Double-Entendre and the Doctour of Phisik.

Author / Editor
Grennen, Joseph E.

Title
Double-Entendre and the Doctour of Phisik.

Published
American Notes and Queries 1 (1963): 131-32.

Description
Suggests that "esy of dispence" in the GP description of the Physician (1.431) means not only "slow to spend money," but also "moderate in prescribing remedies," or perhaps that he prescribes palatable medicines.

Chaucer Subjects
Physician and His Tale
Language and Word Studies