And certeinly, as I have herd it tolde, / Ther was no wight that he ne ferde as a folde.
Canterbury Tales
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, describing the Miller's boisterous and perhaps foolish behavior, a somewhat 'weird' and crude characterization.
c. 1387-1400
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"I trowe he were a geldyng or a mare."
Strange & Unusual"She koude muchel of wandrynge by the weye. / Gat-tothed was she, soothly for to seye."
Strange & Unusual"If gold rusts, what then can iron do?"
Shocking"For though a wydwe hadde noght a sho, / So plesaunt was his 'In principio' / Yet wolde he have a ferthyng, er he wente."
Strange & Unusual"And he hadde been somtyme in chyvachie / In Flaundres, in Artoys, and Pycardie, / And born hym wel, as of so litel space."
Strange & Unusual