I ryse wythe the sonne, Lyche hym to dryve the wayne[61], And eere mie wurche is don I synge a songe or twayne[62]. 70 I followe the plough-tayle, Wythe a longe jubb[63] of ale. Botte of the maydens, oh! Itte lacketh notte to telle; Syr Preeste mote notte crie woe, 75 Culde hys bull do as welle. I daunce the beste heiedeygnes[64], And foile[65] the wysest feygnes[66]. On everych Seynctes hie daie Wythe the mynstrelle[67] am I seene, 80 All a footeynge it awaie, Wythe maydens on the greene. But oh! I wyshe to be moe greate, In rennome, tenure, and estate. SYR ROGERRE. Has thou ne seene a tree uponne a hylle, 85 Whose unliste[68] braunces[69] rechen far toe fyghte; Whan fuired[70] unwers[71] doe the heaven fylle, Itte shaketh deere[72] yn dole[73] and moke affryghte. Whylest the congeon[74] flowrette abessie[75] dyghte[76], Stondethe unhurte, unquaced[77] bie the storme: 90 Syke is a picte[78] of lyffe: the manne of myghte Is tempest-chaft[79], hys woe greate as hys forme, Thieselfe a flowrette of a small accounte, Wouldst harder felle the wynde, as hygher thee dydste mounte. [Footnote 1: lodges, huts.] [Footnote 2: cottages.] [Footnote 3: servant, slave, peasant.] [Footnote 4: if.] [Footnote 5: a contraction of _them_.] [Footnote 6: naked, original.] [Footnote 7: nature.] [Footnote 8: liking.] [Footnote 9: might. The sense of this line is, Would you see every thing in its primæval state.] [Footnote 10: wise-egger, a philosopher.] [Footnote 11: knowledge.] [Footnote 12: sporting.] [Footnote 13: answered.] [Footnote 14: aid, or help.] [Footnote 15: work.] [Footnote 16: drink.] [Footnote 17: a hood, or covering for the back part of the head.] [Footnote 18: guilded.] [Footnote 19: borders of gold and silver, on which was laid thin plates of either metal counterchanged, not unlike the present spangled laces.] [Footnote 20: lord.] [Footnote 21: sultry.] [Footnote 22: car.] [Footnote 23: seed.] [Footnote 24: quickly, presently.] [Footnote 25: gather.] [Footnote 26: grow.] [Footnote 27: fate.] [Footnote 28: a contraction of wither.] [Footnote 29: dried.] [Footnote 30: sweet.] [Footnote 31: flower.] [Footnote 32: equal.] [Footnote 33: coward.] [Footnote 34: ceased, dead, no more.] [Footnote 35: lament.] [Footnote 36: a manner of asking a favour.] [Footnote 37: turn.] [Footnote 38: carefully, with circumspection.] [Footnote 39: dry, sun-burnt.] [Footnote 40: valley.] [Footnote 41: a song, or ballad.] [Footnote 42: withered.] [Footnote 43: arisen, or arose.] [Footnote 44: blossomed.] [Footnote 45: disdainfully.] [Footnote 46: disdained.] [Footnote 47: glory.] [Footnote 48: quickly.] [Footnote 49: burnt.] [Footnote 50: such.] [Footnote 51: lord's.]