Salomon the Book of Solomon x, 25 in the Apocrypha.
Jack of Dover possibly a reference to a meat pie.
Chepe today, London's Cheapside. In Chaucer's time, it was a favorite scene of festivals and processions.
"with revel to Newgate" In Chaucer's time, when a man was taken to prison, he was most often preceded by revelers and minstrels so as to call public attention to his disgrace. Until the 19th century, Newgate was the most prominent debtors' prison in the world.
