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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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Geoffrey Chaucer·1343–1400
IFE OF CHAUCER ix LIST OF CHAUCER'S WORKS lxii ERRATA AND ADDENDA lxiv INTRODUCTION TO THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE.--§ 1. Why (the chief partof) the Romaunt of the Rose is not Chaucer's. § 2. The EnglishVersion of the Romaunt. § 3. Internal evidence. § 4. Dr. Lidner'sopinion. § 5. Dr. Kaluza's opinion. The three Fragments. § 6.Discussion of Fragment B. Test. I.--Proportion of English toFrench. § 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 FragmentC. § 12. Rime-tests. § 13. Further considerations. § 14. Result:Fragment C is not by the author of Fragment B, and perhaps not byChaucer. § 15. Discussion of Fragment A. (1) Rimes in _-y._(2) Rimes in _-yë_ § 16. No false rimes. § 17. The threeFragments seem to be all distinct. § 18. Fragment A is probablyChaucer's. § 19. Summary. § 20. Probability of the results. § 21.The external evidence. § 22. The Glasgow MS. § 23. Th.--Thynne'sEdition; 1532. § 24. Reprints. § 25. The Present Edition. § 26.Some corrections. § 27. The French Text. §§ 28, 29. Brief Analysisof the French Poem: G. de Lorris. § 30. Jean de Meun; to the endof Fragment B. § 31. Gap in the Translation. § 32. Fragment C.§ 33. Chaucer's use of 'Le Roman.' § 34. Méon's French text 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE MINOR POEMS.--§ 1. Principles of selection.§ 2. Testimony of Chaucer regarding his Works. § 3. Lydgate'sList. § 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.--ReprintedMatter. § 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 ofthe Duchesse. § 21. IV.--The Compleynt of Mars. § 22. V.--TheParlement of Foules. § 23. VI.--A Compleint to his Lady.§ 24. VII.--Anelida and Arcite. § 25. VIII. Chaucers Wordesunto 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.--Lakof 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.--AnAmorous Complaint. § 40. XXIII.--Balade of Compleynt. § 41.Concluding Remarks 20 THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE.FRAGMENT A. (with the French Text) 93FRAGMENT B. (containing Northern forms) 164FRAGMENT C. 229 THE MINOR POEMS.I. An A. B. C. (with the French original) 261II. The Compleynte unto Pitè 272III. The Book of the Duchesse 277IV. The Compleynt of Mars 323V. The Parlement of Foules 335VI. A Compleint to his Lady 360VII. Anelida and Arcite 365VIII. Chaucers Wordes unto Adam 379IX. The Former Age 380X. Fortune 383XI. Merciles Beautè 387XII. Balade to Rosemounde 389XIII. Truth 390XIV. Gentilesse 392XV. Lak of Stedfastnesse 394XVI. Lenvoy to Scogan 396XVII. Lenvoy to Bukton 398XVIII. The Compleynt of Venus (with the French original) 400XIX. The Compleint of Chaucer to his empty Purse 405XX. Proverbs of Chaucer 407XXI. APPENDIX: Against Women Unconstaunt 409XXII. An Amorous Complaint 411XXIII. A Balade of Compleynt 415 NOTES TO THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE 417 NOTES TO THE MINOR POEMS 452 * * * * *