THE NIGHTINGALE.
349
I am so shaken with the fevers whyte,
Of al this May yet slepte I but a lyte;[1]
And also it naught lyketh unto me,[2]
That any herte shulde slepy be
In whom that Love his fyry dart[3] wol smyte. 45
Of al this May yet slepte I but a lyte;[1]
And also it naught lyketh unto me,[2]
That any herte shulde slepy be
In whom that Love his fyry dart[3] wol smyte. 45
But as I lay this other night wakinge,
I thoghte how[4] lovers had a tokeninge,
And among[5] hem it was a comune tale,
That it were good to here the nightingale
Rather than the lewde cukkow[6] singe. 50
I thoghte how[4] lovers had a tokeninge,
And among[5] hem it was a comune tale,
That it were good to here the nightingale
Rather than the lewde cukkow[6] singe. 50
And then I thoghte[7], anon as it was day,
I wolde go som whider[8] to assay
If that I might a nightingale here;
For yet had I non herd of al this yere,[9]
And hit was tho the thridde[10] night of May. 55
I wolde go som whider[8] to assay
If that I might a nightingale here;
For yet had I non herd of al this yere,[9]
And hit was tho the thridde[10] night of May. 55
- ↑ Th. T. om. yet; (Ff. has ne.) Th. T. slepe; Ff. S. slepte; F. B. slept.
- ↑ S. naught likith vnto me; Th. T. Ff. is not lyke to me; F. B. is vnlike for to be.
- ↑ Th. darte.
- ↑ Th. howe.
- ↑ Th. amonge.
- ↑ Th. cuckowe.
- ↑ Th. thought.
- ↑ T. Ff. whider; S. quhider; F. B. whedir; Th. where.
- ↑ Th. none herde. F. B. T. this; Ff. the; Th. S. that.
- ↑ S. thridde; T. thridd; Th. F. B. thirde.
- ↑ S. than; rest om. Th. aspyde.
- ↑ Ff. to; Th. T. vnto; F. B. into; S. in. Th. wodde ; F. B. wode.
- ↑ Th. T. went; F. B. wente. Th. forthe. Th. boldely; Ff. T. boldly; rest priuely.
- ↑ Th. helde. F. B. S. my; Th. Ff. the; T. me the. Th. downe.
- ↑ F. B. come; S. cam; Th. T. came (read com).
- ↑ All in; read inne. S. has in y-ben.
- ↑ 63, 64. B. transposes.
- ↑ F. B. gras; S. greses; Th. greues; T. Ff. grenes. S. ylike; F. B. al I-like; Th. T. Ff. lyke.
- ↑ Th. els.