# Chaucer's Works (ed. Skeat) Vol. I

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Vol. I. Frontispiece. GEOFFREY CHAUCER: FROM MS. HARL. 4866
THE COMPLETE WORKS
OF
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
EDITED, FROM NUMEROUS MANUSCRIPTS
BY THE
Rev. WALTER W. SKEAT, M.A. Litt.D., LL.D., D.C.L., Ph.D. ELRINGTON AND BOSWORTH PROFESSOR OF ANGLO-SAXON AND FELLOW OF CHRIST'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE
MINOR POEMS
——'blanda sonantibus Chordis carmina temperans.' Boethius, De Cons. Phil. Lib. III. Met. 12.
'He temprede hise blaundisshinge songes by resowninge strenges.' Chaucer's Translation.
SECOND EDITION
Oxford
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
MDCCCXCIX
CONTENTS
$^*$$_*$$^*$ The Portrait of Chaucer in the frontispiece is noticed at p. lix.
General Introduction :
| Life of Chaucer ||
| List of Chaucer's Works ||
| Errata and Addenda ||
| Introduction to the Romaunt of the Rose.—§ 1. Why (the chief part of) the Romaunt of the Rose is not Chaucer's. § 2. The English Version of the Romaunt. § 3. Internal evidence. § 4. Dr. Lidner's opinion. § 5. Dr. Kaluza's opinion. The three Fragments. § 6. Discussion of Fragment B. Test. I.—Proportion of English to French. § 7. Test II.—Dialect. § 8. Test III.—The Riming of -y with -yë. § 9. Test IV.—Assonant Rimes. § 10. Result: Fragment B is not by Chaucer. § 11. Discussion of Fragment C. § 12. Rime-tests. § 13. Further considerations. § 14. Result: Fragment C is not by the author of Fragment B, and perhaps not by Chaucer. § 15. Discussion of Fragment A. (1) Rimes in -y. (2) Rimes in -yë § 16. No false rimes. § 17. The three Fragments seem to be all distinct. § 18. Fragment A is probably Chaucer's. § 19. Summary. § 20. Probability of the results. § 21. The external evidence. § 22. The Glasgow MS. § 23. Th.—Thynne's Edition; 1532. § 24. Reprints. § 25. The Present Edition. § 26. Some corrections. § 27. The French Text. §§ 28, 29. Brief Analysis of the French Poem: G. de Lorris. § 30. Jean de Meun; to the end of Fragment B. § 31. Gap in the Translation. § 32. Fragment C. § 33. Chaucer's use of 'Le Roman.' § 34. Méon's French text ||
| Introduction to the Minor Poems.—§ 1. Principles of selection. § 2. Testimony of Chaucer regarding his Works. § 3. Lydgate's List. § 4. Testimony of Shirley. § 5. Testimony of Scribes. § 6. Testimony of Caxton. § 7. Early Editions of Chaucer. § 8. Contents of Stowe's Edition (1561): Part I.—Reprinted Matter. § 9. Part II.—Additions by Stowe. § 10. Part I. discussed. § 11. Part II. discussed. § 12. Poems added by Speght. § 13. Poems added by Morris. § 14. Description of the MSS. List of the MSS. § 15. Remarks on the MSS. at Oxford. § 16. MSS. at Cambridge. § 17. London MSS. § 18. I.—A. B. C. § 19. II.—The Compleynt unto Pitè. § 20. III.—The Book of the Duchesse. § 21. IV.—The Compleynt of Mars. § 22. V.—The Parlement of Foules. § 23. VI.—A Compleint to his Lady. § 24. VII.—Anelida and Arcite. § 25. VIII. Chaucers Wordes unto Adam. § 26. IX.—The Former Age. § 27. X.—Fortune. § 28. XI.—Merciless Beauty. § 29. XII.—To Rosemounde. § 30. XIII.—Truth. § 31. XIV.—Gentilesse. § 32. XV.—Lak of Stedfastnesse. § 33. XVI—Lenvoy to Scogan. § 34. XVII.—Lenvoy to Bukton. § 35. XVIII.—Compleynt of Venus. § 36. XIX.—The Compleint to his Purse. § 37. XX.—Proverbs. § 38. XXI.—Against Women Unconstaunt. § 39. XXII.—An Amorous Complaint. § 40. XXIII.—Balade of Compleynt. § 41. Concluding Remarks ||
| The Romaunt of the Rose. ||
| Fragment A. (with the French Text) ||
| Fragment B. (containing Northern forms) ||
| Fragment C. ||
| The Minor Poems. ||
| I. | An A. B. C. (with the French original) |
| II. | The Compleynte unto Pitè |
| III. | The Book of the Duchesse |
| IV. | The Compleynt of Mars |
| V. | The Parlement of Foules |
| VI. | A Compleint to his Lady |
| VII. | Anelida and Arcite |
| VIII. | Chaucers Wordes unto Adam |
| IX. | The Former Age |
| X. | Fortune |
| XI. | Merciles Beautè |
| XII. | Balade to Rosemounde |
| XIII. | Truth |
| XIV. | Gentilesse |
| XV. | Lak of Stedfastnesse |
| XVI. | Lenvoy to Scogan |
| XVII. | Lenvoy to Bukton |
| XVIII. | The Compleynt of Venus (with the French original) |
| XIX. | The Compleint of Chaucer to his empty Purse |
| XX. | Proverbs of Chaucer |
| XXI. | Appendix: Against Women Unconstaunt |
| XXII. | An Amorous Complaint |
| XXIII. | A Balade of Compleynt |
| Notes to the Romaunt of the Rose ||
| Notes to the Minor Poems ||
| I. | An A. B. C. |
| II. | The Compleynte unto Pitè |
| III. | The Book of the Duchesse |
| IV. | The Compleynt of Mars |
| V. | The Parlement of Foules |
| VI. | A Compleint to his Lady |
| VII. | Anelida and Arcite |
| VIII. | Chaucers Wordes unto Adam |
| IX. | The Former Age |
| X. | Fortune |
| XI. | Merciles Beautè |
| XII. | Balade to Rosemounde |
| XIII. | Truth |
| XIV. | Gentilesse |
| XV. | Lak of Stedfastnesse |
| XVI. | Lenvoy to Scogan |
| XVII. | Lenvoy to Bukton |
| XVIII. | The Compleynt of Venus |
| XIX. | The Compleint of Chaucer to his empty Purse |
| XX. | Proverbs of Chaucer |
| XXI. | Against Women Unconstaunt |
| XXII. | An Amorous Complaint |
| XXIII. | A Balade of Compleynt |
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