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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.

dagges, i. 449;

dagginge, v. 459.

dagon, v. 333.

daliaunce, v. 25.

Dalida, i. 565; v. 230.

Damascus, v. 228.

Damocles, story of, ii. 439; v. 82.

Dan, v. 225.

Danaus, iii. 346.

Dante, mentioned, v. 242.

Daphne, v. 83.

dare, v. 169.

Dares Frigius, i. 489, 490; iii. 326.

darked, iii. 316.

darreyne, v. 73.

Dart, prize for running, v. 293.

Dartmouth, v. 38.

Date of the pilgrimage, v. 132-3.

Daun, v. 168.

daunce, the olde, ii. 478; v. 45.

Daunger, iii. 295.

daunger, in, v. 54;

with, 304.

daungerous, v. 46.

dawes, v. 392.

day, his (Gam.), v. 478.

day natural, i. 499; v. 374.

daysyes, iii. 291.

Deadly Sins, Seven, i. 453; v. 455.

decoped, i. 423.

Deficient lines, v. 314-5, 330-1.

defouled, v. 451.

degrees (steps), v. 77.

degyse, v. 458;

degysinge, 460.

deliver, v. 10.

Delphos, v. 391.

delye, ii. 420.

Demophoon, iii. 252, 344.

Denis, St., v. 168, 170.

depardieux, v. 135-6.

Deptford, v. 115.

derk, i. 500.

derring-do (Spenser), ii. 498.

desespeired, i. 527.

deslavee, v. 466.

despitous, v. 457.

desray, v. 472.

devel way, v. 95, 110.

deye, s., v. 249.

deye, dye, v., v. 156.

deyntee, v. 20.

deys, v. 36, 373.

diapred, v. 85.

Dictys, i. 490.

Dido, iii. 317-24.

digne, v. 119.

Diomede described, ii. 498.

disioint, iii. 329.

dismal, i. 493, 494.

disputisoun, v. 357.

distoned, i. 436.

distraught, v. 169.

distreyneth, v. 211.

divisioun, i. 504.

divynailes, v. 464.

do wey, v. 493.

dogge for the bowe, v. 325, 364.

Dogs as pets, v. 16, (l. 146).

Dolphin, the constellation, iii. 265.

dolven and deed, i. 469.

dome, as to my, i. 567.

dominacioun, v. 438.

Domination, blood in, v. 382.

don make, hath, v. 345.

Dorothea, St., v. 402, 409.

doucettes, iii. 268.

dragges, v. 41.

Dragon's Tail, iii. 361.

dragoun, v. 433.

Drake, the, i. 520.

drasty, v. 201.

draught, i. 479.

Dreams, i. 509: ii. 497; iii. 246.

drede, withouten, v. 400.

dredful, iii. 316.

dresse, v. 350.

dreynt-e, def. adj., i. 469; v. 140.

droghte, v. 2.

Drunk as a mouse, v. 68, 298.

Dry sea, the, i. 486, 487.

Dryden on Chaucer, v. 100.

dryve away, i. 463; v. 283;

dryve forth, ii. 467.

Du Gueschlin, v. 238-9.

duetee, v. 324.

dulcarnon, ii. 479, 480.

Dun in the mire, v. 435-6.

Dunmow flitch, v. 296.

durring don, ii. 498.

dyte, i. 568.

-e, i. the fem. adj., iii. 347.

Eagle, the, i. 517.

Eclipse, lunar, ii. 450.

Ecliptic, obliquity of the, iii. 354.

Eclympasteyre, i. 468.

-ed, for A. S. -að, -oð, v. 273.

Edward, St., v. 226.

eek, eke, v. 137.

Eels slippery, iii. 286, 287.

eftures (a ghost-word), iii. 332.

eggement, v. 160.

egrimoine, v. 425.

Egyptian days, i. 493.

eightetene, v. 133.

Eilers, Dr., quoted, v. 456.

Ekko, v. 390.

Eleatici, ii. 420.

Election, in astrology, v. 151-2.

Elements, the four, ii. 441; iii. 259, 261; v. 41, 68, 434.

elenge, v. 172, 321.

Eliachim, v. 243.

Eligius, St., v. 14.

elf, v. 159.

elf-queen, v. 189, 314.

elvish, v. 182-3.

embosed, i. 472.

embrouded, v. 10.

