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This volume provides extensive critical apparatus for Chaucer's pilgrimage-frame collection: an extended introduction to editorial history and textual principles, practical notes on Middle English pronunciation and metre, manuscript and early-print comparisons, and line-by-line glosses and annotations on prologues and individual tales arranged by established groupings; it also discusses previous editors' approaches, variant readings, scansion rules, and vocabulary explanations to aid readers and students in understanding language, meter, and editorial choices.

a (in), vol. v. p. 423.

a (one), i. 565.

a certein, iii. 352.

a twenty, iii. 337.

a twenty devil way, iii. 339.

a-begged, to goon, v. 400.

able, i. 457.

aboute, v. 62.

abrayd, i. 469; iii. 248.

Absalom, iii. 298.

abye, v. 420;

abyen it, 192.

Accentuation, iii. 289; v. 61 (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. 204, 389, 448.

Admetus, ii. 465.

advócat, i. 455;

advocaas, pl., v. 265.

Æetes, iii. 326.

Ægeus, iii. 335, 339.

Ægyptus, iii. 346-7.

Ælla, king, v. 156.

Æmilia, via, v. 343.

Æneas, iii. 317-324.

Æson, iii. 325.

Æsop's Fables, v. 123, 309, 310.

a-fere, ii. 463.

affyle, v. 57.

afounde, i. 550.

Agatho, iii. 309.

agayns, go, v. 348.

ageyn him, v. 162.

agreables, ii. 436.

agryse, v. 264;

agroos, iii. 316;

agrisen, ii. 435.

agroted, iii. 345.

aketoun, v. 195.

akornes, ii. 448.

al, although, i. 454, 554; v. 427.

al and som, v. 92.

al to-rente, v. 229.

alambik, ii. 488.

alaunts, v. 85.

Albification, v. 425.

Albioun, i. 564.

Alcathoe, iii. 334.

Alcestis, ii. 502; iii. 308, 309; v. 140.

Alchabitius, i. 499, 500.

Alcyone, i. 464.

Aldebaran, iii. 358.

alder, gen. pl., iii. 300.

alder-best, v. 57.

alderman, v. 36 (l. 372).

Aldiran, v. 380.

alemandres, i. 428.

ale-stake, v. 54, 268-9.

Alexander, v. 244;

— carried aloft, iii. 262;

— and the pirate, v. 441.

Alexandria, v. 6.

Alexandryn, i. 420.

aleys, i. 428.

Algezir, v. 7.

Algomeisa, iii. 358.

Algus, i. 475.

Alhabor, iii. 361.

Alhazen, v. 378.

alle, at, i. 497.

alle and some, v. 148.

allegeaunce, i. 431.

aller, our, v. 58.

alles-kinnes, iii. 279.

Alliteration, v. 446.

Alma redemptoris, v. 177-178.

Almagest, iii. 354; v. 97, 295-6.

alpes, i. 421.

Amalgaming, v. 423.

Amazons, v. 61.

ambes as, v. 143.

Ambrose, St., v. 409.

ameled, i. 425.

amendes, his, v. 223.

amerciment, v. 468.

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. 254.

Angelus ad virginem, v. 97-8.

Anger, v. 462.

Angle, in astrology, v. 150;

— meridional, v. 379-80.

anientissed, v. 211.

a-night, v. 428.

anlas, v. 34-5.

Anna, St., v. 157, 329, 405.

annueleer, v. 429.

anoyeth, v. 203.

Antenor, ii. 486.

Anthony, Life of St., v. 20;

— fire of, 460.

Anticlaudianus, iii. 264.

Antiochus, v. 244.

antiphoner, v. 178.

Antony, iii. 311-4.

aornement, v. 460.

apayd, evel, iii. 293.

ape, v. 430.

Ape in one's hood, v. 174.

Apelles, v. 261, 303-4.

Apollonius of Tyre, v. 140.

appalled, v. 382.

apparaunte, i. 417.

