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• Introduction to the Notes.
• Errata In Vol IV.
• Vol. V. Addenda, Etc.
• Notes to the Canterbury Tales.
• The General Prologue
• The Knightes Tale.
• The Miller’s Prologue.
• The Milleres Tale.
• The Reve’s Prologue.
• The Reves Tale.
• The Cook’s Prologue.
• The Cokes Tale.
• Notes to Group B.
• Introduction to the Man of Lawes Tale.
• Prologue to the Man of Lawes Tale.
• The Tale of the Man of Lawe.
• The Shipman’s Prologue.
• The Shipmannes Tale.
• The Prioress’s Prologue.
• The Prioresses Tale.
• Prologue to Sir Thopas.
• The Tale of Sir Thopas.
• Prologue to Melibeus.
• The Tale of Melibeus.
• The Monk’s Prologue.
• The Monkes Tale.
• The Nonne Prestes Prologue.
• The Nonne Preestes Tale.
• Epilogue to the Nonne Preestes Tale.
• Notes to Group C.
• The Phisiciens Tale.
• Words of the Host.
• The Pardoneres Prologue.
• The Pardoneres Tale.
• Notes to Group D.
• The Wife of Bath’s Prologue.
• The Tale of the Wyf of Bathe.
• The Friar’s Prologue.
• The Freres Tale.
• The Sompnour’s Prologue.
• The Somnours Tale.
• Notes to Group E.
• The Clerkes Prologue.
• The Clerkes Tale.
• The Marchauntes Prologue.
• The Marchantes Tale.
• Notes to Group F.
• The Squieres Tale.
• The Words of the Franklin.
• The Prologue of the Franklin’s Tale.
• The Frankeleyns Tale.
• Notes to Group G.
• The Second Nonnes Tale.
• The Canon’s Yeoman’s Prologue.
• The Chanouns Yemannes Tale.
• Notes to Group H.
• The Manciple’s Prologue.
• The Maunciples Tale.
• Notes to Group I.
• The Parson’s Prologue.
• The Persones Tale.
• Notes to the Tale of Gamelyn.
• Addenda.

ERRATA IN VOL IV.

At p. xxiv of vol. iv, a list of Errata is given, many of which are of slight importance. Much use of this volume, for the purpose of illustration, has brought to my notice a few more Errata, six of which, here marked with an asterisk, are worth special notice.

P. 19. A 636. For Thanne read Than

P. 37. A 1248. The end-stop should be only a colon.

P. 41. A 1419. The end-stop should be only a semicolon.

P. 138. B 295. For moevyng read moeving

Pp. 151, 155. B 724, 858. For Constable read constable

* P. 165. B 1178. For be read he

P. 187. B 1843. The end-stop should (perhaps) be a semicolon.

P. 232. B 2865. For haue read have

P. 259. B 3670. The end-stop should be a comma.

* P. 275. B 4167. For Than read That

* P. 348. D 955. For which read whiche

P. 349. D 1009. For Plighte read Plight

P. 384. D 2152. Dele ‘at beginning.

* P. 398. E 290. MS. E has set (=setteth, pr. s.); which scans better than sette, as in other MSS.

P. 409. E 656. For Left read Lefte [though the e is elided].

* P. 462. F 56. For Him read Hem

P. 546. G 1224. Dele the final comma.

* P. 608; end of l. 14. For power or (as in E.) read power of (as in the resi).

P. 620: ll. 16, 17. Dele the commas after receyven and folk