For thus it is, that overal,

Wher as I come in special,

I mai hiere of mi ladi pris;

I hiere on seith that sche is wys,[786]

An other seith that sche is good,

And som men sein, of worthi blod 840

That sche is come, and is also[787]

So fair, that nawher is non so;

And som men preise hire goodli chiere:

Thus every thing that I mai hiere,