A large man he was with eyen stepe –
A fairer burgeys was ther noon in Chepe.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue. Host Harry Bailly is a big man with prominent eyes and there is said to be no better business man in Cheapside.
A large man he was with eyen stepe –
A fairer burgeys was ther noon in Chepe.
– Geoffrey Chaucer