This philosophre answerde, "Leeve brother, Everich of yow dide gentilly til oother. Thou art a squier, and he is a knyght; But God forbede, for his blisful myght, But if a clerk koude doon a gentil dede As wel as any of yow, it is no drede! Sire, I releesse thee thy thousand pound.

This philosophre answerde, "Leeve brother,
Everich of yow dide gentilly til oother.
Thou art a squier, and he is a knyght;
But God forbede, for his blisful myght,
But if a clerk koude doon a gentil dede
As wel as any of yow, it is no drede!
Sire, I releesse thee thy thousand pound.

– Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales, The Franklin’s Tale. The student-magician has high praise for Aurelius, Dorigen and Arveragus for dealing nobly with each other. So he forgives Aurelius his debt of one thousand pounds owed for removing the rocks from the coast of Brittany.

Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes