429. _So_ Cp. Ln.; Hl. humblesse; _rest_ humblenesse.

Though that hir housbonde absent were anoon, 435

If gentil men, or othere of hir contree (380)

Were wrothe, she wolde bringen hem atoon;

So wyse and rype wordes hadde she,

And Iugements of so greet equitee,

That she from heven sent was, as men wende, 440

Peple to save and every wrong tamende.

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