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THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

GEOFF. CHAUCER.

IN FOURTEEN VOLUMES.

THE MISCELLANEOUS PIECES

From Urry's Edition 1721,

THE CANTERBURY TALES

From Tyrwhitt's Edition 1775.

Grete well CHAUCER whan ye mete---

Of ditees and of fonges glade,

The which he---made,

The londe full filled is over all.

GOWER.

My maister CHAUCER---chiefe poete of Bretayne----
Whom all this londe fchulde of ryght preferre,
Sith of our langage he was the lode-terre----
That made firft to dyftylle and rayne

The gold dewe dropys of fpeche and eloquence
Into our tunge thrugh his excellence.

The honour of English tong is dede---
My mayfler CHAUCER, floure of eloquence,
Mirrour of fructuous entendement,
Univerfel fadir in fcicnce....

This londis verray trefour and richeffe....

The firfte fynder of our fayre langage.

LYDGATE.

OCCLEVE.

Venerabili CHAUCER, principail poete but pere,

Hevinly trumpet, orlege and regulere,

In eloquence baime, condict and diall,
Mylky fountane, clere ftrand, and rois riall,

Of fresche endite throw Albioun iland braid.

O reverend CHAUCER! rofe of rethouris all,
As in oure toung flour imperial

That raife in Brittane evir, quha reidis right
Thou beiris of Makers the triumphs royall,
The frefche enamilt termes celeftiall:
This mater couth haif illuminit full bricht,
Was thou nocht, of our Inglis all the light,
Surmounting every toung terreftriall
As far as Mavi's morrow dois midnight.

VOL. IV.

EDINBURG:

DOUGLAS.

DUNRAR.

AT THE Apollo Prefs, BY THE MARTINS,
Anno 1782.

THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

GEOFFREY CHAUCER.

VOL. IV.

CONTAINING HIS

CANTERBURY TALES, viz.

THE FRANKELEINES TALE,

THE DOCTOURES TALE,
THE PARDONERES TALE,

THE SHIPMANNES TALE,

THE PRIORESSES TALE,
THE RIME OF SIRE THOPAS,
THE TALE OF MELIBEUS,
THE MONKES TALE,

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AT THE Apollo Prefs, BY THE MARTINS.
Anno 1782.

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