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"But nathelees this mayde, bright of hewe, Fro foot to heed they clothed han al newe."

"But nathelees this mayde, bright of hewe, Fro foot to heed they clothed han al newe."
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"But nathelees this mayde, bright of hewe, Fro foot to heed they clothed han al newe."

from: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer (P. 129) -  1958
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"But nathelees this mayde, bright of hewe, Fro foot to heed they clothed han al newe. "Hir heris they kembd, that lay untressed Ful rudely, and with hir fyngres smale A corone on hire heed they han ydressed, And sette hire ful of nowches grete and smale. Of hire array what sholde I make a tale? Unnethe the peple hire knew for hire fairnesse, Whan she translated was in swich richesse." (p. 131)