Excerpt from Life of Geoffrey Chaucer, the Early English Poet, Vol. 2 of 4: 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 Chap. Romance of the Rose - Satire teenth century chap. XXVIL Court of the Black Prince at Bourdeaux. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.