Calendar: 1880-1881 Page 663

INGLIS SCHOLARSHIPS 663 The various forces of the final in Chaucer's English with instances Translate exactly and explain anything in the grammar or in the way of allusion that needs explaining Of viage is ther non eleccioun Namely to folk of hey condicioun Not whan rote is of birthe yknowe And seyde him that she wold renye hir lay And Cristendom of preestes hands fonge maner latyn corrupt was hir speeche But algates therby was she understoude So mot theen thou art propre man And lyk prelat by Seint Ronyan And in Latin speke wordes fewe To saffron with my predicacioun rekke neuer whan that they ben beryed Though that her soules goon blakeberyed Thise cokes how they stampe and streyne and grynde And turnen substance into accident To fulfille al thy likerous talent For certes suppose that Auicen Wroot neuer in no canon ne in no fen Mo wonder signes of empoisoning Than hadde thise wrecches two er her ending She ful devout and humble in hir courage Vnder hir robe of gold that sat ful fayre Had next hir flesshe yclad hir in an heyre Ο nice creature Thou seydest no word sin thou spak to me That na knew therewith thy nycetee Derive and explain these words and phrases triacle-to ber on hond-sterlinges-pothecarie-grisly-many oon sirs-ale-stake-some kin affray-gestes-herbergeours-pur- chase-eggement-appose