So priketh hem nature in her corages.”
Further on we remark in ll. 939–40:—
“O thow, rede Marȝ Armypotente,
That in the trende baye hase made þy trone.”
some traces of resemblance with the Knight’s Tale, ll. 1123–26:—
“And downward on a hill under a bent,
There stood the tempul of Marȝ armypotent,
Wrought al of burned steel, of which thentre
Was long and streyt, and gastly for to see,”
which may still be compared with the first lines of the Prologue of Queen Anelida and False Arcite:—