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Quotes from La Male Regle — Thomas Occleve

d. 1426 England

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For the more paart, youthe is rebel,
Un-to reson & hatith her doctryne.

La Male Regle (1405)

O yowthe allas why wilt thow nat enclyne,
And un-to reuled reform bowe thee?
Syn resoun is the verray streighte lyne
Þat ledith folk un-to felicitee.

La Male Regle (1405)

Many a servant un-to his lord seith,
"Þat al the world spekith of him honour,"
Whan the contrarie of þat is sooth, in feith.

La Male Regle (1405)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Thomas Occleve (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.