69   ******************************mene, iwis
70   ********************ground to preisen is.
71   ********************ven lefte her song
72   While they *****ide cold so strong
73   In wedres gryl and derk to sight
74   Ben in may, for the sonne bright,
75   So glade, that they shewe in syngyng,
76   That in her hertis is sich lykyng,
77   That they mote syngen and be light.
78   Than doth the nyghtyngale hir myght
79   To make noyse, and syngen blythe.
80   Than is blisful, many sithe,
81   The chela****e and papyngay.
82   Than yong folk entenden Ay
83   fforto ben gay and Amorous,
84   The tyme is than so fauerous.
85   Hard is the hert that loveth nought
86   In May, whan al this mirth is wrought;
87   Whan he may on these braunches here
88   The smale briddes syngen clere
89   Hir blesful swete song pitous;
90   And in this sesoun delytous,
91   Whan love affraieth al thing,
92   Me thought a nyght, in my sleping,