Anonymous British

Balade In Praise of Chaucer

Master Geffray Chauser, that now lyth in grave, The nobyll rethoricien, and poet of Gret Bretayne, That worthy was the lawrer of poetry have For thys hys labour, and the palme attayne; Whych furst made to dystyll and reyne The gold dew-dropys of speche and eloquence In-to Englyssh tong, thorow hys excellence. Explicit