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Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Vol. 2: With Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas
A yeiian had he, and servantes nomoo At that tyma, for him luste ryde soo And he was clad in coote and hood of grenc. A shef of pocok arwas bright and keno Under his belte he bar ful thriftily. Wel cowde he dresse his takel yomanly His arwos drowpud nought with fatheree lowe. And in his hond he bar a mighty bowe. A not-heed hadde he with a broun visage. Of woode-craft cowde he wel al the usage. Upon his arme he bar a gay bracer, And by his side a swerd and a bokeler.
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