Love is a thyng as any spirit free. Wommen, of kynde,…

Love is a thyng as any spirit free.
Wommen, of kynde, desiren libertee,
And nat to been constreyned as a thral;
And so doon men, if I sooth seyen shal.

Sourced, The Canterbury Tales

The Franklin’s Tale , l. 767-770

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