Cover 1 TOC 11 Introduction 13 The Canterbury Tales 49 Fragment I (Group A) 69 General Prologue 69 The Knight's Prologue and Tale 83 The Miller's Prologue and Tale 112 The Reeve's Prologue and Tale 123 The Cook's Prologue and Tale 130 Fragment II (Group B) 133 The Man of Law's Introduction, Prologue, Tale and Epilogue 133 Fragment III (Group D) 151 The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale 151 The Friar's Prologue and Tale 168 The Summoner's Prologue and Tale 174 Fragment IV (Group E) 183 The Clerk's Prologue and Tale 183 The Merchant's Prologue, Tale and Epilogue 199 Fragment V (Group F) 215 The Squire's Introduction and Tale 215 The Franklin's Prologue and Tale 224 Fragment VI (Group C) 236 The Physician's Tale 236 The Pardoner's Introduction, Prologue and Tale 239 Fragment VII (Group B2) 249 The Shipman's Tale 249 The Prioress's Prologue and Tale 255 The Prologue and Tale of Sir Thopas 258 The Tale of Melibee 263 The Monk's Prologue and Tale 286 The Nun's Priest's Prologue, Tale and Epilogue 298 Fragment VIII (Group G) 308 The Second Nun's Prologue and Tale 308 The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue and Tale 316 Fragment IX (Group H) 328 The Manciple's Prologue and Tale 328 Fragment X (Group I) 333 The Parson's Prologue and Tale 333 Chaucer's Retraction 374 The Book of the Duchess 375 The House of Fame 393 Anelida and Arcite 421 The Parliament of Fowls 429 Boece 441 Troilus and Creseyde 517 The Legend of Good Women 633 The Short Poems 677 An ABC 683 The Complaint Unto Pity 686 A Complaint to His Lady 688 The Complaint of Mars 689 The Complain of Venus 694 To Rosemounde 695 Womanly Noblesse 695 Chaucers Wordes Unto Adam, His One Scriveyn 696 The Former Age 696 Fortune 698 Truth 699 Gentilesse 700 Lak of Steadfastnesse 700 Lenvoy de Chaucer a Scogan 701 Lenvoy de Chaucer a Bukton 701 The Complaint of Chaucer to His Purse 702 Proverbs 703 Poems Not Ascribed to Chaucer in the Manuscript 703 Against Women Unconstant 703 Complaynt D'Amours 704 Merciles Beaute 705 A Balade of Complaint 706 A Treatise on the Astrolabe 707 The Roimaunt of the Rose 731 Appendix 815 General Bibliography 817 Abbreviations 825 Explanatory Notes 841 The Canterbury Tales 841 Fragment I 843 General Prologue 843 The Knight's Tale 872 The Miller's Prologue 887 The Miller's Table 888 The Reeve's Prologue 894 The Reeve's Tale 895 The Cook's Prologue 898 The Cook's Tale 899 Fragment I 900 Introduction to The Man of Law's Tale 900 The Man of Law's Epilogue 908 Fragment I 909 The Wife of Bath's Prologue 910 The Wife of Bath's Tale 918 The Friar's Prologue 920 The Friar's Tale 921 The Summoner's Prologue 922 The Summoner's Tale 923 Fragment IV 925 The Clerk's Prologue 925 The Clerk's Tale 926 The Merchant's Prologue 930 The Merchant's Tale 930 Epilogue to the Merchant's Tale 935 Fragment V 936 Introduction to the Squire's Tale 936 The Squire's Tale 936 Introduction to the Franklin's Tale 941 The Franklin's Prologue and Tale 941 The Franklin's Prologue 942 The Franklin's Tale 942 Fragment VI 947 The Physician's Tale 947 Introduction to the Pardoner's Tale 950 The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale 950 The Pardoner's Prologue 952 The Pardoner's Tale 953 Fragment VII 956 The Shipman's Tale 956 Introduction to the Prioress' Tale 959 The Prioress's Prologue 960 The Prioress's Tale 960 Prologue to Sir Thopas 963 Sir Thopas 963 The Prologue to Melibee 969 The Tale of Melibee 969 The Monk's Prologue 974 The Monk's Tale 975 The Nun's Priest's Prologue 981 The Nun's Priest's Tale 981 The Nun's Priest's Epilogue 987 Fragment VIII 987 The Second Nun's Prologue and Tale 988 The Second Nun's Tale 990 The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue and Tale 992 The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue 994 The Canon's Yeoman's Tale 995 Fragment IX 997 The Manciple's Prologue and Tale 998 The Manciple's Prologue 998 The Manciple's Tale 999 Fragment X 1000 The Parson's Prologue 1001 The Parson's Tale 1002 Chaucer's Retraction 1011 The Book of the Duchess 1012 The House of Fame 1023 Anelida and Arcite 1037 The Parliament of Fowls 1040 Boece 1049 Troilus and Criseyde 1066 Book I 1071 Book II 1076 Book III 1083 Book IV 1090 Book V 1096 The Legend of Good Women 1105 The Prologue 1106 I. The Legend of Cleopatra 1111 II. The Legend of Thisbe 1113 III. The Legend of Dido 1113 IV. The Legend of Hypsipyle and Medea 1115 V. The Legend of Lucrece 1116 VI. The Legend of Ariadne 1117 VII. The Legend of Philomela 1118 VIII. The Legend of Phyllis 1119 IX. The Legend of Hypermnestra 1120 The Short Poems 1122 An ABC 1122 The Complaint Unto Pity 1123 The Bill of Complaint 1124 A Complaint to His Lady 1124 The Complaint of Mars 1124 The Complain of Venus 1127 To Rosemounde 1128 Womanly Noblesse 1128 Adam Scriveyn 1129 The Former Age 1129 Fortune 1130 Truth 1130 Gentilesse 1131 Lak of Steadfastnesse 1131 Lenvoy de Chaucer a Scogan 1132 Lenvoy de Chaucer a Bukton 1133 The Complaint of Chaucer to His Purse 1134 Proverbs 1135 Poems Not Ascribed to Chaucer in the Manuscripts 1135 Against Women Unconstant 1135 Complaynt D'Amours 1136 Merciles Beaute 1136 A Balade of Complaint 1137 A Treatise on the Astrolabe 1138 Prologue 1141 Part I 1141 Part II 1143 The Romaunt of the Rose 1149 Fragment A 1150 Fragment B 1153 Fragment C 1158 Textual Notes 1163 The Canterbury Tales 1164 The Book of the Duchess 1182 The House of Fame 1185 Anelida and Arcite 1190 The Parliament of Fowls 1193 Boece 1197 Troilus and Criseyde 1207 The Legend of Good Women 1224 The Short Poems 1231 A Treatise on the Astrolabe 1239 The Romaunt of the Rose 1244 Glossary 1257 Index of Proper Names 1357