<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>The works of Geoffrey Chaucer, compared with the former editions, and many valuable mss. out of which, three tales are added which were never before printed</dc:title><dc:creator>Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400</dc:creator><dc:date>1721.</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>Title vignette.</dc:description><dc:description>The work was left unfinished at Urry's death, and the final revision and completion were intrusted to Timothy Thomas, who wrote the preface and glossary.</dc:description><dc:description>The three tales mentioned in the title refer to The coke's tale of Gamelyn; The merchant's second tale, or The history of Beryn; and The adventure of the pardoner and tapster at the Inn at Canterbury. cf. Pref.</dc:description><dc:description>The life of Chaucer was originally written by John Dart, but was revised and altered by William Thomas. cf. BM; Tyrwhitt's edition of the Poetical works of ... Chaucer. 1843, p. vii-viii; Hammond. Chaucer, a bibliographical manual. 1908.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>