LIFE 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. II. SECOND EDITION. LONDON: PRINTED BY T. DAVISON, WHITE-FRIARS; FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS, No. 71, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD 1804. CONTENTS. Question whether Chaucer studied at Paris, and in the Inner Temple, considered.- Truce between England and France.- Law and lawyers of the fourteenth cen- tury.-Statute of treasons. - Palamon Chaucer enters into the service of Edward III-Motives of his preferment.-Re- sides near the palace at Woodstock. |