Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
It is not good a sleping hound to wake.
It is not good a sleping hound to wake.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
But Cristes loore, and his Apostles twelve
He taughte, but first he folowed it hymselfe.
But Cristes loore, and his Apostles twelve
He taughte, but first he folowed it hymselfe.
He koude songes make and well endite.
He koude songes make and well endite.
Therefore it behooveth hire a full long spoon
That shal ete with a feend.
Therefore it behooveth hire a full long spoon
That shal ete with a feend.
