A little further on, Nature is made to say (l. 16970):--

'Cis Diex méismes, par sa grace,...

Tant m'ennora, tant me tint chere,

Qu'il m'establi sa chamberiere ...

Por chamberiere! certes vaire,

Por connestable, et por _vicaire_.'

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20. See just above; and cf. Parl. of Foules, 379--'Nature, the _vicaire_ of

thalmighty lord.'

32-4. Cf. Le Rom. de la Rose, 16443-6.

35. From this line to l. 120, Chaucer has it all his own way. This fine

passage is not in Le Roman, nor in Gower.

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