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Against Hasty Credence Fals titlaris now growis up full rank, Nocht ympit in the stok of cheretie, Howping at thair lord to gett grit thank, Thay haif no dreid on thair nybouris to lie. Than sowld ane lord avyse him weill and se Quhen ony taill is brocht to his presence Gif it be groundit into veretie Or he thairto gif haistely creddence. Ane worthy lord sould wey ane taill wyslie, The taill-tellar and quhome of it is tald, Gif it be said for luve or for invy, And gif the tailisman weill avow it wald. Than eftirwart the pairteis sould be cald For thair excuse to mak lawfull defence. Thus sowld ane lord the ballance evinly hald And gif not at the first haistie creddence. It is no wirschep for ane nobill lord For fals tailis to put ane trew man doun, And gevand creddence to the first recoird, He will not heir his excusatioun. The tittillaris so in his heir can roun The innocent may get no awdience. Ryme as it may, thairin is na ressoun To gif till taillis hestely creddence Thir teltellaris oft tymes dois grit skaith And raissis mortall feid and discrepance And makis lordis with thair servandis wreith And baneist be withowtin cryme perchance. It is the grund of stryfe and all distance. Moir perrellus than ony pestillence, Ane lord in flatterreris to haif plesance Or to gif lyaris hestely creddence. O thow wyse lord, quhen that a flatterrer Thee for to pleis and hurt the innocent Will tell ane taill of thy familiar, Thow sowld the pairteis call incontinent And sitt doun sadly into jugement And serche the caus weill or thow gif sentence, Or ellis heireftir in cais thow may repent That thow to tailis gaif so grit creddence. O wicket tung sawand dissentioun, Of fals taillis to tell that will not tyre, Moir perrellus than ony fell pusoun, The pane of hell thow sall haif to thi hyre. Richt swa sall thay that hes joy or desyre To gife thair eirris to heird with patience, For of discord it kendillis mony fyre Throuch geving talis hestely creddence. Bakbyttaris to heir it is no bourd For thay ar planlie curst in everie place. Thre personis severall he slayis with ane wowrd: Himself, the heirar, and the man saiklace. Within ane hude he hes ane doubill face, Ane bludy tung undir a fair pretence, I say no moir bot “God grant lordis grace To gife to taillis nocht hestely creddence.” The Annunciation Forcy as deith is likand lufe Throuch quhom al bittir swet is. Nothing is hard, as writ can pruf, Till him in lufe that letis. Luf us fra barret betis Quhen fra the hevinly sete abufe In message Gabriell couth muf And with myld Mary metis And said, “God wele thee gretis. In thee he will tak rest and rufe But hurt of syn or yit reprufe. In him sett thi decret is.” This message mervale gert that myld And silence held but soundis As weill aferit a maid infild. The angell it expoundis, How that hir wame but woundis Consave it suld, fra syn exild, And quhen this carpin wes compilit, Brichtnes fra bufe aboundis. Than fell that gay to groundis, Of Goddis grace na thing begild, Wox in hir chaumer chaist with child, With Crist our kyng that cround is. Thir tithingis tauld, the messinger Till hevin agane he glidis. That princes pure withoutyn peir Full plesandly applid is And blith with barne abidis. O wirthy wirschip singuler To be moder and madyn meir As Cristin faith confidis, That borne was of hir sidis Our makar, Goddis sone so deir, Quhilk erd, wattir, and hevinnis cleir Throw grace and virtu gidis. The miraclis ar mekle and meit Fra luffis ryver rynnis. The low of luf haldand the hete Unbrynt full blithlie brinnis. Quhen Gabriell beginnis With mouth that gudely may to grete, The wand of Aaron, dry, but wete, To burioun nocht blynnis. The flesch all donk within is, Upon the erd na drop couth fleit. Sa was that may maid moder swete And sakeles of all synnis. Hir mervalus haill madinhede God in hir bosum bracis And his divinité fra dreid Hir kepit in all casis. The hie God of his gracis Himself dispisit us to speid And dowtit nocht to dee on deid. He panit for our peacis And with his blude us bacis Bot quhen he ras up, as we rede, The cherité of his godhede Was plane in every placis. O lady lele and lusumest, Thy face moist fair and schene is. O blosum blith and bowsumest Fra carnale cryme that clene is, This prayer fra my splene is That all my werkis wikkitest Thow put away and make me chaist, Fra Termigant that teyn is