P. 458; note to l. 117. See also P. Pl. B. xiii. 277, 292.
P. 458; note to l. 53. For fuller details, see the Introduction.
P. 473; note to l. 155. Chaucer's Astrolabe was not written till 1391, after Usk's death.
P. 475; note to Ch. XI. l. 11. On the subject of Grace, see Bk. iii. ch. 8.
P. 478; note to l. 47. For taken from read compare.
INTRODUCTION
[§ 1]. The following pieces are selected, as being the most important, from among the very numerous ones which have been appended to Chaucer's works in various editions.
I use the word 'appended' advisedly. It is not true that these works were all attributed to Chaucer in the black-letter editions. The Praise of Peace was marked as Gower's in Thynne's first edition of 1532. Another piece in that edition is attributed to Scogan. The Letter of Cupid is expressly dated 1402, though Chaucer died in 1400. The Flower of Curtesye contains the words 'Chaucer is dede'; and The Testament of Cresseid contains a remark which, in modern English, would run thus—'Who knows if all that Chaucer wrote is true?'