And if he foond owher a good felawe, / He wolde techen hym to have noon awe / In swich caas of the ercedekenes curs, / But if a man's purs were in his ers.
Canterbury Tales
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, describing the Summoner's willingness to advise bribery and disdain for church law, a raw and controversial portrayal.
c. 1387-1400
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"He was a Reve, and a sclendre colerik man. His berd was shave as ny as ever he kan."
Humorous"Of smale houndes hadde she, that she fedde / With rosted flessh, or milk and wastel-breed."
Strange & Unusual"A fair fordoon hir beautee was al newe."
Strange & Unusual"If gold rusts, what then can iron do?"
Shocking"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