The firste vertu, sone, if thou wolt lere, Is to restreyne and kepe wel thy tonge.
Canterbury Tales
The Tale of Melibee, The Canterbury Tales
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"In al the parisshe wif ne was ther noon / That to the offrynge bifore hire sholde goon."
Strange & Unusual"As for to speke of innocence, I woot no man that may be exempt from it."
Controversial"For hooly chirche's right is to be fed, / Or elles wolde he have his breed of whete, / And of the flour of his owene seed, / And of his corn a very large meel."
Strange & Unusual"He knew hir conseil, and hir pryvetee, And for to been a maister of his craft, Ful ofte hadde this man bigiled his maister."
Humorous"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."
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