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— William Blake

Does the Eagle know what is in the pit?

Or wilt thou go ask the Mole:

Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod?

Or Love in a golden bowl?

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GLOSSARIAL INDEX.

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Geoffrey Chaucer·1343–1400
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he references in this index are given according to the following scheme. Poems denoted by Arabic numerals are Minor Poems, as printed in vol. i.Thus, under 'A, _prep._ on,' the reference '3. 370' means Minor Poem no. 3,line 370, or l. 370 of the Book of the Duchesse. The letter 'R.' refers tothe Romaunt of the Rose, Fragment A, in vol. i. pp. 93-164; the rest of thePoem, not being Chaucer's, is indexed separately. Thus 'R. 163' means l.163 of the Romaunt. The five books of Boethius (in vol. ii.) are denoted by B 1, B 2, B 3, B 4,B 5, respectively; and the 'prose' and 'metrical' sections are denoted by'p' and 'm'. Thus, under 'Abaissen,' the reference 'B 4. p 7. 56' means'Boethius, bk. iv. prose 7, line 56.' The five books of Troilus (also invol. ii.) are denoted by T. i., T. ii., T. iii., T. iv., and T. v. Thus 'T.iii. 1233' means 'Troilus, bk. iii., line 1233.' The House of Fame and the Legend of Good Women (in vol. iii.) are denotedby 'HF.' and 'L.' respectively. If, in the latter case, the italic letter'_a_' follows the number of the line, the reference is to the earlier (orA-text) of the Prologue to the Legend. Thus 'HF. 865' means 'House of Fame,line 865.' Again, 'L. 2075' means 'Legend of Good Women, line 2075'; and'L. 200 _a_' means 'Legend, &c., line 200 of the text in the upper part ofthe page.' The Prologue and the two books of the Treatise on the Astrolabe (in vol.iii.) are denoted, respectively, by 'A. pr.', 'A. i.', and 'A. ii.' Thus,under 'Abate', the reference 'A. ii. 10. 8' means 'Astrolabe, bk. ii. s.10, line 8'; and 'A. pr. 10' means 'Astrolabe, prologue, line 10.' References to the Canterbury Tales (in vol. iv.) are known by the use ofthe letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I, which are used to denote thevarious Groups into which the Tales are divided. In this case, 'A' is neverfollowed by a full stop or by Roman numerals, as when the 'Astrolabe' isreferred to; and such a reference as 'B 5,' meaning line 5 of Group B, isquite distinct from 'B 5. p 1. 1,' where 'B 5' means bk. v. of Boethius,and is invariably accompanied by the 'p' or 'm' denoting the 'prose' or'metre.' SUMMARY OF THE CONTENTS OF VOLUMES I-IV. Vol. i. contains R. (Romaunt ofthe Rose), Fragment A alone being Chaucer's; and the Minor Poems, which areall numbered, viz. 1 (ABC.); 2 (Compleynte unto Pite); 3 (Book of theDuchesse); 4 (Mars); 5 (Parlement of Foules); 6 (Compleint to his Lady); 7(Anelida); 8 (Wordes to Adam); 9 (Former Age); 10 (Fortune); 11 (MercilessBeauty); 12 (To Rosemounde); 13 (Truth); 14 (Gentilesse); 15 (Lak ofStedfastnesse); 16 (Envoy to Scogan); 17 (Envoy to Bukton); 18 (Venus); 19(To his Purse); 20 (Proverbs); 21 (Against Women Unconstant); 22 (AmorousComplaint); 23 (Balade of Compleynt). Vol. ii. contains B. (Boethius, in five books, viz. B 1, B 2, &c.); and T.(Troilus, in five books, viz. T. i., T. ii., &c.). Vol. iii. contains HF. (House of Fame); L. (Legend of Good Women, with twoPrologues, the older one being marked _a_); and A. (Astrolabe), with itspr. (prologue), and two books (i. and ii.). Vol. iv. contains the Canterbury Tales, divided into Groups denoted by A,B, C ... F. (The Tale of Gamelyn, not being Chaucer's, is indexedseparately.) ALPHABETICALLY, the references are to A (Group A of Cant. Tales); A.(Astrolabe); B (Group B of C. T.); B 1 ... B 5 (Boethius, books 1 to 5); C,D, E, F, G, H, I (Groups C to I of C. T.); HF. (House of Fame); L. (Legendof Good Women); R. (Romaunt of the Rose); T. i. ... T. v. (Troilus, books 1to 5). The Minor Poems, numbered 1 to 23, are given above. When the letter'_n_' follows a reference, the given form will not be found in the text,but in the footnotes. ABBREVIATIONS. Besides _s._, _adj._, and _adv._, for _substantive_,_adjective_, _adverb,_, the following are used in a special sense:--_v._, averb in the infinitive mood; _ger._, gerund; _pr. s._, present tense, 3rdperson singular; _pr. pl._, present tense, 3rd person plural. Other personsare denoted by the figures 1 or 2. The etymology of words is given occasionally, in the case of some of themore difficult words. Languages are cited in the usual manner, as A.F. forAnglo-French, O.F. for Old French, A.S. for Anglo-Saxon, and the like. A large number of references are given, but they are by no meansexhaustive. I have tried to include nearly all words to which any interestis likely to be attached. In the case of verbal forms, every form is dulyparsed. References to 'notes' are to the Notes in the present edition.
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