John Lane ( fl. 1620) was an English poet. A good friend of John Milton the elder, he lacked university education. He published two poems, ''Tom Tel-troths Message and his Pens Complaint'' (1600), which was satirical, and ''An Elegie vpon the Death of the high and renowned Princesse our late Soueraigne Elizabeth'' (1603). He left a continuation of ''

The Squire's Tale "The Squire's Tale" is a tale in Geoffrey Chaucer's ''The Canterbury Tales''. It is unfinished, because it is interrupted by the next story-teller, the Franklin, who then continues with his own prologue and tale. The Squire is the Knight's son, a ...

'' in manuscript, in two different versions, both now in the

Bodleian Library The Bodleian Library () is the main research library of the University of Oxford, and is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. It derives its name from its founder, Sir Thomas Bodley. With over 13 million printed items, it is the second- ...

(MS. Douce 170 and MS. Ashmole 53, part).

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