That stoute ben and malicious,
That wolen in an abit goo,
And setten not her herte therto.
Romaunt of the Rose, 6152.
And thus when that thei were counseilled,
In black clothes thei them clothe,
The daughter and the lady both,
And yolde hem to religion.
Gower, Confessio Amantis, b. viii.
Remark. There are no ‘remarks’ now but verbal ones. ‘To remark’ was once to point out, to designate.