Chaucer's 'Man of Law's Tale' 847: A Conjectural Emendation
- Author / Editor
- Hirsh, John C.
Chaucer's 'Man of Law's Tale' 847: A Conjectural Emendation
- Published
- Chaucer Review 20 (1985): 68-69.
- Description
- "Thy wo and any wo man may sustene" is always printed thus, perhaps because the Ellesmere MS has a virgule between "wo" and "man." Hengwrt does not include a virgule, and a persuasive case can be made for printing "Thy wo, and any woman may sustene," which shifts the gender attitude revealed by the scribe and changes the nature of the reference to the Virgin Mary.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Man of Law and His Tale.