Of his complexioun he was sangwyn.
Canterbury Tales
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, a detailed but somewhat unnecessary medical/temperamental description of the Franklin, hinting at his pleasure-seeking nature.
c. 1387-1400
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"And certeinly he was a good felawe; Ful many a draughte of wyn had he ydrawe."
Humorous"A wife destroys her husband and contrives, As husbands know, the ruin of their lives."
Shocking"He was an outridere, that loved venerie; / A manly man, to been an abbot able."
Strange & Unusual"A Monk ther was, a fair for the maistrie, An outridere, that loved venerie."
Humorous"For pitee renneth soone in gentil herte."
Strange & Unusual