Long as a mast, and upright as a bolt.

A broche she bare upon hire low colére.

As brode as is the bosse of a bokelére.[[68]]

Hire shoon were lacëd on hire leggës hie;

She was a primerole,[[69]] a piggesnie,[[70]]

For any lord, to liggen[[71]] in his bedde,

Or yet for any good yemán[[72]] to wedde.

[48] Trim and slim.
[49] Girdle.
[50] Apron.
[51] Morning's milk.
[52] Loins.
[53] Embroidered.
[54] Collar.
[55] Cap.
[56] Surely.
[57] Wanton.
[58] Trimmed fine.
[59] Young pear.
[60] Ornamented with pearl-shaped beads of a metal resembling brass.
[61] Think.
[62] Puppet.
[63] Such.
[64] Brisk.
[65] A sweet drink of ale, honey, and spice.
[66] Mead.
[67] Skittish.
[68] Buckler.
[69] Primrose.
[70] Pansy.
[71] Lie.
[72] Yeoman.


ANONYMOUS BALLADS OF THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES.