Songs and carols from a manuscript in the British Museum of the fifteenth century | ||
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XXII. Man, be war of thin wowyng,
For weddyng is the longe wo.
Loke, er thin herte be set,
Lok thou wowe er thou be knet;
And if thou se thou mow do bet,
Knet up the haltre and let here goo.
Lok thou wowe er thou be knet;
And if thou se thou mow do bet,
Knet up the haltre and let here goo.
Wyvys be bothe stowte and bolde,
Her husbondes aȝens hem durn not holde,
And if he do, his herte is colde,
How so evere the game go.
Her husbondes aȝens hem durn not holde,
And if he do, his herte is colde,
How so evere the game go.
Wedewis be wol fals i-wys,
For cum bothe halse and kys,
Til onys purs pikyd is,
And they seyn, Go, boy, goo.
For cum bothe halse and kys,
Til onys purs pikyd is,
And they seyn, Go, boy, goo.
Of madenys I wil seyn but lytil,
For they be bothe fals and fekyl,
And under the tayl they ben ful tekyl,
A twenty devele name, let hem goo.
For they be bothe fals and fekyl,
And under the tayl they ben ful tekyl,
A twenty devele name, let hem goo.
Songs and carols from a manuscript in the British Museum of the fifteenth century | ||