286 he wile of bore wurche bareh.

⁊ for þi· þey `þe´ nyhtegale.

Were a ferd· heo spak bolde tale.

H

vle heo seyde· hwi dostu so.

290 þu singest a wynter wolawo.

þu singest so doþ hen a snowe.

Al þat heo singeþ hit is for wowe.

A winter þu singest wroþe ⁊ yomere.

⁊ euer þu art. dumb a sumere.