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For out of the old fieldes, as men saithe, Cometh al this new corne fro yere to yere; And out of old bookes, in good faithe, Cometh al this new science that men lere.

For out of the old fieldes, as men saithe, Cometh al this new corne fro yere to yere; And out of old bookes, in good faithe, Cometh al this new science that men lere.

Approximate author period: c. 1364 AD · medieval

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Geoffrey Chaucer
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Approximate author period: c. 1364 AD · medieval
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Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)

The Assembly of Fowles. Line 22.

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