E. Hn. Cp. Ln. crekes; Hl. knakkes.
E. stide.
E. Cm. Hl. om. the.
Cm. I counte; Hl. ne counte I; rest counte I.
Cm. Cp. Ln. Hl. lenesel; E. lefsel; Hn. leefsel.
E. Hn. Cp. Ln. laus; Hl. loos; Cm. los; Pt. louse; see l. 4138.
E. weel.
E. out; Hn. Cm. Cp. Pt. Ln. of; Hl. on.
E. geen; Hn. Ln. gane; Hl. gan; Cm. Cp. Pt. gon.
E. Hn. boond.
E. Cm. om. Iohn.
E. Hn. god; rest goddes, goddis.
E. Hn. Cm. pit; rest put (putte).
E. om. a.
Cm. ware þe rere; Hl. ware derere; rest warderere; ed. 1561, wartherere.
E. do; Cm. don; rest dide (did).
Cm. beste; E. Hn. beest.
E. Hl. dryue; rest dryuen (dreven).
E. stoln me.
E. Hn. Argumentz; Cm. argumentis; Cp. Hl. argumentes.
E. in ( for is).
Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl. mery; E. Hn. myrie.
E. taa; Cm. tan; Pt. taken; Hn. tak; Cp. take.
E. Hn. hoost; Hl. host ful; Pt. hooste; Cp. Ln. ooste.
Hl. na; Cp. naan; E. Hn. Cm. none; Pt. not.
E. Hn. Cp. boond. E. nat; Cm. not; Hn. namoore; Cp. namore; Pt. Ln. Hl. no more.
E. drynke; Hn. Cp. Pt. drynken; Hl. Cm. dronken.
Hl. yoxeth.
E. wente; rest gooth (goth).
Cp. needede ( see l. 4020); rest neded.
Hl. wysly; Cm. wysely; E. wisely; rest wisly.
Hl. Cp. a ( for two).
Cp. Herdestow; Cm Ln. Herdist thou; Hl. Herdistow; E. Herdtow; Hn. Herd thow.
Ln. compline; Hn. conplyng; Pt. conplinge; Hl. couplyng ( wrongly ); E. cowplyng; Cm. copil.
E. whilk; Hn. Cp. Ln. swilke; Cm. swich; Pt. sclike; Hl. slik.
Hl. ( margin ) Qui in vno grauatur in alio debet releuari.
E. Cm. shortly; rest sothly. E. is; rest it is. Hn. Hl. na; E. ne; rest no (non).
E. neen; Hn. naan; Hl. nan; rest non (noon); so in 4187.
E. Cm. sek; rest sak.
E. the; rest his.
E. Hn. Pt. foond.
E. Hn. foond.
to] Cm. bi.
E. myrie; om. ne.
E. soore; Cm. sore; rest depe (deepe).
Cm. Ln. Pt. wex; rest wax.
Cm. Cp. Hl. far; rest fare; see note.
Cm. halp; E. Hn. heelp.
in] Hn. on.
Hl. walweden as pigges.
Hn. on; Cm. aȝen; rest at.
E. lite; Cm. lyte; rest litel.
Cm. Pt. Ln. Bromeholm; rest Bromholm.
Cp. Ln. vp ( twice ). E. Hn. Cm. Pt. Hl. vp on ( for 1 st up). E. Cm. Pt. Hl. on (Hn. vp); for 2 nd vp.
E. Cm. stirte. E. soone ( for faste).
E. Hn. foond; Hl. took.
Hl. ye; Hn. Iye; rest eye.
E. Cm Hl. And; rest That.
Hl. greyth; Cm. hastede.
E. Trinitee; rest magestee (mageste).
E. whil that the
Hl. herburgage.
Hn. sith; E. sitthe; Hl. siþþe; Cp. Pt. Ln. sithen.
Last two words glossed hic and audire in E. Hn.
E. Hn. Cm. Ln. Douere. E. Hn. soold.
E. Hn. coold.
Hl. persly; Hn. p er sle; E. p er cely.
Hl. omits.
E. Cm. quaad; Cp. Hl. quad; rest quade.
E. vitailliers.
E. ykempd; Hn. ykembd; rest ykempt.
E. ayeyn.
Pt. Ln. steuen; rest steuene.
Pt. Ln. toune; rest toun.
E. Ln. ribible; rest rubible.
E. lowe.
E. Newegate.
E. Hn. Hl. papir.
E. Hn. Cp. Hl. Appul.
E. seruantz.
Hl. omits.
Hl. omits.
Hl. omits.
E. compier; Hn. compeer; Cp. Pt. Ln. conpere.
Hl. omits.
Colophon. In Hn. only. Blank space in E.
Hl. omits.
Hl. omits.
Hl. omits.
Hl. Hoste; Ln. oste; rest hoost (oost). On sey, see note.
E. Hn. Hl. hath; rest had.
Cm. wanting; Cp Pt. Ln. expert; E. Hn. ystert; Hl. om.
Hn. xviijthe; Cp. xviije; Pt. Ln. xviij; E. eighte and twentithe; Hl. threttenthe.
Cm. Pt. Hl. of the; E. Hn. at the; Cp. atte; Ln. att.
Hl. and holdeth; rest now of ( badly ).
E. do.
Cm. man; rest a man.
E. wole; Hn. wol.
MS. Camb. Dd. 4. 24 has But; rest That; see note.
Hl. Cm. Epistelles; E. Hn. Cp. Epistles.
E. Hn. telle; rest tellen.
Hl. sorwe; rest swerd.
