v. .

steyre, i. 500.

Stilbon, v. .

stillatorie, v. .

Stoics, the, ii. 458.

stole, iii. 342.

stoon-stille (Gam.), v. .

store, adj., v. .

Stork, the, i. 520.

stot, v. , .

stounde, v. .

Strode, Ralph, ii. 505.

Strother, v. .

stree, v. .

streite swerd, v. .

style, v. .

Sublimation, v. -3.

subiection, v. .

Substance and accident, ii. 493; v. .

Suetonius, v. , .

suffice, i. 551.

Sugar or soot, ii. 481.

sukkenye, i. 426.

Summer, the hot, v. .

Summer-games, v. -8.

Sun, gender of the, iii. 360.

Sun, position of the, v. .

surquidrie, v. .

sursanure, v. .

Swallow, the, i. 519.

swalow, iii. 320.

Swan, the, i. 517;

Swans eaten, v. .

Swearing, v. -4.

swete, v. .

swete fo, i. 537 (l. 272).

sweveninges, i. 417.

sweynt-e, iii. 281.

swinke, iii. 337;

swinken, v. .

swore, pp., v. .

sworn, had it, v. (l. 1089).

sworn-e, pl., v. .

sy (saw), v. .

Symmachus, ii. 430.

syte, verb, ii. 471.

tabard, v. .

table dormant, v. .

tables, v. .

Tables, Alphonsine, iii. 347 (§ 44);

Toletan, v. .

tache, i. 565.

tailages, v. .

taille (tally), v. .

take, iii. 321; v. .

takel, v. .

tale, v., v. .

talent, iii. 332; v. -2.

talle, i. 497.

Tallies, v. (l. 1606).

tapinage, i. 449.

tappestere, v. .

Tarquinius, iii. 331.

Tars, cloth of, v. .

tas, v. .

taste, iii. 336; v. .

tatarwagges, i. 449.

Taurus, sign of, ii. 468; iii. 294.

taylagiers, i. 446.

Telephus, king, v. .

telle, imp. s., v. .

temen on bere, iii. 280.

tempest, i. 551; v. .

Templars, the, i. 445.

Temple of Mars, v. ;

— of Venus, .

temps, v. .

tenson (French), iii. 293.

Tereus, iii. 341.

terins, i. 421.

Term (in astrology), v. .

Termagaunt, v. .

terme, v. ;

in termes, .

Tertullian, v. .

texpounden, v. .

text, v. .

textuel, v. .

thakketh, v. .

thalighte, v. .

Thames Street, v. .

thank god of al, i. 552, 553.

thankes, his, v. .

thar, him, i. 455; v. ;

thar ye nat, v. .

Thebes, brooch of, i. 504.

thedom, yvel, v. .

theek, so, v. .

Theft punished by hanging, v. -9.

Theodoric, ii. 424.

Theophrastus, v. .

Theseus, iii. 335, 338-9; v. .

thestaat, v. .

thewes, iii. 347; v. .

thing, pl., iii. 288;

thinges, v. ; (pieces), .

thinketh me, v. , (l. 954).

Thiodamas, iii. 270; v. -60.

this = this is, i. 522; v. , .

Thisbe, iii. 314-7.

thise, v. .

Thoas, king, iii. 326.

Thomas, St., of India, v. -7, .

Thomas a Waterings, v. .

thombe of gold, v. .

thonder-leyt, ii. 422.

Thopas, v. .

thou and ye, v. .

thropes, thorpes, v. .

Thunder, cause of, v. .

Thunder-bolts, iii. 254, 255.

thurfte, thurte, i. 425; ii. 477.

thurrok, v. .

thurte, i. 425; ii. 477.

thwitel, v. .

Tiberius Constantine, v. .

Tides, high, v. .

tidifs, v. .

Tigers at Thebes, iii. 276, 277.

timbestere, i. 422.

tipet, v. , .

tire-lire, i. 455.

tissew, ii. 470.

