DIMEV 3251
Lordings quod he in churches when I preach
Geoffrey Chaucer, the Pardoner’s Prologue of the Canterbury
Tales — 136 lines in couplets.
Author(s): Geoffrey Chaucer
Title(s): Pardoner’s Prologue;
Canterbury Tales
Subjects: pilgrims/pilgrimage; preaching; Cupiditas
Versification: —
couplets —
aa
Manuscript Witnesses:
1.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Arch. Selden B. 14 (SC 3360), ff. 240
v-242
v
First Lines:LOrdynges quod he in chirche whan I preche
I peyne me to haue an
hauten speche…
Last Lines:…which I am wonte to preche for to wynne
now holdith youre pees
my tale I wol bigynne
Attributed Title: …And next / folwyng bigynneth his tale Radix malorum est
cupiditas (f. 240v); the Pardoner (RT)
2.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Barlow 20 (SC 6420), ff. 185-186
v
First Lines:Lordynges quod he in chirche when I preche
I pyne me to haue a
hauteyn speche…
Last Lines:…Wiche Iames went to preche for to wynne
Now holdeth ȝoure
pees my tale I wil begynne
Attributed Title: …and here bygynnyth / The Tale (f. 185)
3.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodley 414 (SC 27880), f. 132
v-134
First Lines:[L]Ordinges coth he in church when I preche
I peyne me to haue an
haute speche…
Last Lines:…Which I am wont to preche forto wynne
Now holdith your peas my
tale I wil begyn
Attributed Title: The Prolog of the Pardoner (f. 132v)
4.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodley 686 (SC 2527), ff. 153-154
v
First Lines:Lordinges quod he in chirche whenne y preche
I peyne me to han an
hauten speche…
Last Lines:…Which y am wonte to preche for to wynne
Now holde youre pees
my tale y wol bygynne
Attributed Title: Here begynneth the Prologe of þe pardoners tale / Radix omnium
malorum est cupiditas ad Timotheum 6o (f. 152v,
foot); Perdonere (RT); Here endeth the Prologe of the Perdoners / tale…
(f. 154v)
5.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Hatton Donati 1 (SC 4138), ff. 157-158
v
First Lines:Lordinges quod he in chirches whan I preche
I payn me to haue a
hawteine speche…
Last Lines:…Which I am wont to preche for to wyn
Now hold your pees my
tale I wil begyn
Attributed Title: Here beginneth þe Prolog of the Pardoner Radix omnium / malorum est
cupiditas Ad Timotheum vto (f. 157); The Pardonere (RT); Here
endeth the Prolog of the Pardoner… (f. 158v)
6.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Laud misc. 600 (SC 1476), ff. 208-209
v
First Lines:…Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas
ffirst I pronunce
whens þat I come…
Last Lines:…Which I am wonte to preche for to wynne
Now holdeþ your
pees my tale I wol begynne
Note: VI.287-328 (link), 329-33 lost.
Attributed Title: þe pardoner (RT)
7.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Laud misc. 739 (SC 1234), ff. 217
v-219
v
First Lines:[L]Ordynges quod he in chirch whan I preche
I peyne me to haue an
hawten speche…
Last Lines:…Which Iames went to preche for to wynne
Now holdeth ȝoure
pees my tale I wil begynne
8.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Rawlinson poet. 149 (SC 14641), ff. 94
v-95
v
First Lines:Lordynges quod he in a chirche when I preche
I peyne me to have an
hauten speche…
Last Lines:…Where Iames went to preche soules forto wyn
Now holde youre
pees my tale I wil begyn
Note: VI.420 omitted.
Attributed Title: here begynneth the pardoners tale (f. 94v); fab (f.
94v, margin); the pardoner (RT)
9.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Rawlinson poet. 223 (SC 14714), ff. 165
v-167
v
First Lines:Lordinges quod he in chirche whan I preche
I peyne me to han an
haute speche…
Last Lines:…Which I am wont to preche for to wynne
Now holde your pees my
tale I will begynne
Attributed Title: …And here beginneth the Prolog of the Pardoner (f. 165v);
Pardoner (RT); Here endith the Prolog of the Pardoner… (f.
167v)
10.Source: Oxford, Christ Church 152, f. 120-121
v
First Lines:LOrdynges quod he in chirche whan I preche
I peyne me to haue an
hauteyn speche…
Last Lines:…Whiche I am wonte to preche for to wynne
Now hoold youre pees
my tale I wolle begynne
Note: VI.333-4, 346 omitted; spurious lines follow 345.
