John Lydgate

“ For innocencë and for womanhede; 205
For seemlinessë, unto Canacee;
And over this, to speke of goodlihede,
She passeth alle that I can of rede;
For worde and dede, that she naught ne falle,
Acorde in vertue, and her werkes alle. 210
For though that Dydo, with [her] witte sage,
Was in her tyme stedfast to Enee,
Of hastinesse yet she did outrage;
And so for Jason did also Medee.
But my lady is so avisee 215
That, bountee and beautee bothe in her demeyne,
She maketh bountee alway soverayne. ”