John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
17 Geoffrey Chauer 1340-1400 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 17 |
| AUTHOR: | Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400) |
| QUOTATION: | Who so shall telle a tale after a man, He moste reherse, as neighe as ever he can, Everich word, if it be in his charge, All speke he never so rudely and so large; Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feinen thinges, or finden wordes newe. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Canterbury Tales. Prologue. Line 733. |