Chaucer [85]
park; The chamber walls depicted all around With portraiture of huntsman, hawk and hound, And the hurt deer. He listeneth to the lark, Whose song comes with the sunshine through the dark Of painted glass in leaden lattice bound; He listeneth and he laugheth at the sound, Then writeth in a book like any clerk. He is the poet of the dawn, who wrote The Canterbury Tales, and his old age Made beautiful with song; and as I read I hear the crowing cock, I hear the note Of lark and linnet, and from every page Rise odours of ploughed field or flowery mead.
GLOSSARY.
Bencite = benedicite. Clepe, call. Deem, judge. Despitous, angry to excess. Digne, fit;--disdainful. Frere, friar. Gentle, well-born. Keep, care. Languor, grief. Meinie, following, household. Meet, mate (?), measure (?). Overthwart, across. Parage, rank, degree. Press, crowd. Rede, advise, counsel. Reeve, steward, bailiff. Ruth, pity. Scall, scab. Shapely, fit. Sithe, time. Spiced, nice, scrupulous. Targe, target, shield. Y prefix of past participle as in, y-bee = bee(n). While, time; to quite his while, to reward his pains. Wieldy, active. Wone, custom, habit.
INDEX.
"A.B.C." ("La Priere de Notre Dame").
"Adam" (Chaucer's Scrivener).
"African."
Albert of Brescia.
"Alcestis."
"Alchemist" (Ben Jonson).
Aldgate.
Alfred, King.
Anne, Queen.
"Antiquary Moth" (Cartwright).
"Ariadne."
Aristophanes.
"Art of English Poesy" (Puttenham).
"Arviragus."
"Assembly of Fowls or Parliament of Birds."
Astrology.
Bailly, Master Harry. See "Host."
"Ballad of Sir Thopas."
"Ballad sent to King Richard."
Balle, John.
Balzac.
Barklay.
Benedictines.
Berkeley, Sir Edward.
Berners, Lady Juliana.
Bible, Chaucer's knowledge of.
Black Friars.
Black Prince.
Blake, William.
Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster.
Boccaccio.
Boethius.
Bohemia.
"Book of Consolation and Counsel" (Albert of Brescia).
"Book of the Duchess."
"Book of the Leo."
Brembre, Sir Nicholas.
Bretigny, Peace of.
Brigham, Nicholas.
"Bukton."
Burley, Sir John.
Burns, Robert.
Byron.
Cambridge.
"Canace."
"Canon Yeoman's Tale." The "Canon's Yeoman." "The Canon."
Canterbury.
Canterbury Pilgrims.
"Canterbury Tales," Chaucer's greatest work. conjecture as to the composition of. references to in Prologue to "Legend of Good Women." characters in. framework of. what is Chaucer's obligation to Boccaccio. popular style of. language of. sources of. Chaucer's method of dealing with his originals. the two prose tales. reference to the condition of the poor. woman in the. supposed reference to Gower. Lydgate's Supplements to. vogue of the, with Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatists.
"Carpenter."
Cartwright.
Caxton.
"Ceyx and Alcyone," the tale of.
Charles IV, Emperor.
Charles V, King of France.
Chaucer, Agnes (Chaucer's mother).
"Chaucer's Dream."
Chaucer, Geoffrey, difficulties as to his biography. the date of his birth. his name. his ancestry. conjecture as to his early years. enters Prince Lionel's household. accompanies the prince to France and is taken prisoner. becomes valet of the chamber of King Edward. his marriage. translation of "Roman de la Rose." promoted to the post of royal squire. "Book of the Duchess." missions abroad. receives grant from the Crown of daily pitcher of wine. appointed Comptroller of the Customs in the port of London. permitted to execute the duties by deputy. granted pension of ten pounds for life. visits to the Continent. appointed to the Comptrollership of the Petty Customs in London. sits in Parliament. "House of Fame" written. "Troilus and Cressid." "Assembly of Fowls." translation of the "Consolation of Philosophy." "Legend of Good Women." loses his Comptrollerships. appointed Clerk of King Richard's Works. money difficulties. death of his wife. "On the Astrolabe." his son. robbed by highwaymen. granted pension of twenty pounds by King Richard. "Ballade sent to King Richard." "Envoy to Scogan." "Complaint of Chaucer to his Purse."
