P. ii. 340
And nameliche of thilke good
Which every womman that is good
Desireth forto kepe and holde,
As whilom was be daies olde.
For if thou se mi tale wel
Of that was tho, thou miht somdiel 6350
Of old ensample taken hiede,[492]
Hou that the flour of maidenhiede
Was thilke time holde in pris.