OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER, THE EARLY ENGLISH POET: INCLUDING MEMOIRS OF HIS NEAR FRIEND AND KINSMAN, JOHN OF GAUNT, DUKE OF LANCASTER: WITH SKETCHES OF THE MANNERS, OPINIONS, ARTS AND LITERATURE OF ENGLAND IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. BY WILLIAM GODWIN. Come like shadows; so depart! SHAKESPEAR. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. IV. SECOND EDITION. LONDON: PRINTED BY T. DAVISON, WHITE-FRIARS; FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS, No. 71, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. 1806 CONTENTS. CHAUCER in exile.-His pecuniary em- barrassments.-Returns to England.- Imprisoned in the Tower.-Usurpation of Thomas of Woodstock.-Chaucer is de- prived of his employments. Sells his pen- Marriage of John of Gaunt with Catherine Swinford.-Chaucer removes to Donning- ton.-Reengaged in public affairs.-Ob- Assassination of Thomas of Woodstock.- Banishment of Henry of Bolingbroke.- Death of John of Gaunt.-Deposition of Richard II.-Behaviour of Chaucer on |