[net.nlang] Jargon

bcw (07/21/82)

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'