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Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Title: The Petworth ms. of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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Transcribed from: The Petworth ms. of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., Furnivall, Frederick James, ed. 1825-1910,
London: Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co., 1868-1879.
URL: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/ASH2689.0001.001

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GROUP A. FRAGMENT I.
§ 1. GENERAL PROLOGUE.
¶ ffabula militis. Here bygynneþ the knyghtes tale.
& here bygnneþ þe Prologe of þe Milleres tale ¶ The Prologe
And here by|gynneþ þe Millers Tale. ¶ Narracio
¶ And þus bygynneþ þe Prologe of þe Reues tale
And here bygynneþ þe Reeues tale
And here bygynneþ þe Cokes tale
And here bygynneþ þe Cokes tale
APPENDIX TO GROUP A.
[Spurious Link.]
[Tale.]
¶ And Thus gynneþ þe prologe of þe shipman
GROUP B. (β. FRAGMENT III.)
§ 4. THE SHIPMAN'S TALE.
And here bygynneþ þe prologe of þe priores.
And here bygynneþ þe Priores tale of Alma redemptoris mater.
[The Prologue.]
[THE TALE.]
GROUP B. (α. FRAGMENT II.)
§ 1. MAN OF LAW'S HEAD-LINK.
And here by|gynneþ þe Mannys of lawe Tale
[Prologue.]
[TALE. PART I.]
[PART II.]
[PART III.]
And here bygynneþ þe prologe of þe sqwiere
group F
¶ The Sqwiers Tale.
part
¶ The Stag of an hert
And here bygynneþ þe prologe of þe merchaunte.
group E
And here by|gynneþ þe Merchauntes tale.
GROUP D. FRAGMENT V.
§ 1. WIFE OF BATH'S PREAMBLE.
And here bygynneþ þe Tale.
[THE WIFE OF BATH'S TALE]
And here bygynneþ þe prologe of þe frere
And here begynneþ þe ffreres tale.
¶ And here bygynneþ þe prologe of þe somnour
And here bygynneþ þe somnour tale
GROUP E. FRAGMENT VI.
§ 1. THE CLERK'S HEAD-LINK.
And here bygynneþ þe clerk his tale
part
[PART THE SECOND.]
[THE THIRD PART.]
[THE FOURTH PART.]
[THE FIFTH PART.]
[THE SIXTH PART.]
¶ Le Voy De Chaucere'/
¶ The prologe of þe ffraunkeleyn.
GROUP F. FRAGMENT VII.
§ 1. THE SQUIRE'S HEAD-LINK.
And here bygynneþ þe ffrannkeleyns tale
[THE PROEM.]
[THE TALE.]
GROUP G. FRAGMENT VIII.
§ 1. THE SECOND NUN'S TALE.
¶ And here byginneþ þe prologe of ij. nonne [THE PROEM.]
¶ Thus endeþ þe prologe / & here bygynneþ þe .ij nonnes tale
¶ The prologe.
& here bygynneþ þe tale
[THE TALE.]
And here bigynneþ þe prologe of þe doctour of Phisike
GROUP C. FRAGMENT IV.
§ 1. THE DOCTOR'S TALE.
tale
And here bygynneþ the tale.
tale
group B
And here bygynneþ The prologe of Thoppas
¶ Here bygynneþ be tale of chaucere by Sire Thopace.
[Fitte I.]
[Fitte II.]
tale
And here bygnneþ þe tale of Melebius & prudence.
And here bygynneþ þe prologe of þe Monke./
¶ Here bygynneþ þe prologe of þe monke
part
¶ Primo de Lucifero;
¶ De Adam./
¶ De Sampsone
¶ De Ercule./
¶ De rege Nabugodonosor./
De Baltazar dicti Regis Nabugodonosor filio.
¶ De Cenobia;/
[Peter the Cruel, of Spain.]
[Peter of Cyprus.]
[Bernabo Visconti, of Milan.]
[Ugolino, Count of Pisa.]
¶ De nerone Imperatore.
[Holofernes.]
[Antiochus.]
[Alexander the Great.]
[Julius Cæsar.]
[Cresus.]
And here bygynneþ þe nonpreest his prologe
And here bygynneþ þe nonne preest his tale
GROUP H. FRAGMENT IX.
§ 1. THE MANCIPLE'S HEAD-LINK.
¶ The Tale.;|. And here bygynneþ þe manciple his tale
GROUP I. FRAGMENT X.
§ 1. THE BLANK-PARSON LINK. PETWORTH MS.
analysis of Parson's Tale (omitted)
And here bygynneþ þe person his tale.
part
Incipit secunda / pars eiusdem./
¶ Sequitur de septem peccatis mortalibus. scilicet de Superbia. et eorum dependencijs. circumstancijs & spectantibus. /.
[De superbia.]
[The Remedy against Pride.]
¶ De Peccato. Inuidie.
¶ Remedium contra Inuidiam [from the margin]
¶ De Ira; / [from the margin]
[Remedies against Ire.]
¶ De peccato accidie [from margin]
[The Remedy against Accidie.]
¶ De auaricia.
[The Remedy against Avarice.]
De Gula /
[The Remedy against Gluttony.]
¶ De luxuria Sequitur ./
¶ Remedium contra luxuriam
¶ De confessione;
De satisfaccione.
Here takeþ þe maker of þis booke his leue;/
APPENDIX (to Group B, p. 591). [Christ Church MS. 152.]
appendices
front matter to appendices
1. END OF THE SUMMONER'S TALE.
2. [Addit. MS, Brit. Mus., 5140,leaf 148.]
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