He was a Reve, a sly and a trechour, And by his maister knew he every flour.
Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue (describing the Reeve's cunning nature)
c. 1387-1400
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"What sholde I speke of the synne of glotonye, that is so greet a synne?"
Controversial"For whoso wol no wyf, he is no man."
Controversial"For if a man be ryche, he hath no drede, To have a wyf that is bothe fair and yong."
Controversial"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.'"
Strange & Unusual"Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote, The droghte of March hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich licour Of which vertu engendred is the flour;"
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