DIMEV 724
At Trumpington not far fro Cantebridge
Geoffrey Chaucer, the Reeve’s Tale of the Canterbury Tales
— 404 lines in couplets.
Author(s): Geoffrey Chaucer
Title(s): Reeve’s Tale; Canterbury Tales
Subjects: pilgrims/pilgrimage; millers; contest; fabliau
Versification: —
couplets —
aa
Manuscript Witnesses:
1.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Arch. Selden B. 14 (SC 3360), ff. 58
v-64
First Lines:AT Trumpynton nought fer fro Cambrigge
ther goth a broke & ouer
that a brigge…
Last Lines:…saue al this companye grete & smale
thus haue I quytte the
Miller in my tale
Attributed Title: …And next folwith / his tale of the Millere and his wiff how thei
were bigiled (f. 58); the Reve (RT); Here endith the Reve his tale… (f.
64)
2.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Barlow 20 (SC 6420), ff. 44-49
v
First Lines:At Trumpyngton nouȝt fer fro Canterbury
ther gooth a broke and
ouer þat a brige…
Last Lines:…Saue all þis companye grete and smale
Thus haue I quyte
þe Miller in my tale
Attributed Title: …and here begynneth þe tale (f. 44); The Reve (RT); here endith
þe Reves tale… (f. 49v)
3.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodley 414 (SC 27880), ff. 47-51
v
First Lines:[A]T Trumpington not ferre from Cambrigge
Ther goth a broke and ouer
that a brigge…
Last Lines:…Saue al this cumpany gret & smale
Thus haue I quitte the
Milners tale
Attributed Title: Here begynneth the Reves tale (f. 47)
4.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodley 686 (SC 2527), ff. 49-54
First Lines:At Trompyngton nat ferre fro cantebrigge
Ther goth a brok and over
þat a brygge…
Last Lines:…Save al þis company grete and smale
Thus have y quyt
þe Miller in my tale
Attributed Title: Here begynneth the Reues tale (f. 49); Reue (RT); Here endeth the Reues
tale… (f. 54)
5.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Hatton Donati 1 (SC 4138), ff. 45
v-50
v
First Lines:At Trumpingtoun not fer fro Canterbrigge
þere goth a broke and
ouer þat a brigge…
Last Lines:…Saue al þis compani grete and smale
Thus haue I quite
þe millers tale
Note: I.3698, 4313 omitted.
Attributed Title: …And next / beginneth þe Carpenters tale of þe Miller of
Trumpyngdoun (f. 45v); The Carpenters tale (RT); Here endeth þe
Carpenters tale of þe Miller of Trympingdoun… (f.
50v)
6.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Laud misc. 600 (SC 1476), ff. 59-61
First Lines:…This long night ther tides men no reste
But yett in force al
shal be for þe best…
Last Lines:…Saue all þis companye grete and smale
Thus haue I quyt
þe Meller in my tale
Note: I.3921-4174 lost.
Attributed Title: þe Reue (RT)
8.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Rawlinson poet. 141 (SC 14635), ff. 22-27
v
First Lines:At Trompynton not fer from Cam brigge
Ther goth a broke & ouer
that a brigge…
Last Lines:…Saue all the companye gret & smale
Thus haue I quyt the
myller his tale
Note: I.4161-287 lost; 4287-8 reversed.
Attributed Title: …Here bygynneth the Reues tale (f. 22); The reue (RT); Here endeth
the Reues tale… (f. 27v)
9.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Rawlinson poet. 149 (SC 14641), ff. 22-23
First Lines:…Nowe may I sey þat I am but an Ape
yet hath my felowe
sum what for his harme…
Last Lines:…Saue alle this Cumpany grete & smale
Thus haue I quitte
the Millers tale
Note: I.3921-4201 lost.
Attributed Title: the Reve (RT)
10.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Rawlinson poet. 223 (SC 14714), ff. 55-60
v
First Lines:At trompington nat fer fro cambrigge
Ther goth a brook and ouer that
a brigge…
Last Lines:…A gilour shal him self be giled be
And god that sitteth hy in
mageste…
Note: I.4323-4 lost.
Attributed Title: …And here beginneth his tale folwing (f. 55); The Reues tale
(RT)
11.Source: Oxford, Christ Church 152, ff. 52-57
First Lines:At Trompyngton nat fer fro Cantebrigge
Ther gooth a broke and ouer
that a brigge…
Last Lines:…Saue all this compaignye grete and smale
Thus haue I quyte the
Millere in my tale
Note: I.4269-70 reversed; 4029, 4082, 4184 inserted in margin.
Attributed Title: he be gynnyth the tale / Narrat (f. 52, margin)
12.Source: Oxford, Corpus Christi College 198, ff. 55-61
First Lines:At Trumpyngton nought fer fro Cantabregge
Ther goþ a brook and
ouer þat a bregge…
Last Lines:…Saue all þis companye grete and smale
Thus haue I quytte
þe meller in my tale
Note: Begins I.73; ends X.290.
Attributed Title: ffabula (margin, f. 55)
13.Source: Oxford, New College 314, ff. 45
v-51
v
First Lines:At trompynton not fer from Cambrig
Ther goth a brook & ouer
þat a brig…
Last Lines:…Saue al þis compane grete and smale
Thus haue I quyt
þe myllere his tale
Note: I.4204 omitted.
Attributed Title: …begynning his tale (f. 45v); Reve (RT); Here endith the
Revis tale… (f. 51v)
14.Source: Oxford, Trinity College 49, ff. 54
v-59
First Lines:At trumpynton nat fer fro Cambrugge
ther goth a broke and ouer that
a brigge…
Last Lines:…Saue all this cumpanye grete and smale
thus haue I quite the
Miller his tale
Note: I. 4191-4, 4269 omitted.
Attributed Title: the Reues Tale (f. 54v); The Reue (RT)
15.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Dd.4.24, ff. 48-52
v
First Lines:At Trompyngton nat fer fro Caumbrygge
There goth a broke and ouer
that a brygge…
Last Lines:…Saue al this companye grete and smale
Thus haue I quyt the
Millere in my tale
Attributed Title: Heere bigynneth the Reues Tale (f. 48); Thus endeth the Reues Tale…
(f. 52v); quod the Reve (f. 52v, right margin)
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).
16.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Gg.4.27 (Part 1a), ff. 186
v-192
First Lines:AT Trompynton not fer fram cantabregge
þere goth a brok &
ouer þat a bregge…
Last Lines:…Save all þese cumpanyis grate & smale
Thus haue I
quit þe Mellere in myn tale
Attributed Title: Here begynnyth the Reue his tale (f. 186)
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.
17.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Ii.3.26, ff. 46-51
First Lines:[A]t trompyngton nought ferre from Cambrygge
There gothe a broke and
ouer that a brygge…
Last Lines:…Saue all this companye grete and smale
And thus haue I quyt
the mylner his tale
Note: I.4090-1 reversed.
Attributed Title: Reve (RT); Here endeth the reves tale of the mylner… (f.
52)
18.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Mm.2.5, ff. 43-47
v
First Lines:…Atte Trumpyngton noȝt ferre from Cantirbrigge
Ther goth
a broke and ouer þat a brygge…
Last Lines:…Saue all þis company grete and smalle
Thus haf I quytte
þe Meller in my tale
Note: I.3698 inserted in margin.
Attributed Title: Hic incipit fabula (f. 43); The Reues tale (RT)
19.Source: Cambridge UK, Fitzwilliam Museum McClean 181 [olim Ashburnham 127], ff. 58-63
v
First Lines:[A]t Trumpyngton not ferre fro Caumbrige
Ther gothe a broke and ouer
þat a brygge…
Last Lines:…Save all this company grete & smale
Thus haue I quytte
þe myller his tale
Attributed Title: The Carpenters tale (f. 58); The C[trimmed] (RT); Here endeth þe
Carpenters Tale (f. 63v)
20.Source: Cambridge UK, Trinity College R.3.3 (582), ff. 23
ra-25
va
First Lines:At Trompington nat fer fro Cambrigge
Ther goth a brook and ouer that
a brigge…
Last Lines:…Saue all this company gret & small
Thus haue I aquitt the
Miller in my tale
Attributed Title: …with his tale folwing (f. 23ra)
21.Source: Cambridge UK, Trinity College R.3.15 (595), ff. 66-72
First Lines:AT trompyngton not fer from Cambrige
There goth a broke and ouer
that a brige…
Last Lines:…Saue alle this compeny grete and smale
Thus haue I quyt the
Miller his tale
Attributed Title: …And here begynneth his tale (f. 66); Here endeth the Reues
tale… (f. 72)
22.Source: London, British Library Addit. 5140, ff. 58
v-65
First Lines:AT trompyngton nat fer fro Cambrygge
Ther goth a broke and ovir that
a brygge…
Last Lines:…Save al this companye grete and smale
Thus haue y quyte the
myller in my tale
Attributed Title: Hic Incipit fabula prepositi (f. 68v); Reve (RT);
Explicit fabula prepositi… (f. 65)
23.Source: London, British Library Addit. 35286 [olim Ashburnham 125], ff. 38-43
First Lines:…Round was his face and camysed was his nose
And piled as an
ape was his sculle…
Last Lines:…Saue al this compaignye gret and smale
Thus haue I quyt the
miller in my tale
Note: I.3921-33 lost.
Attributed Title: The Reue (RT); Here endeth the Reues tale… (f. 43)
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. 49
v-54
v
First Lines:At Trumpyngton nat fer from Caumbrigge
There goth a broke and ouere
that a brigge…
Last Lines:…Save all this company grete and smale
Thus haue I quytte the
myller in my tale
Attributed Title: Thus endeth the Reves tale… (f. 54v)
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 2863 [olim Norton, post Compton Hall], ff. 34-36
v
First Lines:…A ful faire sight was it vpon hem two
On halidaies biforne
hire wolde he goo…
Last Lines:…Some esement haþ lawe schapen vs
ffor Iohn þere is a
lawe þat seith þus…
Note: I.3921-50, 4181-4324 lost; 4031-2 omitted.
Attributed Title: The Reue (RT)
26.Source: London, British Library Egerton 2864 [olim Ingilby, post Compton Hall], ff. 57
v-63
First Lines:[A]t trompyngton nat fer fro Cambregge
Ther goth a brook and ouer
that a brigge…
Last Lines:…Save all this companye grete and smale
Thus have I quyt the
millere in my tale
Attributed Title: Hic incipit fabula prepositi (f. 57v); The Reve is tale
(RT); Explicit fabula prepositi… (f. 63)
27.Source: London, British Library Harley 1758, ff. 41-45
v
First Lines:At Trompyngton nouȝt fer fro Cambrygge
Ther goth a broke &
ouer that a brigge…
Last Lines:…Saue all this companye grete & smale
Thus haue I quyt the
Miller in my tale
Note: A blank space of about about ten lines intervenes between the
explicit and the incipit for the Cook’s
Prologue.
Attributed Title: …& begynneth the Tale (f. 41); The Reues Tale (RT); here endith
the Reues tale (f. 45v)
28.Source: London, British Library Harley 7333, ff. 57
vb-59
va
First Lines:At Thorpyngton not fer from Caumb[ugge?]
Þer
gooþe a brooke & ouer þat a brugge…
Last Lines:…Save alle þis companye her gret & smale
Thus have I
qwite þe milner his tale
Note: I.4115 omitted; 3055, 4136 inserted in margin; 4159-60 reversed;
spurious line follows 4116.
Attributed Title: …and / nowe begynnythe here nexste þe Revis tale (f.
57vb)
29.Source: London, British Library Harley 7334, ff. 52
v-57
v
First Lines:AT Trompyngtoun nat fer fro Cantebrigge
Ther goth a brook and ouer
þat a brigge…
Last Lines:…Saue al þis compaignie gret & smale
Thus haue I quyt
þe Miller in his tale
Note: I.4209-10 reversed.
Attributed Title: …And here bygynneþ his tale (f. 52v); Reues tale
(RT); here endeþ þe / Reeues tale (f. 57v)
Editions: Furnivall, Frederick James,
ed.
The Harleian MS 7334 of Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury
Tales’.
Chaucer Society
73. London: Trübner, 1885.
30.Source: London, British Library Harley 7335, ff. 37-42
v
First Lines:[A]t Trompyngton nat fer from Cambrigge
Ther goth a brok and ouer
that a brigge…
Last Lines:…Saue al this Compaynye greet and smale
Thus haue I quyted the
Millere in my tale
Note: I.4051-2 reversed.
Attributed Title: ffabula Carpentarij (f. 37, margin)
31.Source: London, British Library Lansdowne 851, ff. 48
v-53
First Lines:At Trumpyngton nouht fer fro Cam brugge
There goþe a broke
& ouere þat a brugge…
Last Lines:…Saue al þis compainye grete & smale
Thus haue I quyte
þe Meller in my tale
Note: Verse ends on f. 230v.
Attributed Title: þe revese tale / begynneþ here (f. 48v); Þe Reve
(RT); Explicit fabula… (f. 53)
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.
32.Source: London, British Library Royal 17 D.XV, ff. 59-65
First Lines:Atte Trumpyngton notte fferre ffrome Cambryge
There gothe A brooke
and ouer that A brygge…
Last Lines:…Saue all þis Companye grete & smale
Thus haue I
qwytte the Myller in my tale
Attributed Title: …And begynnyth the tale of the Reve (f. 59); Here endith the tale of
the reve… (f. 65)
33.Source: London, British Library Royal 18 C.II, ff. 50
v-55
v
First Lines:AT Trumpyngton nouȝt fer fro Caumbrygge
Ther goth a broke and
ouer that a brygge…
Last Lines:…Saue alle this companye grete & smale
Thus haue I quyt
þe Mellere in my tale
Attributed Title: …And begynneth the tale (f. 50v); The Reve (RT)
34.Source: London, British Library Sloane 1685, ff. 44
v-50
First Lines:AT trympyngton not fer fro Cantebrigge
Ther goth a brook and ouer
that a brigge…
Last Lines:…Saue all þis companye grete & smale
Thus haue I quyt
þe Meller in my tale
Attributed Title: Heere bigynneth the Reues tale (f. 44v, in margin); The Reue
(RT)
35.Source: London, British Library Sloane 1686, ff. 62
v-69
v
First Lines:AT Trompington not fer from Cambrige
There goth A brook & ouere
þat a brigge…
Last Lines:…Save alle this company gret and smale
Thus have I quitte the
myller in my tale
Attributed Title: …And here begynneth his tale folwyng (f. 62v); [t]He Reues
tale (RT); Here endithe the tale of the Reve þat he tolde be þe
Meller… (f. 69v)
36.Source: Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales Peniarth 392 D [‘Hengwrt’], ff. 51-56
v
First Lines:AT Trompyngtoun nat fer fro Cantebrygge
Ther gooth a book and ouer
that a brygge…
Last Lines:…Saue al this compaignie grete and smale
Thus haue I quyt the
Miller in my tale
Attributed Title: Narrat (f. 51, margin); The Reve (RT); Here endeth the Reues tale
(f. 56v)
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.
37.Source: Alnwick Castle, Duke of Northumberland MS 455, ff. 50
v-54
v
First Lines:At Trompyngton nat ferr fro cambrigg
There goith a brook & ovir
þat a brigg…
Last Lines:…And feir & wele she crepith in to the clerk
And lay ful
still and wold hav cauȝt a sclepe…
Note: I.4228-324 lost; 4005, 4065-70 omitted; 3923-4 reversed.
Attributed Title: …And here begynnyth he his tale (f. 50v)
38.Source: Glasgow, Glasgow University Library Hunterian 197 (U.1.1), ff. 21
rb-23
va
First Lines:At Trumpyngton nat fer fro Canterbrigge
There goth a broke and ouere
þat a brigge…
Last Lines:…Save all this companye grete and smale
Thus haue I quytte the
myller in his tale
Attributed Title: Here begynneth the Reves Tale (f. 21rb); The Reve (RT)
39.Source: Holkham Hall, Earl of Leicester MS 667, ff. 19
va-22
rb
First Lines:Atte trumpington nat fer from cambrigge
Ther goth a broke and ouere
that a brigge…
Last Lines:…Save all this companye grete and smale
Thus haue I quyt the
miller in my tale
Note: I.4250 omitted; 4047-8, 4269-7 reversed; spurious line follows 4246. The
leaf containing the end of Reeve’s Tale and the beginning of the
Second Nun’s Prologue (comprising ff. 2+7 of Quire 4) is
inverted, with f. 22 consequently following f. 16.
40.Source: Lichfield, Lichfield Cathedral Library 29, ff. 51-56
First Lines:AT Trumpyngton nouȝt fer fro Caumbrigge
Ther goth a brook and
ouer þat a brigge…
Last Lines:…Saue al this company grete & smale
Thus haue I quitte the
Millere his tale
Attributed Title: …et Incipit fabula (f. 51); The Reue (RT); Explicit
fabula (f. 56)
41.Source: Lincoln, Lincoln Cathedral Library 110, ff. 47
v-52
v
First Lines:AT Trumpyngtoun not fer fro Cambrigge
Ther rennyþ abrook &
ouer þat is abrygge…
Last Lines:…Saue alle this compaignye gret and smale
Thus haue y quytte
the miller in my tale
Note: I.4077-8 reversed.
Attributed Title: The Revestale (RT); The Reve (RT)
42.Source: London, Royal College of Physicians 388 (13), ff. 69-76
First Lines:At Trumpyngton nat fer from Cambrigge
Ther goth a brooke and ouer
that a brigge…
Last Lines:…Save al this compaigne grete and smale
Thus have I quyt the
Miller in his tale
Attributed Title: …Incipit ffabula (f. 69); Here endith the Reeves tale…
(f. 76)
43.Source: Manchester, John Rylands Library Eng. 113 [olim Hodson 39], ff. 42-45
v
First Lines:Att Trumpyngton not fer fro Cambrigge
þer goth a brook and ouer
þat a brigge…
Last Lines:…Save all þis Company grete and smale
Thus haue I quytte
þe Miller his tale
Note: I.3981-6, 4173-4 omitted.
Attributed Title: Hic incipit fabula praepositi (f. 42); ffabula praepositi (f.
42, margin); Reve (RT); Explicit fabula praepositi (f.
45v)
44.Source: Petworth House, Lord Leconfield MS 7, ff. 55-60
v
First Lines:At Trumpington not fer fro Caunterbruge
Ther goþ a broke and
over þat a bruge…
Last Lines:…Saue al þe company grete & smale
Thus haue I quytte
þe Meller in my tale
Attributed Title: …And here begynneþ þe Reeues Tale (f. 55); The Reues Tale
(RT); Thus Endeth þe Reues Tale… (f. 60v)
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.
49.Source: Princeton, Princeton University Library 100 [olim Helmingham Hall], ff. 27
v-33
First Lines:At Trompyngdon nat fer fro Cambrigg
There goith a broke and ovir
that abrigg…
Last Lines:…Save al this company grete & smale
Thus haue I quyt
þe Miller in my tale
Note: I.3950, 4125 omitted.
Attributed Title: …And here begynnyth the tale of the Reve (f. 27v); Ryve
(RT); Reve (RT); Here endith the Ryve his tale (f. 33)
50.Source: San Marino, CA, Henry Huntington Library EL 26.C.9 [‘Ellesmere’], ff. 42-46
v
First Lines:At Trumpyngton nat fer fro Cantebrigge
Ther gooth a brook and ouer
that a brigge…
Last Lines:…Saue al this compaignye grete and smale
Thus haue I quyt the
Miller in my tale
Attributed Title: Heere bigynneth the Reues tale (f. 41); Reue (RT); Heere is ended the Reues
tale… (f. 46v)
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.
51.Source: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale angl. 39, ff. 22
rb-24
va
First Lines:At Trumpyngton not fer for Caumbrigge
þer gos a brook and ouyr
þat a brigge…
Last Lines:…saue al this company gret & smale
thus haue I quyt the
mylner in my tale
Note: I.4092-3 omitted (defectus in margin); 4005-6, 4040-39
reversed.
Attributed Title: & subsequenter incipit fabula eiusdem (f. 22rb);
Explicit fabula prepositi… (f. 24va)
Print Witnesses:
1.Source: STC 5082.
Chaucer, Geoffrey,
Canterbury Tales, [Westminster, William Caxton, 1476] , ff. 68
v-75
v
First Lines:[A]T trompynton not fer fro Cambrige
Ther goth a brook and ouer that
a brige…
Last Lines:…Saue al this companye grete and smale
Thus haue I quyt the
Myllere his tale
Attributed Title: …And here begynneth his tale (f. 68v); Here endith the
Reuys tale… (f. 75v)
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. h.7-i.4
First Lines:[A]T trompynton not fer from Cambryge
Ther goth a brook & ouer
that a bryge…
Last Lines:…Saue al thys companye grete and smale
Thus haue I quyt the
myller in my tale
Attributed Title: …And here begynneth hys tale (sig. h.6v, foot); The Reues
tale (RT); Here endyth the Reuys tale… (sig. i.4)
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. i.3
v-k.1
v
First Lines:[A]T trompyngton nat fer from cambrige
There goth a broke and ouir
that a bryge…
Last Lines:…Saue al this company grete and smale
Thus haue I quyte the
myller in my tale
Attributed Title: …And here begynneth his Tale (sig. i.4v); The Reues Tale
(RT); Here endyth the Reues tale… (sig. k.1v)
4.Source: STC 5085.
Chaucer, Geoffrey,
Canterbury Tales, Westminster, W. de Worde, 1498 , sigs. e.3
va-e.6
ra
First Lines:[A]T trompynton not fer fro cambryge
Ther goth a broke & ouer
that a bryge…
Last Lines:…Saue all this companye grete and smale
Thus haue I quyt the
myllar in my tale
Attributed Title: …And here begynneth his tale (sig. e.3v); The reues tale
(RT); Here endyth the reues tale (sig. e.6)