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Compare Chaucer's use of it: 'Men seyn that thre thynges dryven a man out of his hous, that is to seyn, smoke, droppyng of reyn and wikked wyves. Tale of Melibeus, §15; and 'Thou seyst that droppying houses, and eek smoke, And chidyng wyves, maken men to flee Out of hir owene hous. Wife of Bath's Prologue, LL, 278-80. I, pp. 168-71, 174-6. II, p. 54.
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