The following occasional triple roundel and balades _may_ have been composed between 1380 and 1396:--
Merciless Beautè; M. P. XI--8. Balade to Rosamounde; M. P. XII.--1 b. Against Women Unconstaunt; M. P. XXI--2 b. (_a_) Compleint to his Purse; M. P. XIX.--2 b. Lak of Stedfastnesse; M. P. XV.--2 b. Gentilesse; M. P. XIV.--2 b. Truth; M. P. XIII.--2 b. Proverbes of Chaucer; M. P. XX.--C.
P. 95: l. 47. Insert a comma after 'oughte'
P. 98: l. 114. Omit the comma at the end of the line.
P. 123: l. 705. It would be better to read 'Withoute.' The scansion then is:
P. 126: l. 793. Delete the comma at the end of the line.
P. 127: l. 806. Delete the comma at the end of the line.
P. 136: ll. 1015-6. Improve the punctuation thus:--
As whyt as lilie or rose in rys Hir face, gentil and tretys.
P. 136: l. 1021. Delete the comma after 'yelowe'
P. 141: l. 1154. Delete the comma after 'seide'
P. 168: l. 1962. _For_ Bu -if _read_ But-if
P. 201: l. 4035. For the comma substitute a semicolon.
P. 249: l. 7087. _For_ echerye _read_ trecherye
P. 255: l. 7437. Supply a comma at the end of the line.
P. 258: l. 7665. Insert a comma after 'helle'
P. 269: l. 145. The stop at the end should be a comma.
P. 301: l. 716. The comma should perhaps be a semicolon or a full stop.
P. 313: l. 1069. For 'Antilegius,' a better form would be 'Antilogus,' a French form of Antilochus.
P. 326: l. 74. Perhaps 'let' should be 'lete'
P. 362: l. 76. The final stop should be a comma.
P. 374: ll. 243, 248. _For_ desteny _and_ ful _better forms are_ destinee _and_ fulle
P. 377: l. 328. _For_ furlong wey _read_ furlong-wey
§ 1. In the Third Edition of my volume of Chaucer Selections, containing the Prioress's Tale, &c., published by the Clarendon Press in 1880, I included an essay to shew 'why the Romaunt of the Rose is not Chaucer's,' meaning thereby the particular English version of Le Roman de la Rose which happens to be preserved. I have since seen reason to modify this opinion as regards a comparatively short portion of it at the beginning (here printed in large type), but the arguments then put forward remain as valid as ever as regards the main part of it (here printed in smaller type, and in double columns). Some of these arguments had been previously put forward by me in a letter to the Academy, Aug. 10, 1878, p. 143. I ought to add that the chief of them are not original, but borrowed from Mr. Henry Bradshaw, whose profound knowledge of all matters relating to Chaucer has been acknowledged by all students.