"When Adam dalf and Eve span, go spire – if thou may spede – Where was than the pride of man that now marres his mede?"

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Original Language: English

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Sometimes attributed to Richard Rolle. Adapted by John Ball during the Peasants' Revolt as "When Adam dalf, and Eve span, who was thanne a gentilman."