#  The Explanatory Notes to The Man of Law's Tale: A Check List 

 



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**Here is another self-test (or check list) of you reading of the Explantory Notes. As usual, jot down a brief definition of each of the following terms; then check your answers against the notes given in parentheses at the end of each entry.**

1\) hazard ( II.124-25)

2\) rime riche ( II.102-03, I.17-18).  
  
3\) Seintes Legende of Cupid ( II.61, II,61-76).  
  
4\) Innocence III (Expl. Notes, p. 384)  
  
5\) Gower's Tale of Constance (Expl. Notes, p. 385).  
  
6\) Ptolmaic system (II.295-301)  
  
7\) Semyrame (Semiramus) ( II.359)  
  
8\) serpent with woman's face (II.360-61)  
  
9\) scorpioun (II.404)  
  
10\) Egipcien Marie (St. Mary the Egyptian) (II.500)  
  
11\) Latin corrupt (II.519).  
  
12\) ordeal of battle (II.631-43)  
  
13\) drunkenness (II.771-77)  
  
14\) swearing (II.1171)  
  
15\) Lollere (II.1173).  
  
16\) glossing (II.1180)

**You should get twelve or thirteen of these right; if you do not, browse through those notes once more. (Again "browse" means that you need not read every note nor every part of the notes you do read.)**