For out of olde feldys, as men sey, Comyth al this newe corn from ȝer to ȝere, And out of olde bokis, in good fey, Comyth al this newe science that men le

For out of olde feldys, as men sey, Comyth al this newe corn from ȝer to ȝere, And out of olde bokis, in good fey, Comyth al this newe science that men lere. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parlement of Foules (c. 1380)