The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer's Tale of Meliboeus.
THE PROLOGUE. "No more of this, for Godde's dignity!" Quoth oure Hoste; "for thou makest me So weary of thy very lewedness, That, all so...
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THE PROLOGUE. "No more of this, for Godde's dignity!" Quoth oure Hoste; "for thou makest me So weary of thy very lewedness, That, all so wisly God my soule bless, Mine eares ache for thy drafty speech. Now such a rhyme the devil I beteche: This may well be rhyme doggerel," quoth he. "Why so?" quoth I; "why wilt thou lette me More of my tale than any other man, Since that it is the best rhyme that I can?"…
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