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

134 -Y///. GAWIN DOUGLAS.;;;;:'Gud lord ! mysbeleif ^e ^our verray broder ?''Na, neutT a deill, bot harkzj quhat I waldThou, mon be prevy :'—' lo, my hand vphald/'T/ia.n sal //^ou walk at evin :' quod he, ' quhidd^r ?''Insik a place heir west, we baith tog^'ddd-r, 220Quhar scho so freschly sang //lis hyndyr nyc/it ;Do choyss /he ane, and I sal quynch //iq \ychi.''I salbe //iar, I hope,' quod he, and lewch3 a, now I knaw //iq mater weill eneuch/'Thus oft dywlgat Is //^is schamefuli play, 225Na thyng accordyng to our hailsuw may,Bot rathar co;/tagius and infective,And repugna;/t /hat sesson nutrytyve,Quhen new curage kytlys all gentill hartzV,Seand throu kynd Ilk thyng spryngzV & revertz>. 230Dame naturzj mewstralis, on //ia.t o/her part,T^/^ar blysfull bay entonyng eufry art,To beyt thir amorus of //zar nychUs baill.The merl, /he mavyss, and /he nychtyngale,With mery notis myrthfully furth brest, 235Enforcyng //^ame quha vaychX. do clynk itbestThe cowschet crowdzj [&] pyrkzj- on /he r}-ss,The styrlyng changzV diuerss stevy;znys nyss,The sparrow chyrmys in /he wallis clyft,Goldspynk and lyntquhite fordy;mand /he lyftThe Gukgo galys, & so quytt^ris /he quaill,240Quhill ryver/> rerdit,schawis, & e^iery vaill.And tendtT twyst/j trymlyt on /he treis,For byrd/j sang, and bemyng of /he beysIn wrablis dulce of hev}nly armonyis 245The lark/j, lowd releschand in /he skyis,Lovys Mar lege with tonys curyus,Baith to dame natur, & the fresch venus,