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.