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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

 

***** NOTES TO THE CANTERBURY TALES

 

'hit oghte thee to lyke;
For hard langage and hard matere
Is encombrous for to here
At ones; wost thou not wel this?'
Hous of Fame; 860 

 

SECOND EDITION

 

Oxford

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS