麒麟小说

THE KNIGHTS TALE（第77页）

thesayingoftheoldscholarboethius，inhistreatise"deconsolationephilosophiae"，whichchaucertranslated，andfromwhichhehasfreelyborrowedinhispoetry。thewordsare"quislegemdetamantibus?majorlexarestsibi。"（"whocangivelawtolovers?loveisalawuntohimself，andgreater"）

"perithous"and"theseus"must，forthemetre，bepronouncedaswordsoffourandthreesyllablesrespectively—thevowelsattheendnotbeingdiphthongated，butenunciatedseparately，asifthewordswereprintedpe-ri-tho-us，the-se-us。thesameruleappliesinsuchwordsas"creature"and"conscience，"whicharetrisyllables。

stound:ment，shortspaceoftime;fromanglo-saxon，"stund;"akintowhichisgerman，"stunde，"anhour。

meinie:servants，ormenials，fromananglo-saxonwordmeaningacrowd。paregerman，"menge，"multitude。

thepurefetters:theveryfetters。thegreeksused"katharos"，theromans"purus，"inthesamesense。

inthemedievalcourtsoflove，towhichal露sionisprobablymadefortylinesbefore，intheword"parlement，"or"parliament，"questionslikethathereproposedwereseriouslydiscussed。

gear:behaviour，fashion，dress;but，byanotherreading，thewordis"gyre，"andmeansfit，trance—fromthelatin，"gyro，"iturnround。

beforehisheadinhiscellfantastic:infrontofhisheadinhiscelloffantasy。"thedivisionofthebrainintocells，aordingtothedifferentsensitivefaculties，"saysmrwright，"isveryancient，andisfounddepictedinmediaevalmanuscripts。"inamanuscriptintheharleianlibrary，itisstated，"certumestinproracerebriessefantasiam，inmediorationemdiscretionis，inpuppimeriam"（itiscertainthatinthefrontofthebrainisimagination，inthemiddlereason，inthebackmery）—aclassificationnotmateriallydifferingfromthatofdernphrenologists。

dan:lord;latin，"dominus;"spanish，"don。"

the"caduceus。"

arguswasemployedbyjunotowatchiowithhis混♂dredeyesbuthewassenttosleepbythef露teofmercury，whothencutoffhishead。

next:nearest;german，"naechste"。

clary:hippocras，winemadewithspices。

warray:makewar;french"guerroyer"，tolest;hence，perhaps，"toworry。"

alldaymeetenmenatunsetsteven:everydaymenmeetatunexpectedtime。"tosetasteven，"istofixatime，makeanappointment

roundelay:songingroundagaintothewordswithwhichitopened。

nowinthecropandnowdowninthebreres:nowinthetree-top，nowdowninthebriars。"cropandroot，"topandbottom，isusedtoexpresstheperfectionortotalityofanything。

beknow:avow，acknowledge:german，"bekennen。"

shapenwasmydeatherstthanmyshert:mydeathwasdecreedbeforemyshirtwsshaped—thatis，beforeanyclothesweremadeforme，beforemybirth。

regne:queen;french，"reine;"venusismeant。thenreading，however，is"regne，"reignorpower。

launde:plain。paredernenglish，"lawn，"andfrench，"landes"—flat，baremarshytractsinthesouthoffrance。

mister:manner，kind;german"muster，"sample，del。

inlistes:inthelists，user，or，reprobably，thereweresixtyofthestepsorbenches。

yellowgoldes:thesunflower，turnsol，orgirasol，whichturnswithandseemstowatchthesun，asajealousloverhismistress。

citheron:theisleofvenus，cythera，intheaegeansea;nowcalledcerigo:not，aschaucersforfthewordmightimply，untcithaeron，inthesouth-westofboetia，whichwasappropriatedtootherdeitiesthanvenus—tojupiter，hus，andthemuses。

itneednotbesaidthatchaucerpaysslightheedtochronologyinthispassage，wherethedeedsofturnus，thegloryofkingsolon，andthefateofcroesusaremademeriesofthefarpastinthetimeoffabuloustheseus，theminotaur-slayer。

champartie:dividedpowerorpossession;anoldlaw-term，signifyingthemaintenanceofapersoninalawsuitontheconditionofreceivingpartofthepropertyindispute，ifrecovered。

citole:akindofdulcimer。

thepicke-purse:thep露nderersthatfollowedarmies，andgavetowarahorroralltheirown。

shepen:stable;anglo-saxon，"scypen;"theword"sheppon"stillsurvivesinprovincialparlance。

thisline，perhaps，referstothedeedofjael。