CONTENTS
Introduction.—§ 1. The Present Text. § 2. The MSS.—I. In the British Museum. II. In Oxford. III. In Cambridge. IV. In other Public Libraries. V. In private hands. § 3. The Printed Editions. § 4. Plan of the present Edition. § 5. Table of symbols denoting MSS. § 6. Table showing various ways of numbering the lines. § 7. The four types of MSS.
The Canterbury Tales
Group A. The Prologue
Group B. Introduction to the Man of Law’s Prologue
The Monkes Tale:—Lucifer; Adam; Sampson; Hercules;
Nabugodonosor; Balthasar; Cenobia; De Petro Rege Ispannie;
De Petro Rege De Cipro; De Barnabo de Lumbardia;
De Hugelino Comite de Pize; Nero; De Oloferno;
De Rege Anthiocho; De Alexandro; De Iulio Cesare; Cresus
Group D. The Wife of Bath’s Prologue
Group E. The Clerk’s Prologue
Group I. The Parson’s Prologue
Appendix to Group A. The Tale of Gamelyn