And what the Moder hihte also
That he him wolde telle he preide.
‘Moris this child is hote,’ he seide, 1400
‘His Moder hatte Couste, and this
I not what maner name it is.’
But Allee wiste wel ynowh,
Wherof somdiel smylende he lowh;
For Couste in Saxoun is to sein
Constance upon the word Romein.
Bot who that cowthe specefie