Attributed Title: Here bygynneth the Pardoners tale (f. 120)
11.Source: Oxford, Corpus Christi College 198, ff. 195-197
First Lines:Lordynges quod he in chirches whan I preche
I peyne me to haue an
hauteyn speche…
Last Lines:…Which I am wont to preche for to wynne
Now holde ȝoure
pees my tale I wolle begynne
Note: VI.334-5 partially lost due to tear; 361 omitted; spurious line follows
362.
Attributed Title: [tear]bygynneþ þe Pardoneres tale folwynge (f. 195);
Cmxvjm (f. 195, margin); Pardoneres (RT,
rubric)
12.Source: Oxford, New College 314, ff. 188-190
First Lines:LOrdyngis quod he in chirchis when I preche
I peyne me to haue an
haunten speche…
Last Lines:…Which I am wont forto preche & forto wyn
Now holde your
pees my tale I wol begynne
Note: VI.361, 425-33 omitted; spurious line follows 362.
Attributed Title: …& begynnyth þe pardoners / tale (f. 188); Pardoner (f. 188,
margin); Pardoner (RT)
13.Source: Oxford, Trinity College 49, ff. 174-176
First Lines:Lordingis quoth he in chirchis when I preche
I peyne to haue an
hauten speche…
Last Lines:…wiche Iames wente to preche for to wynne
now holdith youre
pees my tale I wille begynne
Note: VI.404 omitted.
Attributed Title: Prologus Pardoner (f. 174); Pardoner (RT)
14.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Dd.4.24, ff. 142
v-143
v
First Lines:Lordynges quod he in chirches whan I preche
I peyne me to haue an
hauteyn speche…
Last Lines:…Which I am wont to preche for to wynne
Now holde ȝoure
pees my tale I wol bigynne
Note: VI.333-4, 346 omitted; spurious lines follow 345.
Attributed Title: Radix omnium malorum est Cupiditas Ad Thymotheum 6o (f.
142); The Perdoners owyn Prologe (f. 142v, above the written
space)
Editions: Furnivall, Frederick James,
ed.
The Cambridge MS. Dd.4.24 of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales,
Completed by the Egerton MS. 2726 (The Haistwell MS).
The Chaucer Society
1st Series, no. 95 (Part 1, issue for 1901) and 96 (Part 2, issue for
1902).
15.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Gg.4.27 (Part 1a), ff. 304-304
v
First Lines:…And I assolie hym be the autorite
Which that by bulle is
grauntid on to me…
Last Lines:…Whiche I am wonet to preche for to wynne
Now holde ȝoure
pes myn tale I wele begyne
Note: VI.329-86 lost.
Facsimiles: Parkes, Malcolm B., and Richard Beadle.
“Introduction.”
Poetical Works. Geoffrey Chaucer. A Facsimile of Cambridge University
Library MS Gg.4.27. 3 vols Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1979 (vol. 1); 1980 (vols. 2-3).
Editions: Furnivall, Frederick James.
The Cambridge MS (University Library, Gg.4.27) of Chaucer’s
Canterbury Tales.
Chaucer Society
Series 1, nos. 4, 10, 17, 28, 33, 40, 52, 66. London: Trübner,
1868-79.
16.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Ii.3.26, ff. 171
v-173
First Lines:LOrdynges quod he in chirche when I preche
I payne me to haue an
hautyf speche…
Last Lines:…Which I am wonte with preching forto wynne
Nowe holde your
pease my tale I wil begynne
Note: VI.401 omitted.
Attributed Title: …And here be gynneth the Pardoner his prologe (f. 171v);
Pardoner (RT); Here endeth the pardoners prologe… (f. 173)
17.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Mm.2.5, ff. 190-191
v
First Lines:Lordynges quod he in chirche when I preche
I peyne me to haue an
hauten speche…
Last Lines:…Whiche Iames wente to preche for to wynne
Nowe holdeth
ȝour pees my tale I woll begynne
Attributed Title: …And here begynneth þe tale (f. 190); þe pardoner
(RT)
18.Source: Cambridge UK, Fitzwilliam Museum McClean 181 [olim Ashburnham 127], ff. 200-202
First Lines:[L]Ordynges quoth he in church when y preche
y peyn me to haue a
havteyn speche…
Last Lines:…ffor though my self be a ful vycyous man
A morall tale yet
tell you y kan
Note: VI.366-72, 415-18, 423-4, 429-36, 445-6, 461-2 omitted.