And fra his cluke that kene is, And syn till hevin my saule thou haist Quhair thi makar of michtis mast Is kyng and thow thair quene is. Sum Practysis of Medecyne Guk guk, gud day schir, gaip quhill ye get it, Sic greting may gane weill — gud laik in your hude. Ye wald deir me, I trow, becaus I am dottit, To ruffill me with a ryme — na schir, be the rude. Your saying I haif sene and on syd set it As geir of all gaddering, glaikit, nocht gude, Als your medicyne by mesour I haif meit met it, The quhilk I stand ford ye nocht understude Bot wrett on as ye culd to gar folk wene For feir my longis wes flaft Or I wes dottit or daft. Gife I can ocht of the craft, Heir be it sene. Becaus I ken your cunnyng into cure Is clowtit and clampit and nocht weill cleird, My prectik in pottingary ye trow be als pure And lyk to your lawitnes. I schrew thame that leid. Is nowdir fevir nor fell that our the feild fure, Seiknes nor sairnes in tyme gif I seid, Bot I can lib thame and leiche thame fra lame and lesure, With sawis thame sound mak. On your saule beid That ye be sicker of this sedull I send yow With the suthfast seggis That glean all egeis With dia and dreggis Of malis to mend yow. Dia Culcakit Cape cuk maid and crop the colleraige — Ane medecyne for the maw, and ye cowth mak it — With sweit satlingis and sowrokis, the sop of the sege, The crud of my culome (with your teith crak it), Lawrean and linget seid and the luffage, The hair of the hurcheoun nocht half deill hakkit With the snout of ane selch ane swelling to swage. This cure is callit in our craft Dia Culcakkit. Put all thir in ane pan with pepper and pik, Syne sett in to this, The count of ane cow kis. Is nocht bettir iwis For the collik. Dia Longum Recipe thre ruggis of the reid ruke, The gant of ane gray meir, the claik of ane gus, The dram of ane drekters, the douk of ane duke, The gaw of ane grene dow, the leg of ane lous, Fyve unce of ane fle wing, the fyn of ane fluke, With ane sleiffull of slak that growis in the slus. Myng all thir in ane mas with the mone cruke. This untment is rycht ganand for your awin us With reid nettill seid in strang wesche to steip For to bath your ba cod Quhen ye wald nop and nod. Is nocht bettir, be God, To latt yow to sleip. Dia Glaconicon This dia is rycht deir and denteit in daill Caus it is trest and trew. Thairfoir that ye tak Sevin sobbis of ane selche, the quhidder of ane quhaill, The lug of ane lempet is nocht to forsaik, The harnis of ane haddok hakkit or haill With ane bustfull of blude of the scho bak With ane brewing caldrun full of hait caill For it wil be the softar and sweittar of the smak. Thair is nocht sic ane lechecraft fra Laudian to Lundin. It is clippit in our cannon Dia Glecolicon For till fle awaye fon Quhair fulis ar fundin Dia Custrum The ferd feisik is fyne and of ane felloun pryce, Gud for haising and hosting or heit at the hairt. Recipe thre sponfull of the blak spyce With ane grit gowpene of the gowk fart, The lug of ane lyoun, the gufe of ane gryce, Ane unce of ane oster poik at the nethir parte Annoynt it with nurice doung, for it is rycht nyce, Myng it with mysdirt and with mustart. Ye may clamp to this cure, and ye will mak cost, Bayth the bellox of ane brok With thre crawis of the cok, The schadow of ane Yule stok: Is gud for the host. Gud nycht, guk guk, for sa I began. I haif no come at this tyme langer to tary, Bot luk on this lettir and leird gif ye can, The prectik and poyntis of this pottingary. Schir, minister this medecyne at evin to sum man And or pryme be past, my powder I pary, Thay sall blis yow or ellis bittirly yow ban For it sall fle thame, in faith, out of the fary. Bot luk quhen ye gadder thir gressis and gers, Outhir savrand or sour, That it be in ane gude oure. It is ane mirk mirrour, Ane uthir manis ers. The Ressoning betwix Aige and Yowth Yowth   Quhen fair Flora the godes of the flowris Baith firth and feildis freschely had ourfret And perly droppis of the balmy schowris Thir widdis grene had with thair water wet, Movand allone in mornyng myld I met A mirry man that all of mirth cowth mene, Singand this sang that richt sweitly wes sett. “O yowth, be glaid into thy flouris grene.” Aige   I lukit furth a litill me befoir. I saw a cative on a club cumand With cheikis lene and lyart lokis hoir, His ene was how, his voce was hes hostand, Wallowit richt wan and waik as ony wand. Ane bill he beure upoun his breist