Chaucer's General Prologue, A 696-698.

Author / Editor
Biggins, D.

Title
Chaucer's General Prologue, A 696-698.

Published
Notes and Queries 205 (1960): 93-95.

Description
Clarifies the reference to Christ catching Peter as he sailed in GP 1.696-98, focusing on the figurative meaning of "hente" and its implications regarding the Pardoner's faux relic, Peter's sail-cloth.

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Language and Word Studies