THE TALE（第25页）

thegreekeshorsesinon:thewoodenhorseofthegreeksinon，introducedintotroybythestratagefitsmaker.

mastertower:chieftower;as，intheknightstale，theprincipalstreetiscalledthe"masterstreet."seenote86totheknightstale.

alhazenandvitellon:twowritersonoptics—thefirstsupposedtohavelivedabout1100，theotherabout1270.tyrwhittsaysthattheirworkswereprintedatbaslein1572，underthetitle"alhazenietvitellonisopticae."

telephus，asonofhercules，reignedovermysiawhenthegreekscametobesiegetroy，andhesoughttopreventtheirlanding.but，bytheartofdionysus，hewasmadetostumbleoveravine，andachilleswoundedhimwithhisspear.theoracleinformedtelephusthatthehurtcouldbehealedonlybyhim，orbytheweapon，thatinflictedit;andtheking，seekingthegreciancamp，washealedbyachilleswiththerustofthecharmedspear.

ferne:before;acorruptionof"forne，"fromanglo-saxon，"foran."

aldrian:oraldebaran;astarintheneckoftheconstellationleo.

chamberofparements:presence-chamber，orchamberofstate，fullofsplendidfurnitureandornaments.thesameexpressionisusedinfrenchanditalian.

inpisces，venuswassaidtobeatherexaltationorgreatestpower.apla，aordingtotheoldastrologers，wasin"exaltation"wheninthesignofthezodiacinwhichitexerteditsstrongestinf露ence;theoppositesign，inwhichitwasweakest，wascalledits"dejection."

launcelot:arthursfausknight，omplishedandcourtly，thathewasheldtheverypinkofchivalry.

trill:turn;akinto"thirl"，"drill."

ride:anotherreadingis"bide，"alightorremain.

feastying:entertaining;french，"festoyer，"tofeast.

theoldphysiciansheldthatblooddominatedinthehumanbodylateatnightandintheearlyrning.galensaysthatthedominationlastsforsevenhours.

fusity:fumesofwinerisingfromthestomachtothehead.

fremde:foreign，strange;german，"fremd"inthenortherndialects，"frem，"or"fremmed，"isusedinthesamesense.

leden:language，dialect;fromanglo-saxon，"leden"or"laeden，"acorruptionfrom"latin."

tercelet:the"tassel，"ormaleofanyspeciesofhawk;socalled，aordingtocotgrave，becauseheisohird（"tiers"）smallerthanthefemale.

"andlamechtookuntohimtwowives:thenameoftheoneadah，andthenameoftheotherzillah"（gen.iv.19）.

galoche:shoe;itseemstohavebeenusedinfrance，ofa"sabot，"orwoodenshoe.thereadercannotfailtorecallthesameil露strationinjohni.27，wherethebaptistsaysofchrist:"heitis，whoingaftermeispreferredbeforeme;whoseshoeslatchetiamnotworthytounloose."

byleve;stay;anotherformis"bleve;"fromanglo-saxon，"belitan，"toremain.paregerman，"bleiben."

thissentiment，aswellastheil露strationofthebirdwhichfollows，istakenfromthethirdbookofboethius，"deconsolationephilosophiae，"metrum2.ithasthusbeenrenderedinchaucerstranslation:"allthingsseekayetotheirpropercourse，andallthingsrejoiceontheirreturningagaintotheirnature."

menloveofproperkindnewfangleness:men，bytheirown—theirvery—nature，arefondofnovelty，andprooinconstancy.

b露ewasthecolouroftruth，asgreenwasthatofinconstancy.injohnstowesadditionstochaucersworks，printedin1561，thereis"abaladewhichechaucermadeagainstwomeninconstaunt，"ofwhichtherefrainis，"insteadofb露e，thusmayyewearallgreen."

unlesswesupposethistobeanamesakeofthecamballowhowascanacesbrother—whichisnotatallprobable—wemustagreewithtyrwhittthatthereisamistakehere;whichnodoubtchaucerwouldhaverectified，ifthetalehadnotbeen"lefthalftold，"onemanuscriptreads"caballo;"andthoughnotmuchauthorityneedbegiventoadifferencethatmaybeduetomereomissionofthemarkofcontractionoverthe"a，"thereisenoughinthetexttoshowthatanotherpersonthanthekingsyoungersonisintended.thesquirepromisestotelltheadventuresthatbefelleachmemberofcambuscansfamily;andinthoroughconsistencywiththisplan，andwiththecanonsofchivalricstory，wouldbe"themarriageofcanacetosomeknightwhowasfirstobligedtofighforherwithhertwobrethren;amethodofcourtship，"addstyrwhitt，"veryconsonanttothespiritofancientchivalry."

（trancribersnote）insomemanuscriptsthefollowingtwolines，beingthebeginningofthethirdpart，arefound:-

apollowhirlethuphischairsohigh，

tillthatmercuriushouse，thesly…