And what his compleynt was, remembreth me;
And therfore, in this lusty morweninge,
As I best can, I wol hit seyn and singe,
And after that I wol my leve take;
And God yeve every wight Ioye of his make!
The compleynt of Mars.
The Proem of the Compleynt.
155
¶ The ordre of compleynt requireth skilfully,