麒麟小说

THE KNIGHTS TALE（第79页）

madeano:ho!ho!tomandattention;like"oyez"，thecallforsilenceinlaw-courtsorbeforeproclamations。

sarge:serge，acoarsewoollencloth

heart-spoon:theconcavepartofthebreast，wherethelowerribsjointhecartilagoensiformis。

to-hewenandto-shred:"to"beforeaverbimpliesextraordinaryviolenceintheactiondenoted。

hethroughthethickestofthethrongetc。。"he"inthispassagerefersimpersonallytoanyofthebatants。

galaphay:galapha，inmauritania。

belmarieissupposedtohavebeenaorishstateinafrica;but"palmyrie"estedasthecorrectreading。

asicamenevericannottellewhere:whereitwenticannottellyou，asiwasnotthere。ountofthepassageofarcitessoultoheaven。uptothispoint，thedescriptionofthedeath-sceneistakenliterallyfromthe"theseida。"

withs露tterybeard，yashyhairs:withneglectedbeard，androughhairstrewnwithashes。"flotery"isthegeneralreading;but"s露ttery"seemstobereinkeepingwiththepictureofabandonmenttogrief。

masterstreet:mainstreet;sofroissartspeaksof"lesouveraincarrefour。"

y-wrie:covered，hid;anglo-saxon，"wrigan，"toveil。

emilyappliedthefuneraltorch。the"guise"was，angtheancients，forthenearestrelativeofthedeceasedtodothis，withavertedface。

itwasthecustomforsoldierstomarchthricearoundthefuneralpileofanemperororgeneral;"onthelefthand"isadded，inreferencetothebeliefthatthelefthandwaspropitious—theromanaugurturninghisfacesouthward，andsoplacingonhislefthandtheeast，whencegoodomenscame。withthegreeks，however，theiraugursfacingthenorth，itwasjustthecontrary。theconfusion，frequentinclassicalwriters，isplicatedherebythefactthatchaucersdescriptionofthefuneralofarciteistakenfromstatius"thebaid"—ountofagreeksolemnity。

lyke-wake:watchingbytheremainsofthedead;fromanglo-saxon，"lice，"acorpse;german，"leichna"

chaucerhereborrowsfromboethius，whosays:"hancrerumseriemligat，terrasacpelagusregens，etcoeloimperitans，ar。"（lovetiesthesethingstogether:theearth，andtherulingsea，andtheimperialheavens）