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Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though he may nat pisse, yet wole he heve up his leg and make a countenance to pisse.

Geoffrey Chaucer

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Geoffrey Chaucer
Died: 1400
Died: October 25
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