In clerenes passetħ erly the morowe And so as maye hatħ the souereynte Of euery monetħ the fayrnes and beaute And as the rose in swetnes and odour Surmounted flouris, and baine of al licour Hath the pryse, and as the rubye bright Of al stones in beaute and in sight As it is knowe hatħ the Regalye Right so this ladye witħ her goodly eye And witħ the stremys of hir loke so bright Surmountetħ al thourgħ beaute in my sight That for to tel her grete semelines Her womanhed her porte and her fairnes Hit was a meruayle, how euer that nature Cowde in her werkes make a creature So angelyk so goodly on to see So femynyn or passing of beaute Whos sonnysħ heer brighter than goldwire Lyche phebus beames shynyng in his spyre The goodlihed eke of her fresħ face So replenyshed of beaute and of grace So wel ennewed by nature and depeynt As Rose and lilyes to gyder were meynt So egally by good proporcion That as me tought by myn inspection I gan meruaylle hou god or werk of kynde Mighten of beaute suche a tresour fynde To yeuen hir so passing excellence For in good faitħ thurgħ her hye presence The temple was ensumyned enuyron And forto speke of her condicion She was the beste that might be on lyue For ther was none [that] witħ her might stryue To speke of bounte or of gentilesse Of womanhede or of lowlynesse Of curtoysie or of goodlihede Of speche of chere or of semelihede Of poort benigne or of daliaunce The best taught and therto of playsaunce She was the welle eke of honeste An Examplair and mirrour eke was she Of secretnes of trouthe of feitħfulnes And to alle other lady and maistres To shewe vertu who so list to lere And so this lady right humble of chere Kneling I sawe, clad in grene and whyte To fore venus goddesse of al delyte Enbrowded al witħ stones and perre So richely that Ioye it was to see Witħ sondry rolles on her garnement For texpowne the troutħ of her entent To shewe fully that for her humblesse And for her vertu and her stablenesse That she was cote of al womanly playsance Therfore her word witħoute variance Enbrowded was as men might see De mieulx en mieulx witħ stones of perre This is to sayne that she was so benygne From better to better her hert dotħ resigne And al her wyƚƚ to venus the goddesse Whan that her list her harmes to redresse For as me thought somwhat by her chere For to compleyne she had grete desire For in her hand she held a lityl bylle For to declare the sum̄e of al her wylle And to the goddesse her quarel for to shewe Theffect of whiche was in wordes fewe .The copye of the supplicacion. O lady venus moder of cupyde That in this world hast the gouernance And hertes hye that hawteyn be by pryde Enclynest mekely to thyn obeyssance Causer of Ioye Relees of penance And with thy stremes canst euery thing discerñ Thurgħ heuenly fire of loue that is eterñ