With my own eyes I have secretly
observed both men and women,
so that I heard and saw
what everyone did and said.
At Rome I heard lying
and the Walther von der Vogelweide
A Golden State: Mining and Economic Development in Gold Rush California (California History Sesquicentennial Series, 2)
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Now welcom somer, with thy sonne softe,
That hast this wintres weders over-shake,
And driven awey the longe nightes blake!
[fr. The Parlement of Foulys] Chaucer, Geoffrey