Note 1 — Chapter I · A MEDIÆVAL MANOR-HOUSE.
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The translation runs thus:—
“Much ought woman to be held dear; By her is everybody clothed. Well know I that woman spins and manufactures The cloths with which we dress and cover ourselves, “And gold tissues, and cloth of silk; And therefore say I, wherever I may be, To all those who shall hear this story That they say no ill of womankind.”