And yet he was to hym a greet encressour. / Noon auditour koude on his word so wel / Have caught hym in his sleighte, ne in his trayne.
Canterbury Tales
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, describing the Reeve's cunning and exploitative nature, particularly his ability to avoid being caught in his schemes.
c. 1387-1400
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"For love is blynd alday, and may nat see."
Controversial"But al be that he was a philosophre, / Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre."
Strange & Unusual"For though a wydwe hadde noght a sho, / So plesaunt was his 'In principio' / Yet wolde he have a ferthyng, er he wente."
Strange & Unusual"He wolde suffer for a quart of wyn / A good felawe to have his concubyn / A twelf-month, and excuse hym atte fulle."
Strange & Unusual"For in his male he hadde a pilwe-beer, / Which that he seyde was Oure Lady veyl."
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