And aungellyke his winges saugh I sprede.

†And al be that men seyn that blind is he,

Al-gate me thoughte that he mighte see;

†For sternely on me he gan biholde,

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†So that his loking doth myn herte colde.

†And by the hande he held this noble quene,

[Corouned] with whyte, and clothed al in grene,

†So womanly, so benigne, and so meke,

†That in this world, thogh that men wolde seke,