597   ffor I entende to no thyng
598   But to my Ioye, and my pleyng,
599   And for to kembe and tresse me.
600   Aqueynted am I, and pryve
601   With myrthe, lord of this gardyne,
602   That fro the lande of Alexandryne
603   Made the trees hidre be fette,
604   That in this gardyne ben sette.
605   And whan the trees were woxen on hight,
606   This wall, that stant hrere in thi sight,
607   Dide myrthe enclosen al Aboute;
608   And these ymages, al withoute,
609   He dide hem bothe entaile and peynte,
610   That neithir ben iolyf ne queynte,
611   But they ben ful of sorowe and woo,
612   As thou hast seen a while Agoo.
613   'And ofte tyme, hym to solace,
614   Sir myrthe cometh into this place,
615   And eke with him cometh his meynee,
616   That lyven in lust and Iolite.
617   And now is myrthe therynne, to here
618   The briddis, how they syngen clere,
619   The mavys and the nyghtyngale,
620   And other Ioly briddis smale.