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Loke who that is most vertuous alway, Prive and apert, and most entendeth ay To do the gentil dedes that he can, And take him for the gretest gentilman.
Loke who that is most vertuous alway, Prive and apert, and most entendeth ay To do the gentil dedes that he can, And take him for the gretest gentilman.
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)
Canterbury Tales. The Wif of Bathes Tale. Line 6695.
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