6 OCTOBER 1888, Page 13
" SNEAP " AND " SNUB." [To THE EDITOR OF
THE "SPECTATOR."] SIB,—I may remind your correspondents of Chaucer's use of this word. It occurs in the well-known description of " The
Poor Parson," in the " Prologue," line 520
" But if were eny person obstinat,
What so he were, of low or high estat, Him wolde he snybbe scharply for the nones,
A bettre priest, I trowe, there nowher non is."
Wavertree Rectory, Liverpool, September 29th.