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Page xxxvii
In other instances , where a reading in the Harl . MS . , although affording a
tolerable meaning , has appeared to me a decided bad one , I have changed it
for a better , always ( when there is room for the least doubt ) giving the original
reading ...
In other instances , where a reading in the Harl . MS . , although affording a
tolerable meaning , has appeared to me a decided bad one , I have changed it
for a better , always ( when there is room for the least doubt ) giving the original
reading ...
Page xxxviii
Instances of this kind of error are not of unfrequent occurrence in the Harl . MS . of
the Canterbury Tales , but I have resisted the temptation to correct them ,
because it appeared to me dangerous , in our present knowledge of medieval
English ...
Instances of this kind of error are not of unfrequent occurrence in the Harl . MS . of
the Canterbury Tales , but I have resisted the temptation to correct them ,
because it appeared to me dangerous , in our present knowledge of medieval
English ...
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... the pride which the knights took in shewing their courage in the continual
chevachies , or little excursions , into the enemy ' s country . 94 . - faire . I have
substituted this reading from other MSS . , in place of wel cowde he , given by the
Harl .
... the pride which the knights took in shewing their courage in the continual
chevachies , or little excursions , into the enemy ' s country . 94 . - faire . I have
substituted this reading from other MSS . , in place of wel cowde he , given by the
Harl .
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The reule . The rules of St . Maure and St . Benet were the oldest forms of
monastic discipline in the Romish church . 175 . - olde thinges . This is the
reading of most of the MSS . , and I have adopted it instead of that of the MS . Harl
. , forby hem ...
The reule . The rules of St . Maure and St . Benet were the oldest forms of
monastic discipline in the Romish church . 175 . - olde thinges . This is the
reading of most of the MSS . , and I have adopted it instead of that of the MS . Harl
. , forby hem ...
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Harl . reads , might gete and his frendes sende . 304 . - gaf him . An allusion to
the common practice , at this period , of poor scholars in the universities , who
wandered about the country , beg . ging , to raise money to support them in their ...
Harl . reads , might gete and his frendes sende . 304 . - gaf him . An allusion to
the common practice , at this period , of poor scholars in the universities , who
wandered about the country , beg . ging , to raise money to support them in their ...
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications : Volume 22 Volume 24 of Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Percy Society |
| Author | Percy Society |
| Publisher | Percy Society, 1847 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 1 Nov 2006 |
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