And if that olde bokes were a-weye, Y-loren were of remembraunce the keye. - Geoffrey Chaucer

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And if that olde bokes were a-weye, Y-loren were of remembraunce the keye.

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About Geoffrey Chaucer

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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