He was an outridere, that loved venerie; / A manly man, to been an abbot able.
Canterbury Tales
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, describing the Monk's love for hunting ('venerie') and his suitability to be an abbot despite his un-monastic pursuits, a 'weird' inversion of expectations.
c. 1387-1400
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"And everich of us to lighten his herte, And of his tale anothere for to telle."
Humorous"And al was conscience and tendre herte."
Strange & Unusual"This world is but a thurghfare ful of wo, And we been pilgrymes, passynge to and fro."
Controversial"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"His eyen twinkled in his heed aright As doon the sterres in the frosty nyght."
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