The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, modernis'd [Vol. I] [ESTC T75505] [ECCO]
- DMI number:
- 708
- Publication Date:
- 1742
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 2
- ESTC number:
- T75505
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW111068225
- Shelfmark:
- BOD Vet A4 f. 1701
- Full Title:
- THE | CANTERBURY TALES | OF | CHAUCER, | Modernis'd by | [2 columns] [column 1] Mr. BETTERTON, | Mr. BOYLE, | Mr. BROOKE, | Mr. COBB, | Mr. DRYDEN, [/column 1] | [column 2] Mr. GROSVENOR, | Mr. MARKLAND, | Mr. POPE, | Mr. OGLE, [/column 2] | Publish'd by Mr OGLE. | To which is Prefixed, | The LIFE of CHAUCER, | Written by Mr. URRY | [rule] | In TWO VOLUMES. | [rule] | VOL. I. | [rule] | [i]DUBLIN:[/i] | Printed by and for GEORGE FAULKNER. | [rule] | M,D,CC,XLII.
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin
- Genres:
- Miscellany dominated by poet, Collection including prose, and Collection of translations/imitations
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Pagination:
- [2], i-lvi, 1-170, 1-131, [1]
- Bibliographic details:
- 29 mispaginated as 26, 114 as 113.
- Comments:
- Some attributions taken from contents page
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Contents Page [2pp.]; Life of Chaucer pp. i-lvi; Back matter: List of publications by George Faulkner [1p.]
- References:
- Case 432 (1) (b)
- Title:
- The Canterbury tales of Chaucer, modernis'd by several hands [Vol I] [ESTC T75503]
- Publication Date:
- 1741
- ESTC No:
- T75503
- Volume:
- 1 of 3
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, modernis'd [Vol. II] [ESTC T75505]
- Publication Date:
- 1742
- ESTC No:
- T75505
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Editor:
- George Ogle
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Printer:
- George Faulkner
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- George Faulkner
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- When April softening sheds refreshing showers
- Page No:
- pp.1-2
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to the Tales.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Ogle
- Attributed To:
- George Ogle
- First Line:
- A knight there was whose early youth had shown
- Page No:
- pp.3-4
- Poem Title:
- The Knight
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- With him his son a sprightly squire and gay
- Page No:
- pp.4-5
- Poem Title:
- The Squire
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- This squire a yeoman had and only him
- Page No:
- p.5
- Poem Title:
- The Squire's Yeoman.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- There was with these a nun a prioress
- Page No:
- pp.6-7
- Poem Title:
- The Prioress.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- Next these a merry monk appears in place
- Page No:
- pp.7-9
- Poem Title:
- The Monk.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- A fryar next to every female dear
- Page No:
- pp.9-10
- Poem Title:
- The Fryar.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- With these a merchant in a motley coat
- Page No:
- p.11
- Poem Title:
- The Merchant
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- A clerk of Oxford next appeared in sight
- Page No:
- pp.12-13
- Poem Title:
- The Clerk or Scholar of Oxford
- Attribution:
- My Mr. Ogle
- Attributed To:
- George Ogle
- First Line:
- A sergeant of the law discreet precise
- Page No:
- p.14
- Poem Title:
- The Man of Law, &c.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- A franklin was the sergeant's chief delight
- Page No:
- p.15
- Poem Title:
- The Franklin, or Country-Gentleman.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- An haberdasher next a portly wight
- Page No:
- pp.16-17
- Poem Title:
- The Haberdasher; Weaver; Carpenter; Dyer; Tap'stry-Merchant
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Ogle
- Attributed To:
- George Ogle
- First Line:
- With them a travelling cook they jointly led
- Page No:
- p.18
- Poem Title:
- The Cook.
- Attribution:
- By the same hand [ie. Ogle]
- Attributed To:
- George Ogle
- First Line:
- Then came a Dartmouth seaman far from West
- Page No:
- p.19
- Poem Title:
- The Shipamn [sic] or Seaman, &c.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- The doctor next a foe to all excess
- Page No:
- pp.20-21
- Poem Title:
- The Doctor of Physick.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- A merry wife of Bath comes next in place
- Page No:
- pp.21-22
- Poem Title:
- The Wife of Bath.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- A parish priest was of the pilgrim train
- Page No:
- pp.23-27
- Poem Title:
- The Parson
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- A ploughman followed who had still at hand
- Page No:
- p.28
- Poem Title:
- The Plowman, &c.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- The miller hardy as his own millstones
- Page No:
- pp.28-26[i.e. 29]
- Poem Title:
- The Miller.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- A steward of the temple next must come
- Page No:
- pp.26[i.e. 29] -30
- Poem Title:
- The Manciple, or Temple-Treasurer.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- The Reve a little slender choleric thing
- Page No:
- pp.30-31
- Poem Title:
- The Reve, or Steward.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- This Sumner was not overstocked with grace
- Page No:
- pp.31-32
- Poem Title:
- The Sumner, or Apparitor.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- A Pardon-Monger last brought up the rear
- Page No:
- pp.33-34
- Poem Title:
- The Pardoner.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- What needs there more our pilgrims to describe
- Page No:
- pp.35-42
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to the Knight's Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Ogle
- Attributed To:
- George Ogle
- First Line:
- In days of old there lived of mighty fame
- Page No:
- pp.43-125
- Poem Title:
- Palamon and Arcite: or, The Knight's Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- A tale so nobly planned and sweetly told
- Page No:
- pp.126-130
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to the Miller's Tale
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Ogle
- Attributed To:
- George Ogle
- First Line:
- Whilom in Oxford an old chuff did dwell
- Page No:
- pp.131-156
- Poem Title:
- The Carpenter of Oxford: or, The Miller's Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Cobb
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Cobb
- First Line:
- The Miller ceased exulting at the close
- Page No:
- pp.157-159
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to the Reve's Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Ogle
- Attributed To:
- George Ogle
- First Line:
- At Trompington not far from Cambridge stood
- Page No:
- pp.160-170
- Poem Title:
- The Reve's Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- Close by the Reve the Cook of London rides
- Page No:
- pp.1-5
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to the Cook's Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Ogle
- Attributed To:
- George Ogle
- First Line:
- How constant valour triumphs over its foes
- Page No:
- pp.6-64
- Poem Title:
- Gamelyn: or The Cook's Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Boyse
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Boyse
- First Line:
- Our host who viewed the progress of the sun
- Page No:
- pp.65-69
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to the Man of Law's Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Ogle
- Attributed To:
- George Ogle
- First Line:
- Hence want ungrateful visitant adieu
- Page No:
- pp.70-131
- Poem Title:
- Constantia: or, The Man of Law's Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Brooke
- Attributed To:
- Henry Brooke
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