And thogh a widwe hadde but o sho, So plesaunt was hire song, she wolde have two.
Canterbury Tales
The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Canterbury Tales
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"For of his speche, which that he herde of old, / He was a verray Epicurien."
Strange & Unusual"He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith that hunters ben nat hooly men."
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."
Strange & Unusual"The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne, Th'assay so hard, so sharp the conquerynge, The dredful joye, alwey that slit so yerne: Al this mene I by love."
Strange & Unusual"He had maad ful many a mariage Of yonge wommen at his owne cost."
Humorous