Emelye, i. 532.

emforth, iii. 338.

enbibing, v. 426.

endentinge, v. 458.

engreggen, v. 473.

enluting, v. 422.

entaile, i. 425.

entendeden, iii. 321.

entremees, i. 446.

Envoy, iii. 306.

Envy, v. 461-2.

envye, to, i. 468.

envyen, iii. 270.

envyned, v. 33.

Ephesus, widow of, v. 312.

Epicurus, v. 33.

episicle, iii. 364.

equacions, v. 394.

erchedeken, v. 323, 493.

Eriphyle, v. 311.

erme, i. 465; v. 267.

Erymanthian boar, ii. 454.

eschu, adj., v. 362.

eschue, ger., v. 401.

esed, v. 4.

espiaille, v. 213.

espirituels, v. 448.

essoyne, v. 450.

Esther, iii. 298.

estres iii. 331-2; v. 78.

et, pr. s., iii. 324.

Ethics of Aristotle, iii. 296.

Etymologies of names, v. 405.

Euripus, ii. 428.

Europa, iii. 294.

Eva, Ave, v. 310.

Eve, sone of, v. 404-5.

even-cristen, v. 457.

ever in oon, i. 458.

ew, i. 512.

Exaltation (in astrology), v. 310, 366;

— of the moon, v. 445;

— of the sun, 372.

Expanse years, iii. 367.

expulsif, v. 91, 493.

eye, awe (Gam.), v. 482.

Eyes, gray, v. 17.

Fable; Lion, Tiger, and Fox, v. 67;

— Man conquering a Lion, 309, 310;

— Wolf and the Mare, 122-3.

Face (in astrology), v. 395;

— of Mars, 372.

facound, v. 262.

fade, i. 419.

Fairies, v. 189-90, 314, 364.

Fairs, v. 173.

Falcon, the, i. 517.

falding, v. 38.

fan, v. 436.

fard, i. 432.

Fates, the three, ii. 495.

favour, iii. 253.

fawe, v. 296.

Feast for three days, v. 91.

feeldes, v. 63.

felawshippe, iii. 318.

feldefare, farewel, ii. 479.

felle, adj. pl., ii. 464.

fen (Arab. fann), v. 289.

ferd, pp., ii. 491.

ferd, for, ii. 489.

ferforth, v. 202.

fermentacioun, v. 426.

fermerer, v. 334.

fermour, iii. 305.

fern, ferne yere, v. 379.

Fern-ashes, glass from, v. 378.

ferne, ii. 434, v. 3.

ferre, v. 6.

fers, i. 476, 480;

ferses, 481.

ferthing, v. 16.

fet-e, i. 469, 477 (l. 501).

fetis, v. 18.

fevere, a blaunche, ii. 466.

Fieldfare, the, i. 521.

fir, sailing, i. 512.

Fire, Greek, v. 301.

Fish Street, v. 280.

Flanders, v. 275.

Flat, not edge, ii. 490.

fled-de, pp. pl., ii. 464.

flekked, v. 417.

fleming of wrecches, ii. 480.

Flemings slain, v. 257-8.

flokmele, v. 344.

Florins, v. 288.

Flower and Leaf, iii. 293, 297.

floytinge, v. 10.

fneseth, v. 438.

folily, v. 221.

Folk-lore; when men's ears glow, ii. 471;

itching, v. 109.

foo (for foot), v. 111.

foot-hot, i. 435; v. 154.

foot-mantel, v. 45.

for, against, i. 432; iii. 298;

to prevent, i. 436, 524; v. 195, 418.

for moiste, i. 429.

for to, iii. 290.

for warping, iii. 365.

for wood, iii. 280, 344.

forage, v. 113.

forbyse, ii. 473.

fordrye, v. 383.

fore, s., v. 294, 336, 494.

foreyne, iii. 335.

forget, pr. s., i. 418.

forloyn, i. 473.

forme-fader, v. 208.

formel, i. 521.

forneys, v. 48.

fors, no, v. 266;

no — of, 252.

forshright, ii. 491.

forstraught, v. 169.

fortened, i. 438.

Fortuna maior, ii. 482.

forward, v. 5.

fostred, v. 414 (l. 539).

fot-hoot, i. 473.

foudre, iii. 254, 255.

foun (fawn), i. 475;

see fownes.

founde, i. 536.

fownes, ii. 464;

see foun.

foynen, v. 73.

