opye
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- opium
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1470-1475:
- For he had yive his gayler drinke so
Of a clarree, maad of a certeyn wyn,
With nercotikes and opie of Thebes fyn,
That al that night, thogh that men wolde him shake,
The gayler sleep, he mighte nat awake;
And thus he fleeth as faste as ever he may.- For he had so given his jailer drink
Of a spiced and sweetened drink made of a certain wine,
With narcotics and pure opium of Thebes,
That all that night, though men would shake him,
The jailer slept, he could not awake;
And thus he flees as fast as ever he can.
- For he had so given his jailer drink
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1470-1475: