THE TALE（第15页）

inperfectjoy;andjesuschristussend

husbandesmeekandyoung，andfreshinbed，

andgracetooverlivethemthatwewed.

andekeiprayjesustoshorttheirlives，

thatwillnotbegovernedbytheirwives.

ardsofdispence，**expense

godsendthemsoonaverypestilence!

itisnotclearwhencechaucerderivedthistale.tyrwhittthinksitwastakenfromthestoryofflorent，inthefirstbookofgowers"confessioamantis;"orperhapsfromanoldernarrativefromwhichgowerhimselfborrowed.chaucerhascondensedandotherwiseimprovedthefable，especiallybylayingthescene，notinsicily，butatthecourtofourownkingarthur.

limitours:ingfriars.seenote18totheprologuetothetales.

thorpes:villages.paregerman，"dorf，";dutch，"dorp."

undermeles:evening-tides，afternoons;"undern"signifiestheevening;and"mele，"correspondstothegerman"mal"or"mahl，"time.

incubus:anevilspiritsupposedtodoviolencetowomen;anightmare.

wherehehadbeenhawkingafterwaterfowl.froissartsaysthatanyoneengagedinthissport"alloitenriviere."

nice:foolish;french，"niais."

clawusonthegall:scratchusonthesoreplace.pare，"letthegalledjadewince."hamletiii.2.

hele:hide;fromanglo-saxon，"helan，"tohide，conceal.

yern:eagerly;german，"gern."

wiss:instruct;german，"weisen，"toshoworcounsel.

dante，"purgatorio"，vii.121.

"cantabitvacuuscoramlatroneviator"—"satires，"x.22.

inafabulousconferencebetweentheemperoradrianandthephilosophersecundus，reportedbyvincentofbeauvais，oursthepassagewhichchaucerhereparaphrases:—"quidestpaupertas?odibilebonum;sanitasmater;retiocurarum;sapientaerepertrix;negotiumsinedamno;possessioabsqueca露mnia;sinesollicitudinaefelicitas."（whatispoverty?ahatefulgood;atherofhealth;aputawayofcares;adiscovererofwisdom;businesswithoutinjury;ownershipwithoutca露mny;happinesswithoutanxiety）

elenge:strange;fromfrench"eloigner，"toreve.