[1781]. Gan he stalke, he moved stealthily; as in Clerk. Ta. E 525. It is remarkable that Shakespeare uses the same word in his Lucrece, l. 365:—'Into the chamber wickedly he stalks.' Prof. Corson notices its use by Gower; see Pauli's edition, vol. i. pp. 72, 187; ii. 256, 346, 347, 353, 360.
[1798]. 'Parua sub infesto quum iacet agna lupo'; l. 800.
[1800-3]. Cf. Fast. ii. 801, 2:—
'Quid faciat? Pugnet? uincetur femina pugna;
Clamet? at in dextra, qui uetet, ensis erat.'
[1812-26]. These lines are original, and breathe the spirit of chivalry.
[1827-36]. Eight lines in Ovid; 815, 816; 813, 814; 817-20.
[1838-46]. This passage is original.
[1847-53]. Compare Ovid, 829, 830. But Chaucer here follows Livy, who has: 'Dant ordine omnes fidem; consolantur aegram animi, auertendo noxam ab coacta in auctorem delicti; mentem peccare, non corpus; et unde consilium afuerit, culpam abesse.' Cf. Gower, C. A. iii. 261.
[1856-60]. Two lines in Ovid; 833, 834:—