Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Nowher so besy a man as he ther was,
And yet he semed bisier than he was.
Nowher so besy a man as he ther was,
And yet he semed bisier than he was.
First he wrought, and afterward he taught.
First he wrought, and afterward he taught.
The false lapwynge, full of trecherye.
The false lapwynge, full of trecherye.
It is not good a sleping hound to wake.
It is not good a sleping hound to wake.
