Horn wente to sodenne, To hys owe kunne. Reymyld he makede quene, So ich Miyȝte wel bene. 1640 ant horn com to sudenne, to is oune kenne. Rymenild he made þer is quene, so hit myhte bene. 1640 [Sidenote: They live in true love, and cherish God’s law. ‘Nu ben hi boþe dede.’] Alfolk he{m} miȝte rewe, Þat louede{n} he{m} so t{re}we; Nu be{n} hi boþe dede; Crist to heuene he{m} lede. 1644 Her endeþ þe tale of horn Þ{a}t fair was {and} noȝt vnorn. Make we vs glade Eure among, For þus him endeþ hornes song. 1648 Jesus þ{a}t is of heuene king, Ȝeue vs alle his suete blessi{n}g. EX--PLI--CIT. Amen. Alle folc hyt knewe Þat he hem louede trewe. Nou ben he alle dede; God hem to heuene lede. 1644 [_No gap in MS._  .  .  .  . .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 1648 .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .] Am . . . e . . . n. In trewe loue hue lyueden ay, ant wel hue loueden godes lay. Nou hue beoþ boþe dede, c{ri}st to heouene vs lede. AmeN! 1644 FLORIS AND BLAUNCHEFLUR. [Transcriber’s Note: In the Trentham MS., spelling is normally “þ{o}u”, rarely “þow”. Any variations are as printed.] _Trentham MS., fol. 98 a; vellum, c. 1440: beginning lost. Headlines ‘Florence and Blanchefloure.’_ Ne thurst men[FB-1] neu{er} in londe After feirer Children fonde. Þe Cristen woma{n} fedde hem þoo, Ful wel she louyd hem boþ twoo. 4 So longe sche fedde hem in feere þat þey were of elde of seuen ȝere. Þe kyng behelde his sone dere, And seyde to him on this manere, 8 Þat harme it were muche more But his son{e} were sette to lore On þe book~ letters to know, As men don{e}, both hye and lowe. 12 “Feire sone,” she seide, “þ{o}u shalt lerne, Lo þ{a}t þ{o}u do ful ȝerne.” Florys answerd w{i}t{h} wepyng, As he stood byfore þe kyng~; 16 Al wepyng~ seide he, [Footnote FB-1: first ‘mey,’ then alterd] [Sidenote: Floris says that he cannot learn unless Blauncheflur is with him.] “Ne schal not Blancheflo{ur} lerne w{i}t{h} me? Ne can y noȝt to scole goon{e} W{i}t{h}-out Blanchefloure,” he seide þan{e}. 20 “Ne can y in no scole syng~ ne rede W{i}t{h}-out Blancheflo{ur},” he seide. Þe king~ seide to his soon{e}, “She shal lerne for þy loue.” 24 [Sidenote: The two are put to school together, and make good progress.]