Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
That men by reason will it calle may
The daisie or elles the eye of day
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That men by reason will it calle may
The daisie or elles the eye of day
The emperice, and floure of floures alle.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
For thre may kepe a counsel, if twain be awaie.
For thre may kepe a counsel, if twain be awaie.
First he wrought, and afterward he taught.
First he wrought, and afterward he taught.