What all this signified.
“Sire,” answers Hugues, “like the babe that leaves the font cleansed from original sin,—
“Sire, tout ensement devez
Issir, sanz nule vilounie
De ce baing, car chevalerie
Si doit baingnier en honesté,
En courtoisie et en bonté
Et fere amer à toutes gens.”
“Sire, it is thus that you must
Emerge without any stain