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MERCILESSE BEAUTE. PEPYS MS. 2006.

Syn I am fre I Counte hym not a bene
He may answere & sey this and that

I do no fors I speke ryght as I mene

Syn I fro loue &c. [= lines 27, 28.]

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Love hath my name Istrike out of his sclat

And he is strike out of my bokes Clene
For euer mo this is noñ oper mene

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Syn I fro loue &c.

[= lines 27, 28, 29.]

Explicit.

N.B. The copy printed by Percy (Reliques of Ancient Poetry, Series the Second, Book I), though taken from this MS., abounds in errors. Not counting expansions of contractions, &c., his errors are as follows:-1. Youre; eyn will. 3. wendeth. 4. words. 5. My. 6. Youre two eyn will sle me sodenly (where the MS. has only Your yen &c., and is here right in making yen follow Your immediately). 14. youre beauty; chased. 15. n'availeth. 16. daunger. 17. have; omits me; purchased. passed. 24. youre. 28. nere thinke. 31. speak. 36. P. suggests ther for this (probably he is right; but he omits to give the reading this).-W. W. Skeat.

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The Chaucer Society.

Editor in Chief:-F. J. FURNIVALL, Esq., 3, St George's Square, Primrose Hill, N.W.
Hon. Sec.-W. A. DALZIEL, Esq., 67, Victoria Road, Finsbury Park, London, N.

THE CHAUCER SOCIETY'S PUBLICATIONS.

To do honour to CHAUCER, and to let the lovers and students of him see how far the best unprinted Manuscripts of his works differd from the printed texts, this Society was founded in 1868. There were then, and are still, many questions of metre, pronunciation, orthography, and etymology yet to be settled, for which more prints of Manuscripts were and are wanted; and it is hardly too much to say that every line of Chaucer contains points that need reconsideration. The founder (Dr Furnival!) began with The Canterbury Tales, and has given of them (in parallel columns in Royal 4to) six of the best theretofore unprinted Manuscripts known. Inasmuch as the parallel arrangement necessitated the alteration of the places of certain tales in some of the MSS, a print of each MS has been issued separately, following the order of its original. The first six MSS printed have been: the Ellesmere (by leave of the Earl of Ellesmere); the Hengwrt (by leave of W. W. E. Wynne, Esq.); the Camb. Univ. Libr., MS Gg. 4. 27; the Corpus, Oxford; the Petworth (by leave of Lord Leconfield); and the Lansdowne 851 (Brit. Mus.). The Harleian 7334 has followd. Of Chaucer's Minor Poems,-the MSS of which are generally later than the best MSS of the Canterbury Tales,-all the available MSS have been printed, so as to secure all the existing evidence for the true text.

The Troilus Parallel-Text from the 3 best MSS has been issued, and a 4th MS text of it with the englisht Boccaccio Comparison.

To secure the fidelity and uniform treatment of the texts, Dr F. J. Furnivall has read and will read all with their MSS.

Autotypes of most of the best Chaucer MSS have been publisht.

The Society's publications are issued in two Series, of which the first contains the different texts of Chaucer's works; and the Second, such originals of and essays on these as can be procured, with other illustrative treatises, and Supplementary Tales.

Messrs Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 57, Ludgate Hill, London, E.C., are the Society's publishers, Messrs R. Clay & Sons, Ld, London and Bungay, its printers, and the Alliance Bank, Bartholomew Lane, London, E.C., its bankers. The yearly subscription, which constitutes Membership, is 2 guineas, due on every 1st January, beginning with Jan. 1, 1868. More Members are wanted. All the Society's Publications can still be had. Those of the first year and some others have been reprinted. Prof. Child, of Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the Society's Honorary Secretary for America. Members' names and subscriptions may be sent to the Publishers, or to the Honorary Secretary.

W. A. DALZIEL, Esq., 67, Victoria Road, Finsbury Park, London, N.

FIRST SERIES.

The Society's issue for 1868, in the First Series, is,

I. The Prologue and Knight's Tale, of the Canterbury Tales, in 6 parallel Texts (from the 6 MSS named below), together with Tables, showing the Groups of the Tales, and their varying order in 38 MSS of the Tales, and in 5 old printed editions, and also Specimens from several MSS of the "Moveable Prologues" of the Canterbury Tales,-The Shipman's Prologue, and Franklin's Prologue,-when moved from their right places, and of the Substitutes for them. (The Six-Text, Part I.)

II. The Prologue and Knight's Tale from the Ellesmere MS.

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Chaucer Society's Publications: Second Series.

