For though that ever virtuous was she, She was increased in such excellence Of thewës 2518 good, y-set in high bounté, And so discreet, and fair of eloquence, So benign, and so digne 2519 of reverence, And couldë so the people’s heart embrace, That each her lov’d that looked on her face.

Not only of Saluces in the town Published was the bounté of her name, But eke besides in many a regioún; If one said well, another said the same: So spread of herë high bounté the fame, That men and women, young as well as old, Went to Saluces, her for to behold.