His heed was balded that shoon as any glas, And eek his face, as he hadde been enoynt.
Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue (describing the Monk's bald head)
c. 1387-1400
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"For trewely, I dar wel seye, to make it short, He was a verray parfit gentil knyght."
Controversial"A Monk ther was, a fair for the maistrie, An outridere, that loved venerie."
Humorous"and Nicholas right in the arse he got."
Shocking"His eyen twinkled in his heed aright As doon the sterres in the frosty nyght."
Humorous"And certeinly, as I have herd it tolde, / Ther was no wight that he ne ferde as a folde."
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