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FOOTNOTES
[1] The translation runs thus:—
“Much ought woman to be held dear;
By her is everybody clothed.
Well know I that woman spins and manufactures
The cloths with which we dress and cover ourselves,
“And gold tissues, and cloth of silk;
And therefore say I, wherever I may be,
To all those who shall hear this story
That they say no ill of womankind.”
[2] Warton, “History of English Poetry.”
[3] See p. 15.
[4] Denton, “England in the Fifteenth Century.”
[5] Mrs. A. S. Green, “Town Life in the Fifteenth Century.”