• The Lansdowne ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Lansdowne ms of Chaucer's Canterb...

it be riht Thus wil oure text bot naþeles certeine .I. can . riht nowe no trusti tale seine Þat chaucer þouhe he can bot lewdly On metres and in rymeinge craftely Haþe saide hem in suche ynglysshe as he

• The Lansdowne ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Lansdowne ms of Chaucer's Canterb...

' s. It has been made into the Manciple- Parson Link (or Yeoman - Parson by the Christ-Church MS) by Chaucer ' s copiers, though not meant for it. ] BE þat þe manciple hadde his tale endede The sonne

• The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's C...

vsen hit by right Thus wol oure text but naþeles certeyn I can right now non oþer tale seyn That Chaucer þey he can but lewedly On metres and on Rymyng certeynly Haþ seyd hem in such englisch as he

• The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Ellesmere ms of Chaucer's Canterb...

of the Hoost to Chaucer . on leaf 155 WHan seyd was al this miracle / euery man As sobre was / that wonder was to se Til that oure hoost Iapen to bigan .s. Chaucer And thanne at erst

• The lanterne of lizt, ed. from ms. Harl. 2324 / by Lilian M. Swinburn.The lanterne of lizt, ed. from ms. Harl. 2324 / by Lilian M. Swinburn. Wyclif...

11. Lollardis. The name ' Lollard ' is of uncertain origin; some derive it from ' lolium ' —tares, citing Chaucer as their authority ( Shipman ' s Prologue , ll. 15-17): ' This Loller here wol prechen us somwhat

• The English works of Wyclif hitherto unprinted.Edited by F. D. Matthew. Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.The English works of Wyclif hitherto unprinted.Edit...

280). There is a lively description in Chap . III. of the tricks of the friars, which agrees well with Chaucer ' s description of his friar, whose typet was aye farsed full of knyfes And pynnes for to give

• Select English works of John Wyclif; edited from original mss. by Thomas Arnold. Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.Select English works of John Wyclif; edite...

its publication ' tanto omnium docto|rum exceptus applausu, ut per omnes fere bibliothecas totius Europae de|scriberetur. ' To this work Chaucer refers in the well-known passage in the Nun ' s Priest ' s tale, and repro|duces some of its

• Select English works of John Wyclif; edited from original mss. by Thomas Arnold. Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.Select English works of John Wyclif; edite...

' and the present writer understands of a tumbler or female acrobat. Such displays were common in the middle ages. Chaucer , in describing a fes|tive meeting ( Romaunt of the Rose , near the beginning), speaks of ' sa

• The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Corpus ms...

þe tale of Chaucer of sire Thopas [No gaps between the stanzas in the MS. ] Ca m xix m [Fytte I. ] LEsteneþ lordes in good entent And I wol telle verrament Of miracle and solace Al of a

• The babees book, Aristotle's A B C, Urbanitatis, Stans puer ad mensam, The lvtille childrenes lvtil boke, The bokes of nurture of Hugh Rhodes and J...

valuable Monumenta Franciscana , 1858 , p. 582-6. He differs from Mr Brock and me in reading drunkelewe (drunken, in Chaucer , & c.) as ' drunke, lewe, ' and vessels as ' bossels, ' and in adding e '

• Select English works of John Wyclif; edited from original mss. by Thomas Arnold. Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.Select English works of John Wyclif; edite...

have childis wille, þat feden her wittis wiþ sensible þingis and ȝaping japing , E. ȝaping or japing is trickery. Chaucer says of his Pardoner (Pro|logue to Canterbury Tales),— ' And thus with fained flattering and japes, He made the

• Select English works of John Wyclif; edited from original mss. by Thomas Arnold. Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.Select English works of John Wyclif; edite...

charite, for þei loven more þer ydel muk, þan þei done þer breþeren in God . Feyned lettris of fraternite Chaucer , whom nothing escaped, has noted this practice of giving ' letters of fraternity, ' which however had been

• The Cambridge ms (University library, Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Ca...

mery wordys of chaucer & of þ e host And the prologe of the chanonnys man on leaf 380, back hat told was the lif of seynt Cecile [ [ gaps filled-in from Sloane 1685 , leaf 165, except that

• The babees book, Aristotle's A B C, Urbanitatis, Stans puer ad mensam, The lvtille childrenes lvtil boke, The bokes of nurture of Hugh Rhodes and J...

These Cuttid Short coats and tight trousers were a great offence to old writers accustomed to long nightgown clothes. Compare Chaucer ' s complaint in the Canterbury Tales, The Parsones Tale, De Superbiâ , p. 193, col. 2, ed. Wright

• Select English works of John Wyclif; edited from original mss. by Thomas Arnold. Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.Select English works of John Wyclif; edite...

that might be ga|thered from the Vision of Piers Plow |man , there is an exquisite piece of irony in Chaucer ' s Canterbury Tales , which really says the same thing, though in such forms as became the tender

• Altenglische dichtungen des ms. Harl, 2253. Boeddeker, Karl, ed. 1846-Altenglische dichtungen des ms. Harl, 2253. Boeddeker, Karl, ed. 1846- Britis...

im 7. Jahrhundert und intimer Freund von Papst Gregor dem Grossen — mit 6 Elegien " de incommodis senectutis. " Chaucer erwähnt die Dichtungen des Maximian im Court of L. , v. 798. Shelton zeigt uns als einen der Bewohner

• Altenglische legenden. Horstmann, Carl, ed. b. 1851.Altenglische legenden. Horstmann, Carl, ed. b. 1851. Barbour, John, d. 1395.

— Chaucer erwähnt das h. Blut von Hales in Pardoner ' s Tale: " And by the blood of Christ that is in Hayles " ; vgl. die Note v. Tyrwhitt a. l. u. Skeat ' s Note zu Chaucer

• Altenglische dichtungen des ms. Harl, 2253. Boeddeker, Karl, ed. 1846-Altenglische dichtungen des ms. Harl, 2253. Boeddeker, Karl, ed. 1846- Britis...

in England auch bei denen, welche die Volkssprache redeten, allgemein üblich gewesen sein; er findet sich z. B. auch bei Chaucer in " The Man of Lawes Tale " , 501: Who fedde the Egyp|cien Marie in the caue |

• The right plesaunt and goodly historie of the foure sonnes of Aymon. Englisht from the French by William Caxton, and printed by him about 1489. Ed....

" Four Sons of Aymon " is highly curious and interesting. He continues the use of double negatives—so common in Chaucer and other Early -English writers. That this was not merely an imitation from the French, is shown by Caxton

• Mandeville's travels : the Egerton version / from the edition by George F. Warner. Warner, George F. (George Frederic), Sir, 1845-1936. Mandeville,...

hase in his hand, and þan commez oute all þise bestez till him of þaire clapers. sc. burrows; used by Chaucer of cronies, " that comyn out of her clapers " ( Rom . of Rose , 1405 ). And