Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Nowher so besy a man as he ther was,
And yet he semed bisier than he was.
Nowher so besy a man as he ther was,
And yet he semed bisier than he was.
And for to se, and eek for to be seye.
And for to se, and eek for to be seye.
He koude songes make and well endite.
He koude songes make and well endite.
Frieth in his own grease.
Frieth in his own grease.