"Now, good men, God forgive you your trespass, and keep you from the Sin of avarice! Mine holy pardons will save you, if you do give me gold or silver, or else brooches, spoons or rings"

"For if a man be gracious and kynde, He is a verray gentilman, and no other."

"Wommen desiren to have sovereynetee As wel over hir housbond as hir love, And for to been in maistrie hym above."

"He was a verray parfit gentil knyght. But for to speken of his array, his hors were goode, but he was nat gay."

"He knew hir conseil, and hir pryvetee, And for to been a maister of his craft, Ful ofte hadde this man bigiled his maister."