Attributed Title: The Tale of þe pardoner (f. 200)
19.Source: Cambridge UK, Trinity College R.3.3 (582), ff. 77
vb-78
vb
First Lines:Lordinges in chirches whan I preche
I peine me to haue an haunten
speche…
Last Lines:…Wich that I am wont to preche forto winne
Now hold youre pees
my tale I will beginne
20.Source: Cambridge UK, Trinity College R.3.15 (595), ff. 177-179
First Lines:LOrdynges quod he in churches when I preche
I peyne me to haue an
hauten speche…
Last Lines:…Whiche I am wont to preche for to wyn
Nowe holde youre peace
my tale I begyn
Note: VI.361, 448 omitted; spurious line follows 362.
Attributed Title: …And begynneth the Pardeners Prologe (f. 177); Here endeth the
Pardeners Prologe… (f. 179)
21.Source: London, British Library Addit. 5140, ff. 207
v-210
First Lines:LOrdynges quod he in chirche wher y preche
I peyne me for to han an
hanhteyn speche…
Last Lines:…Whiche y am wont to preche for to wynne
Now holde your pes my
tale y wil begynne
Note: VI.333-4, 346 omitted; spurious lines follow 345; 363-4
reversed.
Attributed Title: …& Incipit fabula eiusdem (f. 207v); Pardoner
(RT)
22.Source: London, British Library Addit. 25718, ff. 53-55
First Lines:Lordinges quod he in chirche when I preche
I peyne me to haue an
hawten speche…
Last Lines:…Whiche I am wonte to preche forto wynne
Now hold youre pees my
tale I wol bygynne
Note: VI.356 left blank; 440, 441 inserted in margin.
Attributed Title: Here begynneth the Pardoners tale (f. 53); Explicit Prohemium…
(f. 55)
23.Source: London, British Library Addit. 35286 [olim Ashburnham 125], ff. 148
v-150
v
First Lines:Lordynges quod he in chirche whan I preche
I peyne me to haue an
hauntin speche…
Last Lines:…Which I am wont to preche for to wynne
Now holde your pees my
tale I wole bygynne
Attributed Title: …here bigynneth the prologe of pardoners tale (f. 148v);
Radix malorum est cupiditas as Thimotheum 6o (f.
148v, margin); the pardoner (RT)
Editions: Horobin, Simon.
“A Transcription and Study of British Library MS Additional 35286 of
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.”
Diss. Univ. of Sheffield, 1997.
24.Source: London, British Library Egerton 2726 [olim Haistwell], ff. 163
v-165
First Lines:Lordynges koth he in chirches whan I preche
I peyn me to haue an
hauten speche…
Last Lines:…Which I am wont to preche for to wyn
Now hold your pes my tale
I woll begyn
Note: VI.333-4, 346 omitted; 336 inserted in margin; spurious lines follow
345.
Attributed Title: …& incipit fabula de Radix / Omnium malorum est Cupiditas
(f. 163)
Editions: Furnivall, Frederick James,
ed.
The Cambridge MS. Dd.4.24 of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales,
Completed by the Egerton MS. 2726 (The Haistwell MS).
The Chaucer Society
1st Series, no. 95 (Part 1, issue for 1901) and 96 (Part 2, issue for
1902).
25.Source: London, British Library Egerton 2864 [olim Ingilby, post Compton Hall], ff. 171
v-173
First Lines:[L]Ordynges quod he in chirches wher I preche
I peyne me for to han
an hauhteyn speche…
Last Lines:…Which I am wont to preche for to wynne
Now holde your pes my
tale I will begynne
Note: VI.333-4, 346 omitted; spurious lines follow 345.
Attributed Title: …Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas Ad Thimoth 6o
(f. 171v); The pardoner is tale (RT)
26.Source: London, British Library Harley 1758, ff. 151-152
v
First Lines:LOrdyngis quod he in chirche when I preche
I peyne me to haue a
hautyn speche…
Last Lines:…Whiche Iames wente to preche for to wynne
Now holdeth your
pees my tale I woll begynne
Attributed Title: …and begynneth the tale (f. 151); The Pardoner (RT)
27.Source: London, British Library Harley 7333, ff. 94
va-95
rb
First Lines:LOrdinges quod he in churchis when I prech
I peyne me to have an
haunten spech…
Last Lines:…which I am wont to preche for to wynne
Now holde your pese my
tale I wol begynne
Note: VI.361 omitted; spurious line follows 362.
