And if that he forbede it, wolde he say, / 'A man may do no synne, but if he may / Nat touche a womman, for al his lyf.'
Canterbury Tales
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, the Summoner's 'weird' and perverse argument that one can only sin by not touching a woman, twisting religious doctrine for his own ends.
c. 1387-1400
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"And certeinly, as I have herd it tolde, / Ther was no wight that he ne ferde as a folde."
Strange & Unusual"He was a janglere and a goliardeys, / And that was moost of synne and harlotries."
Strange & Unusual"Therfore, for to speke of the horrible sweryng of the Sowdan, and of the horrible cursedness of his lyf, I holde it nat pertinent to my tale."
Controversial"She hadde passed many a straunge strem; / Hire hosen weren of fyn scarlet reed, / Ful streite yteyd, and shoes ful moyste and newe."
Strange & Unusual"In al the parisshe wif ne was ther noon / That to the offrynge bifore hire sholde goon."
Strange & Unusual