Note 9 — THE HOSPITAL AND CHAPEL OF SAINT MARY RONCEVALL AT CHARING CROSS.

“A Somner was ther with us in that place, That had a fyr-reed cherubinnes face.” * * * * “With him ther rood a gentil Pardoner Of Rouncival, his freend and his compeer, That streight was comen fro the court of Rome. Ful loude he song ‘Com hider, love, to me.’ This somnour bar to him a stiff burdoun, Was never trompe of half so greet a soun.” —The Prologue to the “Canterbury Tales” (Dr. Skeat’s edition).