For pitee renneth soone in gentil herte.
Canterbury Tales
From The Knight's Tale, often quoted, but its recurrence in contexts of intense cruelty or moral ambiguity in Chaucer's work can make it ironically 'weird' in its application.
c. 1387-1400
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