abone In letteris leill but lyis with this legand, “O yowth, thy flowris fedis fellone sone.” Yowth   This yungman lap upoun the land full licht And marvellit mekle of his misdome maid. “Waldin I am,” quod he, “and woundir wicht With bran as bair and breist burly and braid Na growme on ground my gairdone may degraid Nor of my pith may pair of wirth a prene. My face is fair, my fegour will not faid. O yowith, be glaid into thy flowris grene.” Aige   This senyeour sang bot with a sobir stevin. Schakand his berd he said, “My bairne, lat be. I wes within thir sextie yeiris and sevin Ane freik on fold als frak, forsy, and fre, Als glaid, als gay, als ying, als yaip as ye Bot now tha dayis ourdrevin ar and done. Luke thow my laithly luking gif I le. O yowth, thy flowris fadis fellone sone.” Yowth   Ane uthir vers yit this yungman cowth sing, “At luvis law a quhyle I think to leit, In court to cramp clenely in my clething And luke amangis thir lusty ladeis sweit Of mariage to mell with mowis meit In secreit place quhair we ma not be sene And so with birdis blythly my baillis beit, O yowth, be glaid into thi flowris grene.” Aige   This awstrene man gaif answer angirly. “For thy cramping thow salt baith cruke and cowre, Thy fleschely lust thow salt also defy And pane thee sall put fra paramour. Than will no bird be blyth of thee in bouir. Quhen thy manheid sall mynnis as the mone, Thow sall assay gif that my sang be soure. O yowth, thy flowris fadis fellone sone.” Yowth   This mirry man of mirth yit movit moir. “My corps is clene withowt corruptioun, My self is sound but seiknes or but soir, My wittis fyve in dew proportioun, My curage is of clene complexioun, My hairt is haill, my levar and my splene, Thairfoir to reid this roll I haif ressoun, O yowth, be glaid into thy flowris grene.” Aige   The bevir hair said to this berly berne, “This breif thow sall obey sone, be thow bald, Thy stait, thy strenth thocht it be stark and sterne, The feveris fell and eild sall gar thee fald, Thy corps sall clyng, thy curage sall wax cald, Thy helth sall hynk and tak a hurt bot hone, Thy wittis fyve sall wane thocht thow not wald. O yowth, thy flowris fedis fellone sone.” This galyart grutchit and began to greif, He on his wayis wrethly went but wene This lene awld man luche not bot tuk his leif And I abaid undir the levis grene. Of the sedullis, the suthe quhen I had sene, On trewth me thocht thay trevist in thair tone: “O yowth, be glaid into thy flowris grene.” “O yowth, thy flowris faidis fellone sone.” Robene and Makyne Robene sat on gud grene hill Kepand a flok of fe. Mirry Makyne said him till, “Robene, thow rew on me! I haif thee lovit loud and still Thir yeiris two or thre. My dule in dern bot gif thow dill Doutles but dreid I de.” Robene answerit, “Be the rude, Nathing of lufe I knaw Bot keipis my scheip undir yone wid, Lo quhair thay raik on raw. Quhat hes marrit thee in thy mude, Makyne, to me thow schaw, Or quhat is lufe or to be lude? Fane wald I leir that law.” “At luvis lair gife thow will leir, Tak thair ane A B C: Be heynd, courtas, and fair of feir, Wyse, hardy, and fre, So that no denger do thee deir. Quhat dule in dern thow dre, Preis thee with pane at all poweir, Be patient and previe.” Robene answerit hir agane, “I wait nocht quhat is luve Bot I haif mervell in certane Quhat makis thee this wanrufe. The weddir is fair and I am fane, My scheip gois haill aboif, And we wald play us in this plane Thay wald us bayth reproif.” “Robene, tak tent unto my taill And wirk all as I reid And thow sall haif my hairt all haill, Eik and my madinheid. Sen God sendis bute for baill And for murning remeid, I dern with thee bot gif I daill Doutles I am bot deid.” “Makyne, to-morne this ilk a tyde And ye will meit me heir, Peraventure my scheip ma gang besyd Quhill we haif liggit full neir, Bot mawgre haif I and I byd Fra thay begin to steir. Quhat lyis on hairt I will nocht hyd. Makyn, than, mak gud cheir.” “Robene, thow reivis me roif and rest. I luve bot thee allone.” “Makyne, adew, the sone gois west, The day is neirhand gone.” “Robene, in dule I am so drest That lufe wilbe my bone.” “Ga lufe, Makyne, quhairevir thow list For lemman I bid none.” “Robene, I stand in sic a styll I sicht and that full sair.” “Makyne, I haif bene heir this quhyle, At hame God gif I wair.” “My huny Robene, talk ane quhyll Gif thow will do na mair.” “Makyne, sum uthir man begyle For