E. Cm. Hl. Diane; Hn. Cp. Pt Ln. Dianire, or Dyanyre.
E. Hn. Ln. Leandre.
E. omits eek.
E. omits of.
Cp. Hl. queen; rest quene.
E. Cm. in; rest of.
E. Hn. Cm. Penolopee.
E. wifhede.
Hn. Cp. Pt. Hl. hawe bake; E. hawebake; Cm. aw bake; Ln. halve bake.
So Hn.; Cp. Pt. art þou so; Ln. þou art so; Hl. so art thou; but E. so soore artow ywoundid.
E. Hn. lite; rest litel.
E. om. the.
E. Hn. Hl. to; Cp. Pt. Ln. in.
E. fild.
E. And; rest But.
E. swich a wyse; the rest omit a.
Hl. Cp. argumentes.
Cm. om. that.
E. ynough; Hn. Cp. Hl. ynowe; Cm. Ln. Inowe.
E. goon; rest anon.
E. sauacioun; rest redempcioun.
Cm. at; rest om. (Or means ere, and brende is intransitive. )
E. Hn. Cm. Nat ( for Ne at); Hl. Ne at.
E. Hn. Cp. fieble.
E. come; rest brought.
E. she seyde; rest quod she.
Cp. Pt. Ln. messager; Hl. messanger; see note.
E. hoome; Hn. Cm. hom.
E. or; rest ne. E. curius.
E. Cm. Cp. matiere; Hn. Pt. matere.
E. The; rest That.
E. bihold.
So Cm.; rest The ende.
E. soothly; rest shortly.
Pt. Hl. this cursed; rest omit this.
E. omits ther.
Hn. Cm. bidde; Cp. Pt. bidden; Ln. beden; E. biddeth; Hl. bad.
E. with hir e; rest thider.
E. woful; rest welful, wilful, weleful.
E. wesshe; Cm. wesch; Pt. wessh.
Cm. Ln. kep; Hn. Pt. Hl. kepe; Cp. keepe; E. helpe.
E. fleteth; but Hn. Cp Pt. fleet.
Read placë; Hl. alone inserts as after ther.
Hl. thorrible.
Pt. Ln. om. hir.
I insert that; Hl. awok.
MSS. plese.
E. Cm. in; rest on.
soiourned] Hl. herberwed.
E. whan; rest after.
E. olde; Hl. old; rest blynde, blynd.
Hl. Cm. Conuerted; rest Conuerteth. E. maketh; Ln. maad; rest made.
E. Hn. Sathans; Hl. Satanas; but Sathanas in Cp. Pt. Ln.
E. Hn. weep; Cm. Cp. Pt. wepte; Hl. wept. E. wroong.
So in E.; rest Bereth.
All moorning (mornyng); Tyrwhitt has murmuring; see note.
E. baar.
E. sit; Hn. Cm. Pt. sette; Hl. set.
E. or; rest for.
gat] Cp. get; Pt. gete; Hl. geyneth.
E. Ln. om. ye.
Cm. nor; E. or; rest ne.
E. Hn. mariages; Ln. þe mariage; rest mariage; Hl. Of mariage.
a] E. the; Hn. Pt. omit.
Hn. tath; Cm. taath; rest taketh.
Cp. Hl. thanke; E. Hn. thanketh; Cm. thankede; Pt. Ln. thonketh.
E. Cm. to; rest of.
Hl. om. at.
MSS. queene, queen.
E. Hn. Cm. Y-comen.
E. Hn. om. wight; Hl. man.
Hl. vn-to; Pt. to; rest til; but vn-til ( as in Tyrwhitt) seems better.
So E. Hn.; Cm. and heigh; Cp. on a heih; Pt. on an high; Hl. of an heigh; Ln. or an hihe.
regne] E. Reawme.
shames] Hl. schamful.
E. Ln. the; rest hir.
Ln. Hl. kerchef; Pt. keerchef; E. Hn. couerchief; Cm. couerchif; Cp. couerchef. E. Hn. Cm. ouer ( wrongly ); rest of.
E. Ln. om. litel; rest have it.
E. Yet; rest So.
E. Ln. Hl. looked; rest looketh, loketh.
Hn. Pt. Hl. blesseth; Cm. Cp. Ln. blisseth; E. blissed.
The word eek seems wanted; but is not in the MSS.
So Hn. Cp. Pt. Hl.; E. Ln. vn-to the; Cm. to the.
E. saued; rest saueth.
E. Cm. in-to the; rest omit the.
E. Hn. heelp; Hl. hilp; Cm. Cp. halp; Pt. halpe; Ln. helped.
E. Hl. nas; Ln. is; the rest was.
E. Oloferne; Hl. Olefernes; the rest Olofernus, Olefernus, or Olesphernus; see note.
E. alway; rest ay. ( The latter is better, but recurs in l. 950.)
All but Hl. ins. and after West.
E. Cm. om. ne before knew; the rest have it.
Hl. although; Pt. though that; rest thogh, though, thow.
E. puts wepeth after That.
E. thurgh out the toun; rest thurgh Rome toun.
E. Hn. Cp. Pt. comen.
E. Hn. agayns.
Hl. Cm. Ln. mayden; rest mayde. Cm. nor; Hl. Ln. or; rest ne.
E. haue; rest hath. E. ysent; Cm. I-sent; rest sent.
E. Pt. hastifly; rest hastily, hastely.
Hl. alle; which the rest omit.
Hl. they ben.
E. wolde; rest sholde.
So in all the MSS.; to be read as Cústancë ( three syllables ).
