The works of our ancient, learned, & excellent English poet, Jeffrey Chaucer as they have lately been compar'd with the best manuscripts, and several things added, never before in print : to which is adjoyn'd The story of the siege of Thebes, by John Lidgate ... : together with The life of Chaucer, shewing his countrey, parentage, education, marriage, children, revenues, service, reward, friends, books, death : also a table, wherein the old and obscure words in Chaucer are explained, and such words ... that either are, by nature or derivation, Arabick, Greek, Latine, Italian, French, Dutch, or Saxon, mark'd with particular notes for the better understanding of their original.

¶The Squire. 2.

WIth him there was his son, a yong squire, A lover and a lusty Bachelere, With his locks crull as they were laid in presse, Of twenty yeare of age he was as I gesse: Of his stature he was of even length, And wonderly deliver, and of great strength. And he had be sometime in chivauchy, In Flaunders, in Artois, and Picardy, And borne him well, as of so little space, In hope to stand in his Ladies grace. Embrouded was he, as it weren a mede, All full of fresh floures, both white and rede, Singing he was, or floiting all the day, He was fresh, as is the moneth of May. Short was his gown, with sleves long & wide Well coud he sitte on a horse, and faire ride: He coud songs make, and eke well indite, Iust, and eke dance, portray and well write. So hote he loved, that by nighter tale, He slept no more than doth the Nightingale. Curteis he was, lowly, and servisable, And kerfte before his Fader at the table.