The dissipated life led by the youth of the time appears in the reminiscences of the poet Occleve of his own conduct.
And here again, as in Occleve, we see that it is for his language rather than for his invention that the poet is praised.
Occleve always depicted Chaucer with a rosary in his hand, and his penner, containing his pen and inkhorn, hanging to his vest.
Occleve's poem has not been printed; but see Ritson's Biblioth.
Two followers of Chaucer, Occleve and Lydgate are also generally mentioned.
