A. LOVE IS LIFE. Cambridge University Library MS. DD. 5. 64, III (about 1400) f. 38 a.

<L>uf es lyf þat lastes ay, þar it in Criste es feste,

For wele ne wa it chaunge may, als wryten has men wyseste.

Þe nyght it tournes intil þe day, þi trauel intyll reste;

If þou wil luf þus as I say, þou may be wyth þe beste.

Lufe es thoght wyth grete desyre of a fayre louyng; 5

Lufe I lyken til a fyre þat sloken may na thyng;

Lufe vs clenses of oure syn; luf vs bote sall bryng;

Lufe þe Keynges hert may wyn; lufe of ioy may syng.

Þe settel of lufe es lyft hee, for intil heuen it ranne;