“Ful wel sche sange the service devyne

Entuned in hire nose ful semely.”

THE PARDONER THE FRIAR
THE NUN’S PRIEST THE SECOND NUN

Of the Mendicant Friar—

“And certainly he had a merry note

Wel couthe he synge and playe on a rote

Somwhat he lipsede for his wantonnesse,

To make his Englische swete upon his Tunge.