hamewart I will fair.” Robene on his wayis went Als licht as leif of tre. Mawkin murnit in hir intent And trowd him nevir to se. Robene brayd attour the bent, Than Mawkyne cryit on hie, “Now ma thow sing for I am schent, ‘Quhat alis lufe at me!’” Mawkyne went hame withouttin faill Full wery eftir cowth weip, Than Robene in a ful fair daill Assemblit all his scheip. Be that sum pairte of Mawkynis aill Outthrow his hairt cowd creip. He fallowit hir fast thair till assaill And till hir tuke gude keip. “Abyd, abyd thow fair Makyne! A word for ony thing! For all my luve it salbe thyne Withowttin depairting. All haill thy harte for till haif myne Is all my cuvating. My scheip to-morne quhill houris nyne Will neid of no keping.” “Robene, thow hes hard soung and say In gestis and storeis auld, The man that will nocht quhen he may Sall haif nocht quhen he wald. I pray to Jesu every day Mot eik thair cairis cauld That first preisis with thee to play Be firth, forrest, or fauld.” “Makyne, the nicht is soft and dry, The wedder is warme and fair And the grene woid rycht neir us by To walk attour all quhair. Thair ma na janglour us espy That is to lufe contrair, Thairin Makyne, bath ye and I Unsene we ma repair.” “Robene, that warld is all away And quyt brocht till ane end, And nevir agane thairto perfay Sall it be as thow wend, For of my pane thow maid it play And all in vane I spend. As thow hes done sa sall I say, ‘Murne on’; I think to mend.” “Mawkyne, the houp of all my heill, My hairt on thee is sett And evirmair to thee be leill Quhill I may leif but lett, Nevir to faill as uthiris feill, Quhat grace that evir I gett.” “Robene with thee I will nocht deill. Adew, for thus we mett.” Malkyne went hame blyth anneuche Attour the holttis hair Robene murnit and Malkyne lewche, Scho sang, he sichit sair, And so left him bayth wo and wewche In dolour and in cair Kepand his hird under a huche Amangis the holtis hair. The Bludy Serk This hindir yeir, I hard be tald, Thair was a worthy king. Dukis, erlis, and barronis bald He had at his bidding. The lord was anceane and ald And sexty yeiris cowth ring. He had a dochter fair to fald, A lusty lady ying. Of all fairheid scho bur the flour And eik hir faderis air, Of lusty laitis and he honour Meik bot and debonair. Scho wynnit in a bigly bour, On fold wes none so fair. Princis luvit hir paramour In cuntreis our allquhair. Thair dwelt a lyt besyde the king A fowll gyane of ane. Stollin he hes the lady ying, Away with hir is gane And kest hir in his dungering Quhair licht scho micht se nane. Hungir and cauld and grit thristing Scho fand into hir wane. He wes the laithliest on to luk That on the grund mycht gang His nailis wes lyk ane hellis cruk, Thairwith fyve quarteris lang. Thair wes nane that he ourtuk In rycht or yit in wrang Bot all in schondir he thame schuke, The gyane wes so strang. He held the lady day and nycht Within his deip dungeoun. He wald nocht gif of hir a sicht For gold nor yit ransoun Bot gife the king mycht get a knycht To fecht with his persoun, To fecht with him both day and nycht Quhill ane wer dungin doun. The king gart seik baith fer and neir, Beth be se and land, Of ony knycht gife he micht heir Wald fecht with that gyand. A worthy prince that had no peir Hes tane the deid on hand For the luve of the lady cleir, And held full trew cunnand. That prince come prowdly to the toun Of that gyane to heir And fawcht with him his awin persoun And tuke him presoneir And kest him in his awin dungeoun, Allane withouttin feir, With hungir, cauld, and confusioun As full weill worthy weir. Syne brak the bour, had hame the bricht Unto hir fadir deir. Sa evill wondit was the knycht That he behuvit to de, Unlusum was his likame dicht, His sark was all bludy. In all the warld was thair a wicht So peteous for to sy? The lady murnyt and maid grit mone With all hir mekle micht, “I luvit nevir lufe bot one, That dulfully now is dicht. God sen my lyfe wer fra me tone Or I had sene yone sicht Or ellis in begging evir to gone Furth with yone curtas knycht.” He said, “Fair lady, now mone I de, Trestly ye me trow. Tak ye my sark that is bludy And hing it forrow yow. First think on it and syne on me Quhen men cumis yow to wow.” The lady said, “Be Mary fre, Thairto I mak a vow.” Quhen that scho lukit to the serk, Scho thocht on the persoun And prayit for him with all hir harte That lowsd hir of bandoun, Quhair scho was wont