Ful many a deyntee hors hadde he in stable, / And whan he rood, men myghte his brydel heere / Gynglen in a whistlynge wynd as cleere.
Canterbury Tales
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, describing the Monk's opulent lifestyle, contrasting with monastic vows. The jingling bridle in the wind is a 'weird' detail emphasizing his worldliness.
c. 1387-1400
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"His nekke whit was as the flour-de-lys, Thereto strong he was as a champioun."
Humorous"He knew the cause of every maladye, / Were it of hoot, or coold, or moyste, or drye, / And where engendred, and of what humour."
Strange & Unusual"He was an outridere, that loved venerie; / A manly man, to been an abbot able."
Strange & Unusual"This goode wyf, that was so trewe and kynde, Hadde in hir lyf ful many a joly tyde."
Controversial"He wolde have the fyn for his concubyn, / A twelf-monthe, and excuse hym atte fulle."
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