Gg. lines. LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN. FAIRFAX MS. 16. 203 Fx. lines. * * * 164 * * * * 168 * * *For-gaf / and mad mercy passeñ ryght *And lenynge oñ myñ elbowe / and my syde 90§ The longe day / I shoope me for tabide *For nothing ellis / and I shal nat lye 92 but for to loke / vpon the daysie *That men by resoñ / wel it calle may *The daisie or elles the ye / of day *The emperice and floure / of floures alle *I pray to god / that faire mote she falle *And alle that loven floures / for hire sake 71-2§ But natheles ne wene nat / that I make 73§In preysing of the flour/agayn the leef 74 No more than of the corne/agayn the sheef 75 For as to menys lever noon ne lother 76 I nam with-holdeñ yit / with never mother 77 Ne I not who serueth leef / ne who the flour 78§ Wel browken they / her seruice or labour 79+For this thing is / al of another tonne * * 172 * * * 176 * * 80+Of olde storye / er swiche thinge was be-gonne † 196 93+ Whan that the sonne / out of the south gañ west † 204 LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN. MS. Gg. 4. 27, CAMB. *Tyl at the laste a larke song a-boue *I se quod she the my3ty god of loue A frette of goold1 sche hadde next hyre her ffor al the world ryght as the dayseye I-corounede is with white leuys lite +Swiche were the flourys of hire corene white 220+ 152 +ffor of o perle fyn & oryental Hyre white coroun was I-makyd al 221+ [leaf 447] 222 ffor whiche the white coroun a-boue the grene 223 Made hire lyk a dayseye for to sene +Considerede ek the fret of gold a-boue I-clothede was this myhty god of loue +Of silk I-broudede ful of grene greuys §A garlond on his hed of rose leuys *Stekid al with lylye flourys newe *But of his face I can not seyn the hewe §ffor sekyrly his face schon so bryhte *That with the glem a-stonede was the syhte §A furlongwey I myhte hym not be-holde 224 156 225+ 227+ 2288 160 * * 232 * 164 2338 Gg. lines. LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN. FAIRFAX MS. 16. 205 Fr. lines. 94§ And that this floure gan close / and goon to rest § 95+For derknesse of the nyght' / the which she dred † 96 Home to myñ house / ful swiftly I me sped 200 *To goon to reste / and erly for to ryse 106§To seen this flour / sprede as I deuyse 97 And in a litel herber / that I have 98+that benched was / on turves fressh y-grave 99 I bad men sholde me / my covche make 100 For deyntee / of the newe someres sake 101 I bad hem strawen floures / on my bed 102 Whan I was leyde / and had myñ eyen hed 103+1 fel on slepe / in with an houre or twoo 104+Me mette how I lay / in the medewe thoo 144§ And from a fer / come walkyng in the mede 106§To seen this flour/ that I love so and drede 145§ The god of love / and in his hande a quene 146†And she was clad / in real habite grene 147 A fret of gold she had / next her heer 148 And vpon that / a white corwne she beer 149§ With flourouns smale / and I shal nat lye 150 for al the worlde / ryght' as a daysye 151 Y-corovned ys / with white leves lyte 152+So were the flowrouns / of hire corovne white * † 204 + + 208 § 212 со со со 216 + 220 153+For of O perle / fyne oriental 154 Hire white corovne / was I-maked al 155 For which the white corovne / above the grene * [If 86] * * *The fresshest syn the worlde / was first bygonne *His gilte here / was corowned with a sonne *I-stede of golde / for heuynesse and wygħt 163§Therwith me thoght / his face shooñ so bryght § 232 165§That wel vnnethes / mygħt I him beholde § 206 LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN. MS. Gg. 4. 27, CAMB. § But at the laste in hande I saw hym holde So that his lokynge both myn herte colde 3 Fx. li. Gg. li. 2348 168 236† 237 238+ 239 240 172 241+ 242 243 176 245 246+ [2 on corr.] That in this world thow that men wolde seke 244 Half hire beute / schulde men nat fynde +In on2 cryature that formede is be kynde § Hire name was Alceste the thebonoyre +I preye to god that euere falle sche fayre ffor ne hadde confort been / of hire I hadde be ded/ with outyn ony defence ffor dred of louys / wordys & his chere As whan tyme is / here aftyr ze schal here +¶ By-hynde this god / of loue vp on this grene I saw comynge of ladyis nynetene In ryal abyte a ful esy pas And aftyr hem come of wemen swich a tras +That syn that god adam made of erthe §The thredde part of wemen ne the ferthe And trewe of loue these wemen were echon 290 Now whether was that a wondyr thyng or non 24291 And knelede a-doun as it were for the nonys 295 *And aftyr that they wentyn in cumpas *Daunsynge aboute this flour an esy pas *And songyn as it were in carolewyse Gg. lines. LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN. FAIRFAX MS. 16. 207 Fx. lines. 166 And in his hande me thogħt / I saugħ him holde 168+And aungelyke / hys wynges saugħ I sprede + 236 172 So that his loking // dooth myn hert colde 240 176 That in this world / thogh that men [wolde seke] 244 177 [Half of hire beaute / shulde men] nat fynde 178+In creature / that formed ys by kynde |