GLOSSARY.
Bencite = benedicite. Clepe, call. Deem, judge. Despitous, angry to excess. Digne, fit;--disdainful. Frere, friar. Gentle, well-born. Keep, care. Languor, grief. Meinie, following, household. Meet, mate (?), measure (?). Overthwart, across. Parage, rank, degree. Press, crowd. Rede, advise, counsel. Reeve, steward, bailiff. Ruth, pity. Scall, scab. Shapely, fit. Sithe, time. Spiced, nice, scrupulous. Targe, target, shield. Y prefix of past participle as in, y-bee = bee(n). While, time; to quite his while, to reward his pains. Wieldy, active. Wone, custom, habit.
INDEX.
"A.B.C." ("La Priere de Notre Dame").
"Adam" (Chaucer's Scrivener).
"African."
Albert of Brescia.
"Alcestis."
"Alchemist" (Ben Jonson).
Aldgate.
Alfred, King.
Anne, Queen.
"Antiquary Moth" (Cartwright).
"Ariadne."
Aristophanes.
"Art of English Poesy" (Puttenham).
"Arviragus."
"Assembly of Fowls or Parliament of Birds."
Astrology.
Bailly, Master Harry. See "Host."
"Ballad of Sir Thopas."
"Ballad sent to King Richard."
Balle, John.
Balzac.
Barklay.
Benedictines.
Berkeley, Sir Edward.
Berners, Lady Juliana.
Bible, Chaucer's knowledge of.
Black Friars.
Black Prince.
Blake, William.
Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster.
Boccaccio.
Boethius.
Bohemia.
"Book of Consolation and Counsel" (Albert of Brescia).
"Book of the Duchess."
"Book of the Leo."
Brembre, Sir Nicholas.
Bretigny, Peace of.
Brigham, Nicholas.
"Bukton."
Burley, Sir John.
Burns, Robert.
Byron.
Cambridge.
"Canace."
"Canon Yeoman's Tale." The "Canon's Yeoman." "The Canon."
Canterbury.
Canterbury Pilgrims.
"Canterbury Tales," Chaucer's greatest work. conjecture as to the composition of. references to in Prologue to "Legend of Good Women." characters in. framework of. what is Chaucer's obligation to Boccaccio. popular style of. language of. sources of. Chaucer's method of dealing with his originals. the two prose tales. reference to the condition of the poor. woman in the. supposed reference to Gower. Lydgate's Supplements to. vogue of the, with Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatists.
"Carpenter."
Cartwright.
Caxton.
"Ceyx and Alcyone," the tale of.
Charles IV, Emperor.
Charles V, King of France.
Chaucer, Agnes (Chaucer's mother).
"Chaucer's Dream."
Chaucer, Geoffrey, difficulties as to his biography. the date of his birth. his name. his ancestry. conjecture as to his early years. enters Prince Lionel's household. accompanies the prince to France and is taken prisoner. becomes valet of the chamber of King Edward. his marriage. translation of "Roman de la Rose." promoted to the post of royal squire. "Book of the Duchess." missions abroad. receives grant from the Crown of daily pitcher of wine. appointed Comptroller of the Customs in the port of London. permitted to execute the duties by deputy. granted pension of ten pounds for life. visits to the Continent. appointed to the Comptrollership of the Petty Customs in London. sits in Parliament. "House of Fame" written. "Troilus and Cressid." "Assembly of Fowls." translation of the "Consolation of Philosophy." "Legend of Good Women." loses his Comptrollerships. appointed Clerk of King Richard's Works. money difficulties. death of his wife. "On the Astrolabe." his son. robbed by highwaymen. granted pension of twenty pounds by King Richard. "Ballade sent to King Richard." "Envoy to Scogan." "Complaint of Chaucer to his Purse."