"Whan that this dore hadde opened me This mayden, semely for to see..."
by: Edward Coley Burne-Jones (Artist)
from: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer (P. 248) -  1958
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"Whan that this dore hadde opened me This mayden, semely for to see, I thanked hir as I best mighte, And axede hir how that she highte, And what she was, I axede eke. And she to me was noght unmeke, Ne of hir answer daungerous, But faire answerde, and seide thus: Lo, sir, my name is Ydelnesse; So clepe men me, more & lesse." (p. 248)
"Whan that this dore hadde opened me This mayden, semely for to see, I thanked hir as I best mighte, And axede hir how that she highte, And what she was, I axede eke. And she to me was noght unmeke, Ne of hir answer daungerous, But faire answerde, and seide thus: Lo, sir, my name is Ydelnesse; So clepe men me, more & lesse." (p. 248)