Hise eyen twynkled in his heed aryght, As doon the sterres in the frosty nyght. #medieval #canterburytales #chaucer

(And yaf a certeyn ferme for the graunt, Noon of his brethren cam ther in his haunt;) medieval #canterburytales #chaucer

RT @TheBruburyTales Geoffrey Chaucer Post-modern Canterbury Tales in Los Angeles called The Brubury Tales http://tinyurl.com/2bdxkk2 #chaucer

For thogh a wydwe hadde noght a sho, So plesaunt was his `In principio' #medieval #canterburytales #chaucer

Yet wolde he have a ferthyng er he wente; His purchas was wel bettre than his rente. #medieval #canterburytales #chaucer

And rage he koude, as it were right a whelpe; In love-dayes ther koude he muchel helpe; #medieval #canterburytales #chaucer

For there he was nat lyk a cloysterer, With a thredbare cope, as is a povre scoler,

But he was lyk a maister or a pope; Of double worstede was his semycope,#medieval #canterburytales #chaucer

That rounded as a belle out of the presse. Somwhat he lipsed for his wantownesse

To make his Englissh sweete upon his tonge, And in his harpyng, whan that he hadde songe,#medieval #canterburytales #chaucer

Hise eyen twynkled in his heed aryght, As doon the sterres in the frosty nyght. #medieval #canterburytales #chaucer

This worthy lymytour was cleped Huberd. / A Marchant was ther, with a forkek berd, #medieval #canterburytales #chaucer

In mottelee, and hye on horse he sat, Upon his heed a Flaundryssh bevere hat, #medieval #canterburytales #chaucer

His bootes clasped faire and fetisly. Hise resons he spak ful solempnely, #medieval #canterburytales #chaucer

Sownynge alway thencrees of his wynnyng. He wolde the see were kept for any thyng #medieval #canterburytales #chaucer

Bitwixe Middelburgh and Orewelle. Wel koude he in eschaunge sheeldes selle. #medieval #canterburytales #chaucer

This worthy man ful wel his wit bisette; Ther wiste no wight that he was in dette, #medieval #canterburytales #chaucer

So estatly was he of his governaunce, With his bargaynes and with his chevyssaunce. #medieval #canterburytales #chaucer

Forsothe, he was a worthy man with-alle, But, sooth to seyn, I noot how men hym calle. #medieval #canterburytales #chaucer

@ElizabethBathry But mighte me so fair a grace falle, That ye me for your servaunt wolde calle, ...