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Our Fathers Have Told Us, Part I. The Bible of Amiens

Note 2-7 — Chapter II

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For detailed illustration of the word, see 'Val d'Arno,' Lecture VIII.; 'Fors Clavigera,' Letters XLVI. 231, LXXVII. 137; and Chaucer, 'Romaunt of Rose,' 1212—"Next him" (the knight sibbe to Arthur) "daunced dame Franchise;"—the English lines are quoted and commented on in the first lecture of 'Ariadne Florentina'; I give the French here:—

"Apres tous ceulx estoit Franchise Que ne fut ne brune ne bise. Ains fut comme la neige blanche Courtoyse estoit, joyeuse, et franche. Le nez avoit long et tretis, Yeulx vers, riants; sourcilz faitis; Les cheveulx eut très-blons et longs Simple fut comme les coulons Le cœur eut doulx et debonnaire. Elle n'osait dire ne faire Nulle riens que faire ne deust."

And I hope my girl readers will never more confuse Franchise with 'Liberty.'

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