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(ii) Bridal Morning 15th-16th Cent

The maidens came When I was in my mother's bower; I had all that I would. The bailey beareth the bell away The lily, the rose, the rose I lay. The silver is white, red is the gold; The robes they lay in fold. The bailey beareth the lull away; The lily, the rose, the rose I lay. And thro the glass window shines the sun. How should I love, and I so young? The bailey beareth the lull away; The lily, the rose, the rose I lay.

31    The Lover in Winter Plaineth for the Spring 16th Cent (?)

WESTERN wind, when will thou blow The small rain down can rain? Christ, if my love were in my arms And I in my bed again!

32     The Nut-Brown Maid 15th Cent.

He. BE it right or wrong, these men among On women do complain, Affirming this, how that it is A labour spent in vain

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