to sit full merk In that deip dungeoun, And evir quhill scho wes in quert That was hir a lessoun. Sa weill the lady luvit the knycht That no man wald scho tak. Sa suld we do our God of micht That did all for us mak, Quhilk fullely to deid wes dicht For sinfull manis saik, Sa suld we do both day and nycht And prayaris to him mak. Moralitas This king is lyke the Trinitie Baith in hevin and heir, The manis saule to the lady, The gyane to Lucefeir, The knycht to Chryst that deit on tre And coft our synnis deir, The pit to hell with panis fell, The syn to the woweir. The lady was wowd bot scho said nay With men that wald hir wed, Sa suld we wryth all syn away That in our breist is bred. I pray to Jesu Chryst verrey For us his blud that bled To be our help on Domysday Quhair lawis ar straitly led. The saule is Godis dochtir deir And eik his handewerk That was betrasit with Lucifeir Quha sittis in hell full merk Borrowit with Chrystis angell cleir. Hend men will ye nocht herk, For his lufe that bocht us deir. Think on the bludy serk. The Garmont of Gud Ladeis Wald my gud lady lufe me best And wirk eftir my will, I suld ane garmond gudliest Gar mak hir body till. Of he honour suld be hir hud Upoun hir heid to weir. Garneist with govirnance so gud, Na demyng suld hir deir. Hir sark suld be hir body nixt Of chestetie so quhyt With schame and dreid togidder mixt, The same suld be perfyt. Hir kirtill suld be of clene constance Lasit with lesum lufe, The mailyeis of continuance For nevir to remufe. Hir gown suld be of gudlines Weill ribband with renowne Purfillit with plesour in ilk place, Furrit with fyne fassoun. Hir belt suld be of benignitie Abowt hir middill meit, Hir mantill of humilitie To tholl bayth wind and weit. Hir hat suld be of fair having And hir tepat of trewth, Hir patelet of gud pansing, Hir hals ribbane of rewth. Hir slevis suld be of esperance To keip hir fra dispair, Hir gluvis of gud govirnance To hyd hir fynyearis fair. Hir schone suld be of sickernes In syne that scho nocht slyd Hir hois of honestie, I ges, I suld for hir provyd. Wald scho put on this garmond gay, I durst sweir by my seill That scho woir nevir grene nor gray That set hir half so weill. The Praise of Age Wythin a garth under a rede rosere Ane ald man and decrepit herd I syng. Gay was the note, swete was the voce and clere, It was grete joy to here of sik a thing, And to my dome he said in his dytyng “For to be yong, I wald not, for my wis, Of all this warld to mak me lord and king. The more of age, the nerar hevynnis blis. False is this warld and full of variance Besoucht with syn and othir sytis mo. Treuth is all tynt, gyle has the gouvernance, Wrechitnes has wroht all welthis wele to wo, Fredome is tynt and flemyt the lordis fro, And covatise is all the cause of this. I am content that youthede is ago. The more of age, the nerar hevynnis blisse. The state of youth I repute for na gude For in that state sik perilis now I see Bot full smal grace. The regeing of his blude Can none gaynstand quhill that he agit be, Syne of the thing that tofore joyit he Nothing remaynis for to be callit his, For quhy it were bot veray vanitee. The more of age, the nerar hevynnis blisse Suld no man traist this wrechit warld, for quhy Of erdly joy ay sorow is the end, The state of it can no man certify, This day a king, tomorne na gude to spend. Quhat have we here bot grace us to defend The quhilk God grant us for to mend oure mys That to his glore he may oure saulis send. The more of age, the nerar hevynnis blisse.

(t-note) False tattlers; abundantly Not grafted onto; trunk; charity Hoping from; earn great have; fear about; neighbors should; bethink himself well; (t-note) When; tale; brought If; based in fact Before; rashly accept as true A; should weigh; wisely tale-teller; of whom; told If; love; envy tale-teller will well affirm it; (t-note) persons involved; summoned plea; make maintain the balance evenly; (t-note) not give at the first [hearing] cause of honor; (t-note) Because of; crush a true man; (t-note) giving; statement hear [the true man’s] excuse tattlers; ear can whisper can; hearing there is no reason in it; (t-note) give to tales These tale-tellers often do great harm stir up deadly feud; dispute angry with their servants be banished without; perhaps; (t-note) basis for; estrangement More dangerous; plague; (see note) take pleasure in flatterers give liars when; (t-note) To