So wel begon with good array,

Which passeth al the lust of Maii,

Whan he is most with softe schoures

Ful clothed in his lusti floures. 790

With suche sihtes by and by

Min yhe is fed; bot finaly,

Whan he the port and the manere

Seth of hire wommanysshe chere,

Than hath he such delice on honde,

Him thenkth he mihte stille stonde,