| 535 | And to his bed he wente hym hastely | |
| | Nomore of hym at this tyme speke I | |
| | But there I lete hym wepe ynogh & pleyne | |
| | Til fresh may wol rewe on his peyne | |
| | O | Perlous fire that in the bedstraw bredith | |
| 540 | O familier foo that his seruice bedith | |
| | O seruaunt treytour fals holy hewe | |
| | Lyk to the adder sligh & in thy bosom vntrewe | |
| | God shilde vs alle from your acqueyntaunce | |
| | O Ianuary dronken in pleysaunce | |
| 545 | O mariage se how that thy Damian | |
| | Thyn owen squier & thyn owen born man | |
| | Entendith for to do the a velonye | |
| | God graunte the thyn harm to aspye | |
| | For in this worlde nys wors pestilence | |
| 550 | Than an homly foo alday in thy presence | |
| | Parfourmyd hath this day his arke diurne | |
| | No lenger may the body of hym seiourne | |
| | The orisont as in that latitude | |
| | Night with his mantel that is so derk & rude | |
| 555 | Gan forto sprede the emyspery aboute | |
| | For whiche departith is the lusty route | |
| | Fro Ianuary with thank on euery side | |
| | Hoom to their housis lusty they ryde | |
| | There as they do thingis as hem list | |
| 560 | And when they se her tyme they go to reste | |
| | Sone aftir this hastely this Ianuary | |
| | Wolde go to bedde he wolde no lenger tary | |
| | He drynkith Ipocraas clarrey and vernage | |