Appian Way, v. 407.

apposed, opposed, v. 411.

approwours, v. 324.

Apulia, v. 375-6.

apyked, v. 36.

Arabic numerals, i. 475.

arace, i. 566.

arblasters, i. 436.

Arcite, i. 529.

arest, v. 89.

areste, iii. 305.

arette, v. 57.

argoile, v. 426.

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. 373;

— sun in, 372.

Arion, iii. 267.

Aristotle, iii. 296, 305.

ark (of the day), v. 132, 361.

Arming of knights, v. 195.

armipotent, v. 78, 79.

Arnoldus de Villa Nova, v. 432.

Arsemius, v. 162.

Arsenic, v. 424.

artelleries, v. 214.

artow, v. 142.

Arviragus, v. 389.

aryve, v. 8.

as, with imperative, v. 160, 163, 342.

as, short for al-so, v. 289.

ascaunce, v. 427;

ascaunces, v. 332-3, 463.

ascendent, iii. 271, 272; v. 40, 150, 152, 306.

Ascension, right, iii. 362-363.

ascry, ii. 470.

Ashes, old, v. 114.

Asie, v. 175.

asp (aspen), i. 512.

Aspect (in astrology), i. 497; v. 65.

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. 97, 134.

Astrology, v. 96-7; 147-152; v. 40, 310.

Astronomy, old, v. 149;

— system of, ii. 421, 425, 446.

at yë, iii. 253, 294; v. 94.

at-after, v. 172, 363.

atake, wel, v. 325.

Atalanta, i. 514, 515.

Atazir, v. 150-1.

atempre, iii. 294.

Atiteris, iii. 269.

Atlas, iii. 265.

Attalia, v. 8.

attamed, v. 248.

atte, v. 5, 135, 283;

nale, 324.

attempree, v. 203.

Attila, death of, v. 281.

attricioun, ii. 465.

auctoritee, v. 291, 322.

augrim-stones, v. 97.

Augury, v. 464.

Augustine, St., v. 263.

Aurelius, v. 389.

Aurelius, Marcus, v. 414.

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

Austin, St., v. 22, 23.

Austin friars, i. 450.

Avarice, v. 468-9.

avauntour, v. 457.

Ave Marie, v. 176.

aventaille, v. 352.

Avicenna, v. 289.

avow, to make, v. 286-7.

avowe, i. 466.

avoy, v. 251.

avyse us, v. 157;

you, 345.

awhaped, i. 536; ii. 463.

awmere (no such word), i. 432.

Ayas, v. 8.

Azimuth (etymology of), iii. 357.

azure, i. 538.

babewinnes, iii. 267.

bacheler, v. 9.

Bagpipes, v. 49, 116.

bak, v. 428.

bakbyting, v. 462.

Baked meats, v. 33.

Balade, iii. 306.

baldric, v. 13.

bale, (Gamelyn), v. 478.

balke, v. 116.

barbe, ii. 468, 469.

barre, iii. 322 (l. 1200);

barres, v. 32.

barringe, v. 459.

basilicok, v. 470.

Basket-making by apostles, v. 274.

baskett-es, v. 274.

Bath, Wife of, v. 43.

Bayard, blind, v. 431.

Beard, making a, iii. 258;

to trim his, v. 124;

forked beards, v. 29;

yellow beards, 185.

become, iii. 339.

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

bedes, payre of, v. 18.

Bees, i. 519.

bees, been, pl., v. 368.

beet, pt. s., i. 418.

beggar, i. 448, 449.

Begging by friars, v. 274-5.

Beguins, Begards, i. 448, 449;

Beguines, 446.

behelde = beholde, i. 533-4.

bel-amy, v. 268.

bele, v. 173.

Belial, meaning of, v. 471.

Belinous, iii. 272.

Bell before a corpse, v. 286;

bells on horses, v. 20, 247;

— of a clock, i. 495.

