Geoffrey Chaucer — "He was a Reve, a sly and a trechour, And by his maister knew he every flour."
He was a Reve, a sly and a trechour, And by his maister knew he every flour.
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The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue (describing the Reeve's cunning nature)
Date: c. 1387-1400
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