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ANONYMOUS Levedi, al for thine sake Longinge is y-lent me on. In world nis non so wyter mon That al hire bounté telle con; Hire swyre is whittore than the swon, And feyrest may in toune. An hendy hap, etc.

Ich am for wowyng al for-wake, Wery so water in wore; Lest eny reve me my make Ichabbe y-yerned yore. Betere is tholien whyle sore Then mournen evermore. Geynest under gore, Herkne to my roun. An hendy hap, etc.

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ENTEN ys come with love to toune, With blosmen and with briddes roune, That al this blisse bryngeth; Dayes-eyes in this dales, Notes suete of nyhtegales, Uch foul song singeth; Rh