Geoffrey Chaucer — "For hooly chirche's right is to be fed, / Or elles wolde he have his breed of wh…"

For hooly chirche's right is to be fed, / Or elles wolde he have his breed of whete, / And of the flour of his owene seed, / And of his corn a very large meel.
Geoffrey Chaucer — Geoffrey Chaucer Medieval · Canterbury Tales

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General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, revealing the Monk's focus on personal gain and rich living, a 'weird' deviation from monastic vows.

Date: c. 1387-1400

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