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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgbrowning" data-source="post: 1171959" data-attributes="member: 5724">The millere was a stout carl for the nones;Ful byg he was of brawn, and eek of bones.That proved wel, for over al ther he cam,At wrastlynge he wolde have alwey the ram.He was short-sholdred, brood, a thikke knarre;Ther was no dore that he nolde heve of harre,Or breke it at a rennyng with his heed.His berd as any sowe or fox was reed,And therto brood, as though it were a spade.Upon the cop right of his nose he hadeA werte, and theron stood a toft of herys,Reed as the brustles of a sowes erys;His nosethirles blake were and wyde.A swerd and bokeler bar he by his syde.His mouth as greet was as a greet forneys.He was a janglere and a goliardeys,And that was moost of synne and harlotries.Wel koude he stelen corn and tollen thries;And yet he hadde a thombe of gold, pardee.A whit cote and a blew hood wered he.A baggepipe wel koude he blowe and sowne,And therwithal he broghte us out of towne. You can still understand a lot, but a lot is also different. I guess that's why it's called "middle english." <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />joe b.</blockquote>