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The firste vertue, sone, if thou wilt lere, Is to restreine and kepen wel thy tonge.
The firste vertue, sone, if thou wilt lere, Is to restreine and kepen wel thy tonge.
Approximate author period: c. 1364 AD · medieval
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- Geoffrey Chaucer
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- Approximate author period: c. 1364 AD · medieval
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Canterbury Tales. The Manciples Tale. Line 17281.
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