Frankeleyn, the, v. 32.

frape, ii. 477.

fraternitee, v. 36.

Fraternity, letters of, v. 339, 340.

fraught, v. 145-6.

free, i. 453.

fremd, iii. 319.

French in England, v. 15.

Frere, the, v. 24, 25.

fret, ii. 297, 298.

fret full, i. 437.

fretted, i. 449.

Friars, orders of, i. 444, 450; v. 24-9, 272, 314.

Frideswide, St., v. 105.

Friesland, i. 558.

fro ye, ii. 461.

froit = fruit, iii. 285.

frouncen, i. 449.

fume, v. 251.

Fumitory, v. 252.

Funerals, v. 93.

furie, v. 390.

furlong-wey, iii. 300; v. 346.

fyrbrond, v. 360.

gadeling (Gam.), v. 480.

galaxye, iii. 263.

galentyne, i. 540, 549.

Galianes, v. 266.

galingale, v. 37.

galle, v. 317, 404.

galley half-pence, v. 186.

game, v. 420, 477.

Gaming, v. 282.

Ganelon, v. 239;

Genelon, i. 491;

Genilon, v. 170, 255.

Gargaphia, v. 90.

gargate, v. 257.

garisoun, to, i. 434.

Garlands, v. 54.

gat-tothed, v. 44.

gauded, v. 18.

gaudy-grene, v. 83-4.

Gaunt, John of, i. 476.

gauren, v. 375.

Gawain, Sir, v. 374.

gaytres beryis, v. 252.

geen, gone (North.), v. 123.

geeth, iii. 338.

Geminis, in, v. 366.

Gems repel venom, i. 425.

Genelon, i. 491;

Ganelon, v. 239;

Genilon, v. 170, 255.

Gengis Khan, v. 371.

Genitive, use of (in proper names), v. 376.

gentilesse, v. 319.

Geoffrey of Monmouth, iii. 278.

Geomancy, v. 82.

Gerund, use of the, v. 412.

gery, v. 72.

geste, v. 194, 201, 446;

gestes, 377.

gestours, v. 194.

Giants, v. 191.

gib-cat, i. 443.

gigginge, v. 88.

Giles, St., iii. 264; v. 430.

gipoun, v. 9.

gipser, v. 35.

girles, v. 54.

girt, pr. s., i. 498.

giterne, v. 102.

Glasgerion, iii. 267, 268.

Glass-making, v. 378-9.

gledy, iii. 294.

glood, v. 199.

glose, i. 471.

Gloves, white, v. 93.

Gluttony, v. 469.

gnede, i. 442.

gnodded, gniden, i. 540.

gnof, v. 96.

go, iii. 337.

go bet, i. 466; iii. 323; v. 286.

go walked, v. 334.

god be with you, v. 288.

god yow see, v. 287.

goddes kechil, v. 333.

gode man, v. 334.

godsibbes, v. 471.

Gold, red, v. 196, 306;

— a remedy, 42.

golde (flower), v. 77.

golee, i. 523.

goliardeys, v. 48-9.

gonne, iii. 312.

good man, iii. 325.

good' men, v. 290.

Good Women, v. 137-8.

goon a-caterwawed, v. 300.

Goose, the, i. 519.

goosish, ii. 477.

gore, v. 98-9, 102;

under my —, 190.

Gospel of the Holy Ghost, i. 447, 448.

Gospels, copies of the, v. 157-8.

goune-cloth, v. 341.

governeresse, i. 456.

Gower, moral, ii. 505;

— quoted, i. 485;

— his tale of Constaunce, v. 145.

grace, to stonde in, v. 431.

grange, v. 108.

Graunson, Sir Otes de, i. 559, 562.

grayn, in, v. 185, 384.

gree, v. 91.

Green, for inconstancy, i. 565, 566.

Greenwich, v. 115.

grete, the, iii. 310.

grete see, v. 8.

greves, iii. 298.

greyn, v. 109.

greyn, in, v. 185, 384.

greyn of Portingale, v. 259.

grille, i. 418.

grisel, i. 557.

groyn, v. 450.

groyning, v. 88.

gruf, v. 63.

grys, v. 23.

Guido delle Colonne, i. 489, 490, 491; iii. 318, 324, 328.

