A. NOW SPRINGS THE SPRAY. Lincoln's Inn MS. Hale 135 (about 1300).
Nou sprinkes þe sprai,
Al for loue icche am so seek
Þat slepen I ne mai.
Als I me rode [þis endre] dai
O mi [playinge], 5
Seih I hwar a litel mai
Bigan to singge:
'Þe clot him [clingge]!