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"Agayn the knyght this olde wyf gan ryse, And seyde: Sire knyght, heerforth ne lith no wey..."

"Agayn the knyght this olde wyf gan ryse, And seyde: Sire knyght, heerforth ne lith no wey..."
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"Agayn the knyght this olde wyf gan ryse, And seyde: Sire knyght, heerforth ne lith no wey..."

from: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer (P. 112) -  1958
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"No creature saugh he that bar lyf, Save on the grene he saugh sittynge a wyf; A fouler wight ther may no man devyse. Agayn the knyght this olde wyf gan ryse, And seyde: Sire knyght, heerforth ne lith no wey; Tel me, what that ye seken, by youre fey. Paraventure it may the bettre be; Thise olde folk kan muchel thyng, quod she." (p. 113)