The parlament of foules, by Geoffrey Chaucer. Ed., with introduction, notes, and glossary, by T. R. Lounsbury.

52 THE PARLAMENT OF FOULES.

IV.
For out of olde feldys, as men sey,
Comyth al this newe corn from yer tq yere;
And out of olde bokis, in good fey,
Comyth al this newe science that men lere. 25
But now to purpos as of this matere:To rede forth so gan me to delite
That al that day methoughte but a lyte.
V.
This bok, of which I make mencioun,
Entytlid was right thus as I schal telle:- 30
"Tullyus of the Drem of Scipion;"
Chapiteris seuene it hadde of heuene and helle,
-And erthe, and soulis that therein dwelle,
Of whiche, as shortly as I can it trete,
Of his centence I wil yow seyn the grete. 35
VI.
Fyrst tellith it whan Scipion was come
In Affrik, how he metyth Massynisse,
That hym for joie in armys hath inome:
Thanne tellyth he here speche and of the blysse
That was betwix hem til the day gan mysse; 40
And how his auncestre, Affrycan so dere,
Gan in his slep that night to hym apere.
22. [out] ofte. 35. [grete] greete.
29. MS. has of before mencioun. 37. [metyth] metyh.
30. [entytlid] entytlt. 39. [speche] spche.
30. [right] al. 40. [betwix] betwixsyn.
31. [Scipion] sothion. 40. [til the] thil that.
33. [therein] thereon. 41. [dere] deere.