E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Doctour of Phisikes Tale,
in Chaucer, is the Roman story of Virginius, given by Livy. There is a version of this tale in the Roman de la Rose, vol. ii. p. 74; and another, by Gower, in his Confessio Amantis, book vii.
