Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
She lovede Right fro the firste sighte.
She lovede Right fro the firste sighte.
And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.
And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.
Therefore it behooveth hire a full long spoon
That shal ete with a feend.
Therefore it behooveth hire a full long spoon
That shal ete with a feend.
The first vertue, sone, if thou wilt lerne,
Is to restreyne and kepen wel thy tonge.
The first vertue, sone, if thou wilt lerne,
Is to restreyne and kepen wel thy tonge.
That men by reason will it calle may
The daisie or elles the eye of day
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That men by reason will it calle may
The daisie or elles the eye of day
The emperice, and floure of floures alle.
