Wherof the Greks to hem beseke
With tho that ben goddesses eke,
And have in hem a gret credence.
Manes dii mortuorum.[1614]
And yit withoute experience
Salve only of illusion,
Which was to hem dampnacion, 1360
P. ii. 173
For men also that were dede
Thei hadden goddes, as I rede,