Scoffrey

CHAUCER

THE PRIORESSES TALE, SIRE THOPAS,

THE MONKES TALE, THE CLERKES TALE
THE SQUIERES TALE

FROM

THE CANTERBURY TALES

EDITED BY THE

REV. WALTER W. SKEAT, M.A.

Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge,
Author of a 'Maso-Gothic Glossary,

Editor of 'Piers the Plowman,' 'Havelok the Dane, 'The Romans of Partenay,
'Joseph of Arimathie,' &c.

THIRD EDITION, REVISED

Oxford

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

M DCCC LXXX

[All rights reserved]

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION

LIST OF CHAUCER'S WORKS

GROUP B. THE MAN-OF-LAW HEAD-LINK

THE MAN OF LAW'S PROLOGUE

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