XXVIII. From Caxton's print of Chaucer's Anelida, &c.; see vol. i. p. 46. Also in ed. 1542, in later spelling.
7. Cx. euery. 9. I supply every. 12. Cx. heuynes. 14. Cx. wisedom.
XXIX. BALADE IN PRAISE OF CHAUCER.
Master Geffray Chauser, that now lyth in grave,
The nobyll rethoricien, and poet of Gret Bretayne,
That worthy was the lawrer of poetry have
For thys hys labour, and the palme attayne;
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