I ryse wythe the sonne,
  Lyche hym to dryve the wayne[61],
  And eere mie wurche is don
  I synge a songe or twayne[62]. 70
  I followe the plough-tayle,
  Wythe a longe jubb[63] of ale. 
    Botte of the maydens, oh! 
  Itte lacketh notte to telle;
  Syr Preeste mote notte crie woe, 75
  Culde hys bull do as welle. 
  I daunce the beste heiedeygnes[64],
  And foile[65] the wysest feygnes[66]. 
    On everych Seynctes hie daie
  Wythe the mynstrelle[67] am I seene, 80
  All a footeynge it awaie,
  Wythe maydens on the greene. 
  But oh!  I wyshe to be moe greate,
  In rennome, tenure, and estate.

  SYR ROGERRE.

    Has thou ne seene a tree uponne a hylle, 85
    Whose unliste[68] braunces[69] rechen far toe fyghte;
    Whan fuired[70] unwers[71] doe the heaven fylle,
    Itte shaketh deere[72] yn dole[73] and moke affryghte. 
    Whylest the congeon[74] flowrette abessie[75] dyghte[76],
    Stondethe unhurte, unquaced[77] bie the storme:  90
    Syke is a picte[78] of lyffe:  the manne of myghte
    Is tempest-chaft[79], hys woe greate as hys forme,
    Thieselfe a flowrette of a small accounte,
  Wouldst harder felle the wynde, as hygher thee dydste mounte.

[Footnote 1:  lodges, huts.]

[Footnote 2:  cottages.]

[Footnote 3:  servant, slave, peasant.]

[Footnote 4:  if.]

[Footnote 5:  a contraction of them.]

[Footnote 6:  naked, original.]

[Footnote 7:  nature.]

[Footnote 8:  liking.]

[Footnote 9:  might.  The sense of this line is, Would you see every thing in its primaeval state.]

[Footnote 10:  wise-egger, a philosopher.]

[Footnote 11:  knowledge.]

[Footnote 12:  sporting.]

[Footnote 13:  answered.]

[Footnote 14:  aid, or help.]

[Footnote 15:  work.]

[Footnote 16:  drink.]

[Footnote 17:  a hood, or covering for the back part of the head.]

[Footnote 18:  guilded.]

[Footnote 19:  borders of gold and silver, on which was laid thin plates of either metal counterchanged, not unlike the present spangled laces.]

[Footnote 20:  lord.]

[Footnote 21:  sultry.]

[Footnote 22:  car.]

[Footnote 23:  seed.]

[Footnote 24:  quickly, presently.]

[Footnote 25:  gather.]

[Footnote 26:  grow.]

[Footnote 27:  fate.]

[Footnote 28:  a contraction of wither.]

[Footnote 29:  dried.]

[Footnote 30:  sweet.]

[Footnote 31:  flower.]

[Footnote 32:  equal.]

[Footnote 33:  coward.]