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

X. THE NUT-BROWN MAID. 10317.'Yef ye goo thidyr ^, ye must co;^sider, whan ye haue lust todyne,Ther shal no mete be for ^ to gete, nor drinke, bere, ale, newin[e],Ne shetis clene to lye betwene, made of thred and twyneNoon other house but leuys and bowes, to keuer your hed& myn 100Loo ! myn herte swete, this ylle dyet shuld make you pale& wan,Wherfore I to the wood wyl goo, alone, a banysshid man.'18.'Amonge the wylde dere suche an archier as men say fkatye beeNe may not fayle of good vitayle, where is so grete plente ;And watir cleere, of the ryuere, shalbe ful swete to me, 105Wyth whiche in hele I shal right wele endure, as ye shal seeAnd er we goo, a^ bed or twoo I can prouide a-noon.For in my mynde, of all mankynde, I loue but you alone.'19.Loo yet, before, ye must doo more, yf ye wyl goo w/t/z me,'As cutte your here vp by your ere, your kirtel by //leknee,Wyth bowe in ha^zde, for to wilkstonde your enmys, yfnede beAnd this same nyght, before day-lyght, to wood-ward wylI flee;no1 'thyder' Ball. MS.; 'thedyr' Arnold.^ So in Ball. MS, ; Arnold has ' before.' ^ 'a' supplied from MS.