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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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NOTES TO THE CANTERBURY TALES
'hit oghte thee to lyke;
For hard langage and hard matere
Is encombrous for to here
At ones; wost thou not wel this?'
Hous of Fame; 860
SECOND EDITION
Oxford
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
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Oxford
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BY HORACE HART, M.A.,
PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY
CONTENTS.
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| Introduction.—§ 1. Some points for discussion. § 2. Canon ofChaucer's Works. Thynne's edition of 1532. § 3. Later reprints.§ 4. Tyrwhitt's edition; and his endeavours to establish a canon.§ 5. The same; continued. § 6. Chalmers' edition. § 7. Theanonymous edition of 1845; published by Moxon. § 8. Thisedition due to Tyrwhitt's suggestions. § 9. Later work; resultsarrived at by Prof. Lounsbnry. § 10. Some of The Minor Poemsin The present edition. § 11. The Poem no. XXIV. § 12. Poemsnumbered XXIII, XXV, and XXVI. § 13. The text of theCanterbury Tales; lines 'clipped' at The beginning. § 14. TheHarleian MS. § 15. The Ellesmere MS. § 16. The old black-lettereditions. § 17. Stowe's edition in 1561. § 18. Dryden'sremarks on Chaucer's verse. § 19. Brief rules for scansion. § 20.Accentuation. § 21. Examples. § 22. Old pronunciation. § 23.Modernising of spelling. § 24. Sources of The Notes; acknowledgments | ix |
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