"Histoire d'Anne Boleyn."

    "S'elle estoit belle et de taille élégante,

    Estoit des yeulx encor plus attirante,

    Lesquelz sçavoit bien conduyre à propos

    En les lenant quelquefoys en repos;

    Aucune foys envoyant en message

    Porter du cueur le secret tesmoignage."

Much as her form seduced the sight,

  Her eyes could even more surely woo;

And when and how to shoot their light

  Into men's hearts full well she knew.

For sometimes in repose she hid

Their rays beneath a downcast lid;

And then again, with wakening air,

  Would send their sunny glances out,

Like heralds of delight, to bear

  Her heart's sweet messages about.