He proffert no prayer to no prise goddis,
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Ne hedyt noght hertely but þe hend lady;
Ne no lede on to loke saue lelly hir one.
THE FAIRNES OF ELAN.
All the feturs of þat fre was fourmyt so well,
And ho of fairnes so fele was ferly to se.
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The here of hir hede, huyt as the gold,
Bost out vppon brede bright on to loke:
The shede þurghe the shyre here shone as þe lilly,
Streght as a strike, straght þurgh the myddes,
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Depertid the proudfall pertly in two,
Atiret in tressis trusset full faire.
Hir forhed full fresshe & fre to be-holde,
Quitter to qweme þen þe white snaw,
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Nouþer lynes ne lerkes but full lell streght;
With browes full brent, brightist of hewe,
Semyt as þai set were sotely with honde,
Comyng in Compas, & in course Rounde,
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ffull metly made & mesured betwene,
Bright as the brent gold enbowet þai were.
Hir ene wull full onest euyn of a mesure,
Shynyng full shene as þe shire sternys,
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Or any staring stone þat stithe is of vertue;
ffull sutelly set, Serklyt with heris
On the browes so bryght, borduret full clene,
Stondyng full stepe and stable of chere. [folio 48b]
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Hir nose for the nonest was nobly shapyn,
Stondyng full streght & not of stor lenght,
Ne to short for to shew in a shene mesure;
Noght growen to grete ne to grefe smalle;
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With thrilles noght thrat but thriftily made,—
Nawther to wyde ne to wan, but as hom well semyt.
Hir chekes full choise, as the chalke white,
As the rose, was the rud þat raiked hom in,—
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