“ The thrustelcok made eek hir lay, The wode dove upon the spray She sang ful loude and cleere. ”
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“ Thus with hir fader for a certeyn space Dwelleth this flour of wyfly pacience, That neither by hir wordes ne his face Biforn the fold, ne eek in her absence, Ne shewed she that hir was doon offence. ”
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“ Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed. ”
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“ For oute of olde feldys, as men sey, Comyth al this newe corn from yere to yere; And out of old bokis, in good fey, Comyth al this newe science that men lere. ”
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“ Nowher so besy a man as he ther was, And yet he semed bisier than he was. ”
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“ No-wher so bisy a man as he ter nas, And yet he semed bisier that he was. ”
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“ Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed. ”
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“ Habit maketh no monke, ne wearing of guilt spurs maketh no knight. ”
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“ Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though he may nat pisse, yet wole he heve up his leg and make a countenance to pisse. ”
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“ Yet do not miss the moral, my good men.For Saint Paul says that all that's written wellIs written down some useful truth to tell.Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still. ”
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“ For oute of olde feldys, as men sey, Comyth al this newe corn from yere to yere; And out of old bokis, in good fey, Comyth al this newe science that men lere. ”
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“ Whilom ther was dwellynge at oxenford, A riche gnof, that gestes heeld to bord, And of his craft he was a carpenter. ”
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