Geoffrey Chaucer — "He wolde have the fyn for his concubyn, / A twelf-monthe, and excuse hym atte fu…"
He wolde have the fyn for his concubyn, / A twelf-monthe, and excuse hym atte fulle.
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General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, describing the Summoner's corruption: he would take a bribe (fine) to allow a man to keep his concubine for a year, completely undermining church law.
Date: c. 1387-1400
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