THE SHIPMANS TALE（第2页）

"nay，bymyfatherssoul，thatshallhenot，

saidetheshipman;"hereshallhenotpreach，

heshallnogospelglose*herenorteach.*mentupon

weallbelieveinthegreatgod，"quothhe.

"hewouldesowesomedifficulty

orspringecockle

inourcleanecorn.

andtherefore，host，iwarheebeforn，

myjollybodyshallataletell，

andishallclinkeyousomerryabell，

thatishallwakenallthispany;

butitshallnotbeofphilosophy，

norofphysic，nortermesquaintoflaw;

thereisbutlittlelatininmymaw."**belly

theprologueheregivenwastransferredbytyrwhittfromtheplace，precedingthesquirestale，upied;theshipmanstalehavingnoprologueinthebestmanuscripts.

lollard:acontemptuousnameforthefollowersofwyckliffe;presumablyderivedfromthelatin，"lolium，"tares，asiftheywerethetaresangthelordswheat;so，afewlinesbelow，theshipmanintimateshisfearlesttheparsonshould"springcockleinourcleancorn."

cockle:aweed，the"agrostemmagithago"oflinnaeus;perhapsnamedfromtheanglo-saxon，"ceocan，"becauseitchokesthecorn.（transcribersnote:itisalsopossiblechaucerhadinmindmatthew13:25，whereinsometranslations，anenemysowed"cockle"angstthewheat.（othertranslationshave"tares"and"darnel".））