Who so shall telle a tale after a man, He moste…

Who so shall telle a tale after a man,
He moste reherse, as neighe as ever he can,
Everich word, if it be in his charge,
All speke he never so rudely and so large;
Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe,
Or feinen thinges, or finden wordes newe.

Sourced, The Canterbury Tales

General Prologue, l. 733

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