Þe burne bede bryng his blonk.

1 nywe (?). 2 rynkeȝ (?).

II.

While he clothed himself in his rich weeds,

Whyle þe wlonkest wedes he warp on hym-seluen;

His cote, wyth be conysaunce of þe clere werkeȝ,

Ennurned vpon veluet vertuuus1 stoneȝ,

Aboute beten, & bounden, enbrauded semeȝ,

& fayre furred with-inne wyth fayre pelures.

Ȝet laft he not þe lace, þe ladieȝ gifte,