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.
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