 But o word, lordynges, herkneth, er I go : It were ful hard to fynde now-a-dayes In al a toun Grisildis thre or two ; For if that they were put to swiche assayes, The gold of hem hath now so badde alayes With bras, that thogh the coyne be fair at...  Chaucer's Canterbury Tales - Page 141by Geoffrey Chaucer - 1894Full view - About this book
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