Stratford Canning

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    Ful weel she soong the service dyvyne,
    Entuned in hir nose ful semely,
    And Frenssh she spak ful faire and fetisly,
    After the scole of Stratford atte Bowe,
    For Frenssh of Parys was to hire unknowe.
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    A steady patriot of the world alone,
    The friend of every country but his own.
    —George Canning (1770–1827)