P. ii. 155

And whan thegipcienes syhe[1541]

The fieldes fulle afore here yhe,

And that the loud began to greine,

Which whilom hadde be bareigne,—

For therthe bar after the kinde

His due charge,—this I finde,

That sche of berthe the goddesse

Is cleped, so that in destresse

The wommen there upon childinge