Very confused! Here's an example of English as spoken ~600 years ago (Chaucer): "Ye knowe ek that in forme of speeche is chaunge Withinne a thousand yeer, and

Very confused! Here's an example of English as spoken ~600 years ago (Chaucer): "Ye knowe ek that in forme of speeche is chaunge Withinne a thousand yeer, and wordes tho That hadden pris, now wonder nyce and straunge Us thinketh hem, and yet thei spake hem so, And spedde as wel in love as men now do; Ek for to wynnen love in sondry ages, In sondry londes, sondry ben usages."