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15. Originals and Analogues of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Part III. 13. The Story of Constance, for the Man of Law's Tale. 14. The Boy killd by a Jew for singing Gaude Maria,' an Analogue of the Prioress's Tale. 15. The Paris Beggarboy murderd by a Jew for singing Alma redemptoris mater!' an Analogue of the Prioress's Tale; with a Poem by Lydgate.

16. Essays on Chaucer, his Words and Works, Part III. 7. Chaucer's Prioress, her Nun Chaplain and 3 Priests, illustrated from the Paper Survey of St Mary's Abbey, Winchester, by F. J. Furnivall. 8. Alliteration in Chaucer, by Dr. Paul Lindner. 9. Chaucer a Wicliffite; a critical Examination of the Parsons Tale, by Herr Hugo Simon. 10. The sources of the Wife of Bath's Prologue: Chaucer not a borrower from John of Salisbury, by the Rev. W. W. Woollcombe.

17. Supplementary Canterbury Tales: 1. The Tale of Beryn, with a Prologue of the merry Adventure of the Pardoner with a Tapster at Canterbury, re-edited from the Duke of Northumberland's unique MS, by Fredk. J. Furnivall. Part I, the Text, with Wm. Smith's Map of Canterbury in 1588, now first engravd from his unique MS., and Ogilby's Plan of the Road from London to Canterbury in 1675.

Of the Second Series, the issue for 1878 (there was none in 1877) is,

18. Essays on Chaucer, his Words and Works, Part IV. 11. On here and there in Chaucer (his Pronunciation of the two e's), by Dr. R. F. Weymouth; 12. On a. An Original Version of the Knight's Tale; B. the Date (1381) and Personages of the Parlament of Foules; y. on Anelida and Arcyte, on Lollius, on Chaucer, and Boccaccio, &c., by Dr. John Koch, with a fragment of a later Palamon and Ersyte from the Dublin MS D. 4. 18.

Of the Second Series, the issue for 1884 (none in 1879, '80, '81, '82, '83, '85) is, 19. Essays on Chaucer, his Words and Works, Part V: 13. Chaucer's Pardoner: his character illustrated by documents of his time, by Dr J. J. Jusserand. 14. Why the Romaunt of the Rose is not Chaucer's, by Prof. Skeat, M.A. 15. Chaucer's Schipman, and his Barge 'The Maudelayne,' by P. Q. Karkeek, Esq. 16. Chaucer's Parson's Tale compared with Frère Lorens's Somme de Vices et de Vertus, by Wilhelm Eilers, Ph.D., 1882, englisht 1884. 17. On Chaucer's Reputed Works, by T. L. KingtonOliphant, M.A,

Of the Second Series, the issue for 1886 is,

20. Originals and Analogs of the Canterbury Tales. Part IV. Eastern Analogs I, by W. A. Clouston.

21. Life-Records of Chaucer, Part III, a. The Household book of Isabella, wife of Prince Lionel, third son of Edward III, in which the name of GEOFFREY CHAUCER first occurs; edited from the unique MS in the Brit. Mus., by Edward A. Bond, LL.D., Chief Librarian. b. Chaucer as Forester of North Petherton, Somerset, 1390-1400, by Walford D. Selby, Esq. With an Appendix by Walter Rye, Esq., on I, Chaucer's Grandfather; II, Chaucer's connection with Lynn and Norfolk.

Of the Second Series, the issue for 1887 is,

22. Originals and Analogs of the Canterbury Tales, Part V (completing the volume). Eastern Analogs, II, by W. A. Clouston.

23. John Lane's Continuation of Chaucer's Squire's Tale, edited by F. J. Furnivall from the 2 MSS in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1616, 1630. Part I, the Text and Forewords.

24. Supplementary Canterbury Tales: 2, The Tale of Beryn, Part II. Forewords by F. J. Furnivall, Notes by F. Vipan, M.A. &c., and Glossary by W. G. Stone; with an Essay on Analogs of the Tale, by W. A. Clouston.

Of the Second Series, the issue for 1888 is,

25. Early English Pronunciation, with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, by Alexander J. Ellis, Esq., F.R.S. Part V, Division 1.

[This was inadvertently markt No. 27 for 1889, on Cover and Title-page.]

Of the Second Series, the issue for 1889 is,

26. John Lane's Continuation of Chaucer's Squire's Tale. Part II, Glossary and Index, by Thomas Austin; On the Magical Elements in the Squire's Tale, with Analogues, by W. A. Clouston.

Of the Second Series, the issues for 1890 and 1891 will be chosen from Lydgate's Siege of Thebes, edited from the MSS by Dr Axel Erdmann. [Text set. A detaild Study of the MSS of the Troilus, their forms and grammar, by George Lyman Kittredge, M.A. [At Press.

Trial-Forewords to Chaucer's Minor Poems, Part II, by Dr John Koch. [Promist for 1891.

Chaucer Society's Publications: Second Series.

Among the Texts and Essays, &c., preparing for the Chaucer Society are:Life-Records of Chaucer, Part IV, Enrolments and Documents from the Public Record Office, the City of London Town-Clerk's Office, &c., edited by Dr Furnivall. [This is at Press.

Chaucer's Road to Canterbury, with Ogilby's Plan of it, 1675, and William Smith's Plan of the City of Canterbury in 1588; by the Rev. Canon W. A. Scott Robertson, M.A., Hon. Sec. of the Kent Archæological Institute.

'A detaild Comparison of Chaucer's Knight's Tale with the Teseide of Boccaccio,' by HENRY WARD, M.A., of the MS Department of the British Museum. [At Press. Melibé et Prudence, the French Original of Chaucer's Tale of Melibe,' edited from the MSS by Dr Mary Noyes Colvin.

A volunteer-compiler of The Praise of Chaucer from his day to ours, is wanted.

SAMPLE TALE FROM ALL THE OTHER MSS OF THE
CANTERBURY TALES.

As many Chaucer Students have often wanted to know what kind of text was containd in the MSS of the Canterbury Tales other than the Seven printed by the Chaucer Society-the Ellesmere, Hengwrt Cambridge Gg, Corpus (Oxford), Petworth, Lansdowne, and Harleian 7334 the Director resolvd to print a sample Tale from all the accessible MSS of the Tales. He wisht to have The Wife of Bath's Prolog and Tale, because they show the most variations, but as Prof. Zupitza, who most kindly volunteerd to classify the MSS and edit their sample Tales, objected to the subject of the Wife's Prolog, the Director proposed The Pardoner's Prolog and Tale (which apparently showd the next number of changes of reading), and Prof. Zupitza accepted this Prolog and Tale.

Mr Thomas Austin accordingly went round to the different public, College and private Libraries where MSS of the Tales are, and copied this Prolog and Tale, collating his copy with each original. He likewise made a list of the Contents (and a few special readings) of every MS, for the like lists of the late HENRY BRADSHAW -that good friend of the Society and leader of English Chaucer workers-so long promist to us to print, were, after his death, not made available for the Society's use. Prof. Zupitza has classified roughly all the MSS, and has sent to press the Pardoner's Prolog and Tale from the seven which are more or less of the Ellesmere or A type. The others of different types will follow in due course.

1 Lord Ashburton's and Lady Cardigan's MSS are not at present to be seen, from the owners' dog-in-the-mangerism.

The Browning Society.

Founded in July 1881 by Dr Furnivall and Miss Hickey, for the study of the Works of ROBERT BROWNING, the performance of his Plays, &c. Subscription 1 guinea a year. Hon. Sec. E. E. Davies, 2, Wallace Road, Canonbury, London, N.

Early English Text Society.

Director: Dr F. J. FURNIVALL, 3, St George's Square, London, N.W. Hon. Sec.: W. A. DALZIEL, Esq., 67, Victoria Rd., Finsbury Park, London, N. Founded by Dr Furnivall in 1864 to print in its Original Series all our unprinted MS literature; and in its Extra Series to reprint in careful editions all that is most valuable of printed MSS and early printed books. The Texts of 1864-5 have been reprinted; those for 1866, and two for 1887, will follow. The Subscription, which constitutes Membership, is £1 1s. a year [and £1 1s. additional for the EXTRA SERIES], due in advance on the 1st of JANUARY, and should be paid to the Hon. Secretary.

New Shakspere Society.

Director: Dr F. J. FURNIVALL, 3, St George's Square, London, N.W. Hon. Sec.: K. GRAHAME, Esq., 65, Chelsea Gardens, Chelsea Bridge Road, S.W. Founded by Dr Furnivall in 1873 to further the study of Shakspere's works chronologically and as a whole, and to print Parallel and other Texts of the Quartos and Folio of Shakspere's Plays, and other works illustrating Shakspere's time and the History of the Drama. Subscription, which constitutes membership, One Guinea. Shakspere Quarto Facsimiles, issued under Dr Furnivall's superintendence, by Mr W. Griggs and Mr Charles Praetorius, and publisht by Mr B. Quaritch, 15, Piccadilly, W. The set of 43, at 6s. each; singly, 10s. 6d.

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