Arch Bodl. D. go.

THE

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL

DECAMERON.

Now pray I to hem alle that herkene this tretyse or rede, that yf ther be ony thing that liketh hem, that therof they thanke HIM of whom procedeth al wit and goodnes. And yf ther be ony thing that displese hem, I praye hem also that they arrette it to the defaute of myn unkonnyng and not to my will, that wold fayn have seyde better if I hadde knowing.'

CHAUCER.

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AND SOLD BY G. AND W. NICOL, PAYNE AND FOSS, EVANS, JOHN AND
ARTHUR ARCH, TRIPHOOK, AND J. MAJOR.

1817.