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"But prively she caughte forth a knyf, And therwithal she rafte herself her lyf..."

"But prively she caughte forth a knyf, And therwithal she rafte herself her lyf..."
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"But prively she caughte forth a knyf, And therwithal she rafte herself her lyf..."

by: Edward Coley Burne-Jones (Artist) from: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer (P. 434) -  1958
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"But prively she caughte forth a knyf, And therwithal she rafte herself her lyf; And as she fel adoun, she caste her look, And of her clothes yit she hede took; For in her falling yit she hadde care Lest that her feet or swiche thing lay bare; So wel she loved clennesse and eek trouthe." (p. 436)