'ffor I ha the gouernaunce [[St. & C.]]
Off fyr, of heyr, (as ye may se,) [in primo celo & mundo] [[St. & C.]]
Off erthe, and off the largë se,
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Off ther accord & ther debate;
I leue no thyng in on estat,
But makë eche thyng, by declyn,
ffor to drawë to hys ffyn.
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I make alday thyngës newe
The olde, refresshyng off her hewe.
The erthe I clothë, yer by yer, [prose cap xli]
And refresshe hym off hys cher
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Wyth [[Stowe]] many colour of delyte,
Blewh [[Stowe]] & grenë, Red & whyt,
At prymë temps, with many a flour.
And al the soyl, thorgh my fauour
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Ys clad of newe; medwe & pleyn
And hillës hih, ek spyce & greyn
I makë to enspyre soote,
And do the bawme, out of the Rote
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In-to the crop a-ryse & sprynge.
'And in-to trëes ek I brynge
Ther lusty blosmys whyte & rede; [Stowe folio 66a]
And in ther braunchys ek I sprede
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A-brood myn fresshë vestymentys,
And with myn vnkouth paramentys
I clothë ham wyth buddys glade,
Wych, with wynter, dede I made,
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Thorgh constreynt of hys coldys kene,
Tornyng to russet al the grene
With fretyng of hys bytter cold.
'But al that wynter maketh old,
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And with hyr stormys doth desteyne,
I make yt fresshe & yong ageyn;
The bromys with ther golden floure, [folio 54a] [[C. & St.]]
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That wynter madë (with hys shour) [[St. & C.]]
Nakyd and bare, dedly of hewe, [[St. & C.]]
With levys I kan cloth hem [[hem St., hym C.]] newe;
And off the feld the lyllyes ffayre,
And off herbys many a payre,
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That wynter slowh with hys constreynt,