Titan, for Tithonus, ii. 482.

titlelees, v. .

to- (prefix), v. .

to borwe, iii. 338.

to-bete, v. .

to-breketh, v. .

to-go, iii. 313.

to-hangen, iii. 281 (l. 1782).

to-hepe, ii. 483; iii. 336.

Toll, for Millers, v. .

tombestere, v. -7.

took, v. .

torets, v. .

tormentour, v. .

to selle (gerund), v. .

to-slitered, i. 423.

to-stoupe, v. .

totelere, iii. 303.

tother, the, v. .

to-tore, v. .

toty, totty, v. .

toune, in, v. , ;

to t., .

Tournaments, v. .

to-yere, v. .

tragedie, v. -7.

Trains, long, v. .

traverse, ii. 478, 506;

travers, v. .

tree, v. .

Trees, list of, i. 511; v. .

tregetour, iii. 271, 273; v. .

Tremezen, v. .

trenden, ii. 443.

trentals, v. .

trepeget, i. 444.

tressour, i. 420.

tret, pr. s., v. .

tretys, v. .

trewe-love, v. .

trip, v. .

Tristram, i. 515, 550.

Triton, iii. 280.

Troilus described, ii. 498.

Trojan leaders, ii. 485.

Trophee, v. .

Trotula, v. .

trouble, adj., v. .

trouthe, i. 548, 551.

Troy, romance of, v. .

Troy, its six gates, ii. 470.

Trumpington, v. .

Tubal, for Jubal, i. 492.

tukked aboute, v. .

tulle, v. .

Tullus Hostilius, v. .

Tunis, i. 470.

Turkish bow, v. .

turne coppes, v. .

turneth his corage, v. .

Turtle, the, i. 519.

twelfte, i. 500-1.

Twelvemonth and day, v. .

two so riche, iii. 342.

Tydeus, ii. 498, 499.

tydif, iii. 295.

tyne, i. 549.

tyraunt, i. 517.

Tyrian dye, ii. 432.

Ugolino, Count, v. .

Umbra extensa and umbra versa, iii. 367.

unconninge, v. .

uncouple, v. .

undermeles, v. .

undern, v. .

unholsom, ii. 487.

unset stevene, v. .

untyme, in, v. .

up peyne, iii. 279; v. .

upright, i. 468; v. , , (l. 4232).

uprist, pr. s., i. 496.

upriste, dat., v. .

up-so-doun, i. 556; v. .

upward, iii. 366 (§ 40.13).

Urban, St., v. .

Ursa maior, v. .

Ursula, St., i. 443.

vache, i. 553.

Valaunce, i. 501, 502.

Valence, i. 514.

Valentine's day, i. 516.

Valerius ad Rufinum, iii. 302.

Valerius Flaccus, iii. 326-7.

Valerius Maximus, v. .

vassalage, iii. 330.

vavasour, v. .

vekke, i. 436.

veluët, i. 428.

venerye, v. .

Venus described, v. ;

— invoked, ii. 474;

the planet —, v. , ;

temple of —, i. 513.

verdegrees, v. .

verger, i. 434.

vernage, v. , .

vernicle, v. .

Verses deficient in first syllable, iii. 286, 292.

vertu, v. .

vese, v. .

vessel, v. , .

vicaire, i. 521.

vigilyes, v. .

vilage, for visage, i. 542.

vilanie, lucre of, v. .

vileins, adj., v. ;

vilainsly, i. 429;

vileinsly, v. , .

vileinye, v. .

Vincent of Beauvais, i. 507; iii. 303.

Virelay, iii. 307.

viritoot, v. -1.

viritrate, v. .

Virtue natural, v. -2.

visage, i. 542, 543.

visage, v., v. .

Visconti, the, iii. 304, 305.

Vitellio, v. .

vitremyte, v. .

vitriole, v. .

voidee, voydee, ii. 478, 506.

volage, v. .

volatyl, v. -9.

voluper, v. .

vounde, i. 447.