Attributed Title: Here begynnithe þe Pardoners tale (f. 94ra)
28.Source: London, British Library Harley 7334, ff. 185
v-187
v
First Lines:Lordyngs quod he in chirche whan I preche
I peyne me to haue an
hauteyn speche…
Last Lines:…Which I am wont to preche for to wynne
Now hold ȝour pees
my tale I wol byginne
Attributed Title: Narrat (f. 185v); Pardoneres Prohem (RT)
Editions: Furnivall, Frederick James,
ed.
The Harleian MS 7334 of Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury
Tales’.
Chaucer Society
73. London: Trübner, 1885.
29.Source: London, British Library Harley 7335, ff. 158
v-160
v
First Lines:[L]Ordynges quod he in chirchis whan I preche
I peyne me to haue an
hauteyn speche…
Last Lines:…Which I am wont to preche for to wynne
Now hald your pees my
tale y wol begynne
Attributed Title: Here is the predicacioun / of the pardoner (f. 158v,
margin)
30.Source: London, British Library Lansdowne 851, ff. 173
v-174
v
First Lines:LOrdynges quod he in cherches whan I preche
I peyne me to haue an
haunteine speche…
Last Lines:…Whiche I am wont to preche for to wynne
Now holde ȝoure
pes my tale I wil beginne
Note: VI.361, 409-27 omitted; spurious line follows 362.
Attributed Title: …Incipit fabula questoris (f. 173v); þe
Pardonere (RT)
Editions: Furnivall, Frederick James,
ed.
The Lansdowne Manuscript of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
Chaucer Society
Series 1, nos. 7, 13, 20, 36, 43, 55, 69. London: Trübner,
1868-79.
31.Source: London, British Library Royal 17 D.XV, ff. 218-220
First Lines:LOrdynges quod he in chirche whan I preche
I peyne me to have an
haunteyn speche…
Last Lines:…Whiche Iames to preche for to wynne
Now holdith yowre peas my
tale I wil begynne
Note: Spurious lines follow 346.
Attributed Title: …and begynnyth the / tale of þe Pardoner (f. 218,
margin)
32.Source: London, British Library Royal 18 C.II, ff. 178-179
v
First Lines:LOrdynges quod he in chirche when I preche
I peyne me to haue a
hautyn speche…
Last Lines:…Which Iames wente to preche for to wynne
Now holdeth
ȝoure pees my tale I wil bygynne
Attributed Title: …And begynneth the tale (f. 174); quod he in chir[trimmed] (f. 174,
margin); The pardoner (RT)
33.Source: London, British Library Sloane 1685, ff. 183-184
v
First Lines:[tear]dynges quod he in Chirche whan I preche
[tear] peyne me to
haue an hautyn speche…
Last Lines:…Whiche Iames wente to preche forto wynne
Now holdethe your
pees my tale I will begynne
Attributed Title: …and begynneth þe tale (f. 183); The Pardoner (RT)
34.Source: London, British Library Sloane 1686, ff. 221
v-224
First Lines:LOrdynges quod he in chirches when I preche
I peyne me to have an
hawnteyn speche…
Last Lines:…Whiche I am wonte to preche for to wynne
Now holde youre pees
my tale I will begynne
Note: VI.361 omitted; spurious line follows 362.
Attributed Title: …And her begynneth another Prolog for þe same pardoner (f.
221v); [A] nother Prolog of the Pardoner (RT);
35.Source: Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales Peniarth 392 D [‘Hengwrt’], ff. 195
v-197
First Lines:LOrdynges quod he in chirches whan I preche
I peyne me to han an
hauteyn speche…
Last Lines:…Which I am wont to preche for to wynne
Now holde youre pees my
tale I wol bigynne
Attributed Title: Radix omnium malorum est Cupiditas Ad / Thimotheum 6o /
Here bigynneth the prologe of the Pardoners tale (f.
195v); The Pardoner (RT)
Facsimiles:
Ruggiers, Paul G.,
ed.
The Canterbury Tales. Geoffrey Chaucer. A Facsimile of the Hengwrt
Manuscript, with Variants from the Ellesmere Manuscript.
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma, and Folkestone: Wm. Dawson,
1979.
Stubbs, Estelle,
ed.
The Hengwrt Chaucer Digital Facsimile (CD-ROM).
Leicester, England: Scholarly Digital Editions, 2000.
Editions:
Furnivall, Frederick James,
ed.
The Hengwrt Manuscript of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
Chaucer Society
Series 1, nos. 3, 9, 27, 39, 51, 71. London: Trübner,
1868-79.
