The Parliament of Fowles
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For out of olde feldes, as men seith,
Cometh al this newe corn fro yeer to yere;
And out of olde bokes, in good feith,
Cometh al this newe science that men lere.
But now to purpos as of this matere —
To rede forth hit gan me so delyte,
That al the day me thoughte but a lyte.

This book of which I make of mencioun,
Entitled was al thus, as I shal telle,

'Tullius of the dreme of Scipioun.';
Chapitres seven hit hadde, of hevene and helle,
And erthe, and soules that therinnr dwelle,
Of whiche, as shortly as I can hit trete,
Of his sentence I wol you seyn the grete.
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Online Medieval and Classical Library
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Berkeley's White Horse Inn, the nation's second oldest gay bar
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Incunabula Collection
California Heritage Collection
The Bancroft Library
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Siberian Digital Photo Collection
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Jewish community of Libya
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University of California at Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE