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ASTROLABEWITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE SOURCES OF THE CANTERBURY TALES  \nTHE COMPLETE WORKS  \nGEOFFREY CHAUCER  \nEDITED,FROM NUMEROUS MANUSCRIPTS  \nBY THE  \nREV.WALTER W.SKEAT,LITT.D.,LL.D.,M.A.  \nLR1XGTON AND BoswoRTH PROFTsSOR OF ANGL0-SAXOMAMD FELLOw o7 CHR1s⁷'s cOL1.XGE,CAA1BRIDGE  \nTHE HOUSE OF FAME:THE LEGEND OF GOOD WOMENTHE TREATISE ON THE ASTROLABEWITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE SOURCES OF THE CANTERBURY TAIES  \n'He made the book that hight the Hous of Fame.'  \nLgend of Good Womn;417.'Who-so that wol his large volume sekeCleped the Seintes Legende of Cupyde.'  \nCanlerbury Tales;B 6o.'Hia Astrelabielonginge for his art'Can/erbury Tales;△3209  \nOXFORDAT THE CLARENDON PRESS  \n4f  \nOxford University Press,Amen House,London E.C.4  \nGLASGOw NEW YORK TORONTO MELBOURNE WELLINGTONBOMBAY CALCUTTA MADRAS KARACHI LAHORE DACCACAPE TOWN SALISBURY NAIROBI IBADAN ACCRAKUALA LUMPUR HONG KONG  \nFIRST EDITION 1894SECOND EDITION I900REPRINTED 1926,1951,I954,I963  \nPRINTED IN GREAT BRITAINAT THE UNIVERSITY PRESs,oXFORDBY VIVLAN RIDLERPRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY  \n821C96WV.3  \nCONTENTS  \nPAGt  \nINTRODUCTION TO THE HoUSE OF FAME.—5 r.Authorship.§2.Infu-ence of Dante.§3.Testimony of Lydgate.§4.Influence ofOvid §5.Date of the Poem.§6.Metre.57.Imitations.  \n58.Authorities.59.Some Emendations ·  ·  ·  ·vii  \nINTRODUCTION TO THE LEGEND OF GooD WoMEN.—51.Date of thePoem.  2.The Two Forms of the Prologue.53.Comparisonof these.§4.The Subject of the Legend.§5.The Daisy.  \n66.Agaton.§7.Chief Sources of the Legend.§8.ThePrologue;Legends of (I)Cleopatra;(2)Thisbe;(3)Dido;(4)Hypsipyle and Medea;(5)Lucretia;(6)Ariadne;(7)Philo-mela;(8)Phyllis;(9)Hypermnestra.59.Gower's ConfessioAmantis,5Io.Mere.§11.‘Clipped'Lines512.Descrip-tion of the MSS.§13.Description of the Printed Editions.514.Some Improvements in my Edition of 1889.15.Con-clusion    ·   ·   .   ·   ·   ·  ·   ·   ·   ·xvi  \nINTRODUCTION TO A TREATISE ON THE ASTROLABE.—§r.Descriptionof the MSS.2-16.MSS.A.,B.,C.,D.,E.,F.,G.,H.,I,K.,L.,  \nM.,N,O.,P.§17.MSS.Q,R.,S.,T.,U.,W.,X.§18.Thynne'sEdition.§19.The two Classes of MSS.§20.The last fiveSections(spurious).§21.Gap between Sections 4o and 4I.§22,Gap between Sections 43 and 44 §23.Conclusion 40.§24.Extant portion of the Treatise.§25.Sonrces.§26.VariousEditions.§27.Works os the Subject.§28.Description of theAstrolabe Planisphere.§29.Uses of the Astrolabe Planisphere.§30.Stars marked on the Rete.531.Astrological Notes§32.Description of the Plates .  ·  ·  ·  ·  .Ivi  \nILATES ILLUSTRATING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ASTROLABE .1xxxi  \nTHE Hous oF FAME:Book LTHE Hous oF FAME:BooK II.16TaE Hous oF FAME:Book III.  \n98117  \nCONTENTS.  \nPAGt  \nTHE LEGEND OF Goop WoMEN:THE PRoLOGUE . · · 65  \nI. I.THETHE  LEGENDLEGEND  OFOF  CLEOPATRACLEOPATRA . . . · . 106 . .  \nII. THE LEGEND OF THISBE . . . . . , 110  \nII. THE LEGEND OF DIDo · ,. ……………………117  \nIV. THE LEGEND OF HYPSIPYLE AND MEDEA · · .131  \n·140  \nVI. THE LEGEND OF ARIADNE . · ·. · ,I47  \nVII. THE LEGEND OF PHILOMELA · · · · ·I58  \nVIII. THE LEGEND OF PHYLLIS. ………………………………………164  \nIX. THE LEGEND) Or HyPERMNESTRA· · · · . 169  \nA TREATISE ON THE ASTROLABE · ………………………………………………175  \nCRITICAL NoTES TO A TREATISE ON THE ASTRO1.AEE . . .233  \nNoTES TO THE HuUSE OP FAME ·· ………………………………………243  \nNoTES TO THE LEGEND OF GooD WoMEN …………………………………………288  \nNoTES TOA TREATISE ON THE ASTROLABE · ·· · · 352  \nINTRODUCTION  \nTO  \nTHE HOUSE OF FAME  \n§I.IT is needless to say that this Poem is genuine,as Chaucerhimself claims it twice over;once in his Prologue to the Legendof Good Women,1.417,and again by the insertion in the poemitself of the name Geffrey(1.729)¹.  \n§2.INFLUENCE OF DANTE.The infiuence of Dante is herevery marked,and has been thoroughly discussed by Rambeauin Englische Studien,iii.209,in an article far too important tobe neglected.I can only say here that the author points outboth general and particular likenesses between the","cbCairpYn2wXhAhA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairpYn2wXhAhA","pdf",39661862,592,"English","# Contents\n## Introduction to the House of Fame\n## Introduction to the Legend of Good Women\n## Introduction to a Treatise on the Astrolabe\n## Plates Illustrating the Description of the Astrolabe\n## The House of Fame (Books I-III)\n## The Legend of Good Women (Prologue and Legends)\n## A Treatise on the Astrolabe\n## Critical Notes and Notes","[{\"question\":\"What works are included in this volume?\",\"answer\":\"It presents The House of Fame, The Legend of Good Women, and A Treatise on the Astrolabe, along with related introductions, plates, and critical notes.\"},{\"question\":\"Who edited the edition?\",\"answer\":\"The edition is edited by Rev. 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