And it was cleped pope holy,
That ilke is she that priuily
Ne spared neuer a wicked deed
When men of her taken none heed,
And maketh her outward precious,
With pale visage and piteous,
And seemeth a simple creature,” &c.
Workes, fol. 111. ed. 1602.
The original French of the preceding passage is,—
“Une autre imaige estoit escripte,