Blake, Norman F.,
ed.
The Canterbury Tales. Edited from the Hengwrt Manuscript.
York Medieval Texts, second series.
London: Edward Arnold, 1980.
Stubbs, Estelle,
ed.
The Hengwrt Chaucer Digital Facsimile (CD-ROM).
Leicester, England: Scholarly Digital Editions, 2000.
36.Source: Alnwick Castle, Duke of Northumberland MS 455, ff. 161-163
First Lines:Lordingis quod he in Chirchis when I prech
I peyn me to have an
haunten speche…
Last Lines:…Wich I a wont with preching to wynne
Nowe hold yeur pese my
tale I woll begynne
Note: VI.333-4, 445-6, 449-50 omitted; 447-8 reversed; spurious lines follow
345.
Attributed Title: Here begynnyth the Pardonere his prologg (f. 161); Here endith the Pardoner
his prolog… (f. 163)
37.Source: Glasgow, Glasgow University Library Hunterian 197 (U.1.1), ff. 59
va-60
rb
First Lines:LOrdyngges quod he in Chirche whan I preche
I peyne me to haue an
haughton speche…
Last Lines:…Whiche þat I am wonte to preche for to wynne
Now holde
your pes my tale y wole begynne
Attributed Title: …And here begynneth the Pardyners Tale Prologus (f. 59va);
The Pardener (RT)
38.Source: Lichfield, Lichfield Cathedral Library 29, ff. 188-190
First Lines:LOrdinges quod he in chirche whan I preche
I peyne me to haue an
hauteyn speche…
Last Lines:…Which Iames wente to preche for to wynne
Now holdeth youre
pees my tale I wol bigynne
Attributed Title: …here begynneth the tale (f. 188); The Pardoner (RT)
39.Source: Lincoln, Lincoln Cathedral Library 110, ff. 173
v-175
v
First Lines:LOrdyngis quod he in chirche whan I preche
I peyne me to
haue an haut speche…
Last Lines:…Whiche iames wente to preche for to wynne
Now holdith
ȝoure pes my tale y wol bygyne
Note: VI.356 left blank and supplied later.
Attributed Title: Now byginnyth þe pardoners tale (f. 173v); The Perdoner
(RT)
40.Source: London, Royal College of Physicians 388 (13), ff. 233-235
v
First Lines:LOrdynges quod he in chirches whan I preche
I peyne me to have an
haunteyn speche…
Last Lines:…Whiche I am wont to preche for to wynne
Now holde yowre
purpose my tale wil I begynne
Note: VI.451-2 reversed.
Attributed Title: Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas Ad Thymotheum 6o (f.
233); Explicit Prologus… (f. 235v)
41.Source: Manchester, John Rylands Library Eng. 113 [olim Hodson 39], ff. 115-116
First Lines:lordynges quod he in Chirches whan I preche
In peyne me to haue an
haunte in speche…
Last Lines:…which I am wont to preche for to wynne
Now holde your pees my
tale I woll begynne
Note: VI.333-4, 346 omitted; spurious lines follow 345.
Attributed Title: Radix omnium malorum est Cupiditas ad Thimon Vo (f. 115);
Pardonere (RT)
42.Source: Petworth House, Lord Leconfield MS 7, ff. 215
v-217
v
First Lines:Lordingges quod he in church whan I preche
I peyn me to haue an
hantyn speche…
Last Lines:…whiche Iames went to preche forto wynne
Now holdeþ
ȝoure pees my tale I wil bygynne
Attributed Title: …And here bygynneþ þe tale (f. 215v); The
pardonere (RT)
Editions:
Furnivall, Frederick James,
ed.
The Petworth MS of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
Chaucer Society
Series 1, nos. 6, 12, 19, 35, 42, 54, 68. London: Trübner,
1868-79.
Furnivall, Frederick James,
ed.
Autotype Specimens of the Chief Chaucer MSS, Part II.
Chaucer Society
Series 1, no. 56. London: Trübner, 1876.
47.Source: Princeton, Princeton University Library 100 [olim Helmingham Hall], ff. 147
v-148
v
First Lines:Lordingis quod he in chirchis when I prech
I peyn me to have an
hauten spech…
Last Lines:…wich I am wont with preching forto wyn
Nowe hold your pese my
tale I wol begyn
Note: VI.361-4, 391-4, 415-22, 427-40 omitted.
Attributed Title: Here begynnth the Pardoner his tale (f. 146v); Pardoner (RT);
Here endith the Pardonere his tale Prolog (f.
