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"Hit was of Venus ... Naked fletinge in a see."

"Hit was of Venus ... Naked fletinge in a see."
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"Hit was of Venus ... Naked fletinge in a see."

by: Edward Coley Burne-Jones (Artist) from: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer (P. 448) -  1958
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"Hit was of Venus redely, The temple; for, in portreyture, I saw anoon-right hir figure Naked fletinge in a see. And also on hir heed, parde, Hir rose-garlond whyt and reed, And hir comb to kembe hir heed, Hir dowves, and daun Cupido, Hir blinde sone, and Vulcano, That in his face was ful broun." (p. 449)