He was an outridere, that loved venerie; / A manly man, to been an abbot able.
Canterbury Tales
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, describing the Monk's love for hunting ('venerie') and his suitability to be an abbot despite his un-monastic pursuits, a 'weird' inversion of expectations.
c. 1387-1400
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"For in his male he hadde a pilwe-beer, / Which that he seyde was Oure Lady veyl."
Strange & Unusual"That he is gentil that dooth gentil dedis."
Strange & Unusual"This somnour was a gentil harlot and a kynde; A bettre felawe sholde men noght fynde."
Humorous"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