The Canterbury tales of Chaucer, modernis'd by several hands [Vol I] [ESTC T75503]

DMI number:

705

Publication Date:

1741

Volume Number:

1 of 3

ESTC number:

T75503

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW110635089

Shelfmark:

EFL XF200 v. 1

Full Title:

THE | [i]CANTERBURY[/i] | TALES | OF | [i]CHAUCER,[/i] | Modernis'd by several Hands. | [rule] | Publish'd by Mr. [i]OGLE[/i]. | [rule] | VOL. I. | [rule] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for J. and R. TONSON, in the [i]Strand[/i]. | [rule] | MDCCXLI.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Miscellany dominated by poet and Collection of translations/imitations

Format:

Octavo

Pagination:

[4], iii-lx, 1-250 pp.

Bibliographic details:

Plates: ECCO copy (based on ? copy?) has frontispiece, but this is not present in EFL copy.

Comments:

Plate facing title page Some attributions taken from contents page

Other matter:

Contents [2pp.], The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer pp. iii-lx

References:

Case 432 (1) (a)

Related Miscellanies

Title:

The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, modernis'd [Vol. I] [ESTC T75505] [ECCO]

Publication Date:

1742

ESTC No:

T75505

Volume:

1 of 2

Relationship:

Another Edition of

Comments:

Title:

The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, modernis'd by several hands [Vol II] [T75503]

Publication Date:

1741

ESTC No:

T75503

Volume:

2 of 3

Relationship:

Volume from the same edition

Comments:

Title:

The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, modernis'd by several hands [Vol III] [ESTC T75503]

Publication Date:

1741

ESTC No:

T75503

Volume:

3 of 3

Relationship:

Volume from the same edition

Comments:

Related People

Editor:

George Ogle

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Publisher:

Jacob Tonson

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Publisher:

Richard Tonson

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

When April softening sheds refreshing showers

Page No:

pp. 1-3

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. 4-5

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. 6-7

Poem Title:

The Squire

Attribution:

By Mr. Betterton

Attributed To:

Thomas Betterton

First Line:

This squire a yeoman had and only him

Page No:

pp. 7-8

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. 8-10

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. 10-12

Poem Title:

The Monk.

Attribution:

By Mr. Betterton

Attributed To:

Thomas Betterton

First Line:

A fryar next to every female dear

Page No:

pp. 13-15

Poem Title:

The Fryar.

Attribution:

By Mr. Betterton

Attributed To:

Thomas Betterton

First Line:

With these a merchant in a motley coat

Page No:

pp. 15-16

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. 16-18

Poem Title:

The Clerk or Scholar of Oxford.

Attribution:

By Mr. Ogle

Attributed To:

George Ogle

First Line:

A sergeant of the law discreet precise

Page No:

pp. 19-20

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:

pp. 20-21

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. 22-24

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:

pp. 24-25

Poem Title:

The Cook.

Attribution:

By the same Hand [i.e. Ogle]

Attributed To:

George Ogle

First Line:

Then came a Dartmouth seaman far from West

Page No:

pp. 26-27

Poem Title:

The Shipman or Seaman, &c.

Attribution:

By Mr. Betterton

Attributed To:

Thomas Betterton

First Line:

The doctor next a foe to all excess

Page No:

pp. 27-29

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. 29-31

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. 31-38

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. 39

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. 40-41

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. 41-42

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. 42-44

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.44-46

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. 46-48

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. 49-59

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. 60-183

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. 184-190

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. 191-228

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. 229-233

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. 234-250

Poem Title:

The Reve's Tale.

Attribution:

By Mr. Betterton

Attributed To:

Thomas Betterton