Belshazzar, v. 234.

bely (bellows), v. 453-4.

bendinge, v. 459.

benedicite, v. 166;

ben'cite, ii. 466 (l. 780); v. 84, 166, 326, 418.

Benet, St., v. 21.

Benmarin, v. 7.

bere the belle, ii. 476.

Bernabo Visconti, v. 240-241.

Bernard, St., iii. 89; v. 402-3.

berth on hond, v. 157.

besaunt, i. 426.

besette, iii. 346 (l. 2558).

beshende, iii. 350.

beste, with the, v. 492.

bet; see go.

bete, v., v. 459.

Bevis, Sir, v. 193, 199.

bicched bones, v. 285.

bigamye, v. 292.

bigonne, v. 413;

the bord, v. 6.

bigoon, bigo, i. 420, 421.

Bill (of a bird), iii. 261.

bille, i. 455, 460.

Birds, various, i. 517.

biseken, bisechen, v. 63.

bisemare, v. 119.

bisette, v. 30.

biseye, v. 349.

bit (for biddeth), v. 22.

bitrent, ii. 481, 490.

bitter swete, v. 427-8.

blakeberied, a, v. 272-3.

blank-manger, v. 38.

Blean Forest, v. 416.

blere his yë, v. 113, 421, 441.

blewe, i. 496.

bleynte, v. 65.

Blue, meaning of, i. 538, 565; v. 386.

Boar's head at Christmas, v. 393.

Bob-up-and-down, v. 435.

boës (behoves), v. 122.

Boethius, v. 255;

— on music, 256.

boght agayn, v. 278.

bole, v. 423-4.

Bologna, v. 347.

bolt-upright, v. 173.

Boötes, ii. 450; v. 83.

Boots, tight-fitting, v. 24.

bord, v. 6.

borel, v. 225;

burel, 335.

borken, ii. 426.

borneth, ii. 463.

borwe, to, i. 496; iii. 338; v. 385.

bost, iii. 317.

bote and bale (Gam.), v. 478.

botel hay, v. 436.

boteler, iii. 256.

botoun, i. 430.

Boulogne, pilgrims to, v. 44.

boun, v. 399.

bourdon, v. 55.

boydekins, v. 245.

bracer, v. 12.

Bradwardine, v. 255.

bragot, v. 100.

brasil, v. 258.

brayd, iii. 321-2.

Bread for horses, v. 16.

brede, iii. 269.

Bret, iii. 267.

bretful, iii. 286; v. 56.

breyd-e, v. 313.

Bridles, v. 381.

brige, v. 222.

brimstoon, v. 424.

brocages, i. 446 (l. 6971);

brocage, v. 104.

broche, v. 18.

broken, iii. 327.

broken harm, v. 357.

brokkinge, v. 104.

Bromholm, v. 126.

brotelnesse, i. 565.

Brothers, sworn, v. 66.

brouke, iii. 250 (l. 273); v. 256, 483.

Bruges, v. 168.

Brut, i. 564.

Brutus Cassius, v. 245.

brybe, v. 131.

bryberyes, v. 324.

Buck, names of the, i. 475.

Bucklers, v. 12, 480.

buf, v. 335-6.

bulles, v. 269.

bumbleth, v. 317-8.

burel, v. 335;

borel, 225.

buriels, v. 407.

Burnell the Ass, v. 256.

burnet, i. 418.

Busiris, v. 232;

Busirides, ii. 433.

by, v. 429.

by and by, v. 64.

by me (rimes with tyme), v. 430.

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

Byblis, i. 515.

cadence, iii. 257.

cake, v. 126, 269.

Calchas, ii. 462.

Calcination, v. 423.

calendar, iii. 309, 310.

Calendars, i. 454.

calendes, ii. 468.

caleweys, i. 447.

calle (caul), v. 318.

Callisto, i. 514; v. 83.