Guilds, v. 36.

Gundulfus, v. 256-7.

Guy, Sir, v. 199.

Gyndes, v. 338.

gytes, v. 118, 305.

haberdassher, v. 35.

habergeoun, v. 9.

habitacles, iii. 267.

Hailes, Blood of, v. 284.

hainselins, v. 459.

Hair, yellow, v. 65.

haire, i. 419.

halcyon, i. 464.

half-goddes, iii. 305.

halse, v. 180.

halvendel (Gam.), v. 482.

halwes, v. 3;

seketh —, iii. 323.

hande-brede, v. 111.

Harbledown, v. 435.

hardy, iii. 327.

harlot, v. 53.

harlotrye, v. 49.

harlots, king of, i. 442.

harneised, v. 12.

harneys, v. 64.

Harpies, the, ii. 453.

harre, v. 48.

harrow, v. 101, 253, 264.

Harrowing of hell, v. 107.

Harry Bailly, v. 129.

hasard, v. 282.

Hasdrubal's wife, v. 257.

hath (for is), v. 381.

haubergeons, v. 474.

hauberk, v. 195-6.

haunteden, v. 275.

hautein, iii. 321 (l. 1120).

hawe bake, v. 141.

hayt! v. 328.

Hazard, game of, v. 143, 285.

Head-dresses, v. 43.

hed (Kentish), iii. 297.

heef, ii. 420.

heigh and lowe, in, v. 58.

helde, v. 299.

Helicon, iii. 254.

Hellebore, v. 252.

Heloise, v. 309.

hende, v. 97.

hente, iii. 255.

herber, iii. 296, 297.

herberwe, v. 390 (l. 1033).

Herbs, virtues of, v. 375.

Hercules, labours of, v. 231-2;

— pillars of, 233.

here (her), v. 407.

here and howne, ii. 486.

Herenus, i. 460; ii. 484.

Herines (Furies), ii. 484.

heritage, gen., i. 460.

Hermengild, v. 156.

Hermes, v. 432.

Hermes Ballenus, iii. 272.

Hero, iii. 299.

Heron, the, i. 518.

heronere, iii. 321.

heronsew, v. 373.

Herostratus, iii. 283.

herse, i. 458.

hert-e, iii. 292.

Hesperides, the, ii. 454.

heterly, iii. 312.

hethen (hence), v. 122.

hethenesse, v. 6.

hething, s., v. 124.

hette, i. 503.

heyne, v. 430-1.

heyre, an, v. 406.

hight, i. 460.

him and here, v. 155.

Hippolytus, iii. 338.

hit, pr. s., v. 384.

hit am I, iii. 300.

ho, v. 74.

Hoccleve, iii. 307; v. 433.

hochepot, v. 212.

hoker, v. 119.

hold, in, v. 250.

Holderness, v. 331.

holm, i. 512.

Holofernes, v. 161.

Homage, form of, i. 431.

Homer, ii. 462.

homicide, v. 463.

hond, holde in, iii. 258.

honestetee, v. 460.

Hood, the Canon's, v. 417.

Hood, game in one's, iii. 282.

Hoodless, to go, i. 486.

hool and sound, v. 204.

hoomly, v. 360.

hope, v., v. 122.

hoppesteres, v. 80.

Horn, lay of, v. 198.

Horoscopes, v. 147, 152, 392.

horowe, i. 503.

hors, pl., v. 8.

Horse of brass, v. 374.

hose, v. 421.

Host, the, v. 58.

hostes man, v. 333.

hostler, v. 4 (l. 23);

hostiler, 460.

hoten, v. 294-5.

hottes, iii. 284.

houndfish, v. 362.

houped, v. 258.

Hours of the clock, v. 250;

planetary hours, 86, 97;

unequal hours, 86.

House with two rooms, v. 249.

House (in astrology), ii. 470; v. 150;

celestial houses, iii. 361, 365.

House of Fame, argument of, iii. 243.

hoven, iii. 322.

Hugh of Lincoln, v. 181.

humble bed, v. 244.

Humours, four, v. 69, 251.

hunte, v. 74.

hunteresse, iii. 318.

hunting, an, iii. 322.

hurtlen, iii. 312.

Hypermnestra, iii. 346-351.

Hypsipyle, iii. 324-8.