Schall be thi leich In al neceſſitee.
THE FLOWER IS THE VIRGIN MARY.
Now of the flour y woll to the diſcerñ:
[49] The word, though indistinct, is almost certainly “haith.” Stevenson has “high;” but this gives no sense.
[2088] This is the flour that haith[49] the froyt eterñ,
This is the flour, this fadith for no ſchour,
This is the flour of euery flouris floure;
The flower is she of whom the eternal fruit was born,
This is the flour, of quhom the froyt vas borñ,
[2092] This ws redemyt efter that we war lorñ;