A Limitour,[77] a ful solempnè man.
In all the ordres foure is none that can
So muche of daliance and fayre langáge.
He hadde ymade ful many a mariáge
Of yongè wimmen, at his owen cost.
Until[78] his ordre he was a noble post.
Ful wel beloved, and familier was he
With frankeleins[79] over all in his contrèe,
And eke with worthy wimmen of the toun:
For he had power of confessioun,