And from̅e I can the bricht face aſſpy,

It deuit me no langare fore to ly,

Nore that loue schuld ſleuth In to me finde,

THE POET BEWAILS HIS LOT.

I walk forth, bewailing my sad life.

[20] Bot walkine furth, bewalinge in my mynde

the dredful lyve endurit al to longe,

Sufferans in loue of ſorouful harmys ſtronge,

The ſcharpe dais and the hewy ȝerys,

[24] Quhill phebus thris haith paſſith al his ſperis,