John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
53 Geoffrey Chauer 1340-1400 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 53 |
| AUTHOR: | Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400) |
| QUOTATION: | For out of the old fieldes, as men saithe, Cometh al this new corne fro yere to yere; And out of old bookes, in good faithe, Cometh al this new science that men lere. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Assembly of Fowles. Line 22. |