Part 2 — THE CLERKE OF OXENFORDE.

At his beddes hed Twenty bokes clothed in blake or red, Of Aristotle and his philosophie, Than robes riche, fidel or sautrie, For al be that he was a philosopher Yet hadde he but litel gold in coffer, And all that he might of his frendes hente On bokes and on learning he it spente, And besily gan for the soules praie Of them that gave him wherewith to scholaie. —Chaucer.