'Troilus and Criseyde,' 4.210: A New Conjecture

Author / Editor
Hanning, Robert W.

Title
'Troilus and Criseyde,' 4.210: A New Conjecture

Published
Chaucer Yearbook 4 (1997): 79-83

Description
Reads "thus seyde here and howne" (TC 4.210) as "everyone agreed," a reading supported by reference to Henry Knighton's "Chronicle," in which Howne's army ("Hownher") may have connoted wide consensus in popular tradition.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.
Language and Word Studies.