A little further on, Nature is made to say (l. 16970):—
'Cis Diex méismes, par sa grace,...
Tant m'ennora, tant me tint chere,
Qu'il m'establi sa chamberiere ...
Por chamberiere! certes vaire,
Por connestable, et por vicaire.'
20. See just above; and cf. Parl. of Foules, 379—'Nature, the vicaire of thalmighty lord.'
32-4. Cf. Le Rom. de la Rose, 16443-6.
35. From this line to l. 120, Chaucer has it all his own way. This fine passage is not in Le Roman, nor in Gower.