WHILOM in Flanders there was a company of young
folk, that amidst riot and gambling gave themselves
up to folly in the stews and taverns, where to harps,
lutes and citterns day and night they danced and played at
dice, and therewithal ate and drank to sad excess. In this cursed
wise with abominable debauchery did they sacrifice to the devil
in his temple, and…

— Geoffrey Chaucer
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