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THE COMPLETE WORKS

OF

GEOFFREY CHAUCER

EDITED, FROM NUMEROUS MANUSCRIPTS

BY THE

Rev. WALTER W. SKEAT, M.A.
Litt.D., LL.D., D.C.L., Ph.D.
ELRINGTON AND BOSWORTH PROFESSOR OF ANGLO-SAXON
AND FELLOW OF CHRIST'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

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INTRODUCTION, GLOSSARY, AND INDEXES

'Thou shall have yit, or hit be eve,

Of every word of this sentence

A preve, by experience;

And with thyn eres heren wel

Top and tail, and everydel.'

The Hous of Fame, 876-880.

Oxford

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

M DCCC XCIV


Oxford

PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
BY HORACE HART, M.A.,
PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY

IN GRATEFUL MEMORY

OF

HENRY BRADSHAW


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CONTENTS.

PAGE
General Introduction.§ 1. Objects in view in preparing this edition.§ 2. Romaunt of the Rose. § 3. The Minor Poems; Canon ofChaucer's works. § 4. A Compleint to his Lady; the FormerAge; Merciless Beautee; Balade to Rosemounde; Against WomenUnconstaunt; Complaints. § 5. Boethius. § 6. Troilus. § 7.The House of Fame. § 8. The Legend of Good Women.§ 9. The Astrolabe. § 10. The Canterbury Tales. § 11. Obligationsto others. § 12. Thomas Tyrwhitt; Thomas Wright;Bell and others. § 13. Prof. Child; Dr. Ellis; Dr. Sweet; Prof.Ten Brink; and others. § 14. The Glossarial Index. § 15.Aesthetic criticism. § 16. The Dialect of Chaucer. § 17.Chaucer's Kenticisms. § 18. Pronunciation. §19. The Vowelsand Diphthongs. § 20. The Consonants. § 21. Accentuation.§ 22. Explanation of phonetic symbols. § 23. The M.E. vowels.Example of pronunciation. § 24. Scansion and accents. § 25.Rimes illustrating the Pronunciation. Open and close <
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