THE KNIGHTS TALE（第79页）

madeano:ho!ho!tomandattention;like"oyez"，thecallforsilenceinlaw-courtsorbeforeproclamations.

sarge:serge，acoarsewoollencloth

heart-spoon:theconcavepartofthebreast，wherethelowerribsjointhecartilagoensiformis.

to-hewenandto-shred:"to"beforeaverbimpliesextraordinaryviolenceintheactiondenoted.

hethroughthethickestofthethrongetc.."he"inthispassagerefersimpersonallytoanyofthebatants.

galaphay:galapha，inmauritania.

belmarieissupposedtohavebeenaorishstateinafrica;but"palmyrie"estedasthecorrectreading.

asicamenevericannottellewhere:whereitwenticannottellyou，asiwasnotthere.ountofthepassageofarcitessoultoheaven.uptothispoint，thedescriptionofthedeath-sceneistakenliterallyfromthe"theseida."

withs露tterybeard，yashyhairs:withneglectedbeard，androughhairstrewnwithashes."flotery"isthegeneralreading;but"s露ttery"seemstobereinkeepingwiththepictureofabandonmenttogrief.

masterstreet:mainstreet;sofroissartspeaksof"lesouveraincarrefour."

y-wrie:covered，hid;anglo-saxon，"wrigan，"toveil.

emilyappliedthefuneraltorch.the"guise"was，angtheancients，forthenearestrelativeofthedeceasedtodothis，withavertedface.

itwasthecustomforsoldierstomarchthricearoundthefuneralpileofanemperororgeneral;"onthelefthand"isadded，inreferencetothebeliefthatthelefthandwaspropitious—theromanaugurturninghisfacesouthward，andsoplacingonhislefthandtheeast，whencegoodomenscame.withthegreeks，however，theiraugursfacingthenorth，itwasjustthecontrary.theconfusion，frequentinclassicalwriters，isplicatedherebythefactthatchaucersdescriptionofthefuneralofarciteistakenfromstatius"thebaid"—ountofagreeksolemnity.

lyke-wake:watchingbytheremainsofthedead;fromanglo-saxon，"lice，"acorpse;german，"leichna"

chaucerhereborrowsfromboethius，whosays:"hancrerumseriemligat，terrasacpelagusregens，etcoeloimperitans，ar."（lovetiesthesethingstogether:theearth，andtherulingsea，andtheimperialheavens）