'Al in whyte?' 'Madamë,' quod I, 'yis!'
'That is Diane, goddesse of chastitè;
And, for bicause that she a maiden is,
In her hond the braunch she bereth, this
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That agnus-castus men call properly;
And alle the ladies in her company
Which ye see of that herb[ë] chaplets were,
Be such as han kept †ay hir maidenhede;
And al they that of laurer chaplets bere