The Prologue

accent adjective bere caesura Canon's Yeoman's Tale Canterbury Canterbury Tales Chaucer Chaucer's day clerk compar Compleynte conj contr courtepy denotes doon dronken England French friar goon Gower greet hath heed heere hence highte hire hise honour Hous of Fame imper Introd Italian John of Gaunt journey knight Knight's Tale Law's Tale Legende Masc means Modern English monk Monk's Tale noght O.Fr Old English originally Parlement of Foules personified Petrarch Piers Plowman pilgrimage pilgrims pleyn Plur Plural poem poet poetry prep pres pret priest Prioress Prologue pron pronounced refl rhyme riden Seint semed sette seyde seye seyn shal sholde shyne sing Sir Thopas song speke stanzas subj subst superl swich syllable ther Troilus and Criseyde tyme verbs vowel weak Wel koude weren whan Wiclif wolde Women woot words yeve