Ful weel she soong the service dyvyne, Entuned in hir nose…

Ful weel she soong the service dyvyne,
Entuned in hir nose ful semely,
And Frenssh she spak ful faire and fetisly,
After the scole of Stratford atte Bowe,
For Frenssh of Parys was to hire unknowe.

Sourced, The Canterbury Tales

General Prologue, l. 122-126

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