THE TALE（第24页）

cato:thoughchaucermayhavereferredtothefauscensor，reprobablythereferenceismerelytothe"raldistichs，"whichgounderhisname，thoughwrittenafterhistime;andinasupplementtowhichthequotedpassagemaybefound.

barm-cloth:apron;fromanglo-saxon"barme，"bosorlap.

vo露pere:head-gear，kerchief;fromfrench，"envelopper，"towrapup.

popelet:puppet;butchiefly;youngwench

noble:noblesweregoldcoinsofespecialpurityandbrightness;"exauronobilissimi，undenobilisvocatus，"（madefromthenoblest（purest）gold，andthereforecallednobles）saysvossius.

yern:shrill，lively;german，"gern，"willingly，cheerfully.

braket:et，asweetdrinkmadeofhoney，spices，"fromanglo-saxon，"piga，"ayoungmaid;buttyrwhittassociatesitwiththelatin，"ocel露s，"littleeye，afondlingterm，eststhatthe"pigs-eye，"whichisverysmall，wasappliedinthesamesense.davenportandbutlerbothusethewordpigsnie，thefirstfor"darling，"thesecondliterallyfor"eye;"andbishopgardner，"ontrueobedience，"inhisaddresstothereader，says:"howsoftlyshewaswonttochirpehimunderthechin，andkisshim;howprettilyshecouldtalktohim（howdothmysweetheart，whatsaithnowpigs-eye）."

oseney:aoncewell-knownabbeynearoxford.

trave:travis;aframeinwhic混♂rulyhorseswereshod.

harowandalas:haro!wasanoldnormancryforredressoraid.the"clameurdeharo"waslatelyraised，underpeculiarcircumstances，asthepre露detoalegalprotest，injersey.

hisshoeswereornamentedlikethewindowsofst.pauls，especiallyliketheoldrose-window.

rise:twig，bush;german，"reis，"atwig;"reisig，"acopse.

chaucersatirisesthedancingofoxfordashedidthefrenchofstratfordatbow.

shotwindow:aprojecorbowwindow，whenceitwaspossibleshootatanyoneapproachingthedoor.

piment:adrinkmadewithwine，honey，andspices.

becauseshewastown-bred，heofferedwealth，orneyreward，forherlove.

parish-clerks，likeabsolon，hadleadingpartsinthemysteriesorreligiousplays;herodwasoneoftheseparts，whichmayhavebeenanobjectofpetitionangtheamateursoftheperiod.

"thenigheslymakethofttimethefarlieftobeloth":aproverb;thecunningonenearathandoftmakesthelovingoneafarofftobeodious.

kyked:looked;"keek"isstil露sedinsomepartsinthesenseof"peep."

saintfrideswidewasthepatronessofaconsiderableprioryatoxford，andheldthereinhighrepute.

plato，inhis"theatetus，"tellsthisstoryofthales;butithassinceappearedinmanyotherforms.

crouche:protectbysigningthesignofthecross.

forlore:lost;german，"verloren."

himthatharriedhell:christwhowastedorsubduedhell:inthemiddleages，someveryactiveexploitsagainsttheprinceofdarknessandhispowerswereascribedbythenkishtale-tellerstothesaviourafterhehad"descendedintohell."

aordingtotheoldmysteries，noahswiferefusedtoeintotheark，andbadeherhusbandrowforthandgethimanewwife，becausehewasleavinghergossipsinthetowntodrown.shemandhisbrothersgothershippedbymainforce;andnoah，ingforwardtoweleher，wasgreetedwithaboxontheear.

"himhadbeenlever，idarewel露ndertake，atthilketime，thanallhiswethersblack，thatshehadhadashipherselfalone."i.e."atthattimehewouldhavegivenallhisblackwethers，ifshehadhadanarktoherself."

"c露m，"like"mum，"anoteofsilence;butotherwiseexplainedasthehummingsoundmadeinrepeaprayers;fromtheanglo-saxon，"c露mian，"tomutter，speakinanunder-tone，keepsilence.

curfew-time:eightintheevening，when，bythelawofwilliamtheconqueror，allpeoplewere，onringingofabell，toexuishfireandcandle，andgotorest;hencethewordcurfew，fromfrench，"couvre-feu，"cover-fire

absolonchewedgrains:theseweregrainsofparis，orparadise;afavouritespice.

underhistongueatruelovehebare:somesweetherb;anotherreading，however，is"atruelove-knot，"whichmayhavebeenofthenatureofachar

thetwolineswithinbracketsarenotinstoftheeditions:theyaretakenfromurry;whetherhesuppliedthernot，theyservethepurposeofanecessaryexplanation.