E. Hn. Cm. In the; rest om. the
E. som kynnes; Cm. su m kenys; Hl. som maner; Hn. Cp. Pt. som kyn; Ln. sumkin.
E. praye to; Hl. pray that; rest preyen, prayen, preien, or preyne.
Hl. And fynt hir freendes ther bothe hool and sound. The rest omit ther.
For l. 5583 in Tyrwhitt’s Text, see Group D, l. 1.
Colophon. The latter part is from MS. Arch. Selden B. 14. Many MSS have The prolog of the squyers tale, or the prolog of the Squier. The Petworth MS. and some others have here an ill-written and spurious Prologue to the Shipman’s Tale, which is here subjoined:
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
Cp. herkeneth; Hl. herkneth.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
Cp. herkeneth; Hl. herkneth.
Hl. Now; rest How (Howe).
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
Seld. has Shipman; Roy. Slo. Cp. Pt. Ln. squier; Hl. sompnour.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
Seld. Hl. We leuen; Roy. Cp. Pt. Ln. He leueth.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
Seld. Hl. quod, which Cp. Pt. Ln. Roy. Slo. omit.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
Tyrwhitt has of physike; the MSS. have the unmeaning word phislyas (Sloane phillyas; Ln. fisleas); read physices; see note.
Colophon. From Seld.
From Cp., collated with Hl. Pt. Ln. Seld. Royal, and Sloane; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
Hl. omits.
Hl. hild.
E. chiere.
E. housbonde. Hn. moot; Pt. mot; rest moste.
Pt. Hl. may not.
E. ellis.
E. Thanne.
E. Hn. hise; Hl. these; rest his.
E. of; Hn. Cp. Ln. a; rest om.
E. comynge; rest drawyng.
Pt. omits.
Pt. omits.
E. Hn. Pt. ech; Hl. ilk; rest like. Cp. for to assure; Hl. Ln. to assure ( om. for).
E. the; rest that.
Cp. Ln. good ( for fyn); Hl. wyn.
Hl. volantyn (!).
E. om. ete and.
E. hise.
Pt. Hl. as; rest om.
E. hise.
E. hise.
E. fourme; rest forme.
E. murily.
E. Cp. wax.
E. repeats nay.
Cp. Pt. rewme; Hl. Ln. reme; E. Hn. Reawme; see B. 4326.
Hn. Cm. Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl. telleth; E. tel. E. me of; Cp. Ln. forth; rest me.
E. I yow may; rest om. yow.
Cm. here; rest om.
E. pieces; rest peces, peeces.
E. Thanne.
your cosyn] E. of youre kyn.
and] E. Cp. Pt. Ln. and by.
E. lief.
E. housbonde.
Hl. om.
to] E. Hn. Cm. unto.
E. housbonde.
Hl. omits.
Hl. omits.
Hl. omits.
E. hadde.
E. housbonde.
E. Hn. Who ther ( with Qi la in margin ); Hl. Qy la; Cp. Pt. Quy la; Ln. Que la.
Hl. Cm. of; rest on.
E. Cm. alenge; rest elenge.
E. om. What.
E. clepid.
E. xij.
E. chiere.
E. Hn. Cm. tauyse; rest to auyse.
E. Hn. But; rest And.
E. Hn. Cm. At; rest And.
E. Hn. And if that any thyng by day or night.
E. at; rest of.
Cm. encrece ( for creaunce).
E. fette hym forth; rest om. hym.
E. Hn. murily.
E. Cm. om. the.
E. Hn. let; Cm. lat; Hl. Pt. lad; Cp. leet; Ln. leteþ (let = ledeth).
E. Hn. Cm. om. For.
E. right to the point.
E. hise.
E. feeste.
E. cheuyssau n ce.
Hl. bounde; rest bounden.
Pt. cheertee; Ln. chere; rest chiertee.
E. cheuyssau n ce.
ar] Cp. Pt. Ln. be.
E. Hn. Cm. yow; rest hir.
E. hadde; Hl. took; rest gat. Over bond is the gloss —obligacionem.
E. murie. E. papeiay; rest papyniay, popiniay.
E. Hn. Cm. Cp. abouen; rest aboue.
E. wantownely.
Cp. Pt. þat; Hl. þus; rest om.
E. were; rest be.
E. axen; rest axe. E. Hl. om. of.
E. as; Hl. om.; rest ne.
Hn. Hl. Tel; Ln. Til; rest Telle.
Cm. defye; rest deffie.
E. Hn. Cp. thedam.
E. hadde.
E. beele; Cm. beel; rest bele.
E. Hn. Hl. this; rest suche, such.
E. Hn. For; rest To.
E. that; rest this.
E. Hn. om. now.
Cm. Talynge; Hl. Talyng; E. Hn. Pt. Taillynge; Cp. Ln. Toylyng(!).
Colophon. So E. Hn. Cp. Pt.
Heading. So E. ( with Bihoold, murie, Hoost); Hn. Herke the myrie Wordes of the Worthy Hoost; Pt. And here bygynneth the prologe of the priores; Ln. Incipit prologus Priorisse.
E. Hn. Hoost.
E. Hn. moote; Ln. Hl. mot; rest mote. E. saille; cost.
E. this; rest the. Hn. quaad; rest quade.
Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl. sayde in this manere.
Heading. From E. Hn. (Hn. proheme, for prologe). Cp. has —Here begynneth the tale of Alma redemptoris, the prioresses Tale. Prolog. Domine Dominus noster.
E. om. whyte.
Hl. Cp. the alight.
Hn. Slo. Ln. Hl. the] E. thurgh; Cp. Pt. to. E. Hn. of; but the rest thurgh.
