"Straw for youre gentillesse!" quod oure Hoost.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Squire’s Tale. The Host says this to the Franklin, when he interrupts the Squire in his tale to praise his wit and eloquence and gentility. The Franklin wishes his son were more like the Squire and devoted himself to virtue instead of gambling and conversed with any "gentil" person so that he might learn "gentillesse" (nobility).