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14th Century
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was the century which lasted from January 1, 1301, to December 31, 1400. In Europe, Asia, and North Africa, the Black Death claimed between 75 to 200 million lives. England and France fought in the protracted Hundred Years' War. Political and natural disaster ravaged the Mongolian Empire, which lost much of its power in Asia and Eastern Europe.
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Each grass from a lifeless grain is bred,
Else to harvest no wheat were won:
Always from good is good begun.
So seemly a seed could not die in vain,
That sprig nor spice there would be none
Of that precious pearl without a stain.
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Before his mistress a lover was prostrate, wounded to death by her beauty, killed by her disdain, obliged to an illimitable constancy, marked out for her dangerous service. A smile from her was in theory a gracious reward for twenty years of painful adoration.
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― The Canterbury Tales
― The Canterbury Tales