Cp. Pt. Hl. vnnethes; E. Hn. vnnethe. Heading. From E. Hn. has —Here biggynneth the Prioresse tale of Alma redemptoris mater.
Cp. Pt. Ln. the ymage.
E. he hadde.
E. Pt. forgate.
Hn. Hl. alwey.
E. Hl. often.
E. Hn. na.
Cp. Pt. Hl. omit for.
E. Iuerie.
Slo. Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl. than; E. Hn. omit.
Slo. Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl. hath; E. Hn. omit.
Hl. your; Pt. Ln. ȝoure; E. Hn. Cm. Cp. oure.
thonour] Cp. Pt. Ln. honour.
inwith] Cm. Cp. Hl. withinne.
Cp. Pt. wondren on; Ln. wonderne of; E. Hn. wondre vpon; Hl. wonder vpon; Cm. wonderyn vp-on.
E. Hn. his; rest the; see l. 1817.
Cm. Hl. the; rest his.
E. the; rest thise, these.
E. Cm. shal he; Pt. he shal; rest omit he.
Hn. Hl. his; the rest this.
E. Hn. Cm. Hl. the masse; Cp. Pt. Ln. omit the.
Hl. thabbot.
Cm. Cp. Pt. anteme; Ln. antime; Hl. antym; Hn. antheme; E. Anthephen.
E. Hn. Cm. trikled; Cp. Pt. stryked; Ln. strikled; Hl. striken.
Cp. Hl. ben; Pt. Ln. bene; E. Hn. Cm. leyn.
Hl. thay went; rest been, ben, bene went.
E. tooken; Hl. took; rest toke.
E. temple; rest tombe, toumbe.
E. alle for; rest omit alle.
Only Hl. inserts to before Iapen. Cm. Cp. tho; E. to; Hn. he; Pt. Ln. Hl. omit.
E. murily; Hl. merily.
Cp. Ln. Oste; E. Hn. Cm. Hoost.
E. ye; rest we.
E. shoos; Hn. Pt. shoon; rest schoon, schon, schone.
E. Hn. Cm. Hl. for; Cp. by þe; Pt. Ln. for þe.
E. Hn. Cm. Hl. shal; Cp. schulde; Pt. shulde; Ln. scholde.
Hn. Hl. it fel; Cm. it fil.
Cm. Hl. Bytid; rest Bitidde, Betydde (!).
E. hir; rest his.
E. a; rest the.
Hn. Cm. Hl. haue; rest loue.
So E. Hn. Cm.; Cp. Pt. Ln. to aspie; Hl. to spye.
Not in the best MSS.; supplied from MS. Reg. 17 D. 15 (Tyrwhitt).
Hl. swar; rest seyde.
Cp. Hl. fayerye; E. Hn. Cm. Fairye.
Hl. lute; rest pype or pipe.
E. Hl. meete with; rest omit with.
E. Hn. sowre; Cm. soure; rest sore.
E. Cm. Thyn hauberk shal I percen, if I may; but the rest rightly omit Thyn hauberk.
E. Cm. sire; rest child.
Cp. Pt. Ln. insert For now, which the rest omit.
hil] Hl. hul; Cp. Pt. Ln. downe.
E. Cm. comen.
E. Hn. heuedes; Hl. heedes; Cm. hedis; Cp. Pt. Ln. hedes.
Hn. Pt. Hl. reales.
E. sette; rest fette or fet. E. Hn. Cm. omit the.
E. And; Hn. Cm. Hl. Of. Cp. Pt. Ln. omit ll. 2042-4.
E. alone retains so.
Cm. wolde; Hl. wold; rest wol, wole, wil.
Hn. Cm. Pt. Hl. by his syde; Cp. him besyde.
Cm. Cp. Ln. schulde
Pt Hl. rowel; Cp. Ln. ruel.
E. it was; rest omit it.
E. batailles; Hn. bataille; rest bataile, batail, batell.
E. Pt. and of; rest omit of.
E. rood; rest glood, glod, glode.
Hl. Pt. spark; Cp. Ln. sparcles.
Hl. worthy; E. Hn. worly; Pt. worthely; Cm. Cp. Ln. omit ll. 2105-8.
Colophon. From E. (E. Heere; Hoost).
E. tale; rest rym, ryme.
E. take; rest told, tolde, toold.
E. Hn. Ln. somme seyn; but Cp. Pt. Hl. omit 2 nd seyn.
Ed. 1561, Marke; E. Cp. Pt. Hl. Mark e (?); Hn. Ln. Mark.
E. Hl. yow; rest ye. Cp. Ln. om. as.
Cp. prouerbis.
Cm. Cp. Ln. Ye schal not fynden moche; E. Hn. Pt. Hl. Shul ye nowher fynden.
E. murye; Hn. myry; Hl. litil; rest mery.
inwith] Ln. Cp. within.
Thre] Cp. Ln. Foure. E. hise. E. foes; Hn. Cp. Ln. Hl. foos. by the] E. Hn. om. the.
E. erys.
E. Hn. Ln. rentynge; rest rendyng.
Cp. Ln. be warisshed; Hl. warischt be.
Only E. Cp. Ln. insert to before destroye.
E. Pt. stente.
E. deffended.
E. deffended.
E. teeris.
E. florissynge.
E. Hl. Motthes; Pt. Cm. mothes; Hn. moththes; Cp. moughtes.
E. othere ( for our before goodes); rest oure, our.
E. temporeel.
Cp. haþ ȝone [ read yeuen] it me; Ln. yaue it me; Hl. it sent vnto me; rest omit; only Cp. Ln. Hl. repeat our lord.
