“Forbede us thing, and that desiren we;
Preesse on us faste, and thanne wol we flee.
With daunger oute we al oure chaffare:
Greet prees at market maketh dere ware,
And too greet chepe is holden at litel pris.”

—  Geoffrey Chaucer , book The Canterbury Tales

The Wife of Bath's Prologue, l. 525-529
The Canterbury Tales

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