Geoffrey Chaucer — "For, God it woot, men may wel often fynde A lordes sone do shame and vileynye; A…"

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, And nel hymselven do no gentil dedis, Ne folwen his gentil auncestre that deed is, He nys nat gentil, be he duc or erl;
Geoffrey Chaucer — Geoffrey Chaucer Medieval · Canterbury Tales

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The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Canterbury Tales

Date: Approx. 1387

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