For sondry scoles maken sotile clerkis; Womman of manye sco… - Geoffrey Chaucer

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For sondry scoles maken sotile clerkis;
Womman of manye scoles half a clerk is.

Geoffrey Chaucer

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Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – October 25, 1400) was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat (courtier), and diplomat. Chaucer is most famous as the author of The Canterbury Tales. He is sometimes credited with being the first author to demonstrate the artistic legitimacy of the vernacular English language, rather than French or Latin.

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For sondry scoles maken sotile clerkis; Womman of manye scoles half a clerk is. - Geoffrey Chaucer

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