Chapter 19 MARGARET.

For though that ever virtuous was she,

She was increased in such excellence,

Of thewes good, yset in high bounté,

And so discreet and fair of eloquence,

So benign, and so digne of reverence,

And couthé so the poeple's hert embrace,

That each her loveth that looketh in her face.

CHAUCER.-The Clerk's Tale.

Hugh returned to Mrs