P. xlv. _vous esmayez_, afflict yourself. _courrouce_, wroth, displeased. P. xlvi. _vergier_, orchard. _aual_, below. _se embroncha_, she veiled herself, or, hid herself. _iouxte_, beside. P. xlvii. _maintes_, many. _ot_, heard. _len prise mieulx_, esteemed it better. _loe_, praises. _deffera_, dis-ironed, drew the weapons out of. _lestrief_, the stirrup. P. xlviii. _leans_ (_la dédans_), there. _belif_. We find in Cotgrave’s French Dictionary, “_Belic_, a kind of red or geueles, in Blazon.” _enseignes_, tokens, message. P. xlix. _mestier_, serviceable. _dillec_, thence. _pourneant_, for nothing, in vain. _voire_, truly. _commanday a dieu_, commended to God, bade farewell. P. li. _mestier en est_, there is need of it. _greigneur bien_, exceedingly well, very highly. P. lii. _greigneure_, greater. _anuytoit_, became night. _ie me doibz pener_, I ought to take pains. P. liii. _ouen_, this year. The Romans of Lancelot of the Laik. [PROLOGUE.] [Sidenote: In April, when the fresh luminary upriseth,] ++THe ſoft morow ande The luſtee Aperill, [Fol. 1.] The wynt{er} set, the stormys in exill, Quhen that the bry{ch}t {and} freſch illumynare Upriſith arly in his fyre chare 4 His hot courß in to the orient, [Sidenote: and sendeth from his sphere his golden streams,] And frome h{is} ſpere his goldine ſtremis sent Wpone the grond, in man{er} off meſag, One eu{er}y thing to valkyne thar curage, 8 That natur haith set wnd{er} hire mycht, Boith gyrß, and flour, {and} eu{er}y luſty vicht: And namly thame that felith the aſſay Of lufe, to ſchew the kalendis of may, 12 Throw birdis ſonge w{i}t{h} opine wox one hy, That ſeſſit not one lufar{is} for to cry, Leſt thai forȝhet, throw ſlewth of Ignorans, The old wſage of lowis obſ{er}uans. 16 [Headnote: THE POET BEWAILS HIS LOT.]