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f.27 verso
Folio 27 Recto (page 55)Folio 27 Verso (page 56)Folio 28 Recto (page 57)Folio 28 Verso (page 58)Folio 29 Recto (page 59)Folio 29 Verso (page 60)Folio 30 Recto (page 61)Folio 30 Verso (page 62)Folio 31 Recto (page 63)Folio 31 Verso (page 64)

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Folio 27 Verso (page 56)
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A desguysing made by lydgate •
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ffor as shee haþe a double face •
Rigħt so euery houre and space •
She changeþe / hir condycyouns •
Ay ful of transmutacyouns •
Lyche as þe Romans of þe Roose •
descryveþe hir / witħ outen glose •
And telleþe pleyne / howe þat she •
Haþe hir dwelling in þe see •
Ioynning1 to a bareyne Roche •
And on þat oon syde / dooþe aproche •
A lytel mountaygne lyke an yle •
Vponn whicħ lande some whyle •
Þer growen fressħe floures nuwe •
Wonder lusty of þeyre huwe •
Dyuers trees / witħ fruyte elade •
And briddes / witħ þeyre notes glaade •
Þat singen / and maken melodye •
In þeyre hevenly hermonye •
Somme sing on hye / and some lowe •
And zepherus þeer dooþe eeke blowe •
Witħ his smooþe / attempree ayre •
He makeþe þe weder / clere and fayre •
And þe sesoun ful of grace •
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But sodeynly in lytel space •
Vponn þis place mooste ryal •
Þer comeþe a wawe and for dooþe al •
ffirst þe fresshe floures glade •
On þeyre stalke / he doþe faade •
To þeyre beautee / he dooþe wrong2 •
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And þanne farweel þe briddes song •
Braunche and bougħe of euery tree •
She robbeþe hem of hir beautee •
Leef and blossomes downe þey falle •
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And in þat place / she haþe an halle •
Departed / and wonder desguysee •
Notes
  1. The EETS edition of the text has "Ioyning," but a count of the number of minims and the placement of the tittle for the i indicates that it has to be two n's, most likely before the "i." ↩
  2. The EETS edition concludes this and the line following with a semi-colon and period, respectively. I believe MacCraken did so due to the otiose mark terminating each of these lines, but this does not occur consistently throughout so in the interests of being conservative I am not following suit. ↩

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