Chaucer's General Prologue, 133-136

Author / Editor
Bowles, Patrick.

Title
Chaucer's General Prologue, 133-136

Published
Explicator 35.3 (1977): 5-6.

Description
That the passage describing the Prioress's habit of wiping her mouth clean (GP, 133-36) has been misunderstood is shown in the translations by all modern translators, except Coghill, of "hir" in the phrase "hir coppe: (133) as "her" when it should be rendered as either "the" or "their."

Chaucer Subjects
Prioress and Her Tale.
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.