A baggepipe wel koude he blowe and sowne, / And therwithal he broghte us out of towne.
Canterbury Tales
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, the image of the Miller loudly leading the pilgrims out of town with his bagpipe is a distinctly 'bizarre' and memorable detail.
c. 1387-1400
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"The Miller's prominent feature was his nose with 'a wart on which there stood a tuft of hair Red as the bristles in an old sow's ear'."
Humorous"The wise man, though he be old and hoor, Yet wil he lerne, and evermore."
Controversial"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"And yet he was but of litel stature."
Strange & Unusual"For in this world, certeyn, no wight there is / That he ne dooth or seith somtyme amis."
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