The Franklin’s Tale

“In faith, Squiër, thou hast thee well acquit, And gentilly; I praisë well thy wit,” Quoth the Franklin; “considering thy youthë So feelingly thou speak’st, Sir, I aloue 3206 thee, As to my doom, 3207 there is none that is here Of eloquencë that shall be thy peer, If that thou live; God give thee goodë chance, And in virtúe send thee continuánce, For of thy speaking I have great daintý. 3208 I have a son, and, by the Trinitý; It were me lever 3209 than twenty pound worth land, Though it right now were fallen in my hand, He were a man of such discretión As that ye be: fy on possessión, But if 3210 a man be virtuous withal.