LKUJIJ 3t nedis nocht, quoth JPatur, to renewe oucht De zour entent in this tyde, or forthir to tell ; 3 wait your will, and quhat way, ze wald that I wrocht To reforme the bowlat, of faltis full fell, 3t fall be done, as ze deme, dreid ze richt nocht: J conſent in this caiſe to zour counfall, Sen my fell for your faike hiddir has focht, Ze fall be ſpecially ſped, or ze mayr ſpell : Now ilka foull of firth a fedder fall ta, And len the Howlat, fen ze Dff him haue lic pete ; And 3 fall gar thaim ſamyn be To growe or 3 ga. LEJK. Than ilk foule of his flicht a fedder has tane, And lent to the bowlat in halt, hartlie but hone. Dame Natur the nobillett nechit in ane ; for to ferme this federem, and dewly has done ; Gart it ground, and growe gaply agane, Dn the ſamyn bowlat, ſemely and ſone. Than was he [chand of his ſchape, and his ſchroude ſchane Dff alkyn colour molt cleir beldit abone ; The faret foule of the firth, and hendelt of hewes ; So clene, and ſo colourlyke, That no bird was him Iyke, fro Burone to Berwike, Wunder the bewes.
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