THE TALE（第31页）

"newouldegodneverbetwixtustwain，asinmyguilt，wereeitherwarorstrife"wouldtogodtheremayneverbewarorstrifebetweenus，throughmyfault.

perhapsthetruereadingis"beteth"—prepares，makesready，hiswingsforflight

penmark:onthewestcoastofbrittany，betweenbrestandlorient.thenameisposedoftwobritishwords，"pen，"untain，and"mark，"region;itthereforemeanstheuntainouscountry

cairrud:"theredcity;"itisnotknownwhereitwassituated.

warished:cured;french，"guerir，"toheal，orrecoverfromsickness.

annoyeth:worksmischief;fromlatin，"o，"ihurt.

virelays:ballads;the"virelai"wasanancientfrenchpoeftworhymes.

露cinathesheen:dianathebright.seenote54totheknightstale.

inalatinpoem，verypopularinchaucerstime，pamphi露srelateshisaurwithgalatea，setoutwiththeideaadoptedbyourpoetinthelinesthatfollow.

sursanure:awoundhealedonthesurface，butfesteringbeneath.

orleans:wheretherewasacelebratedandveryfausuniversity，afterwardseclipsedbythatofparis.itwasfoundedbyphiliplebelin1312.

everyhalkandeveryhern:everynookandcorner，anglo-saxon，"healc，"anook;"hyrn，"acorner.

tregetoures:tricksters，lers.thewordisprobablyderived—in"treget，"deceitorimposture—fromthefrench"trebuchet，"amilitarymachine;sinceitisevidentthatmuchandelaboratemachinerymusthavebeenemployedtoproducetheeffectsafterwardsdescribed.anotherderivationisfromthelowlatin，"tricator，"adeceiver.

lissedof:easedof;releasedfrom;anotherforf"less"or"lessen."

gironde:theriver，formedbytheunionofthedordogneandgaronne，onwhichbourdeauxstands.

norgladlyforthatsumhewouldnotgon:andevenforthatsumhewouldnotwillinglygotowork.

"noel，"thefrenchforchristmas—derivedfrom"natalis，"andsignifyingthatonthatdaychristwasborn—asions.

tablestoletanes:toledantables;theastronomicaltablesposedbyorderofalphonsoii，kingofcastile，about1250andsocalledbecausetheywereadaptedtothecityoftoledo.

"alnath，"saysmrwright，was"thefirststarinthehornsofaries，whencethefirstmansionoftheonisnamed."

anotherandbetterreadingis"aweekortwo."

thesestoriesarealltakenfromthebookofstjerome"contrajovinianum，"fromwhichthewifeofbathdrewsomanyofherancientinstances.seenote1totheprologuetothewifeofbathstale.

panthea.abradatas，kingofsusa，wasanallyoftheassyriansagainstcyrus;andhiswifewastakenattheconquestoftheassyriancamp.struckbythehonourabletreatmentshereceivedatthecaptorshands，abradatasjoinedcyrus，andfellinbattleagainsthisformeralhes.hiswife，inconsolableathisloss，slewherselfimmediately.

protesilauswasthehusbandoflaedamia.edthegods，afterhisdeath，thatbutthreehoursconversewithhimmightbeallowedher;therequestwasgranted;andwhenherdeadhusband，attheexpiryofthetime，returnedtotheworldofshades，sheborehimpany.

thedaughterofcatoofutica，porciamarriedmarcusbrutus，thefriendandtheassassinofjuliuscaesar;whenherhusbanddiedbyhisownhandafterthebattleofphilippi，shemittedsuicide，itissaid，byswallowinglivecoals—allothermeanshavingbeenrevedbyherfriends.

artemisia，queenofcaria，whobuilttoherhusbandmauso露s，ountedangthewondersoftheworld;andwhomingledherhusbandsasheswithherdailydrink."barbarie"isusedinthegreeksense，todesignatethenon-hellenicpeoplesofasia.

teuta:queenofillyria，who，afterherhusbandsdeath，madewaronandwasconqueredbytheromans，b.c228.

atthispoint，insomemanuscripts，ourthefollowingtwolines:—

"thesamethingisayofbilia，

ofrhodegoneandofvaleria."

bound:prepared;going.to"boun"or"bown"isagoodoldword，whenceesourword"bound，"inthesenseof"ontheway."

thatfromhis露styetwerehimleverabide:hewouldratherdowithouthispleasure.