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"But atte laste the statue of Venus shook And made a signe..."

"But atte laste the statue of Venus shook And made a signe..."
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"But atte laste the statue of Venus shook And made a signe..."

from: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer (P. 22) -  1958
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"Whan thorison was doon of Palamon, His sacrifice he dide, and that anon Ful pitously, with alle circumstaunce, Al telle I noght as now his observaunce; But atte laste the statue of Venus shook And made a signe, wherby that he took That his preyere accepted was that day; For thogh the signe shewed a delay, Yet wiste he wel that graunted was his boone, And with glad herte he wente hym hoom ful soone." (p. 21)