"Ful dredfully tho gan she stonde stille, And took it nought, but al hir humble chere Gan for to chaunge..."
by: Edward Coley Burne-Jones (Artist)
from: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer (P. 483) - 1958
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"Ful dredfully tho gan she stonde stille, And took it [the letter] nought, but al hir humble chere Gan for to chaunge, and seyde: Scrit ne bille, For love of God, that toucheth swich matere, Ne bring me noon; and also, uncle dere, To myn estat have more reward, I preye, Than to his lust; what sholde I more seye?" (p. 493)
"Ful dredfully tho gan she stonde stille, And took it [the letter] nought, but al hir humble chere Gan for to chaunge, and seyde: Scrit ne bille, For love of God, that toucheth swich matere, Ne bring me noon; and also, uncle dere, To myn estat have more reward, I preye, Than to his lust; what sholde I more seye?" (p. 493)
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