Walter William Skeat

Summary

Walter William Skeat,  Chaucer's Works (ed. Skeat) Vol… (1900)

“ She cryed, 'O turne again, for routhe and sinne! 2200
Thy barge hath nat al his meiny inne!'
Her kerchef on a pole up stikked she,
Ascaunce that he sholde hit wel y-see,
And him remembre that she was behinde,
And turne again, and on the stronde her finde; 2205
But al for noght; his wey he is y-goon. (321)
And doun she fil a-swown upon a stoon;
And up she rist, and kiste, in al her care,
The steppes of his feet, ther he hath fare,
And to her bedde right thus she speketh tho:— 2210
'Thou bed,' quod she, 'that hast receyved two,
Thou shalt answere of two, and nat of oon!
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