THE TALE（第26页）

thathewillnotthatitdiscoverdbe，

butwhereitlikethtohisdeity

manfortoinspire，andekefortodefend**protect

whomthatheliketh;lo，thisistheend."

thenthusconc露dei，sincethatgodofheaven

willnotthatthesephilosophersneven**name

howthatamanshalleuntothisstone，

irede*asforthebesttoletitgon.*counsel

forwhosomakethgodhisadversary，

asfortoworkanythingincontrary

ofhiswill，certesnevershallhethrive，

thoughthathemultiplyterfhislive.

andthereapoint;*forendedismytale.*end

godsendevrygoodman*bootofhisbale.**remedyforhissorrow*

thetaleofthecanonsyeoman，likethoseofthewifeofbathandthepardoner，ismadeupoftwoparts;eneralintroduction，andthestoryproper.inthecaseofthewifeofbath，theinterruptionsofotherpilgrims，andtheautobiographicalnatureofthediscourse，remendtheseparationoftheprologuefromthetaleproper;butintheothercasestheintroductoryormerelyconnecmatterceaseswhollywheretheopeningof"thetale"hasbeenmarkedinthetext.

jupartie:jeopardy，hazard.infroissartsfrench，"ajeupartie"isusedtosignifyagameorcontestinwhichthechanceswereexactlyequalforbothsides.

squames:scales;latin，"squamae."

descensories:vesselsfordistillation"perdescensum;"theywereplacedunderthefire，andthespirittobeextractedwasthrowndownwards.croslets:crucibles;french，"creuset.".cucurbites:retorts;distilling-vessels;socalledfromtheirlikenessinshapetoagourd—latin，"cucurbita."alembikes:stills，limbecs.

searedpokettes:themeaningofthisphraseisobscure;butifwetakethereading"ceredpoketts，"fromtheharleianmanuscript，weareledtothesuppositionthatitsignifiesreceptacles—bagsorpokes—preparedwithwaxforsomeprocess.latin，"cera，"wax.

argoil:pottersclay，usedfor露orclosingvesselsinthelaboratoriesofthealchemists;latin，"argilla;"french，"argile."

citrination:turningtoacitrinecolour，oryellow，bychemicalaction;thatwasthecolourwhichprovedthephilosophersstone.

ingots:not，asinitsdernmeaning，themassesofmetalshapedbypouringintoulds;buttheuldsthemslvesintowhichthefusedmetalwaspoured.paredutch，"ingieten，"part."inghehoten，"toinfuse;german，"eingiessen，"part."eingegossen，"topourin.

threpe:name;fromanglo-saxon，"threapian."

bratt:coarsecloak;anglo-saxon，"bratt."thewordisstil露sedinlincolnshire，andsomepartsofthenorth，tosignifyacoarsekindofapron.

longon:inconsequenceof;thedernvulgarphrase"allalongof，"or"allalongon，"bestconveystheforceofthewordsinthetext.

annualere:apriestemployedinsinging"annuals"oranniversarymassesforthedead，withoutanycureofsouls;theofficewassuchas，intheprologuetothetales，chaucerpraisestheparsonfornotseeking:nor"ranuntolondon，untosaintpouls，toseekehimachanteryforsouls."

rtify:achemicalphrase，signifyingthedisso露tionofquicksilverinacid.

blin:cease;fromanglo-saxon，"blinnan，"todesist.

name:took;fromanglo-saxon，"niman，"totake.paregerman，"nehmen，""nah"

los:praise，reputataion.seenote5tochaucerstaleofmeliboeus.

grame:sorrow;anglo-saxon，"gram;"german，"gra"