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"And at the window leep he fro the lofte Whan she hath warned him, and doon him bote."

"And at the window leep he fro the lofte Whan she hath warned him, and doon him bote."
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"And at the window leep he fro the lofte Whan she hath warned him, and doon him bote."

from: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer (P. 446) -  1958
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"And at the window leep he fro the lofte Whan she hath warned him, and doon him bote. This Lino swifte was, and light of fote, And from his wyf he ran a ful good pas. This sely woman is so wayk, allas! And helples so, that, or that she fer wente, Her cruel fader dide her for to hente." (p. 447)