Vulcano, iii. 249.

wachet, v. -2.

Wade's boat, v. .

Wafer-women, v. .

wafres, v. .

Walls, painted, i. 472.

walweth, v. .

wang-toth, v. .

wanhope, v. .

wanten, i. 460; iii. 304 (l. 361).

wantown, v. .

warderere, v. .

wardrobe, v. .

wariangles, v. -6.

warisoun, i. 429.

warisshe, v. -3.

wark (ache), v. .

warne, i. 453.

warnestore, v. -3.

wastel-breed, v. , .

Watling-street, iii. 263.

watre, to, ii. 476.

way-feringe, ii. 432.

webbe, v. -6.

welaway, i. 418.

weld, i. 540, 541.

wenche, v. , .

wende, v. .

went, is, v. -4.

wente, s., i. 474.

were, weir, ii. 476.

wered, v. .

wesele, v. .

wey of the sonne, iii. 364 (§ 30).

wheel, iii. 260; (orbit), 276.

whelkes, v. .

wher = whether, iii. 293.

wher-as, v. .

whippel-tree, v. .

Whistle, to wet one's, v. .

wil, good, (Gam.), v. .

wil (wills), v. .

Wild fire, v. , , .

wilful, v. .

wimpel, v. .

windas, v. .

windinge, v. .

windinge, error for windy, ii. 434.

Windows, glass, i. 147.

windred, i. 424.

Wines, white and red, v. ;

Rhenish —, ;

Spanish —, .

winter, v. .

wirdes, iii. 347.

wis, adv., i. 477;

as wis, v. .

wisly, i. 567 (l. 72); v. .

wite ye, v. .

with (by), v. ;

follows a verb, , , .

with-holde, v. , .

Wits, five, v. , , .

wivere, ii. 480.

wo, v. .

wodewales, i. 421.

wold, pp., i. 560; iii. 322; v. .

wolves-heed, (Gam.), v. .

Women, nineteen, v. -8.

wond, iii. 341-2.

wonder, adv., i. 417.

wood, adj., v. , ;

for pure wood, i. 418.

Woodstock, i. 510.

woon, ii. 492; iii. 338.

woot, v. .

word and ende, ii. 473; v. .

wordes, hadde the, v. .

worm, v. -2.

worth up, ii. 428;

w. upon, v. .

worthy, v. ;

w. under wede, .

wrecche, v. .

Wrestling-matches, v. ;

prize for —, .

wrytheth, ii. 422.

wyn ape, v. -7.

wynt, pr. s., iii. 293.

wyser, iii. 349.

Xristus = Christus, i. 456.

y-bete, iii. 321; v. .

ydel, in, v. .

ye and you, i. 453;

ye, thou, v. .

ye, yis, v. , , .

yë, at, v. .

Year, the great, i. 508.

Years, expanse and collect, v. -4.

yeddinges, v. .

yeer, pl., v. .

Yellow (for jealousy), v. .

Yeman, v. .

Yeoman, Canon's, v. .

yerde, under the, v. , .

your (of you), v. .

youthe (right reading), v. .

ypocras, v. .

Ypotis, Sir, v. .

y-reke, v. .

y-sene, iii. 349.

y-shette, pl., v. .

y-tukked up, iii. 319.

y-wimpled, iii. 315.

Zanzis, ii. 487.

Zenith (etymology of), iii. 357.

Zenobia, v. .

Zephirus, v. .

Zeuxis, v. .

Zodiac, ii. 499; iii. 358 (l. 29), 359;

animals in the —, iii. 263.

END OF VOL. V.

The scribe is usually right. I only remember observing one MS. in which the scribe is reckless; see vol. i. p. 47.

To which add, as a twenty-third, the three stanzas on Gentilesse quoted in Scogan's poem (no. 33).

