L’homme ſe tient clos & ſe ſerre,
Mais le Soleil le plus ſouuent
Luy faict mettre ſa robé̩[e/]̩ à terre.
Plus par doulceur que par force.
Corrozet, 1540.
which may be pretty accurately rendered by the English quatrain,—
“Against the wind’s cold blasts
Man draws his cloak around;
But while sweet sunshine lasts,