For in this world, certeyn, no wight there is / That he ne dooth or seith somtyme amis.
Canterbury Tales
From The Physician's Tale, a rather bleak and universal statement on inherent human imperfection, somewhat 'weird' in its bluntness for a moral tale.
c. 1387-1400
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"The Friar was very fond of playing and played so madly as if he were a puppy-dog in spite of this his eyes twinkled in his head in the same way as the stars do in the frosty night, while playing the h…"
Humorous"A baggepipe wel koude he blowe and sowne, / And therwithal he broghte us out of towne."
Strange & Unusual"He knew the cause of every maladye, / Were it of hoot, or coold, or moyste, or drye, / And where engendred, and of what humour."
Strange & Unusual"And thogh a widwe hadde but o sho, So plesaunt was hire song, she wolde have two."
Controversial"In al the parisshe wif ne was ther noon / That to the offrynge bifore hire sholde goon."
Strange & Unusual