Thus herde I foules in the morweninge

Upon the day of saint Valentyne singe.

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'And over this, myn hertes lust to-bente,

In honour only of the wodëbynde,

Hoolly I yeve, never to repente

In joye or wo, wher-so that I wynde

Tofore Cupyde, with his eyën blynde':—

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The foules alle, whan Tytan did springe,