He was a Reve, a sly and a trechour, And by his maister knew he every flour.
Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue (describing the Reeve's cunning nature)
c. 1387-1400
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"He knew hir conseil, and hir pryvetee, And for to been a maister of his craft, Ful ofte hadde this man bigiled his maister."
Humorous"His eyen twinkled in his heed aright As doon the sterres in the frosty nyght."
Humorous"What sholde I speke of the synne of glotonye, that is so greet a synne?"
Controversial"He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith that hunters ben nat hooly men."
Humorous"A man shal fynde, that in his lyf, The gretteste joye is to have a wyf."
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