Geoffrey Chaucer,
The Legend of Good Women — The Legend of Ariadne
(1380s)
“ And, for the hous is crinkled to and fro, And hath so queinte weyes for to go -- For hit is shapen as the mase is wroght -- Therto have I a remedie in my thoght, That, by a clewe of twyne, as he hath goon, The same wey he may returne anoon, Folwing alwey the threed, as he hath come. ”
Geoffrey Chaucer,
The Legend of Good Women — The Legend of Ariadne
(1380s)
“ This Minos hath a monstre, a wikked beste, That was so cruel that, without areste, 1930Whan that a man was broght in his presence, He wolde him ete, ther helpeth no defence. And every thridde yeer, with-outen doute, They casten lot, and, as hit com aboute On riche, on pore, he moste his sone take, And of his child he moste present make Unto Minos, to save him or to spille, Or lete his beste devoure him at his wille. ”
Geoffrey Chaucer,
The Legend of Good Women — The Legend of Ariadne
(1380s)
“ Hit is not profit, as unto your kinrede; But what is that that man nil do for drede? And to my suster, sin that hit is so That she mot goon with me, if that I go, Or elles suffre deeth as wel as I, That ye unto your sone as trewely 2100Doon her be wedded at your hoom-coming. ”
