Geoffrey Chaucer Quote

Ye sey right sooth; this Monk he clappeth lowde.He spak how Fortune covered with a clowdeI noot nevere what; and als of a tragedieRight now ye herde, and pardee, no remedieIt is for to biwaille ne compleyneThat that is doon, and als it is a peyne,As ye han seyd, to heere of hevynesse.Sire Monk, namoore of this, so God yow blesse!Youre tale anoyeth al this compaignye.Swich talkyng is nat worth a boterflye,

Geoffrey Chaucer

Ye sey right sooth; this Monk he clappeth lowde.He spak how Fortune covered with a clowdeI noot nevere what; and als of a tragedieRight now ye herde, and pardee, no remedieIt is for to biwaille ne compleyneThat that is doon, and als it is a peyne,As ye han seyd, to heere of hevynesse.Sire Monk, namoore of this, so God yow blesse!Youre tale anoyeth al this compaignye.Swich talkyng is nat worth a boterflye,

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