Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

'1X. THE NUT-BROWN MAID. 99My somers day, in lusty may, is derked before the noneI here you saye ' farwel'; nay, nay, we departe not soosone ;Why say ye so, wheder wyl ye goo, alas ! what haue yedone ?Alle my welfare to sorow and care shulde chaunge, yf yewere gon 35For in my mynde, of allmankynde, I loue but you alone.'7.'I can beleue, it shal you greue, and somwhat ^ you distrayneBut aftyrwarde, your paynes harde viit/i'ma day or tweyneShal sone a- slake, and ye shal take confort to you agayne.Why shuld ye nought? for to take^ thought your labur werein vayne, 40And thus I do, & pray you, loo ! as hertely as I canFor I muste too //le grene wode goo, alone, a banysshedman.''NowI8.syth that ye haue shewed to me //ze secret of yourmynde,shalbe playne to you agayne, lyke as ye shal me fyndeSyth it is so, that ye wyll goo, I wol not leue behynde, 45Shal neuer ^ be sayd, the Nutbrowne mayd was to her louevnkindMake you redy, for soo am I, ail-though it were anoon.For in my mynde, of all mankynde, I loue but you alone.''shomwhat in Arnold. ^ make' ' ' 'in Arnold ; take' in Ball. MS.^ Arnold ' neyer.'H 2