"This world is but a thurghfare ful of wo, And we been pilgrymes, passynge to and fro."

"Full weel she soong the service dyvyne, Entuned in hir nose ful semely."

"His heed was balded that shoon as any glas, And eek his face, as he hadde been enoynt."

"for well he knew a woman has no beard; hed felt a thing all rough and longish-haired."

"For in this world, certein, no wight there is, That he ne hath som favour in his sight."