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and among †cherles may ben nempned. And therfore, he that
wol ben gentil, he mot daunten his flesshe fro vyces that causen
ungentilnesse, and leve also reignes of wicked lustes, and drawe
to him vertue, that in al places gentilnesse gentilmen maketh.
And so speke I, in feminine gendre in general, of tho persones,
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at the reverence of one whom every wight honoureth; for her
bountee and her noblesse y-made her to god so dere, that his
moder she became; and she me hath had so greet in worship,