Geoffrey Chaucer — "He knew the tavernes wel in every toun / And every hostiler and tappestere / Bet…"

He knew the tavernes wel in every toun / And every hostiler and tappestere / Bet than a lazar or a beggestere.
Geoffrey Chaucer — Geoffrey Chaucer Medieval · Canterbury Tales

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General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, describing the Friar's preference for taverns and bartenders over the sick and beggars, a cynical subversion of his religious role.

Date: c. 1387-1400

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