In may hit murgeþ when hit dawes        
In dounes wiþ þis dueres plawes
ant lef is lyht on lynde
blesmes bredeþ on þe bowes                40
al þis wylde wyhtes wowes
so wel ych vnderfynde
y not non so freoli flour
ase ledies þat beþ bryht in bour
wiþ loue who mihte hem bynde             45       
so worly wymmen are by west
one of hem ich herie best
from Irlond into ynde
wymmen were þe beste þing
þat shup oure he3e heuene kyng           50
3ef feole false nere
heo beoþ to rad vpon huere red
to loue þer me hem lastes bed
when heo shule fenge fere
Lut in londe are to leue                         55
þah me hem trewe trouþe 3eue
for tricherie to 3ere
when trichour haþ is trouþe yplyht
byswyken he haþ þat suete wyht
þah he hire oþes swere                         60
wymmon war þe wiþ þe swyke
þat feir ant freoly ys to fyke
ys fare is o to founde
so wyde in world ys huere won
in vch a toune vntrewe is on                  65
from Leycestre to Lounde
of treuþe nis þe trichour noht
bote he habbe is wille ywroht
at steuenyng vmbe stounde
ah feyre leuedis be on war                     70
to late comeþ þe 3eynchar
when loue ou haþ ybounde
wymmen bueþ so feyr on hewe
ne trowy none þat nere trewe
3ef trichour hem ne tahte                       75
ah feyre þinges freoly bore
when me ou woweþ beþ war bifore
whuch is worldes ahte
al to late is send a3eyn
when þe ledy liht byleyn                        80
ant lyueþ by þat he lahte
ah wolde Lylie leor in lyn
yhere leuely lores myn
wiþ selþe we weren sahte