...worst of all he shamelessly publishes the viciousness of his imagination: For in oure wil there stiketh ever a nayl, To have an hoor heed and a grene tayl As hath a leek; for thogh our might be goon, Our wil desireth folie ever in oon, For when we may nat doon, than wol...

...has been produced so far is to be found in the Reeve's prologue (A, 3878—79), where the proverb ' to have an hoor heed and a grene tayl, as hath a leek ' is supposed (by Chiarini, for instance) to echo Boccaccio 'sperche il porro abbia il capo bianco...

...roten, kan we nat be rype; We hoppen alwey whil the world wol pype. For in ouer wyl ther stiketh evere a nayl, To have an hoor heed and a grene tayl, As hath a leek . . . The sympathy is not dropped, but mingled with it now is a feeling of distaste. Beginning with...

...roten, kan we nat be rype; We hoppen alwey whil the world wol pype. For in oure wyl ther stiketh evere a nayl, To have an hoor heed and a grene tayl, As hath a leek; for thogh oure myght be goon, Oure wyl desireth folie evere in oon. For whan we may nat doon, than...

...lord—the Reeve eases the sense of 124. Compare his own complaint: "For in oure wyl ther stiketh evere a nayl, / To have an hoor heed and a grene tayl, / As hath a leek; for thogh oure myght be goon, / Oure wyl desireth folie evere in oon" (3877-80). cognitive dissonance...

...kan we nat be rype; We hoppen alwey whil that the world wol pype. For in oure wyl ther stiketh evere a nayl, To have an hoor heed and a grene tayl, As hath a leek; for thogh oure myght be goon, 3880 Oure wyl desireth folie evere in oon. doon do Yet still asshen ashes...

...recounted of old men that: We hoopen ay, whyl that the world wol pype For in oure wil ther stiketh ever a nayl, To have an hoor heed and a grene tayl, As hath a leek; for thogh our might be goon, Our wil desireth folie ever in oon.2 1 K. von Megenberg, Buch der Natur,...