E. therwith; rest ther-to.
E. coomen.
E. coomen.
E. only ins. wel after semed. E. baar a crueel; foes.
E. Cm. matiere; Hl. matier.
E. Hl. to ( for un-to).
E. matiere.
E. foes.
E. matiere.
E. matiere.
E. om. 1 st. ne. E. p er sone ( for body).
E. sufficeant; Cp. suffisaunt; Hn. Pt. suffisant.
or] so E. Pt; rest ne.
E. matiere.
E. sufficeant; Cp. Pt. suffisaunt; Hn. Ln. suffisant.
Cm. Pt. Hl. of ( for with).
E. om. han.
Hn. entree; Cm. Pt. Hl. entre; E. Cp. Ln. entryng.
Hn. Cm. Hl. a noyous; E. anoyous; Cp. annoyous; Pt. noyous. Cm. doth; rest it is ( badly ).
E. om. whan. E. and al ( for al).
E. om. nede.
E. foes; to him ( rest om. to).
Pt. guerdons; Cp. Ln. Hl. guerdouns; E. Hn. gerdons.
E. Hn. foond; Cm. fond.
E. weere.
see] E. be; Pt. sese.
E. om. also.
Not in the MSS., but necessary; see ll.
Not in the MSS., but necessary; see ll.
E. Cp. Ln. om. same.
E. ( only ) om and he that to book.
E. Ln. despise; rest dispreise.
E. Hn. foond; Cm. fond.
E. Hn. foond; Cm. fond.
E om. that.
E. Cp. Pt. om. of.
and see Note.
E. ( only ) puts by . . conseil after greetly.
E. wisedom.
E. wisedom.
in] E. of. E. om. self.
in] E. of; Ln. vnto. semeth] E. list.
E. to ( after loking); rest and.
E. sikerly; rest secreely.
E. hem; rest him.
E. sikerly; rest secreely.
E. wheither.
E. co m e n li.
E. seeld.
E. wiche. been] E. Hn. that been.
E. Hn. fieble; Cp. Pt. Hl. feble; Cm. feblid; Ln. fiebled. E. encreescen.
Hn. Cm. Hl. that; Pt. what; rest om.
E. om. alle.
E. chacche ( for cacche). Pt. to cacchen innocentes withe; rest ( except E.) om. with.
E. Cp. Ln. the wordes; rest om. the.
E. Hn. enemytee.
E. chiere.
E. nat winne; rest nat haue.
E. doon; rest seyn.
E. for drede; rest om. for.
E. om. ne.
E. sherewes.
or no] E. or noon; Pt. anoon.
of that] E. after hir.
E. Thanne of; rest And in.
E. matiere. conceyve] E. Hl. conserue.
E. wheither.
E. wheither.
Hn. Cm. no; rest noon (non).
Hl. conseil; rest conseillors.
E. eeris.
finde] E. mayst finde.
E. Cp. if; rest if it.
in-to] Cp. Ln. vnto E. couenablely.
E. benyngnytee.
E. om. thinges. Hl. om. hem.
Hn. Cm. Pt. Hl. yow; E. it.
E. nat maked; rest om. nat.
E. partie; rest part.
E. answereth; rest answerde (andswered).
E. resonablely.
E. matiere.
E. seyd; Hn. Cm. Hl. seyden.
E. in; rest after.
E. Hn. gerdoned; rest guerdoned.
E. Hn. Pt. gerdone.
E. encreesceden; Hn. Ln. encresceden; Cp. Cm. encreseden; Pt. encresden; Hl. han schewed; ed. 1561, entreteden.
thilke] E. this.
E. Ln. Hl. yow; rest ye.
E. grete; rest om.
E. sufficeantly; Hn. suffisantly.
y-knowe] E knowe.
E. taak; compaignye. E. straunge men; Cp. strannge man; rest a straunge man.
he] E he be.
E. his lift; rest the lift.
E. he dredeth; rest that dredeth. Hn. Cm. Pt. Hl. escheweth harmes; rest om.
fro] E. Hl. for.
E. omits Senek . . . enemy; the rest have it.
E. om so.
Cm. artelleryes; E. Hn. artelries; Hl. artilries; Cp. Ln. archers.
E. Hn. Cm. Pt. Hl. omit apperteneth . . edifices; Cp. Ln. have it; see note.
E. Hn. Cm. Pt. Hl. omit apperteneth . . edifices; Cp. Ln. have it; see note.
E. Ln. The longe; rest that long.
E. om. and whiche been they; see 2252. Hl. consentid; rest consenten ( for consenteden); see 2252.
E. seelden.
E. sweete temporeel.
E. eeris.
Not in the MSS. Supplied by translating the French text.
Not in the MSS. Supplied by translating the French text.
E. Hn. disserued.
E. om. And.
E. Ln. om. for.
E. and ( before siker); rest or; Hl. om. or siker.
E. ( only ) puts may after tyme.
E. Hn. Cp. disserued.
E. Cm. goone.
E. deffenden, deffense.
E. deffenden, deffense.
E. deffenden, deffense.
E. deffenden, deffense.
E. sheweth; Hl. semeth; rest seweth.
E. temporeel.
by] E. for.
All Pamphilles. Hn. Hl. which she . . housbonde; rest om.
E. Hn. al alloone; rest omit al.
E. Hn. sekyngly; rest sokyngly.
E. goodes; rest goode dedes.
E. chyngerie; Hn. Cm. Pt. Hl. chyncherye.
E. crueel.
E. Hn. a bataile; rest om. a. E. comth.
E. come; rest cometh.
E. he be; rest it be. I supply from namore to god; see Note.
seint Iame] F. text, Seneques.
