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Aboif the lilly, illustare of lynnage,

Fro the stok ryell rysing fresche and ying,

Bot ony spot or macull doing spring:

Come blowme of joy with jemis to be cround,

For oure the laif thy bewty is renownd.

A coistly croun, with clarefeid stonis brycht,

This cumly Quene did on hir heid inclois

Quhyll all the land illumynit of the licht;

Quhairfoir me thocht the flouris did rejois,

Crying, attonis, Haill be thow richest !

Haill hairbis Empryce, haill freschest Quene of Flouris,

To thé be glory and honour at all houris.

Thane all the birdis song with voce on hicht,

Quhois mirthfull soun wes mervelus to heir;

The mavyis sang, Haill most riche and richt,

That dois up flureiss undir Phebus speir;

Haill plant of yowth, haill Princes dochtir deir,

Haill blosome breking out of the blud royall,

Quhois pretius vertew is imperiall:

The merle scho sang, Haill of most delyt,

Haill of all flouris quene and soverane:

The lark scho sang, Haill both reid and quhyt,

Most plesand flour, of michty cullouris twane:

The nychtingaill sang, Haill Naturis suffragane,

In bewty, nurtour, and every nobiluess,

In riche array, renown, and gentilness.