Mars was an other in that lawe,

The which in Dace was forthdrawe,

Of whom the clerk Vegecius

Wrot in his bok, and tolde thus,

Hou he into Ytaile cam,

And such fortune ther he nam,

That he a Maiden hath oppressed,

Which in hire ordre was professed, 890

As sche which was the Prioresse

In Vestes temple the goddesse,