E. bryge; Hn. Cm. Hl. brige; Cp. Pt. brigge (F. text, brigue ).
to preyse] E. om. to.
E. peyseth ( for preyseth).
E. seurely; Hn. Cp. Hl. seurly.
Cm. oughte; Cp. Hl. aughte; rest oughten.
Hl. surprised; Cm. suppreysed; rest supprised.
E. Cm. omit from And he to remissioun; Hn. Cp. Hl. om. only is worthy remissioun, which occurs in Pt., where Ln. has is worthi haue mercy. E. corforme ( sic ); rest conferme.
E. om. hem.
E. disserued.
E. wheither.
E. disserued.
of] E. in.
E. lough; rest lowe.
E. Hn. dampnablely.
E. crueel.
E. om. good ( twice ).
or] E. and.
E. om. him.
E. in youre mynde and; rest om.
E. Hn. appieren.
E. his; Hn. Pt. Hl. the; Cp. Ln. thilke. After ende, Cp. Ln have this spurious couplet:
followed by— Qui cum patre, c.
Colophon. From E.; Hn. has —Here is endid Chaucers tale of Melibe; Hl. has —Here endith Chaucer his tale of Melibe.
the] E. Hn. that.
E. Hn. omit For.
Pt. hoom; Hl. hom; Cp. Ln. home; E. Hn. omit.
E. Hn. euere that I.
E. Cp. Ln. hir e nat; Hn. Cm. Pt. Hl. nat hir e.
E. Hn. myrie.
E. daun.
E. daun.
E. Hn. Pt. Ln. cloistrer.
E. Hn. ful many.
E. om. these lines; from Hn.; Hn. Cm. sklendre; Cp. Pt sclendre (sclender e ).
E. om. these lines; from Hn.; Hn. Cm. sklendre; Cp. Pt sclendre (sclender e ).
E. paiementz.
E. Hn. lussheburgh; Cp. lussheburghes; Hl. lusscheburghes.
E. omits yow.
Cp. Pt. Ln. for to; rest omit for.
E. communely; Cm. comounly; Hn. Hl. comunly.
E. Pt. of; rest by.
E. though; Hn. thogh.
Cm. Hl. Damassene; E. Hn. Damyssene.
Hl. Cp. thangel; Hn. Pt. Ln. the aungel; E. Cm. angel.
E. anon; rest ynogh, ynough, ynouhe, c.
E. Hn. ciser ( for sicer); Hl. siser; Cm. Pt. Ln. sythir; Cp. cyder.
E. Hl. heres; rest heer, here.
E. Hn. this craft; rest his craft.
E. were; rest was; see l. 3328.
E. Cm. a; rest hire, here.
E. the; rest two.
E. flessh.
E. Cm. hornes two; rest two hornes.
E. stide; pileer.
E. fressh.
E. fressh.
E. flessh.
Hl. vnnethes.
E. The; rest To. E. Hn. Cm. he bothe; rest omit he.
E. Hn. Cm. omit he.
Wexe is the right reading, whence Cm. wexsyn, and Hl. Cp. were ( for wexe); E. Hn. wax; Pt. Ln. was ( for wax).
E. he was; rest was he.
I supply tho. For vessels, see 3391, 3416, 3418.
Hn. lente; rest sente ( but see l. 3403).
E. Hn. Cp. Hl. truste; Pt. trest; Ln. trust; Cm. trust to. See B. 4214.
E. om. yeven.
E. as I; the rest omit as.
So E. Hn. Cm.; and Cp. has the heading —De Cenobia Palymerie regina.
Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl. ne in; E. nor in; Hn. ne; Cm. nor; (ne in = n’in).
E. Hn. Cm. the; rest a. E. bussh.
E. Hn. Cm. Onedake; Cp. Ln. Hl. Odenake; Pt. Odonak.
E. oother lief.
E. Hn. Cm. Onedake; rest Odenake.
E. though; Hn. thogh. E. wolde; rest sholde (schulde).
E. proces; rest storie.
Hl. Odenakes; rest Onedakes, Odenake.
E. omits that.
Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl. had; which E. Hn. Cm. omit.
So Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl.; E. Hn. Cm. Onedake.
E. hond e; Pt. honde; Ln. hande; rest hond.
MSS. made; read maden?
Cp. feeld; Hl. feld; Ln. felde; Pt. feelde; E. Hn. Cm. feeldes.
MSS. Biforn, Bifore (Hl. Bifore this).
E. omits as.
E. shoures.
Hl. wyntermyte.
Hn. Cm. Ln. cost; Pt. coste; E. Cp. costes; Hl. self.
E. Hn. Cm. bitraysed.
E. Hn. Cm. took ay; rest ay took.
E. Pyze; Hn. Pize; Cp. Pyse; Pt. Ln. Hl. Pise.
E. Hn. Cm. Pize; Cp. Pyse; Pt. Ln. Hl. Pise.
E. Hn. Pize; Cm. Pyze; Cp. Pyse; Pt. Ln. Hl. Pise.
E. Pt. omit wel.
E. Hn. spak right; Cp. Hl. saugh it; Pt. seegh it; Ln. sawe it.
E. Hn. repeat fader.
Ln. Hl. saue; Cp. Pt. sauf; E. Hn. but.
E. Hl. dyde; Hn. Cp. deyde; see l. 3644.
E. flessh.
E. flessh. E. Hn. omit vs after yaf.
See note to l. 3597.
