Quotation from Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer

Chaucer opens by announcing the double movement of Troilus’s story from woe to joy and back to sorrow.

Citation: "The double sorwe of Troilus to tellen" — Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde, Book I, opening lines (Middle English text, Project Gutenberg #257). (id troilus-and-criseyde-q1)

Portrait: Geoffrey Chaucer, Unknown author, Public domain.

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