Westward | right swich, | ano|ther in | the op|posite.

(Knight's Tale, 1036.)

And said, | O deer|e housbond|e, be|nedi|citee!

(Wife of Bath's Tale, 231.)

Doth so | his ce|rimo|nies and | obei|saunces,
And ke|peth in | semblant | all his | obser|vaunces.

(Squire's Tale, 515, 516.)

[73] "Sir Guy," which cannot have an e, and "chivalrye," which must have one.


[CHAPTER II]
FROM CHAUCER TO SPENSER—DISORGANISATION AND RECONSTRUCTION