The Language of Chance.

Author / Editor
Bellhouse, D. R.
Franklin, J.

Title
The Language of Chance.

Published
International Statistical Review 65 (1997): 73-85.

Description
Tallies possible evidence of "early probability calculus" in Middle English literature and its lexicon, including discussion of examples from John Gower, John Lydgate, and PardT. In the latter, line 6.653, chances in dicing are "events which had the same weight or probability."

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale
Language and Word Studies