Those. ↩
Destroy. ↩
Made them believe. ↩
Pain. ↩
Complain. ↩
Even though. ↩
Ruined. ↩
Is ground. ↩
Stopped. ↩
Quickly. ↩
Were never guilty of in their lives. ↩
Falsely accuse them. ↩
Thought. ↩
Affection; from French, cher, dear. ↩
Adorned; took to himself. ↩
Naturally. ↩
Complaining. ↩
Especially. ↩
Folly; French, niaiserie. ↩
The bacon of Dunmow. ↩
Requited, repaid. ↩
Furious. ↩
Dear. ↩
Heed, notice. ↩
Kiss; from French, baiser. ↩
Tender, nice. ↩
Unless. ↩
Bend, give way. ↩
Murmur. ↩
Whit. ↩
By Saint Peter! a common adjuration, like Marie! from the Virgin’s name. ↩
Curse. ↩
Wantonness. ↩
Certainly. ↩
Because. ↩
Full of wine. ↩
Resistance. ↩
Good. ↩
Poison, embitter. ↩
Vigour. ↩
Try. ↩
Requited. ↩
Or Judocus, a saint of Ponthieu, in France. ↩
Pinched. “An allusion,” says Mr. Wright, “to the story of the Roman sage who, when blamed for divorcing his wife, said that a shoe might appear outwardly to fit well, but no one but the wearer knew where it pinched.” ↩
Cross. ↩
Cruel, ill-tempered. ↩
In a row. ↩
Flatter. ↩
Sparing, difficult. ↩
Difficulty. ↩
Merchandise. ↩
A scholar of Oxford. ↩
Thrive. ↩
Jot. ↩
Secret. ↩
Seen. ↩
Favour. ↩
Appointed. ↩
Gowns. ↩
Fed. ↩
Whit. ↩
Worn. ↩
Foresight. ↩
Boasting; Ben Jonson’s braggart, in “Every Man in his Humour,” is named Bobadil. ↩
Foresight. ↩
A very old proverb in French, German, and Latin. Starte, to escape. ↩
Done. ↩
Falsely assured him. ↩
Dreamed. ↩
Always. ↩
Countenance. ↩
Mate. ↩
Promise. ↩
Those. ↩
Keeping. ↩
Gap-toothed; goat-toothed; or cat or separate toothed. See note 164. ↩
In a good way. The lines in brackets are only in some of the manuscripts. ↩
Under the influence of Mars. ↩
Taurus, the Bull. ↩
Certainly. ↩
Whether. ↩
Heed. ↩
Handome, courteous. ↩
Pleasure. ↩
Prater. ↩
Had swaorn to prevent it. ↩
Stories. ↩
Bareheaded. ↩
Saw. ↩
Sempronius Sophus, of whom Valerius Maximus tells in his sixth book. ↩
Same. ↩
Willows. ↩
Make pilgrimages to shrines of saints. ↩
Cared not a straw. ↩
Furious. ↩
Endure, bear with. ↩
The tract of Walter Mapes against marriage, published under the title of “Epistola Valerii ad Rufinum.” ↩
Proverbs. ↩
“Ars Amoris.” ↩
Jests. ↩
Unless. ↩
All who bear the mark of Adam—all men. ↩
Those born under the influence of the respective planets. ↩
Expense. ↩
A planet, according to the old astrologers, was in “exaltation” when in the sign of the Zodiac in which it exerted its strongest influence; the opposite sign, in which it was weakest, was called its “dejection.” Venus being strongest in Pisces, was weakest in Virgo; but in Virgo Mercury was in “exaltation.” ↩
Goodman. ↩
Ceases. ↩
Wickedness. ↩
Clasp, collar. ↩
Sort of. ↩
Always. ↩
Dear. ↩
That. ↩
Except. ↩
Think. ↩
Pain. ↩
Have done, end. ↩
Plucked. ↩
Woke. ↩
Blame. ↩
Beseech. ↩
Immediately; again. ↩
Avenged. ↩
Agreed. ↩
Then. ↩
Pleases thee. ↩
Speak, flout; “chaff.” ↩
Interpose; French, entremettre. ↩
Preamble. Some editions print “preambulation,” but the word in the text seems meant to show up the ignorance of the clergy, as Chaucer lost no occasion of doing. ↩
Hinderest. ↩
Curse. ↩
Unless. ↩
Behave. ↩
Please. ↩
It is not clear whence Chaucer derived this
