Geoffrey Chaucer — "He was an outridere, that loved venerie; / A manly man, to been an abbot able."
He was an outridere, that loved venerie; / A manly man, to been an abbot able.
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General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, describing the Monk's love for hunting ('venerie') and his suitability to be an abbot despite his un-monastic pursuits, a 'weird' inversion of expectations.
Date: c. 1387-1400
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