Geoffrey Chaucer - Chaucers Wordes unto Adam lyrics
Adam scriveyn, if ever it thee bifalle Boece or Troylus for to wryten newe, Under thy long lokkes thou moste have the scalle, But after my makyng thow wryte more trewe; So ofte adaye I moot thy werk renewe, It to correcte and eke to rubbe and scrape: And al is thurgh thy necligence and rape.