Calydonian boar-hunt, ii. 501.

Calypso, iii. 272.

Cambinskan, v. 371.

Campaneus (Capaneus); i. 533; v. 63.

camus, v. 117.

Canace, iii. 299; v. 140.

Cananee, v. 404.

Candace, i. 513, 565.

canel-boon, i. 484.

Canius, or Canus, ii. 422, 424.

cankedort, ii. 473, 474.

Canon (by Avicenna), v. 289.

Canons, v. 416.

Canterbury, archbp. of, v. 258.

Capaneus, i. 533; v. 63.

cape (gape), ii. 500; v. 112.

cappe, hir aller, v. 50.

capul, v. 124.

Caracalla, ii. 439.

carbuncle, iii. 275; v. 196.

cardiacle, v. 267.

cariage, v. 468;

upon —, 329.

carl, v. 47.

Carmelites, v. 339.

carole, i. 422, 484.

Carrenare, i. 487.

carrik, v. 330.

Carving, v. 10.

Cassandra's lament, i. 494.

Cassiodorus, ii. 423, 424.

Castel, long, v. 490.

Castles in Spain, i. 433.

Catalonia, iii. 270, 271.

caterwawed, a, v. 300.

Caucasus, v. 320.

cause causinge, ii. 490.

cause why, v. 369.

cave, i. 499.

caynard, v. 298.

Cecilia, St., v. 402;

— church of, v. 414;

— life of, iii. 308;

— meaning of the name, v. 405.

ceint, v. 32.

celle (for selle), v. 112.

celle fantastik, v. 69.

Cells, v. 20, 21;

— of the brain, 69.

cenith, iii. 357.

Centaurs, the, v. 232.

Centaury, v. 252.

centre, v. 371;

— (on a Rete), iii. 358 (l. 7); v. 394.

cered pokets, v. 425.

cerial, v. 87.

ceriously, v. 146-7.

ceruce, v. 53.

cetewale, v. 97.

Ceyx and Alcyone, v. 137.

chalons, v. 125.

chamail (camel), v. 352.

champioun, v. 27.

Chantecleer, v. 249.

Chantries, v. 46.

Chapes, v. 36.

Chaplains, v. 340.

charge, iii. 259.

Charity, St., v. 339.

Charms, v. 464;

— and spells, 105-6.

Chaucer, genuine lines by, v. 292-3.

Chaucer's appearance, i. 557; v. 182;

— his mistakes, ii. xxiv; v. 203, 214, 219;

— his occupations, iii. 257;

— his translation of Boethius, iii. 307;

— his wife, iii. 256.

Chauntepleure, i. 537.

Cheapside, shows in, v. 129.

cheep (cheap), v. 483.

cheest (chooses), i. 524.

cheklatoun, v. 186.

chelaundre, i. 418.

cherisaunce (no such word), i. 434.

Cherry-fair, ii. 505.

cherubinnes face, v. 52.

Chess invented, i. 480;

chess-pieces, i. 481, 482;

chess, v. 389.

cheste, v. 288.

chevauche, i. 501; v. 438.

chevesaile, i. 425.

chevisaunce, iii. 345; v. 30, 173.

Chichevache, v. 351-2.

child, v. 193.

chilindre, v. 170-1.

chimbe, v. 114.

chinche, v. 220.

chirche-hawes, v. 469.

chirkinge, ii. 426; v. 80, 464.

Chiron, iii. 267.

chisels, v. 459.

chivachee, v. 438; i. 501.

chivachye, v. 10.

choppen, iii. 282.

Chorus, iii. 344.

Chough, the, i. 518.

Christ's members (in oaths), v. 275-6.

Christmas, poor at, v. 144.

Christopher, St., v. 12, 13.

Chrysippus, v. 309.

Church-building, v. 336.

Church-door, marriage at the, v. 44.

chydester, v. 358.

