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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

28 Geoffrey Chauer 1340-1400 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:28
AUTHOR:Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
QUOTATION:In his owen grese I made him frie. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Canterbury Tales. The Reves Tale. Line 6069.
 
Note 1.
Frieth in her own grease.—John Heywood: Proverbs, part i. chap. xi. [back]