Chaucer's Works, Volume 4 — The Canterbury Tales
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CONTENTS
Introduction. —§ 1. The Present Text. § 2. The MSS. —I. In the British Museum. II. In Oxford. III. In Cambridge. IV. In other Public Libraries. V. In private hands. § 3. The Printed Editions. § 4. Plan of the present Edition. § 5. Table of symbols denoting MSS. § 6. Table showing various ways of numbering the lines. § 7. The four types of MSS
The Canterbury Tales
Group A. The Prologue
The Knightes Tale
The Miller’s Prologue
The Milleres Tale
The Reeve’s Prologue
The Reves Tale
The Cook’s Prologue
The Cokes Tale
Group B. Introduction to the Man of Law’s Prologue
Man of Law’s Prologue
The Tale of the Man of Lawe
The Shipman’s Prologue
The Shipmannes Tale
The Prioress’s Prologue
The Prioresses Tale
Prologue to Sir Thopas
Sir Thopas
Prologue to Melibeus
The Tale of Melibeus
The Monk’s Prologue
The Monkes Tale:—Lucifer; Adam; Sampson; Hercules;
Nabugodonosor; Balthasar; Cenobia; De Petro Rege Ispannie;
De Petro Rege De Cipro; De Barnabo de Lumbardia;
De Hugelino Comite de Pize; Nero; De Oloferno;
De Rege Anthiocho; De Alexandro; De Iulio Cesare; Cresus
The Prologue of the Nonne Prestes Tale
The Nonne Prestes Tale
Epilogue to the Nonne Prestes Tale
Group C. The Phisiciens Tale
Words of the Host
Prologue of the Pardoners Tale
The Pardoners Tale
Group D. The Wife of Bath’s Prologue
The Tale of the Wyf of Bathe
The Friar’s Prologue
The Freres Tale
The Somnour’s Prologue
The Somnours Tale
Group E. The Clerk’s Prologue
The Clerkes Tale
The Merchant’s Prologue
The Marchantes Tale
Epilogue to the Marchantes Tale
Group F. The Squieres Tale
Words of the Franklin
The Franklin’s Prologue
The Frankeleyns Tale
Group G. The Seconde Nonnes Tale
The Canon’s Yeoman’s Prologue
The Chanouns Yemannes Tale
Group H. The Manciple’s Prologue
The Maunciples Tale
Group I. The Parson’s Prologue
The Persones Tale
Appendix to Group A. The Tale of Gamelyn