E. Hn. Cm. omit as.
E. in helle; rest full lowe.
E. Hn. Cm. North ( but read South); Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl omit !
E. mooder.
E. mooder.
E. noon oother.
Cm. Bycause that.
Hn. Cm. ay; rest omit.
Misnumbered 520 in the Aldine Edition; but corrected further on. ]
E. ( only ) omits a.
E. any oother.
E. Hn. was; the rest were.
E. Hn. wrongly repeat l. 3731 here.
E. Hn. foond.
E. Hn. Cm. omit ful.
E. Hn. Cm. Hl. omit he.
E. Hn. Cm. adoured; Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl. honoured.
E. Hn. dorste; rest dar.
Cm. flodys; rest floodes.
E. Hn. moost.
E. greithen; Hn. greithe; Cm. ordeyne. E. Hn. chaar; Cm. char.
E. hoost, boost.
E. hoost, boost.
E. lemes; Hn. Cp. Hl. lymes; Cm. lymys; Ln. limes.
E. om. so; E. horriblely.
E. Hn. Cm. so; Pt. Hl. that; Cp. Ln. so that.
E. Hn. for; rest the.
beste] Hl. bost.
E. Hn. bitwixen.
E. Hn. Cm. omit was.
E. man: rest thing.
Cm. preys; E. Hn. pris: Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl. pite.
Hl. omits.
E. Hn. Cm. aas; Cp. Pt. Hl. an aas; Ln. an as.
E. Hn. Cm. omit yit; Hl. has right.
E. Cp. Pt. Ln. omit greet.
E. Hn. Cm. Hl. humble bed; Pt. Cp. Ln. humblehede.
MSS. Pompeus, Pompius.
Misnumbered 700 in the Aldine edition.]
So in the MSS.; observe hath in l. 3889.
Cm. castyth; rest caste, cast.
Cm. on deyinge; Pt. on dyinge; Ln. in deynge; E. Hn. of dyyng.
Hl. Valirien; rest Valerius; ed. 1561, Valerie.
The MSS. have word ( for ord); see the note.
E. sitthe; Hl. siththen; Hn. Cm. siththe a.
Cm. Pt. Ln. wex; rest wax.
E. bemes; rest stremes.
Pt. Ln. Hl. she; rest omit.
Cm. Tragedy is; so Cp. Pt.; Ln. Tregedrye in; E. Hn. Tragedies; Hl. Tegredis(!).
Cm. Hl. for; rest omit.
Reckoned as 775 in the Aldine edition; but really 776.] After l. 3956, E. Hn. Cm. have ll. 3565-3652.
Colophon. From E. Hn. Here is ended the Monkes tale.
Pt. or; Hn. o; rest omit.
though] Hl. al-though.
Pt. Hl. rek.
E. Hn. murie; rest mery.
Cp. Ln. Yis, ost, quod he, so mote I ryde or go.
E. Hn. stape; Ln. stoupe; rest stope.
E. greue.
E. keen; Hn. Hl. Cp. kyn.
E. Hn. Napoplexie; rest Ne poplexie.
E. Hn. heet; Cp. that highte; rest that hight.
E. Hn. Cm. murier. E. Cm. murie.
Hl. knew he; E. Pt. he crew; rest he knew.
E. Ln. ins. the after Of.
Hl. geet; Pt. Ln. gete.
Hl. Cp. Pt. Ln. burnischt.
Hl. ful ( for so).
E. Cm. Ln. bigan.
a] E. Pt. the.
E. o; rest om.
mette] E. thoughte.
E. Hn. recche; Cm. reche; rest rede, reed.
E. Hn. Cm. om. wolde.
E. om. the, and has greet.
E. Hn. Cm. dreden; rest dremen; see 4159.
E. grete; rest rede.
So E. Hn. Cm.; Cp. of beres and of boles; Ln. Pt. of beres and boles; Hl. of beres or of boles.
E. ye; rest we.
Hl. om.
Hl. om.
Cp. Ln. gaytres; E. gaitrys, Hn. gaytrys; Hl. gaytre; Cm. gattris; Pt. gatys.
Ln. that; Hn. they; rest ther.
Hn. Cm. Cp. mote; E. moot.
his] E. Pt. this.
E. Cm. Cp. Ln. Hl. ins. of after as.
Cm. autourys; Hl. auctorite; rest auctour ( sic ).
E. Hn. coomen in; Cm. comyn in.
E. logged.
Hl. Cp. Ln. oxe.
er] Ln. ar; E. Hn. Hl. or.
E. it; rest this.
E. arresten.
Hl. Cp. Ln. oxe.
Cp. Hl. answered; E. Hn. answerde.
Hl. ins. a after in; Cp. Pt. Ln. ins. gret (grete).
Hn. Cm. Hl. wente as it were; Cp. Pt. Ln. as he wente.
E. Hn. Cm. ins. heere after carte.
E. Hn. Cm. this (this is being pronounced this); rest this is.
Hl. ins. the after anoon.
Cp. Ln. and ( for or).
All ins. herkneth (herken) after But.
E. Hn. Hl. om. for; cf. l. 4265.
E. Hn. byde.
E. Hn. 01; rest and.
Hl. eke; rest om.
it] Cp. Pt. him; Ln. hem; Hl. ther.
E. ins. yet after olde.
E. is; rest was.
Cm. thauysioun.
E Hn. Cp. heeld.
Cm. Ln. boteler; Pt. botelere; E. Hn. butiller.
E. Cp. Pt. Ln. Adromacha.
Hn. And ( for But).
