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‘The Church is not a Hare’ said the Glutton: A Medieval Proverb

Posted on September 10, 2015 by lauravarnam

In the late fourteenth-century Book of Vices and Virtues, the glutton uses a proverb to excuse himself from getting up early to go to church. God biddeþ hym ryse herly; his womb biddeþ hym lye stille, for he is to … Continue reading →

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