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II.

[To shorten winters sadnesse]

To shorten winters sadnesse,
See wher the Nimphes with gladnesse, Fa la la
Disguised all are comming,
Right wantonly a mumming, Fa la la
Though masks incloud their beautie,
Yet giue the eie hir dutie, Fa la la.
When Heaune is dark it shineth,
And vnto loue enclineth. Fa la la.