No. 68

THE CANTERBURY TALES

LIBRARY

OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER:

A NEW TEXT

WITH ILLUSTRATIVE

NOTES

EDITED BY

THOMAS WRIGHT, ESQ. M.A. F.S.A. ETC.

Corresponding Member of the Institute of France (Academie

des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres)

COUNCIL

OF

The Percy Society.

President,

THE RIGHT HON. LORD BRAYBROOKE, F.S.A,

THOMAS AMYOT, Esq. F.R.S., TREAS. S.A.

WILLIAM HENRY BLACK, Esq.

J. PAYNE COLLIER, Esq. F.S.A.

BOLTON CORNEY, Esq.

T. CROFTON CROKER, Esq. F.S.A., M.R I.A.

J. H. DIXON, Esq.

FREDERICK WILLIAM FAIRHOLT, Esq. F.S.A.

JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL, Esq. F.R.S., F.S.A.

WILLIAM JERDAN, Esq. M.R.S.L.

CAPTAIN JOHNS, R.M.

J. S. MOORE, Esq.

T. J. PETTIGREW, Esq. F.R.S., F.S.A.

JAMES PRIOR, Esq. F.S.A.

WILLIAM SANDYS, Esq. F.S.A.

THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq. M.A, F.S.A., Secretary & Treasurer.