From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!duke!bcw
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Title: Re: Jargon
Article-I.D.: duke.2340
Posted: Tue Jul 20 19:53:06 1982
Received: Sun Jul 25 03:49:51 1982


Re: Chaucer

Speaking of Middle English, as someone was in this group
the other day:

	He was al coltissh, ful of ragerye,	(roguery?)
	And ful of jargon as a flekked pye.	(a magpie)

				Geoffrey Chaucer,
				'The Merchant's Tale'