Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
The false lapwynge, full of trecherye.
The false lapwynge, full of trecherye.
And for to se, and eek for to be seye.
And for to se, and eek for to be seye.
The first vertue, sone, if thou wilt lerne,
Is to restreyne and kepen wel thy tonge.
The first vertue, sone, if thou wilt lerne,
Is to restreyne and kepen wel thy tonge.
And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.
And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.
But every thyng which schyneth as the gold,
Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told.
But every thyng which schyneth as the gold,
Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told.
