This was the common voice of every man: “Our emperor of Romë, God him see, 1447 A daughter hath, that since the world began, To reckon as well her goodness and beautý, Was never such another as is she: I pray to God in honour her sustene, And would she were of all Európe the queen.

“In her is highë beauty without pride, And youth withoutë greenhood 1448 or follý: To all her workës virtue is her guide; Humbless hath slain in her all tyranny: She is the mirror of all courtesy, Her heart a very chamber of holiness, Her hand miníster of freedom for almess.” 1449