And of his port as meke as is a mayde.
And of his port as meke as is a mayde.
Sourced, The Canterbury Tales
General Prologue, l. 69
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Noght o word spak he more than was nede,
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And short and quik, and ful of hy sentence.
Souninge in moral vertu was his speche,
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- For I am shave as neigh as any frere.
But yit I praye unto youre curteisye:
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Ay… - For gold in phisike is a cordial;
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