please you about; close associate call the persons at once; (see note) down; solemnly investigate; before you give else later perchance paid wicked; sowing discord About false; speak; tire deadly poison torment; have for your reward Just so shall; who have commit; ears; hear it; (t-note) kindles many a fire Through To listen to slanderers is no joke publicly cursed; (t-note) Three different people; word hearer; innocent man one hood; a double bloodthirsty tongue under more except; grace to lords Not to give to tales; (t-note) (t-note) Powerful; death; pleasing love Through whom; sweet; (t-note) scripture does prove To; love; lingers us from trouble relieves; (see note) When from; throne above Bearing a message; did go meets greets repose Without; sin; disgrace your destiny is firm; (t-note) to wonder made; mild one maintained without well suited; undefiled; (see note) declares it her womb without Conceive; should; exiled when; message; finished Light from above lovely one to the ground not at all deprived Grew; chaste chamber crowned; (t-note) These tidings told To heaven again; flies pure princess; equal is compliant; (t-note) with child joyously waits worthy unique honor mother and maiden too Christian; trusts from her loins maker; son; dear Who earth, water; bright Through; virtue guides are great and gentle; (see note) [That] from love’s; flow flame; withholding; heat Unburnt; burns; (t-note) When worthy maid; greet staff; without moisture; (see note) Does not cease to bud fleece that is all damp inside [Though] no drop fell on the earth maiden made a sweet mother innocent; sins intact virginity clasps divine power from fear Kept her; circumstances mighty God in his grace abased to advance us feared not; die indeed suffered; peace blood washes us But when; rose; read charity; divine power apparent everywhere loyal and most lovable most; bright blossom; most gracious From fleshly; who is cleansed comes from my heart all the most evil of my deeds purge; chaste [Away] from; is fierce; (see note) claw; is sharp afterwards to; hasten Where your; greatest in power; (see note) there; (t-note) Some Procedures Cuckoo, good; sir, gape until; (see note) Such; be very suitable; fun; hood would scorn; guess; crazed upset; no sir, by; cross discourse; have seen; aside stuff; borrowing, idiotic, not And; measure; well measured which; aver; misunderstood wrote; could; make; think fear; lungs were panting crazed; stupid If; know anything about Let it be revealed here know; skill at curing cobbled; patched; polished skill; pharmacy; as poor like; ignorance; curse; lied neither fever; accident(?); across; came Disease; pain; if; see it cure them; heal; from; injury salves; make; soul be it sure; prescription; you trustworthy men smear; eggs medicine; drugs malaise; fix you Befouled-Rectum Prescription Take fresh dung; cut; pepper stomach, if; could make sweet dregs; sorrel; sap; sage dirt; anus; teeth crack Laurel; flax seed; lovage hedgehog; not; part chopped seal; a; soothe called; profession these; tar Then sit; (t-note) Kiss the cunt of a cow nothing; indeed colic Long Prescription Take three pulls; red rook yawn; mare; cluck; goose drake’s penis; dive; duck gall; dove; louse ounces; fly’s wing; fin; flounder; (see note) sleeve-full; algae; on the weir; (t-note) Mix; these; mass; crescent moon ointment; suitable; own use red nettle seed; stale urine; steep bathe; scrotum When; want to nap nothing; by allow; sleep Pennyroyal (?) Prescription very dear; precious; portions dependable; true; take sobs; seal; twitter; quail ear; limpet; not to leave out brains; chopped; whole boxful; blood; female bat kettle; hot cabbage gentler; sweeter; flavor such; remedy; Lundin (in Fife) called; medical canon to chase; folly; (t-note) Wherever fools are found Cough Medicine fourth medicine; great cost Good; rasping; coughing; heartburn Take three; black pepper big double handful; cuckoo ear; lion; grunt; pig; (t-note) oyster stomach; lower part a wet nurse’s excrement; (t-note) Mix; mouse droppings add; if; pay the extra cost Both; testicles; badger crows; rooster shadow; Yule log good; cough Goodnight, cuckoo; thus have not come; stay longer look at; letter; learn it if method; details; pharmacy Sir, administer; evening before; I bet my medicine shall bless; else; curse you; (see note) chase them; a daze watch when; grasses; herbs Either savory good hour dark mirror