After crysten-masse com þe crabbed lentoun,

Þat fraysteȝ flesch wyth þe fysche & fode more symple

Bot þenne þe weder of þe worlde wyth wynter hit þrepeȝ,

Colde clengeȝ adoun, cloudeȝ vp-lyften,

Schyre schedeȝ þe rayn in schowreȝ ful warme,

Falleȝ vpon fayre flat, flowreȝ þere schewen,

Boþe groundeȝ & þe greueȝ grene ar her wedeȝ,

Bryddeȝ busken to bylde, & bremlych syngen,

For solace of þe softe somer þat sues þer after,

bi bonk;