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Folio 59 Recto
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And for this lusty sesoun agreable •
Of gladnesse hath so gret a vauntage •
Be convenyent resoun / fułł notable •
Ther to ful wel resemblytħ chyldes ages •
Quyk grene fressħ / and delyuer of corage •
For rygħt as ver / au moreth in grenesse •
So dotħ chyldhode / in amorous lustynesse •
This wuykyng sesoun / nutrityf and good •
Of his nature / hatħ tweyne qualitees •
Of hote and moyst / whicħ long also tobe holdeblode •
In ther ascencyoun / vpward by degrees •
Of kyndly rigħt / the whicħ propirtees •
By natural hete and temperat moysture •
Rekened in childhode . xiiij1 . yeer doth endure •
Thus in / . vj . thynges / be order men may seen •
Notable accord / and Iust2 convenience3 •
Blod eyre and ver / soutħ and meridien •
And age of chyld hode / by naturałł assistence •
Whicħ4 whiłł thei stonde / in ther fressħ premynence •
Hete and moystoure / directetħ ther passages •
Witħ grene fervence / to force yong corages •
Notes
  1. The EETS edition has ".xiij." here, which does not fit the manuscript or the other witnesses. ↩
  2. The EETS edition has "lust" here, which makes no sense with the manuscript. When compared with the initial "l" on the second line of the first stanza in f. 57 verso and the initial "i" in "In" on the sixth line of the second stanza of f. 58 verso it's clear it's "I," not "l." ↩
  3. There is a mark through the "ce" of "convenience" at the end of the line, but when other witnesses and the rhyme scheme are considered it's obvious this mark is otiose. ↩
  4. The rubricator only touched one half of the "w" glyph here. ↩

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