Ch’est entendu par le vermeil.
“That you must pour out your blood
To serve and honour God;
And to defend the holy Church;
For all this must a knight do
If he wishes entirely to please God;
Such is the meaning of the crimson.
“These trunk-hose of brown silk by their sombre hue are meant to remind you of—
(Text.)
“La mort, et la terre où gisrez,