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THE SHIPMANS TALE（第2页）
"nay，bymyfatherssoul，thatshallhenot，
saidetheshipman;"hereshallhenotpreach，
heshallnogospelglose*herenorteach。*mentupon
weallbelieveinthegreatgod，"quothhe。
"hewouldesowesomedifficulty
orspringecockle
inourcleanecorn。
andtherefore，host，iwarheebeforn，
myjollybodyshallataletell，
andishallclinkeyousomerryabell，
thatishallwakenallthispany;
butitshallnotbeofphilosophy，
norofphysic，nortermesquaintoflaw;
thereisbutlittlelatininmymaw。"**belly
theprologueheregivenwastransferredbytyrwhittfromtheplace，precedingthesquirestale，upied;theshipmanstalehavingnoprologueinthebestmanuscripts。
lollard:acontemptuousnameforthefollowersofwyckliffe;presumablyderivedfromthelatin，"lolium，"tares，asiftheywerethetaresangthelordswheat;so，afewlinesbelow，theshipmanintimateshisfearlesttheparsonshould"springcockleinourcleancorn。"
cockle:aweed，the"agrostemmagithago"oflinnaeus;perhapsnamedfromtheanglo-saxon，"ceocan，"becauseitchokesthecorn。（transcribersnote:itisalsopossiblechaucerhadinmindmatthew13:25，whereinsometranslations，anenemysowed"cockle"angstthewheat。（othertranslationshave"tares"and"darnel"。））
