Geoffrey Chaucer ( 6 of 46 )
And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.
And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.
His studie was but litel on the Bible.
His studie was but litel on the Bible.
For of Fortune's sharpe adversite,
The worste kynde of infortune is this,
A man to hav bent read more
For of Fortune's sharpe adversite,
The worste kynde of infortune is this,
A man to hav bent in prosperite,
And it remembren whan it passed is.
But Cristes loore, and his Apostles twelve
He taughte, but first he folowed it hymselfe.
But Cristes loore, and his Apostles twelve
He taughte, but first he folowed it hymselfe.
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.
And for to se, and eek for to be seye.
And for to se, and eek for to be seye.
