VALENTINE'S DAY.

Seynte Valentine. Of custome, yeere by yeere,

Men have an usaunce, in this regioun,

To loke and serche Cupide's kalendere,

And chose theyr choyse, by grete affeccioun;

Such as ben move with Cupide's mocioun,

Taking theyr choyse as theyr sorte doth falle;

But I love oon whyche excellith alle.

LYDGATE'S Poem of Queen Catherine, consort to Henry V., 1440.