And sette theron heore cors,

Hyndeforth they seten, saun faile;

In heore hand they hulden theo tailes.

—l. 4708.

[2461.] We find a similar proverb in the Historie de Melusine, tirée des Chroniques de Poitou, &c. 12mo. Par. 1698, in which (at p. 72) Thierry, Duke of Bretagne, says to Raimondin;— “Vous autorisez par votre silence notre Proverbe, qui dit, Qu’un vieux peché fait nouvelle vergogne.”

[2513.] Sket was seysed, &c. Comp. the Fr. l. 971.

Apres cest fet, ad receu

Le regne q’a son piere fu.

[2516.]

And the king ful sone it yaf