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SIR JOHN FROISSART'S

CHRONICLES

OF

ENGLAND, FRANCE, SPAIN,

AND THE

ADJOINING COUNTRIES.

VOL. II.

Strahan and Prefton,

Printers-Street.

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FROM THE LATTER PART OF THE REIGN OF EDWARD II.

TO THE CORONATION OF HENRY IV.

NEWLY TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH EDITIONS,

WITH VARIATIONS AND ADDITIONS FROM MANY CELEBRATED MIS

BY THOMAS JOHNES.

Who lo hall telle a tale after a man,
He molte reherle, as neighe as ever he can,
Everich worde, if it be in his charge,
All speke he never lo rudely and fo large;
Dr elles he mofte tellen his tale untrewe,
Dr feinen thinges, or finden wordes newe.

TOR LIBRAZ

NEW-YOR

CHAUCER'S PROLOGUE.

THE SECOND EDITION.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, AN ESSAY ON HIS WORKS,
A CRITICISM ON HIS HISTORY,

AND A DISSERTATION ON HIS POETRY.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME, PATERNOSTER-ROW;
AND J. WHITE, FLEET-STREET.

1805.

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