Without another campanion in youth, --
462: But therof nedeth nat to speke as nowthe.

But there is no need to speak of that now.
Brittany STOP HERE; Katherine takes over.


463: And thries hadde she been at jerusalem;
And she had been three timesto Jerusalem;
464: She hadde passed many a straunge strem;
She had passed many a foreign sea;
465: At rome she hadde been, and at boloigne,
She had been at Rome, and at Boulogne,
466: In galice at seint-jame, and at coloigne.
In Galicia at Saint Jame, and at Cologne.
467: She koude muchel of wandrynge by the weye.
She knew much about wandering by the way.
468: Gat-tothed was she, soothly for to seye.
She had teeth widely set apart, truly to say.
469: Upon an amblere esily she sat,
She sat easily upon a pacing horse,
470: Ywympled wel, and on hir heed an hat
Wearing a large wimple, and on her head a hat
471: As brood as is a bokeler or a targe;
As broad as a buckler or a shield;
472: A foot-mantel aboute hir hipes large,
An overskirt about her large hips,
473: And on hir feet a paire of spores sharpe.
And on her feet a pair of sharp spurs.
474: In felaweshipe wel koude she laughe and carpe.
In fellowship she well knew how to laugh and chatter.
475: Of remedies of love she knew per chaunce,
Of remedies of love she knew by chance,
476: For she koude of that art the olde daunce.
For she knew that art of the old dance.