Another man’s rump; (t-note) Dialogue between Age and Youth; (t-note) When; goddess; flowers; (t-note) Both forest; ornamented pearly; fragrant showers These woods; their; wetted Going by myself; on a; met merry; was all about mirth did speak Singing; very; was set [to music]; (t-note) glad; your flourishing flowers; (see note) looked out; little ahead of me wretch; stick approaching; (see note); (t-note) thin cheeks; frosty gray locks; (t-note) eyes were sunken; hoarsely coughing Withered; pale; weak; sapling; (t-note) document; carried; above correct without mistake; inscription flowers fade shockingly soon; (t-note) leapt; very nimbly puzzled greatly over the error made [by Age]; (t-note) Limber; said; very strong brawn like a boar; big; thick man on earth; gifts; belittle vigor; diminish in value [by even] a pin; (t-note) figure; not worsen glad senior; stern voice Shaking; child, desist these sixty-seven years man; earth both keen, strong; (t-note) As; young; eager; (t-note) passed over Regard; loathsome expression [to see] if I am lying; (t-note) (t-note) Another verse; still did sing; (t-note) Under love’s rule; while; remain prance adeptly; clothing seek amongst these lovely ladies talk; suitable jests; (t-note) private where; cannot; seen; (see note); (t-note) young women; ease my pains stern; gave; angrily; (t-note) prancing; shall both bend; shake; (t-note) renounce; (t-note) pain shall stop you from lovemaking; (t-note) no young woman; glad; you; bedchamber; (t-note) your manhood; dwindle like; moon; (t-note) find out if; song is; (t-note) (t-note) still spoke more about mirth body; clean without sickness; sores; (t-note) five senses; due vigor; healthy constitution healthy; liver; spleen read; scroll; have good reason; (t-note) (t-note) old gray dodderer; burly lad writ; soon; bold; (t-note) state; though; strong; keen; (t-note) cruel fevers; age; make you yield wither; vigor; grow cold stagger; without delay; (t-note) do not want [them] to; (t-note) (t-note) fine fellow resented; grumble; (t-note) angrily without delay; (t-note) did not laugh; took; leave; (t-note) stayed documents; indeed when; (t-note) In truth; clashed; tunes; (t-note) (t-note) (t-note) good; (see note) Keeping; flock; sheep Merry; to him Robin, take pity have loved; quiet These years; three longing in secret unless; soothe Doubtless without doubt I will die By the cross about love; know But keep; sheep under the shelter of that wood where they wander together What; upset; mood reveal to me what; love; loved Eagerly do I wish to learn the study of love if; learn; (see note) Study in it kind, courteous; manners determined; generous rebuff cause you harm Whatever pain; secret; suffer Exert yourself; effort; strength discreet her do not understand what I cannot understand indeed; (t-note) What causes you; turmoil weather; happy go safely above If; were to make love; valley rebuke us both pay attention; tale do exactly; advise shall have; heart entirely As well as; virginity Since; relief; suffering; (see note) help for sorrow In secret; you unless; deal Doubtless; just dead tomorrow; same time If; meet; here Perhaps; might go astray Until; have lain very close I [will] have blame if; stay Once; move away What is sincere I will not hide then, make the best of it deprive; [of] peace only you alone farewell; sun goes nearly over sorrow; placed love will be; cause of death Go and love; wherever; wish lover; seek exist; such a state sigh; very bitterly have been here; [long] while God grant I were at home honey; awhile Even if; nothing more beguile some other man homeward; go way As light; leaf; tree grieved; mind expected never to see him hurried over the field Then; cried out loud can; because; ruined How love troubles me without Very tired after after [she] wept valley; (t-note) Gathered By then some; ailment Throughout; heart did creep followed; to accost [her] paid close attention to her Wait for any price shall be Without separation whole; heart; have as mine my whole desire until nine o’clock tomorrow need heard; sung; told; (see note) old tales and stories does not want; he has the chance Shall not have; may wish [That] their bitter cares must increase Who; tries By wood, forest; field weather greenwood [is] very close beside us in it everywhere No tale-teller can see us there Who; hostile to love Into there; both Unseen; can go world completely brought to to that