THE KNIGHTS TALE（第77页）

thesayingoftheoldscholarboethius，inhistreatise"deconsolationephilosophiae"，whichchaucertranslated，andfromwhichhehasfreelyborrowedinhispoetry.thewordsare"quislegemdetamantibus?majorlexarestsibi."（"whocangivelawtolovers?loveisalawuntohimself，andgreater"）

"perithous"and"theseus"must，forthemetre，bepronouncedaswordsoffourandthreesyllablesrespectively—thevowelsattheendnotbeingdiphthongated，butenunciatedseparately，asifthewordswereprintedpe-ri-tho-us，the-se-us.thesameruleappliesinsuchwordsas"creature"and"conscience，"whicharetrisyllables.

stound:ment，shortspaceoftime;fromanglo-saxon，"stund;"akintowhichisgerman，"stunde，"anhour.

meinie:servants，ormenials，fromananglo-saxonwordmeaningacrowd.paregerman，"menge，"multitude.

thepurefetters:theveryfetters.thegreeksused"katharos"，theromans"purus，"inthesamesense.

inthemedievalcourtsoflove，towhichal露sionisprobablymadefortylinesbefore，intheword"parlement，"or"parliament，"questionslikethathereproposedwereseriouslydiscussed.

gear:behaviour，fashion，dress;but，byanotherreading，thewordis"gyre，"andmeansfit，trance—fromthelatin，"gyro，"iturnround.

beforehisheadinhiscellfantastic:infrontofhisheadinhiscelloffantasy."thedivisionofthebrainintocells，aordingtothedifferentsensitivefaculties，"saysmrwright，"isveryancient，andisfounddepictedinmediaevalmanuscripts."inamanuscriptintheharleianlibrary，itisstated，"certumestinproracerebriessefantasiam，inmediorationemdiscretionis，inpuppimeriam"（itiscertainthatinthefrontofthebrainisimagination，inthemiddlereason，inthebackmery）—aclassificationnotmateriallydifferingfromthatofdernphrenologists.

dan:lord;latin，"dominus;"spanish，"don."

the"caduceus."

arguswasemployedbyjunotowatchiowithhis混♂dredeyesbuthewassenttosleepbythef露teofmercury，whothencutoffhishead.

next:nearest;german，"naechste".

clary:hippocras，winemadewithspices.

warray:makewar;french"guerroyer"，tolest;hence，perhaps，"toworry."

alldaymeetenmenatunsetsteven:everydaymenmeetatunexpectedtime."tosetasteven，"istofixatime，makeanappointment

roundelay:songingroundagaintothewordswithwhichitopened.

nowinthecropandnowdowninthebreres:nowinthetree-top，nowdowninthebriars."cropandroot，"topandbottom，isusedtoexpresstheperfectionortotalityofanything.

beknow:avow，acknowledge:german，"bekennen."

shapenwasmydeatherstthanmyshert:mydeathwasdecreedbeforemyshirtwsshaped—thatis，beforeanyclothesweremadeforme，beforemybirth.

regne:queen;french，"reine;"venusismeant.thenreading，however，is"regne，"reignorpower.

launde:plain.paredernenglish，"lawn，"andfrench，"landes"—flat，baremarshytractsinthesouthoffrance.

mister:manner，kind;german"muster，"sample，del.

inlistes:inthelists，user，or，reprobably，thereweresixtyofthestepsorbenches.

yellowgoldes:thesunflower，turnsol，orgirasol，whichturnswithandseemstowatchthesun，asajealousloverhismistress.

citheron:theisleofvenus，cythera，intheaegeansea;nowcalledcerigo:not，aschaucersforfthewordmightimply，untcithaeron，inthesouth-westofboetia，whichwasappropriatedtootherdeitiesthanvenus—tojupiter，hus，andthemuses.

itneednotbesaidthatchaucerpaysslightheedtochronologyinthispassage，wherethedeedsofturnus，thegloryofkingsolon，andthefateofcroesusaremademeriesofthefarpastinthetimeoffabuloustheseus，theminotaur-slayer.

champartie:dividedpowerorpossession;anoldlaw-term，signifyingthemaintenanceofapersoninalawsuitontheconditionofreceivingpartofthepropertyindispute，ifrecovered.

citole:akindofdulcimer.

thepicke-purse:thep露nderersthatfollowedarmies，andgavetowarahorroralltheirown.

shepen:stable;anglo-saxon，"scypen;"theword"sheppon"stillsurvivesinprovincialparlance.

thisline，perhaps，referstothedeedofjael.