Cicero, v. 387;

— his Somnium Scipionis, v. 254.

ciclatoun, v. 185.

cipress, v. 198.

Cipryde, i. 514.

Circe, iii. 272.

citizein, iii. 264 (l. 986).

Cirrea, i. 531.

citrinacioun, v. 426.

claperes, i. 428.

clappen as a mille, v. 457.

Clara, St., iii. 266.

clarree, ii. 432; v. 70.

Claudian, iii. 279, 302.

clawe, v. 317.

Cleopatra, iii. 310-4.

clergeon, v. 176.

Clerk, duties of a, v. 103;

the Clerk, 30-1.

clew, iii. 280 (l. 1702).

cliket, v. 364-5.

Climates, latitudes of, iii. 365-6.

clom, v. 108.

clote-leef, v. 417.

Cloth-making, v. 43.

cloutes, v. 270.

clowe-gilofre, v. 188.

Cock, the, i. 519;

— as astrologer, ii. 482;

Cock-crow, v. 108, 250.

cogge, iii. 327.

cok, cry, v. 256.

cokenay, v. 125.

Colchis, iii. 325.

cold (fatal), v. 255.

col-fox, v. 255.

Collatinus, iii. 331.

Colle, iii. 273.

Collect and Expanse years, iii. 367.

Cologne, pilgrims to, v. 44.

colour, i. 563.

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

coltes tooth, v. 306.

com of, ii. 473; v. 110.

com-ba-me, v. 109.

combre-world, ii. 487.

combust, ii. 478; iii. 362.

come, s., v. 410.

comeveden, ii. 475.

Commandments, the ten, v. 283-4.

compas, iii. 260.

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

Complaints, v. 395.

Complexions, the four, iii. 247; v. 32-3, 41.

Compostella, pilgrims to, v. 44.

comprende, ii. 483; v. 377.

condicioun, iii. 290.

condys, pl., i. 428.

conning, iii. 292.

Conscience, worm of, v. 264.

consecrat, v. 229.

conseil, v. 289, 407.

Constantine, v. 362.

contenaunce, v. 205.

contre-houses, i. 532.

contubernial, v. 469.

contumax, v. 457.

Convent of thirteen, v. 341.

convers, in, ii. 505.

cope, v. 29.

coppe, withouten, v. 389-90.

corage, taketh his, i. 417.

Coral, buildings of, v. 77.

corbets, iii. 274.

Cormorant, the, i. 520.

cornes, v. 229, 230.

corniculere, v. 411.

corny, v. 268.

corollary, ii. 442.

Corona Borealis, iii. 340.

corseynt, iii. 248.

cost (coast), v. 316.

costlewe, v. 458.

costrel, iii. 550.

cote-armures, v. 64, 196.

counterwayte, v. 213, 473.

countour, v. 35.

court, v. 340.

courtepy, v. 31 (l. 290).

covent, v. 180.

covercle, iii. 260.

covyne, v. 51.

cow is wood, v. 297.

crampisshe, i. 535.

Crane, the, i. 518.

Crassus, ii. 481.

creant, v. 467.

Creation, date of the, v. 255.

crece, i. 438.

Creusa, iii. 330.

crinkled, iii. 336.

Criseyde, for Briseida, ii. 426;

— her mother, 489 (l. 762).

croce, v. 303.

Crœsus, iii. 248; v. 246.

croppes, v. 2.

Crosiers, v. 323.

Cross, finding of the, v. 290;

hymn to the —, 155;

sign of the —, 155.

Crow, the, i. 520, 521.

Crow's feet, ii. 469.

crowding, v. 149, 150.

crowne, v. 173.

crulle, v. 10.

cucurbites, v. 424.

cukkow, v. 441.

Curfew-time, v. 108.

cut (lot), v. 59;

draw cuts, 289.

Cuthbert, St., v. 124.

cutted, iii. 318; v. 459.

Cybele, iii. 309.

Cyllenius, i. 498.