...I will follow neither of them. Our countryman, in the end of his Characters, before the CANTERBURY TALES, thus excuses the ribaldry, which is very gross,...player. Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feine» thinges, or finden wordes newe. He may not spare, although he were his brother; He moste as...

...of your curtesie, That ye ne arette it not my vilanie, Though that I plainly speke in this raatere, To tellen you hir wordes, and hir chere ; Ne though...1712, under the name of Betterton, the player. Or clles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feinen thinges, or finden wordes newe. He may not spare,...

...of your curtesie, That ye ne arette it not my vilanie, Though that I plainly speke in this raatere, To tellen you hir wordes, and hir chere ; Ne though...published in Lintot's Miscellany in 1712, under the name ol Betterton, the player. Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feinen thinges, or finden wordes...

...plainly speke in this matere. To tellen you hir wordes, and hir chere ; Ne though I speke hir wordcs proprely, For this ye knowen al so well as I, Who...TALES, are also supposed to have been clothed by Pope jfr"a modern dress, though they were published in Lintot's Miscellany in 1712, under the name of Betterton,...

...delicacy for which the sacrifice had been made. Chaucer observes with great naivete, " Whoso shall tell a tale after a man, " He moste reherse as neighe as...charge^ " All speke he never so rudely and so large :?-•And indeed the age of Chaucer, like that of Juvenal, allowed of such liberties. Other times,...

...delicacy for which the sacrifice had been made. Chaucer observes with great naivete, " Whoso shall tell a tale after a man, " He moste reherse as neighe as...charge, " All speke he never so rudely and so large : — And indeed the age of Chaucer, like that of Juvenal, allowed of such liberties. Other times,...

...from many celelrated Manuscripts. By Thomas Johncs. Who so shall telle a tale after a man, He mosie reherse, as neighe as ever he can, Everich word, if...charge, All speke he never so rudely and so large; Or else he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feinen thinges, or linden wordes ncwe. CHAUCER'S PKOLOGUE....

...sacrifice had been made. Chaucer observes with great naivete, " Whoso shall tell a tale after a man, " lie moste reherse as neighe as ever he can " Everich word,...charge, " All speke he never so rudely and so large :" — And indeed the age of Chaucer, like that of Juvenal, allowed of such liberties. Other times,...

...made. Chaucer observes with great naivete, " Whoso shall tell a tale after a man, " He moste rcherse as neighe as ever he can " Everich word, if it be...charge, " All speke he never so rudely and so large :"— And indeed the age of Chaucer, like that of Juvenal, allowed of such liberties. Other times,...

...with great naivete, " Whoso shall tell a tale after a man, " He moste reherse as neighe as ever be can " Everich word, if it be in his charge, " All speke he never so rudely and so large :" — And indeed the age of Chaucer, like that of Juvenal, allowed of such liberties. Other times,...