For in his male he hadde a pilwe-beer, / Which that he seyde was Oure Lady veyl.
Canterbury Tales
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, describing the Pardoner's false relics. The casual mention of a pillowcase as the Virgin Mary's veil is bizarre and sacrilegious.
c. 1387-1400
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"A voys he hadde as smal as hath a goot."
Strange & Unusual"He wolde suffer for a quart of wyn / A good felawe to have his concubyn / A twelf-month, and excuse hym atte fulle."
Strange & Unusual"He was a verray, parfit praktisour."
Strange & Unusual"Experience, thogh noon auctoritee Were in this world, is right ynogh for me To speke of wo that is in mariage."
Controversial"The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne, Th'assay so hard, so sharp the conquerynge, The dredful joye, alwey that slit so yerne: Al this mene I by love."
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