GEOFFREY CHAUCER.

From a Manuscript Copy, on vellum ? of the Canterbury Tales.

adorned with marginal paintings.

in the possession of the Marquis of Stafford ?

Published Aug1.1809. by Mefs Rivington StPauls Church Yard.

THE REV. HENRY J. TODD, M. A. F. S. A.

Gower, that first garnished our English rude;

And maister Chaucer, that nobly enterprised

How that Englishe myght freshely be ennewed.

O pensyfe harte,

Skelton's Crowne of Laurell.

Remember thee of the trace and daunce

Of poetes olde, with all thy purueyaunce:

As moral Gower, whose sentencious dewe

Adowne reflareth, with fayre golden beames:

And after, Chaucer's all abroade doth shewe, &c.

Hawes's Pastime of Pleasure.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON, T. PAYNE, CADELL

AND DAVIES, AND R. H. EVANS.