The Tale of Beryn, WITH I Prologue of the merry Adventure of the Pardoner with a Tapster at Canterbury. RE-EDITED FROM THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S UNIQUE MS. BY F. J. FURNIVALL & W. G. STONE. WITH ENGLISH ABSTRACT OF FRENCH ORIGINAL By W. A. CLOUSTON; PLANS OF CANTERBURY IN 1588, AND THE ROAD THITHER FROM PUBLISHT FOR THE CHAUCER SOCIETY BY N. TRÜBNER & CO., 57 & 59, LUDGATE HILL, LONDON, E.C. 1887. MYRC'S INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARISH PRIESTS. BY H. P. LEE. NOTES. p. 73, 1. 31. Dronkelewe is the adjectival form,—given to drinking. p. 82, 1. 353. A.S. nyten, or neat, is from neotan, to be useful. 1. 360. Telyng (lit. tilling) means sorcery; cf. Tele, 1. 368, which may Tile; the idea being-cultivation, study, sorcery (Stratmann). = p. 83, 1. 419. Gult is the p. part. of gülten, to sin. p. 88, 1. 1175. Wedde: delete (from Goth. With-an, &c.): add cf. Goth. wadi, Lat. vas (gen. vadis), a pledge. GLOSSARY. A-bygge, 59/1898, read pay for. Bollyng, 11 note, read (more probably) playing ball. Churchay, 11 note, delete "Heg, hay, grass, or." Elynge, þe laste 17/533, read extreme unction. Fere, 13/407, read sound, lit. able to go. Frechedly, 38/1220, read greedily: cf. Mirk's Festial, 84/1. Gryth, 49/1581; read peace, security. Gult, 13/419; read sinned. Halybred, 42/1346; read the holy bread: delete "eulogia.” Helet, 29/942; read hidden. Hodymoke, 59/1919; read secrecy: cf. in hudeloke (for which the text may be a scribe's error) in Mirk's Festial, 159/32. Laske, 50/1624; read relax. Layne, 22/698, 43/1398; read denial. Lyde zate, 43/1385; read lidgate, postern (Stratmann). Lyth, 39/1253; read limb. Mynge, 45/1443, 59/1915; delete “mingle" and "mengian": add A.S. myngian = myndgian, to bear in mind. Myscheueth, 17/550; read comes to harm. Nyse, 3/61; foolish. Nyste, 37/1209; read folly. O.Fr. nicete; cf. nyse, 3/61, and nysete, Macro Pl. 57/654. Nythinge, 36/1173; read A.S. niping. Prow, 17/548; read O.Fr. prou. Sybbe, 22/718; read A.S. sibb, godsibb. Tele, 12/368 Telynge, 12/360 ponkes, by } See Revised Notes. 24/779; read of thy own will, voluntarily: cf. Chaucer, Knightes Tale, II. 1626, 2114. Vys, 38/1225; read device. O. Fr. devis, vise. Weynt, be 34/1102; read turned away. A.S. bewendan. Wyntynge, 13/397; read Wytynge. Yeke, 10/322; read Ylke. 3ore, 1/9; read long ago. PROLOGUE: THE MERRY ADVENTURE OF THE PARDONER WITH A THE MERCHANT AND THE ROGUES: ENGLISH ABSTRACT OF THE |