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GUEST,Paul Burke Ancient wisdom (11) RE: Ancient wisdom 20 Jan 16


No skill, leenia, just cut and paste.

Lots more here for the browsing: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse.

I'll stand by my churl (there's probably a mediaeval song in that)- carl or ceorl meant just peasant, with no more pejorative than not being gentle or noble (in the rank sense), but that would spoil the look of the verse.


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