Now known to be Lydgate's; see vol. i. p. 35, note 3.

I have lately made a curious discovery as to the Testament of Love. The first paragraph begins with a large capital M; the second with a large capital A; and so on. By putting together all the letters thus pointed out, we at once have an acrostic, forming a complete sentence. The sentence is—MARGARET OF VIRTW, HAVE MERCI ON TSKNVI. Of course the last word is expressed as an anagram, which I decipher as KITSVN, i. e. Kitsun, the author's name. The whole piece is clearly addressed to a lady named Margaret, and contains frequent reference to the virtues of pearls, which were supposed to possess healing powers. Even if 'Kitsun' is not the right reading, we learn something; for it is quite clear that TSKNVI cannot possibly represent the name of Chaucer. See The Academy, March 11, 1893; p. 222.

No. 38 is not noticed in the Index, on its reappearance at p. 555.

Originally (I understand) 1845. I have only a copy with a reprinted title-page and an altered date.

It should be—'and of some of those other pieces'; for the 'Account' does not profess to be exhaustive.

See the pieces numbered 1-68, in vol. i. pp. 31-45. But four pieces are in prose, viz. Boethius, Astrolabe, Testament of Love, and Jack Upland. Of course Tyrwhitt rejected Jack Upland. He admitted, however, rather more than 26, the number in the edition of 1845.

The false rime of now with rescowe in st. 46 may be got over, it is suggested, by a change in the readings. On the other hand, I now observe a fatal rhyme in st. 17, where upon and ron rime with mon, a man. When such a form as mon (for man) can be found in Chaucer, we may reconsider his claim to this poem. Meanwhile, I would note the curious word grede in st. 27. It does not occur in Chaucer, but is frequent in The Owl and the Nightingale.

Exception may be taken to the riming of mene (l. 20) with open e, and grene with close e.

Hoccleve's Poems; ed. Furnivall, p. 49; cf. p. 56.

See the admirable remarks on this subject in Lounsbury's Studies in Chaucer, i. 305-28. Much that I wish to say is there said for me, in a way which I cannot improve.

MS. Lansdowne (the worst of the seven) has Alle, and Gyngelinge; Cm. has Gyngelyn; Hl. has Euery man; and that is all.

The phrase wel a ten (F. 383) is not precisely parallel.

Thus, the Parson calls his Tale 'a mery' one (I. 46). Tyrwhitt has 'a litel tale.'

Ielousye cannot rime with me.

The latter line answers to A. 2018; lines 2012-7 being wholly omitted.

Which, by the way, makes come monosyllabic.

Dryden had some reason; for whenever (as often) the editors omitted some essential word, the line could not possibly be right.

The explanation of these rules depends upon Middle-English grammar and pronunciation; for which see the Introduction to vol. vi.

A word like taverne is ta-vér-ne, in three syllables, if the accent be on the second syllable; but when it is on the first, it becomes táv-ern', and is only dissyllabic.

Many of them were discovered by Dr. Köppell.

It has been objected, that this makes the tournament to take place, not on the anniversary of the duel, but two days later. But see l. 2095, where the anniversary of the duel is plainly made the day for assembling the hosts, not for the fight.

'Thou were nought skoymus to take the maydenes womb' is the reading given in The Prymer, ed. H. Littlehales, p. 22.

The black-letter editions have mare; and Tyrwhitt follows them. I take this to be a mere guess.

Spelt Xeuxis in one MS., and Zensis in another, in the same passage; see Anglo-Latin Satirists, ed. Wright, ii. 303.

This seems to be a mistake; the MSS. and old editions have simply 'god you see.'

The words vel e contrario are in the margin of E., but not in the printed edition.

The reading Burdeuxs actually occurs in MS. Camb. Univ. Lib. Ii. 3. 26. See Boundys in the Glossary; and see vol. iii. p. 400.

No quotation is given to support this assertion.

Unluckily misprinted Poincy (vol. iii. p. 422).