Incipit Liber Secundus.

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8. In May, that moder is of monthes glade,

That fresshe floures, blewe, and whyte, and rede,

Ben quike agayn, that winter dede made,

And ful of bawme is fletinge every mede;

Whan Phebus doth his brighte bemes sprede

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Right in the whyte [Bole], it so bitidde

As I shal singe, on Mayes day the thridde,