Chaucer's Words To His Scrivener

Chaucer's Words To His Scrivener

ADAM Scrivener, if ever it thee befall
Boece or Troilus for to write anew,
Under thy long locks thou may'st have the scall* . . . . . . . . . . *scab
But *after my making* thou write more true!. . . . . . . .*according to my
So oft a day I must thy work renew,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .composing*
It to correct, and eke to rub and scrape;
And all is through thy negligence and rape.* . . . . . . . . . . . . *haste

-THE END-
Geoffrey Chaucer's poem: Chaucer's Words To His Scrivener

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