This sely Absolon herde every deel, And on his lippe he gan for anger byte, And to hymself he seyde, "I shal thee quyte."

This sely Absolon herde every deel,
And on his lippe he gan for anger byte,
And to hymself he seyde, "I shal thee quyte."

– Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales, The Miller’s Tale. Absolon determines to have his revenge when Alison and her lover Nicholas laugh at his humiliation over Alison’s prank on him. He may not have won the competition for the woman, but he can enjoy some payback against her.

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