E. Hn. Cm. venymes. it] Cp. Pt. Ln. right.
E. Cp. diffye.
E. Cp. diffye.
Hn. Cm. fley; E. fly; Hl. Cp. fleigh.
E. Hn. Cm. hadde.
Cm. Ln. Royal; rest Real; but see l. 4374.
He] E. And.
Hl. that; rest om. Cp. Pt. Ln. were. Hl. er that it was prime.
Hl. toon.
Cm. deynyth.
his] E. Cm. an.
All passed.
Hl. tway monthes and dayes tuo.
And] Cp. Pt. Ln. He.
Hl. Cp. cronique; rest cronicle.
torne] E. come.
E. Hn. Pt. vndren.
E. Hn. flaugh; Cm. flaw; Cp. fleyȝe; Hl. flough.
E. Wheither.
E. nedefully to doon.
may] Hl. Cp. Pt. schal (schuln).
yow] E. of.
E. out of ( for fro).
seyde] E. seye.
E murier.
E. myrily.
E. om. hath.
Hl. Pt. had.
E. ins. yow after wol.
E. herde I; yet ( for so).
E. Cm. Cp. Bitwixe.
E. Hn. Cm. stirte.
E. Hn. gargat; Cm. Hl. garget; Ln. gorge.
E. Hn. Cm. fil; rest fel.
E. sodeynly ( for sovereynly).
Hn. Cm. y-lost.
E. Now turne I wole.
E. Hn. Cm. stirten.
Pt. They.
E. Hl. om. eek.
Hl. were they; rest om.
E. yolleden.
E. Ln. shille.
E. Hn. skriked.
E. om. eek.
E. wolde ( for sholde).
E. the ( for this).
Hl. i-goon; rest gon, goon.
E. Hn. into this ( for out of the).
E. of ( for in).
E. Hn. Hl. ins. any before ofter.
Pt. good; rest goode.
Hl. Pt. Ln. good; rest goode.
Colophon. Cp. Nonne; E. Hn. Nonnes. Hl. Here endeth the tale of Chaunteclere and p er telote.
These genuine lines only occur in Dd., in MS. Reg. 17 D. xv, and in MS. Addit. 5140 (B. M.). The text is founded on Dd.
Note. Three varieties of a Doctour’s Prologue are given, respectively, by Tyrwhitt, Wright, and Morris; but are all spurious. Perhaps the best is the very short one in Tyrwhitt, as follows: —
Dd. oure hoost.
Dd. murie; Reg. Add. mery.
Dd. ben. Dd. tredfoul; Reg. Add. trede foule.
Dd. which; Reg. whiche; Add. suche.
Dd. gret
Dd. sp er hauke; eyen.
Dd. dyghen; Reg. Add dyen.
I suspect these three lines to be spurious.
Hn called was; E. was called; rest cleped was.
E. Hn. Apelles; Hl. Appollus; rest Apollus. E. Hn. Zanzis; rest zephirus(!).
E. Hn. ful of oon; rest fully at.
Cp. Pt. Ln. as; rest om.
E. a ( for and).
E. Shamefast. E. om. in.
E. Hn. dooth; rest doon. E. Hn. encresse.
E. man; rest men. E. wasten; rest casten. E. oille; greesse.
E. Hn. thyng; rest thinges.
E. Hn. they; rest she.
E. Hn. han; rest conne.
So E. Hn.; rest Kepeth wel tho that ye undertake.
E. Hn. olde; rest theves.
Read kep’th; E. Hn. om. hem; Hl. hir (!). E. wolde; rest wole (wil).
E. Hn. bitrayseth; rest betrayeth.
E. Hn. surveiaunce; rest sufferaunce (suffraunce).
E. Hn. if; rest that.
E. Hn. om. ne.
E. om. both lines; I follow Hn. and the rest.
E. om. both lines; I follow Hn. and the rest.
E. Hn. I wol this; rest I telle my.
E. Hn. a; rest the.
E. Hn. ther as; rest om. as.
E. maken; rest make.
E. Hn. cherl; rest clerk.
E. Hn. cherl; rest clerk.
E. Hn. this; rest the.
E. Hn. hir; rest this.
E. Hn. cherl; rest clerk.
E. Hn. this; rest it.
E. Hn. cherl; rest clerk.
E. diffynyue; rest diffinitif.
E. heere, glossed audire; and heere, glossed hic.
E. heere, glossed audire; and heere, glossed hic.
E. Hn. Cm. cherl; rest clerk.
E. Hn. Cm. cherl; rest clerk.
Hl. Cp. yiuen; rest yeuen.
E. o; rest of.
E. Hn. teeris. E. bruste; Cm. broste; Pt. brosten; Hn. borste; Cp. Ln. barsten; Hl. brast.
E. Hn. for; rest first.
E. Ln. Blissed; rest Blessed.
All but E. Hn. ins. hir before softe.
E. Hn. anhange; rest honge.
E. Hn. a thousand; rest al the.
E. of; rest in.
E. Hn. the cherles; rest this clerkes.
E. Hn. Ther; rest Wher.
E. And; rest Was.
E. Hn. Hl. anhanged; rest honged.
E. Hn. whom; rest how.
E. Hn. may agryse; rest wol (wil) arise.
E. ellis. Cp. Ln Whether he be lewed man or lered; so Pt. ( with Where for Whether); so Hl. ( with Wher that for Whether).
Colophon. So E. Hn.; Sloane has Here endethe the tale of the Mayster of phisyk; Hl. Here endeth the Doctor of phisique his tale.