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Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, c.1387-1400
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John Wycliffe's Illegal English Bible, c.1400
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English as the Language of King and Government, 1419
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Thomas Malory, The Legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table Manuscript, 1469
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William Caxton's first printed book in English, 1473
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Robert Henryson, The Fabillis of Esope (Aesop's Fables), c.1480
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William Caxton's 'egges' story from Eneydos, 1490
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