The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.

Title

The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.

Author

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.

Publication

London,: Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co.,

1868-[1869]

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"The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/agz8235.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2025. content_copy

Contents

• omitted front matter
• omitted front matter
• GROUP A. FRAGMENT I.
  • § 1. GENERAL PROLOGUE. CORPUS MS. (Oxford).
  • Iam que domos patrias scitice post aspera gentis Prelia laurigero etc.
    • part
    • [PART II. No gap in the MS.]
    • [PART III. No gap in the MS.]
    • [PART IV. No gap in the MS.]
  • ¶ The Millewardes tale/
  • tale
  • ¶ Here bygynneþ þe Reeues tale
  • tale
  • tale
  • Incipit fabula
  • APPENDIX TO GROUP A.
• GROUP B. (α. FRAGMENT II.)
  • § 1. MAN OF LAW'S HEAD-LINK.
  • tale
    • [PROLOGUE OF THE MAN OF LAW'S TALE.] ¶ Incipit ffabula.
    • [PART I.]
    • [PART II.]
    • [PART III.]
  • tale
• group - F
  • tale
    • part
    • ¶ The Stag of an hert
• GROUP D. FRAGMENT V.
  • § 1. WIFE OF BATH'S PREAMBLE.
    • part
    • [The Wrangle between the Summoner and Friar.]
  • [Here bigynneth] þe goode wyues tale of bathe
  • ¶ Here bygynneþ þe prologe of þe ffrere /
  • ¶ Here bygynneth þe ¶ ffreres tale
  • tale
  • ¶ Here begynneþ þe Somnours tale
• GROUP E. FRAGMENT VI.
  • § 1. THE CLERK'S HEAD-LINK.
  • And next folwyng bigynneth his tale of Gresilde.
    • part
    • [PART II.]
    • part
    • part
    • [PART V.]
    • [PART VI.]
    • ¶ lenvoye de Chaucere
  • [and next folwith his tale of Ianuare and May.
• group - F
  • tale
    • [THE PROEM.]
    • [THE TALE.]
• GROUP G. FRAGMENT VIII.
  • § 1. THE SECOND NUN'S TALE.
    • [THE PROEM.]
    • part
  • ¶ Hic incipit fabula Canonici
  • tale
    • [THE PREAMBLE.]
  • tale
    • [THE TALE.]
• GROUP C. FRAGMENT IV.
  • § 1. THE DOCTOR'S TALE.
  • tale
  • bygynneþ þe Pardoneres tale folwynge
  • tale
• GROUP B. (β. FRAGMENT III.)
  • § 4. THE SHIPMAN'S TALE.
  • tale
  • Here begynneth þe tale of Alma redemptoris þe prioresses Tale.
    • ¶ Prologe
    • [THE TALE.]
  • tale
  • ¶ Here bygynneth þe tale of Chaucer of sire Thopas
    • [Fytte I.]
    • [Fytte II.]
  • tale
  • Here bygynneþ Chauceres tale of Melibe and his wyf Prudence and his doughter Sapience
  • ¶ Prologus Monachi
  • ¶ Here telleþ þe monk // De casibus virorum illustrium ¶ Cm. xxjm.
    • part
    • [Lucifer.]
    • De Adamo [in margin.]
    • [Sampson.]
    • [Hercules.]
    • [Nebuchadnezzar.]
    • [Belshazzar.]
    • [Zenobia.]
    • [Peter the Cruel, of Spain.]
    • [Peter of Cyprus.]
    • [Bernabo Visconti, of Milan.]
    • [Ugolino, Count of Pisa.]
    • [Nero.]
    • [Holofernes.]
    • [Antiochus.]
    • [Alexander the Great.]
    • [Julius Cæsar.]
    • [Cresus.]
  • ¶ Here begynneþ þe prologe of þe nonne prestes tale
  • ¶ Here begynneþ þe nonnes prestes tale of þe kokke & his vij. hennes
• GROUP H. FRAGMENT IX.
  • § 1. THE MANCIPLE'S HEAD-LINK.
  • Incipit fabula
• GROUP I. FRAGMENT X.
  • § 1. THE BLANK-PARSON LINK. CORPUS MS. Here bygynneþ þe prologe of þe parson
  • analysis of Parson's Tale (omitted)
  • [And next folowyng bigynneth his tale.
    • part
    • part
    • De septem peccatis mortalibus & eorum &c
    • [Of Pride, and its Twigs.]
    • Remedium contra peccatum superbie.
    • De inuidia.
    • Remedium contra peccatum Invidie.
    • De Ira.
    • Remedium contra peccatum Ire.
    • De accidia.
    • Remedium contra peccatum Accidie.
    • De Auaricia.
    • Remedium contra Auariciam.
    • De gula.
    • Remedium contra gulam.
    • De luxuria.
    • ¶ The remedie ayeines lecherie
    • De secunda parte penitencie.
    • De satisfaccione.
    • Here enden the talis of Caunturbury / And next thautour taketh leve.
• APPENDIX (to Group B, p. 587).
• appendices
  • front matter to appendices
  • 1. END OF THE MERCHANT'S TALE.
  • 2 [and bigynneth the Squyers prologe
  • 3. [And next folwith the Marchauntis prolog.
  • 4. THE SQUIRE'S HEAD-LINK.
  • 5. [Here begynneþ þe prolog of þe frankeleyn
  • omitted back matter