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Gars thee greete] causeth thee to weepe and complain.

Forlorne] left & forsaken.

Attempred to the yeare] agreeable to the season of the yeare. that is Aprill, which moneth is most bent to shoures and seasonable rayne: to quench, that is, to delaye the drought, caused through drynesse of March wyndes.

The Ladde] Colin Clout]

The Lasse] Rosalinda.

Tressed locks) wrethed & curled.

Is he for a ladde] A straunge manner of speaking .s. what maner of Ladde is he?

To make] to rime and versifye. For in this word making, our olde Englishe Poetes were wont to comprehend all the skil of Poetrye, according to the Greeke woorde, to make, whence commeth the name of Poetes.