[6-text p 193]
The bryddys synge it is non nay
The sperhauk & the popyniay
That Ioye it was to heere
Line 1958
The thrustilcok made ek his lay
The wode douwe vp-on the spray
sche song ful loude & cleere
Line 1961
Sire Thopas fil in loue longynge
Al whan he herde the thrustil synge
And prikede as he were wod
Line 1964
Hise fayre stede in hise prykynge
So swatte that men myȝte hym wrynge
Hise sydys were al blod
Line 1967
Sere topas ek so wery was
ffor prykynge on the softe gras
So fiers was hise corage
Line 1970
That doun he leyde hym in the plas
To makyn his stede sum solas
And ȝaf hym good forage
Line 1973
O seynte marye benedicite
What eylyth this loue at me
To bynde me so soore
Line 1976
Me dremede al this nyght parde [folio 324a]
An Elf queene schal myn leman be
And slepe vndyr myn goore
Line 1979
An Elf queene wele I haue I-wis
ffor in this world no woman is
Worthi to ben myn make
Line 1982
In tounne
Alle othere women I forsake
And to an elf queene I me be-take
by dale & ek by doūne
Line 1986
