! The POETS of GREAT BRITAIN COMPLETE FROM London Printed for John Bell British Library Strand Feb161787.. V POETICAL WORKS OF GEOFF. CHAUCER. IN FOURTEEN VOLUMES. THE MISCELLANEOUS PIECES From Urry's Edition 1721, THE CANTERBURY TALES From Tyrwhitt's Edition 1775. Grete well CHAUCER whan ye mete--- Of ditees and of fonges glade, The which he---made, The londe fullfilled is over all. GOWER. My maifter CHAUCER---chiefe poete of Bretayne--- Whom all this londe fchulde of ryght preferre, Sith of our langage he was the lode-fierre---- The gold dewe dropys of fpeche and eloquence Into our tunge thrugh his excellence. The honour of English tong is dede--- My mayfter CHAUCER, floure of eloquence, Univerfel fadir in fcience--- This londis verray trefour and richeffe--- The firfte fynder of our fayre langage. LYDGATE. OCCLEVE. Venerabil! CHAUCER, principall poete but pere, In eloquence balme, condict and diall, Of frefche endite throw Albioun iland braid. O reverend CHAUCER! rofe of rethouris all, That raife in Brittane evir, quha reidis right VOL. XIII. EDINBURG: DOUGLAS. DUNBAR. AT THE Apollo Prefs, BY THE MARTINS. |