The 'Syntaxis Recepta' of Chaucer's 'Prologue to the Miller's Tale,' Lines 3159-61
- Author / Editor
- Dane, Joseph A.
The 'Syntaxis Recepta' of Chaucer's 'Prologue to the Miller's Tale,' Lines 3159-61
- Published
- English Language Notes 31:4 (1994): 10-19.
- Description
- Chaucer's phrase is traditionally interpreted, "Yet for all the oxen in my plough, I would not take upon me more than enough (i.e., be overly suspicious)." A more accurate reading, however, is "I would not take upon me more than the oxen in my plough can handle."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Miller and His Tale.