Book Duch. 623. The dispitouse debonaire,

That scorneth many a creature.

I cannot give the exact reference, because Jean de Meun's description of

the various moods of Fortune extends to a portentous length. Chaucer

reproduces the general impression which a perusal of the poem leaves on the

mind. However, take ll. 4860-62 of Le Roman:--

Que miex vaut asses et profite

Fortune _perverse et contraire_

Que la mole et _la debonnaire_.

Surely 'debonaire' in Chaucer is rather French than Latin. And see

_debonaire_ in the E. version of the Romaunt, l. 5412.