Quote#World
Als thai haf wryten and sayd
Quote byRobert Mannyng · 1275–1338
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Chronicle, line 71..
English (original)
Als thai haf wryten and sayd Haf I alle in myn Inglis layd, In symple speche as I couthe, That is lightest in mannes mouthe. I mad noght for no disours, Ne for no seggers, no harpours, Bot for the luf of symple men That strange Inglis can not ken.
— Robert Mannyng
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