Geynest under gore,
Herkne to my roun--
An hendy hap, etc.

on hyre lud] in her language. ich libbe] I live. semlokest]
seemliest. he] she. bandoun] thraldom. hendy] gracious. y-hent]
seized, enjoyed. ichot] I wot. lyht] alighted. hire her] her
hair. lossum] lovesome. loh] laughed. bote he] unless
she. buen] be. make] mate. feye] like to die. nihtes] at
night. wende] turn. for-thi] on that account. wonges waxeth won]
cheeks grow wan. levedi] lady. y-lent me on] arrived to me. so
wyter mon] so wise a man. swyre] neck. may] maid. for-wake] worn
out with vigils. so water in wore] as water in a weir. reve]
rob. y-yerned yore] long been distressed. tholien] to
endure. geynest under gore] comeliest under woman's
apparel. roun] tale, lay.


Anonymous. c. 1300

3. Spring-tide

LENTEN ys come with love to toune,
With blosmen ant with briddes roune,
That al this blisse bryngeth;
Dayes-eyes in this dales,
Notes suete of nyhtegales,
Vch foul song singeth;
The threstlecoc him threteth oo,
Away is huere wynter wo,