148v)
48.Source: San Marino, CA, Henry Huntington Library EL 26.C.9 [‘Ellesmere’], ff. 136
v-138
First Lines:LOrdynges quod he in chirches whan I preche
I peyne me to han an
hauteyn speche…
Last Lines:…Which I am wont to preche for to wynne
Now hoold your pees my
tale I wol bigynne
Attributed Title: Here folweth the Prologe of the Paardoners tale / Radix malorum est
Cupiditas ad Thimotheum 6o (f. 136v); Pardoner
(RT)
Facsimiles:
The Ellesmere Chaucer Reproduced in Facsimile.
2 vols. Preface by Alix Egerton. Manchester: Manchester University
Press, 1911.
Hanna, Ralph,
ed.
The Ellesmere Chaucer Reproduced in Facsimile.
2 vols. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1911. Preface by
Alix
Egerton
repr. as The Ellesmere Manuscript of Chaucer’s
Canterbury Tales: A Working Facsimile. Intro. Hanna; Cambridge: D. S.
Brewer, 1989.
Editions: Furnivall, Frederick James,
ed.
The Ellesmere Manuscript of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
Chaucer Society
Series 1, nos. 2, 8, 16, 26, 32, 38, 50, 70. London: Trübner,
1868-79.
49.Source: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale angl. 39, ff. 64
vb-65
ra
First Lines:lordyngis quod he in chirche whan I preche
I peyne me for to haue an
hauntand speche…
Last Lines:…which I am wont to preche for to wynne
now hold your pees my
tale I wil begynne
Note: VI.420 inserted interlinearly.
Attributed Title: Explicit prohemium… (f. 65ra)
Print Witnesses:
1.Source: STC 5082.
Chaucer, Geoffrey,
Canterbury Tales, [Westminster, William Caxton, 1476] , ff. 237
v-240
First Lines:[L]Ordingis quod he in chirchis when I preche
I peyne me to haue an
haunten speche…
Last Lines:…Whiche I am wont forto preche and also wynne
Now holde your
pees my tale I wol begynne
Note: VI.361, 448 omitted; spurious line follows 362.
Attributed Title: …And begynneth the Pardoners tale (f. 237v)
Facsimiles: Bordalejo, Barbara,
ed.
Caxton’s Canterbury Tales: The British Library Copies.
Leicester: Scholarly Digital Editions, 2003.
2.Source: STC 5083.
Chaucer, Geoffrey,
Canterbury Tales, [Westminster], W. Caxton, [1483] , sigs. ff.6
v-ff.8
v
First Lines:[L]Ordynges quod he in chirchis when I preche
I peyne me to haue an
haunten speche…
Last Lines:…Whiche I am wont for to preche and also wynne
Now holde your
pees my tale I wol begynne
Attributed Title: …And begynneth the pardoners prologue (sig. ff.6v); The
Prologue (RT); Here endyth the prologue / Of the Pardoner (sig.
ff.8v)
Facsimiles:
The Canterbury Tales (a facsimile of the Pepys copy of Caxton’s Second
Edition).
London: Cornmarket Reprints in association with Magdalene College,
Cambridge, 1972.
Bordalejo, Barbara,
ed.
Caxton’s Canterbury Tales: The British Library Copies.
Leicester: Scholarly Digital Editions, 2003.
3.Source: STC 5084.
Chaucer, Geoffrey,
Canterbury Tales, R. Pynson, [1492] , sigs. hh.5
v-hh.8
v
First Lines:[L]Ordyngis quod he in chirche whan I preche
I payne me to haue an
haunten speche…
Last Lines:…Whiche I am wont for to preche and also wynne
Now holde youre
peas my tale I wol begynne
Attributed Title: …And begynneth the pardoners prologue (sig. hh.5v); The
prologue of the Pardonere (RT); Here endith the pardoners prologue… (sig.
hh.8v)
4.Source: STC 5085.
Chaucer, Geoffrey,
Canterbury Tales, Westminster, W. de Worde, 1498 , sigs. p.5
rb-p.6
rb
First Lines:[L]Ordynges quod he in chirches whan I preche
I payn me to haue an
hauten speche…
Last Lines:…Whiche I am wont for to preche & also to wynne
Now holde
your pes my tale I woll begynne
Attributed Title: …The prologue of the pardonere (sig. p.5rb); The prologe
of the pardonere (RT); Here endith the prologe of the pardoner (sig.
p.6rb)