POETICAL WORKS ΟΣ GEOFF. CHAUCER. IN FOURTEEN VOLUMES. THE MISCELLANEOUS PIECES From Urry's Edition 1721, THE CANTERBURY TALES From Tyrwhitt's Edition 1775. Grete well CHAUCER whan ye mete--- Of ditees and of fonges glade, The which he---made, The londe fullfilled is over all. GOWER. My maifter CHAUCER---chiefe poete of Bretayne---- Sith of our langage he was the lode-fierre---- The gold dewe dropys of fpeche and eloquence The honour of English tong is dede-.-. LYDGATE, This londis verray trefour and rieheffe--- The firfte fynder of our fayre langage. OCCLEVE. Venerabill CHAUCER, principall poete but pere, In eloquence balme, condi&t and diall, Of frefche endite throw Alpiqua iland braid. O reverend CHAUCER ! rok of rethouris all, That raife in Brittane evir, quba reidis right VOL. I. EDINBURG: DOUGLAS. DUNBAR. AT THE Apollo Prels, BY THE MARTINS. I can right now no thrifty Tale fain, Hath fayd hem in fwiche Englifh as he can In book, he hath fayd hem in another... Who fo that wol his large Volume feke. TALES, ver. 4465. On Fame's eternal bead-roll worthy to be fil'd- Old CHAUCER, like the morning flar, His light thofe mifts and clouds diffolv'd Darkness again the age invades. SPENSER. DENHAM. CHAUCER, him who firft with harra ny inform'd AT THE Apollo Press, BY THE MARTINS. |