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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

6 Geoffrey Chauer 1340-1400 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:6
AUTHOR:Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
QUOTATION:Ful wel she sange the service devine,
Entuned in hire nose ful swetely;
And Frenche she spake ful fayre and fetisly,
After the scole of Stratford atte bowe,
For Frenche of Paris was to hire unknowe.
ATTRIBUTION:Canterbury Tales. Prologue. Line 122.