TITLE. Gg. _has_ Here begynyth the p_ar_lement of Foulys; Harl. _has_ The
Parlament of Foules; Tn. _has_ The Parlement of Briddis; Trin. _has_ Here
foloweth the parlement of Byrdes reducyd to loue, &c. We also find, at the
end of the poem, such notes as these: Gg. Explicit parliamentum Auium in
die sancti Valentini tentum secundum Galfridum Chaucer; Ff. Explicit
parliamentum Auium; Tn. Explicit tractatus de Congregacione volucrum die
Sancti Valentini; and in MS. Arch. Seld. B. 24--Here endis the parliament
of foulis Quod Galfride Chaucere.
1. Part of the first aphorism of Hippocrates is--[Greek: Ho bios brachus,
hê de technê makrê]. This is often quoted in the Latin form--Ars longa,
uita brevis. Longfellow, in his Psalm of Life, well renders it by--'Art is
long, but life is fleeting.'