CHAUCER
[Imperturbably.]
“A lovely woman, chaste, is like a rose;
Unchaste, a ring of gold in a sow’s nose.”
ALISOUN
Lo, what a pretty preaching pardoner!
“Offer your nobles now; spoons, brooches, rings!”
Cork up thy froth, a devil’s name! Come, play.
CHAUCER
“Better it is to dwell high on the roof