I shall write a book some day about the appropriateness of names. Geoffrey Chaucer has a ribald ring, as is proper and correct, an
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Flee from the press and dwell with soothfastness;
Suffice unto thy good though it be small, ...
Suffice unto thy good though it be small, ...
Hold the high way and let they ghost thee lead
And Truthe shall deliver, it is no dread.
And Truthe shall deliver, it is no dread.
A yeman hadde he and servantz namo
At that tyme, for hym liste ride so,
And he was clad in cote and hood of grene.
At that tyme, for hym liste ride so,
And he was clad in cote and hood of grene.
A somonour was ther with us in that place
That hadde a fyr-reed cherubynnes face, ...
That hadde a fyr-reed cherubynnes face, ...
A bettre preest I trowe that nowher noon ys.
He waited after no pompe and reverence ...
He waited after no pompe and reverence ...
A clerk ther was of Oxenford also
That unto logyk hadde longe ygo. ...
That unto logyk hadde longe ygo. ...
This Pardoner hadde heer as yelow as wex,
But smothe it heeng as dooth a strike of flex.
But smothe it heeng as dooth a strike of flex.
The reve was a sclendre colerik man.
His berd was shave as ny as ever he kan.
His berd was shave as ny as ever he kan.
A sergeant of the lawe, war and wys,
That often hadde been at the Parvys,
Ther was also, ful riche of excellence.
That often hadde been at the Parvys,
Ther was also, ful riche of excellence.
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