“And for-as-muche as a man may acquiten him-self..."
by: Sir W. Russell Flint (Artist)
from: The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer: Illustrated After Drawings by W. Russell Flint (P. 112) -  1913
“And for-as-muche as a man may acquiten him-self biforn
god by penitence in this world, and nat by tresor, therfore
sholde he preye to god to yeve him respyt a whyle, to bi-
wepe and biwaillen his trespas” -Persones Tale
god by penitence in this world, and nat by tresor, therfore
sholde he preye to god to yeve him respyt a whyle, to bi-
wepe and biwaillen his trespas” -Persones Tale