795

(For lippes thin, not fat, but ever lene,

They serve of naught, they be not worth a bene;

For if the basse ben full, there is delyt,

Maximian truly thus doth he wryte.)

But to my purpose:—I sey, whyte as snow

800

Ben all her teeth, and in order thay stond

Of oon stature; and eke hir breth, I trow,

Surmounteth alle odours that ever I fond