Life of Geoffrey Chaucer, the Early English Poet: Including Memoirs of His Near Friend And Kinsman, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster: With Sketches of the Manners, Opinions, Arts And Literature of England in the Fourteenth Century V. 2
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The circumstances here recited may fur- Reasons of ^ the lady ther show us what were the motives which f"' ^f fa- ring hit SO long delayed the accomplishment of Chau- '^''• cer's wishes. The lady who was honoured p Appendix, No. 376 LIFE OF CHAUCER. CHAP. With his addresses may be presumed not to XXIX - have been entirely indifferent to his person, ■^^ ^' his character, or accompUshments. But she could not resolve to quit the service of her royal mistress. This seems to be highly ho- nourable t...o the queen. Chaucer however no doubt still promised himself, that he should be able to induce her to surmount this scruple of delicacy ; especially as his addresses are said '^ (and he has insinuated as much in the poem of the Dream) to have been counte- nanced by the duke and duchess of Lancas- ter, and perhaps by the queen herself. The lady hov/ever, though mild (it may be, a little encouraging) in her refusals, still con- trived to elude the conclusion of his suit. At His ml-' lei^^gth, the main topic of her objections hav- ''^^^* ing been removed by the lamented death of the queen, we may naturally infer that their nuptials v\rere celebrated as soon as the ge- neral laws of decorum and the ideas of fe- piale delicacy would allow : and we shall see Speght, Argument to Chaucer's Dreams ence of circum- stiinces in the lives or Chau- cer and Spenser, LIFE OF CHAUCER.
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