For comunliche in worthi place
The wommen loven worthinesse
[Gentilesse.]
Of manhode and of gentilesse,
Hic dicit,[1288] quod generosi in amoris causa sepius preferuntur. Super quo querit Amans, Quid sit generositas: cuius veritatem questionis Confessor per singula dissoluit.
For the gentils ben most desired.
Mi fader, bot I were enspired 2200
Thurgh lore of you, I wot no weie
What gentilesce is forto seie,
Wherof to telle I you beseche.