"Lat se; konne ye youre fader countrefete?"
This Chauntecleer his wynges gan to bete,
As man that koude his traysoun nat espie,
So was he ravysshed with his flaterie.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Nun’s Priest’s Tale. The Fox gets to the punchline of his series of insincere compliments and false flattery of Chauntecleer. He issues the challenge: can the rooster imitate his father’s great singing? The proud cock begins to beat his sings. As one who cannot see the Fox’s treason he is said to be so ravished with his flattery.