Who So Shall Telle A Tale After A Man, He Moste Reherse, As Neighe As Ever He Can, Everich Word, If It Be In His Charge, All Speke He Never So Rudely And So Large

Nowher so besy a man as he ther n' as, And yet he semed besier than he was.
-- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) -- Canterbury Tales, Prologue, Line 323...
This noble ensample to his shepe he yaf,-- That first he wrought, and afterwards he taught.
-- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) -- Canterbury Tales, Prologue, Line 498...
But Cristes lore, and his apostles twelve, He taugh
but first he folwed it himselve....
And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche.
-- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) -- Canterbury Tales, Prologue, Line 310...
And yet he had a thomb of gold parde.
-- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) -- Canterbury Tales, Prologue, Line 565...
For gold in phisike is a cordial; Therefore he loved gold in special.
-- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) -- Canterbury Tales, Prologue, Line 445...
He coude songes make, and wel endite.
-- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) -- Canterbury Tales, Prologue, Line 95...
He was a veray parfit gentil knight.
-- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) -- Canterbury Tales, Prologue, Line 72...
For him was lever han at his beddes hed A twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophie, Than robes riche, or fidel, or sautrie.
But all be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre....