Chaucer's Works (ed. Skeat) Vol. I/Errata

by Geoffrey Chaucer

ERRATA AND ADDENDA.

P. 95: l. 47. Insert a comma after 'oughte'

P. 98: l. 114. Omit the comma at the end of the line.

P. 123: l. 705. It would be better to read 'Withoute.' The scansion then is:

Without | e fabl' | I wol | descryve.

P. 126: l. 793. Delete the comma at the end of the line.

P. 127: l. 806. Delete the comma at the end of the line.

P. 135: l. 997. For shall read shal

P. 136: ll. 1015-6. Improve the punctuation thus:—

As whyt as lilie or rose in rys
Hir face, gentil and tretys.

P. 136: l. 1021. Delete the comma after 'yelowe'

P. 141: l. 1154. Delete the comma after 'seide'

P. 168: l. 1962. For Bu -if read But-if

P. 176: l. 2456. For joy read Ioy

P. 201: l. 4035. For the comma substitute a semicolon.

P. 249: l. 7087. For echerye read trecherye

P. 253: l. 7324. For weary read wery

P. 255: l. 7437. Supply a comma at the end of the line.

P. 258: l. 7665. Insert a comma after 'helle'

P. 269: l. 145. The stop at the end should be a comma.

P. 278: l. 49. For aud read and

P. 282: l. 145. For Aud read And

P. 301: l. 716. The comma should perhaps be a semicolon or a full stop.

P. 313: l. 1069. For 'Antilegius,' a better form would be 'Antilogus,' a French form of Antilochus.

P. 326: l. 74. Perhaps 'let' should be 'lete'

P. 330: l. 206. For folke read folk

P. 338: l. 91. For Aud read And

P. 340: l. 133. For the read thee

P. 362: l. 76. The final stop should be a comma.

P. 374: ll. 243, 248. For desteny and ful better forms are destinee and fulle

P. 377: l. 328. For furlong wey read furlong-wey