Beowulf, Chaucer, and Shakespare

So, Beowulf's author, Geoffrey Chaucer, and William Shakespeare didn't use commas like we do.

Let's begin with Beowulf:

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_vitellius_a_xv_f132r

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Beowulf_Cotton_MS_Vitellius_A_XV_f._132r.jpg

http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/images/Beowulf19lines.gif

https://archive.org/stream/beowulfautotypes00brituoft#page/2/mode/2up

 


http://molcat1.bl.uk/treasures/caxton/record.asp http://www.chaucermss.org/multitext?
version=multitext&manuscript=El&tale=GP&folio=1r

 

http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/Texts/Rom/Q2/default/


http://www.bardblog.com/speaking-with-shakespeares-punctuation/

http://probablydontlikeyou.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/shakespeare-be-damned-punctuation-matters/