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THE CANTERBURY TALES

But straightway these gentles gan exclaim, "Nay! let him tell

us no ribaldry. Tell us some moral thing that we may learn some wisdom, and then we will gladly hear." "I agree, sure," quoth he, "but I must ponder on some virtuous thing—while I

drink."

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