Chaucer's 'Friar's Tale', D.1377 and 1573

Author / Editor
Ross, Thomas W.

Title
Chaucer's 'Friar's Tale', D.1377 and 1573

Published
Explicator 34 (1975): Item 17.

Description
The term "rebec" or "ribib(l)e", used by the Summoner to insult the old woman, meant fiddle, and then a woman with a shrill voice.

Chaucer Subjects
Friar and His Tale.