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THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

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 CIAUCER--chiefe poete of Bretayne----
Whom all this londe fchulde of ryght preferre,

Sith of our langage he was the lode-fierre----
That made firft to dyftylle and rayne

The gold dewe dropys of ipeche and eloquence
Into our tunge thrugh his excellence.

The honour of English tong is dede...

My mayfter CHAUCER, floure of eloquence,
Mirrour of fructuous entendement,

Univerfel fadir in fcience----

LYDGATE.

This londis verray trefour and richeffe----

The firfte fynder of our fayre langage.

OCCLEVE.

Venerabill CHAUCER, principall poete but pere,

Hevinly trumpet, orlege and regulere,

In eloquence balme, copdist and diall,

Mylky fountane, clere Arand, eru rois riall,

Of frefche endite throw, Alpicua and braid.

DOUGLAS.

O reverend CHAUCER: roje of, rethouris all,
As in oure toung flour imperial

That raife in Brittane evir, ouha reidis right
Thou beiris of Makers the triumphs royall,
The frefche enamilt termes celeftiall:
This mater couth haifillurninit full bricht,
Was thou nocht, of our Inglis all the light,
Surmounting every toung terrestriall
As far as Mayi's morrow dois midnight.

VOL. III.

EDINBURG:

DUNBAR.

AT THE Apollo Press, BY THE MARTINS.
Anno 1782.

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