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THE COMPLETE WORKS

 

OF

 

GEOFFREY CHAUCER

 

EDITED, FROM NUMEROUS MANUSCRIPTS

BY THE

Rev. WALTER W. SKEAT

Litt.D., LL.D., D.C.L., Ph.D.

ELRINGTON AND BOSWORTH PROFESSOR OF ANGLO-SAXON
AND FELLOW OF CHRIST'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

 

** BOETHIUS AND TROILUS

 

'Adam scriveyn, if ever it thee befalle
Boece or Troilus to wryten newe,
Under thy lokkes tliou most have the scalle,
But after my making thou wryte trewe.'
Chaucers Wordes unto Adam. 

 

SECOND EDITION

 

OXFORD

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS