[20] Fitzstephen, in Stow, p. 119.
[21] See “The Hanseatic Steelyard,” in Pauli’s “Pictures,” chap. vi.
[22] “Œuvres,” ed. Buchon, vol. iii., pp. 479 ff.; cf. Lydgate’s account of his own schooldays, in “Babees Book,” E.E.T.S., p. xliii.
[23] Prof. Hales, in “Dict. Nat. Biog.”
[24] See the Queen’s vow before the outbreak of the Hundred Years’ War, in Wright’s “Political Poems,” R.S., p. 23.
| “Alors dit la reine: ‘Je sais bien que piecha | [il y a longtemps |
| Que suis grosse d’enfant, que mon corps sentit la, | |
| Encore n’a t-il guère qu’en mon corps se tourna; | |
| Et je voue et promets à Dieu qui me créa.... | |
| Que jamais fruit de moi de mon corps n’istera, | [sortira |
| Si m’en aurez menée au pays par delà.’” |
[25] “P. Plowman,” B., x., 157, and xi., 402.
[26] “Chronicles of London,” ed. Kingsford, p. 13.
[27] These sums should be multiplied by about fifteen to bring them into terms of modern currency.
[28] The poet’s grandmother was married at least thrice. Did he find hints for the “Wife of Bath” in his own family?