Elle addenoit son courage
A faire maint del ouvrage
Dessus la table, et encor
A joinder le soye et l’or
Vous d’un pareil exercise
Mariez par artifice
Dessus la toile en maint trait
L’or et la soie en pourtrait”
She applied her effort
To doing many fine works
At the table, and moreover
To joining silk and gold
You, in such like exercise,
By artifice do likewise marry
Upon the cloth in many strokes
Gold and silk in embroidery
– Le Roman de la Violette (c. 1227) aka Gerard de Nevers, Gerlain de Montreuil
(Medieval lyrical song)
