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The Canterbury Tales and Other Works of Chaucer (Middle E...

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The Canterbury Tales and Other Works of Chaucer (Middle English), by Geoffery Chaucer, [14th cent.] The Shorter Poems Lenvoy de Chaucer a Bukton My maister Bukton, whan of Crist our kyng Was axed what is trouthe or sothfastnesse, He nat a word answerde to that axing, As who saith, "No man is al trewe," I gesse. And therfore, though I highte to expresse The sorwe and wo that is in mariage, I dar not writen of it no wikkednesse, Lest I myself falle eft in swich dotage. I wol nat seyn how that yt…