NOW NEWLY EDITED FROM THE MS. IN THE BRIDGEWATER LIBRARY,
WITH FRESH COLLECTIONS FOR THE LIVES OF WILLIAM THYNNE,
THE CHAUCER EDITOR, AND FRANCIS THYNNE, HIS SON,

AND A REPRINT OF THE ONLY KNOWN FRAGMENT OF

"The Pilgrim's Tale,"

BY

F. J. FURNIVALL, M.A.,

AND A PREFACE BY

G. H. KINGSLEY, M.D., F.L.S.

STANFORD LIBRARY

PUBLISHED FOR THE CHAUCER SOCIETY BY

KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO., 57 AND 59, LUDGATE HILL, LONDON, E.C.

[Arms of the Lord Chancellor Egerton blazond: and underneath them,]

Magna quidem laus est generoso sanguine nasci,
Maior honestatis facta decusque segni,

Maxima nosse deum, fontem metamque bonorum,
Vti sorte, piè viuere, rite mori.

159621

Second Series, 13.

R. CLAY & SONS, LIMITED, LONDON & BUNGAY.

MR FURNIVALL'S HINDWORDS (CONTENTS, p. xx) ...

1. WILLIAM THYNNE HIS LIFE, WORK, FOOD, WILL, ETC.

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vii

xvii

2. FRANCIS THYNNE: HIS LIFE AND LETTERS, WITH EXTRACTS

FROM HIS WRITINGS

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LIST OF FRANCIS THYNNE'S WORKS

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MR J. P. COLLIER'S ATTRIBUTION OF 4 SPURIOUS WORKS TO F.

THYNNE

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xlvii

cxviii

cxxvii

EXTRACTS FROM THESE: 1. THE DEBATE BETWEEN PRIDE AND

LOWLINESS, p. cxxviii; 2. A PLEASAUNT DIALOGUE BETWEENE

THE CAP AND THE HEAD, 1564, p. cxxix; 3. NEWES FROM

THE NORTH, 1579, p. cxxxi; 4. THE CASE IS ALTERED, 1604,

p. cxxxvii.

MR BRADSHAW'S DISPROOF OF THE EXISTENCE OF WM. THYNNE'S

1-COLUMND EDITION OF CHAUCER

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75

APPENDIXES:

1. THE PILGRIMS TALE

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77

2. THE LEGITIMATION OF JOHN OF GAUNT'S CHILDREN BY KA-

4. FR. THYNNE'S "DYSCOURSE VPPON YE CRESTE OF THE LORDE

6. THOMAS CHAUCER'S COMPLAINT ON PARTING FROM HIS WIFE,

WHEN HE WENT ON EMBASSY TO FRANCE

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122

7. EXTRACT FROM DOUCE FRAGMENT OF THE COURTE OF VENUS 127