Then would he speak, and cry as he were wood; And when that he well drunken had the wine, Then would he speakë no word but Latin. A fewë termës knew he, two or three, That he had learned out of some decree; No wonder is, he heard it all the day. And eke ye knowen well, how that a jay Can clepen 222 “Wat,” as well as can the Pope. But whoso would in other thing him grope, 223 Then had he spent all his philosophy, Aye, Questio quid juris , 224 would he cry.
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