June 25th, 2013 at 6:20PM
Another Commonplace Book: “In oure forefathers tyme, whan Papistrie, as a standyng poole,...

kat-howard:

“In oure forefathers tyme, whan Papistrie, as a standyng poole, covered and overflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, savyng certaine bookes of Chevalrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in Monasteries, by idle Monkes, or wanton Chanons: as…
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    Plus ça change.
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    Pretty sure this is the sixteenth century version of “kids these days, and that crap they’re reading.”
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    :-)
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