He wolde suffer for a quart of wyn / A good felawe to have his concubyn / A twelf-month, and excuse hym atte fulle.
Canterbury Tales
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, describing the Summoner's willingness to overlook sin for wine, revealing a 'weird' moral compromise.
c. 1387-1400
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"Tell me also to what purpose or end the genitals have been made?"
Shocking"Of his complexioun he was sangwyn."
Strange & Unusual"The smalest worm that crepeth by the weye, Is in his kynde as parfit as the grete."
Controversial"The wise man, though he be old and hoor, Yet wil he lerne, and evermore."
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