A clerk, that was of Oxenford also, / Unto the world as in a cloystre he go.
Canterbury Tales
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, emphasizing the Oxford Clerk's extreme detachment from worldly affairs, almost to an eccentric degree.
c. 1387-1400
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"Upon the cop right of his nose he hade A werte, and theron stood a tuft of heres rede, As bristles of a sowes eerys olde."
Humorous"For in this world, certeyn, no wight there is / That he ne dooth or seith somtyme amis."
Strange & Unusual"This goode wyf, that was so trewe and kynde, Hadde in hir lyf ful many a joly tyde."
Controversial"He who is accustomed to this Sin of Gluttony may no Sin withstand. He must be in bondage to all vices, for it is in the Devil's hoard where he hides himself and takes his rest."
Shocking"Experience, thogh noon auctoritee Were in this world, is right ynogh for me To speke of wo that is in mariage."
Controversial