From this account, I select the following very small portion--of fidelity of version--with a fac-simile of one of the Embellishments.
So all his thoughts were wavering:
Wilen abe vn wilent an--
One while above, and one while down,
Er tet wol an im selben schin
He truly on himself made shew,
Daz der minnende mot
That an amorous mind behaves
Reht als der vrie fogel tot
Even as the bird in the open air,
Der durch die friheit dier hat
Who, by the liberty he enjoys,
Vf daz gelimde twi gestat
Slightly sits on the lime-twig down;
Als er des limes danne entsebet
As soon as he the lime descrys,
Vnd er sieh vf ze fluhte hebet
And rises up to fly in haste,
So chlebet er mit den fossen an.
His feet are clinging to the twig.
This simile of the bird seems expressed in the illumination, of which the outline has been faithfully copied by Mr. Lewis:
[49] See page 33 ante.
[50] It appeared in the year 1808, and was sold for 2l. 12s. 6d. But a blank space was left in the middle--which, in the original, is occupied by a heavy gothic text. The publication of the continuation by Lucas Cranach appeared in 1818.
[51] Now in the Collection of Henry Perkins, Esq.
[52] See Bibl. Spenceriana, vol. i. p. xv-xxiii. where fac-similes of some of the cuts will be found.
[53] Where it is fully described, in vol. ii. p. 188, &c. with fac-similes of the type and ornaments. An entire page of it is given at p. 189.