| | As of his purpose of none suche mater | |
| | But yf that Ianuary muste it here | |
| | That hadde an hond an ere euyr mo | |
| 860 | And nathelees be writing to and fro | |
| | And priuy signys wiste he what she ment | |
| | And she knew of the same his entent | |
| | O Ianuary what myght the auaylle | |
| | Though thou mightist se as fer as ship doth sayl | |
| 865 | For as good blynd is disceyued to be | |
| | As to be disceyued whan a man may se | |
| | Lo argus whiche that hadde an hundrid yen | |
| | For al that euer he coude poure or pryen | |
| | Yet was he blent and I woot so be mo | |
| 870 | That wenyn that it is nothing so | |
| | Passe ouyr is an ese I sey nomore | |
| | This fressh may of whiche I spak of yore | |
| | In warm wex hath printid this cliket | |
| | That Ianuary baar of the smale wiket | |
| 875 | Be whiche vnto this gardyn ofte he went | |
| | And damyan that knew here entent | |
| | The cliket countirfetid priuely | |
| | Ther is nomore to sey but hastely | |
| | Som wonder be this cliket shal be tide | |
| 880 | Whiche ye shal here yf ye wil abyde | |
| | O nobyl Ouyde soth sayst thou god woot | |
| | What sleighte it is though it be longe & hoot | |
| | That he nyl fynde it vp in som manere | |
| | By pyramus and Tysbe may men here | |
| 885 | Though they were kept streyt longe ouyr al | |