point indeed Shall; supposed pain; made it a jest I made an effort all in vain have; so shall Whine away; plan to get better guarantee; well-being is fixed on you hereafter to be true to you As long as; without hindrance others fell Whatever favor I receive not have dealings Farewell, since we have met in this way happy enough Across; gray woods mourned; laughed sighed bitterly both sorrow and injury; (t-note) misery; sorrow flock; cliff Among; (t-note) Bloodstained Shirt; (t-note) last year; heard it told There; honorable Dukes, earls; bold barons command ancient; old sixty years did reign daughter; embrace lovely young lady beauty she bore; flower And [was] also; father’s heir charming manners; high But meek; gracious dwelt; imposing dwelling In the world was loved her in amorous attraction countries everywhere around short distance near one surpassingly horrible giant Abducted; has; young has gone threw; dungeon Where light she could; none cold; great thirst discovered; accommodation; (t-note) most loathsome to look on ground could walk were like a hook from hell At that, an ell and a quarter; (see note) no one; captured right; yet; wrong into pieces he shook them giant; strong night deep would not allow; a glimpse ransom Unless; could; knight fight; himself Until one [of them] were struck down ordered to seek both far Both by sea Of any; if; could hear [Who] would fight; giant equal Has taken; deed in love; lovely lady kept most loyally [his] vow came proudly; town To learn about that giant fought; [in] his own person took him prisoner threw Alone without companion dismay deserving were Then broke into the chamber; returned; maid father dear sorely wounded was bound to die Horrible; body made shirt; bloodstained; (see note) there; person pitiful; see mourned; made great lament great strength loved; a love except one sorrowfully; mistreated if only; were taken from me Before; seen that sight else; forever; go From hence; that courteous must; die; (t-note) Believe you me completely Take my shirt hang; in front of you then When; come to court you By gracious Mary make When; she looked; shirt thought about; person prayed; heart freed her from captivity Where she; used; dark while she was in health for her; lesson So well; loved; knight would she accept So should; our mighty God Who; everything; create Who foully was put to death sake So should (t-note) Moralization like; Trinity Both; here soul of man giant; Lucifer died; cross paid for; costly sins dungeon; dreadful torments; (see note) sin; wooer wooed To; wanted to marry her As we should deflect breast; (t-note) truly Christ who gave his blood the Day of Judgment On which; strictly applied dear daughter also; creation betrayed by Who sits; dark Rescued by; bright angel Kind; not pay heed who redeemed us dearly; (see note) (t-note) Clothing; Good Ladies; (t-note) If my beloved were to show me the best kind of love; (see note) act according to my wishes would a most noble garment Have made for her body Of high; should; her hood To wear on her head Arrayed; self-command suspicion; threaten her chemise; nearest to her body chastity; white modesty; fear together perfect petticoat; pure faithfulness Laced; lawful love eyelets; perseverance depart goodness Well ribboned; reputation Bordered; pleasure; each; (t-note) Furred; exquisite style kindness Around; waist well-fitting cloak withstand both; wet fine behavior short cape; constancy bodice; meditation throat-ribbon; pity; (t-note) sleeves; hope; (see note) protect her from despair gloves; discipline conceal her fair fingers shoes; stability sin so that; not slide stockings; suppose provide for her If she would; fine clothing dare swear; salvation never wore green; (see note) suited; well; (t-note) (t-note) closed garden; red rosebush A feeble old man I heard sing Pleasant; tune; voice hear such understanding; song young; would not want; wish make myself nearer heaven’s bliss world; inconstancy Beset; sin; many other ills utterly lost, guile; control; (see note) Miserliness; turned; benefit Generosity; banished covetousness; entirely youth; past consider to be no good such perils very little; raging; blood withstand until; be aged Then; previously he enjoyed remains; called his own Because; was only utter No one should trust; because earthly; always guarantee tomorrow no wealth What; without which; pay for our crimes glory; send our souls (t-note)