Of Rome among the gestes olde
I finde hou that Valerie tolde 6360
Hic loquitur de virginitatis commendacione, vbi dicit quod nuper Imperatores ob tanti status dignitatem virginibus cedebant[496] in via.
That what man tho was Emperour[494]
Of Rome, he scholde don honour
To the virgine, and in the weie,[495]
Wher he hire mette, he scholde obeie
In worschipe of virginite,
Which tho was of gret dignite.[497]
Noght onliche of the wommen tho,[498]