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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2021-05-09

"Ther seyde oones a clerk in two vers, 'what is bettre than Gold? Jaspre. What is bettre than Jaspre? Wisdom. And what is bettre than Wisdom? Womman. And what is bettre than a good Womman? No thyng.'" -- Geoffrey Chaucer (b. circa 1343, d. 1400-10-25), The Canterbury Tales

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posted by [personal profile] gale_storm at 02:19pm on 2021-05-09
“No thyng,” indeed! Chaucer had it in one. *nod* Of course, this was part of one of the opening verses of one of ‘The Canterbury Tales,’ but still!
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posted by [personal profile] siderea at 06:41am on 2021-05-10
And what is bettre than Wisdom? Womman. And what is bettre than a good Womman? No thyng

This clerk, was he named Paris by any chance?
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