A voys he hadde as smal as hath a goot.
Canterbury Tales
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, an effeminate and somewhat mocking description of the Pardoner's voice.
c. 1387-1400
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"For, God it woot, men may wel often fynde A lordes sone do shame and vileynye; And he that wole han pris of his gentrye, For he was boren of a gentil hous, And hadde hise eldres noble and vertuous, An…"
Strange & Unusual"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"Gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche."
Strange & Unusual"And certeinly, as I have herd it tolde, / Ther was no wight that he ne ferde as a folde."
Strange & Unusual"His nekke whit was as the flour-de-lys, Thereto strong he was as a champioun."
Humorous