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But love a womman that she woot it nought, And she wol quyte it that thow shalt nat fele; Unknowe, unkist, and lost, that is unsought.
Geoffrey Chaucer
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   Be riche in patience, gif thow in gudis be pure; Quho levis mirry, he levis michtely: Without glaidnes availis no tresour.


— early 16c 'No Tressour Availis without Glaidnes', l.22-4.

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O yowthe allas why wilt thow nat enclyne,And un-to reuled reform bowe thee?Syn resoun is the verray streighte lyneÞat ledith folk un-to felicitee.

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— O Youth, alas, why wilt thou not inclineAnd unto ruled Reason bowé thee,Syn Reason is the verray staighté lineThat leadeth folk unto felicitee.
— Line 69; vol. 1, p. 27.

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Who was hiër in philosophieTo Aristotle, in our tonge, but thow?

thomas occleve

— Also, who was higher in Philosophy To Aristotle, in our tongue, but thou?
— Line 2087; vol. 3, p. 76; translation from George Carver (ed.) The Catholic Tradition in English Literature (New York: Doubleday, 1928) p. 16.

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And for ther is so gret diversite In Englissh and in writyng of oure tonge, So prey I God that non myswrite the, Ne the mysmetre for defaute of tonge; And red wherso thow be, or elles songe, That thow be understonde, God I biseche!

Geoffrey Chaucer

— Book 5, line 1793-1798.

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