| | They been accordid rownyng thorou a wal | |
| | Ther is non coude haue founde suche a sleighte | |
| | But now to purpoos or that dayes . viij . | |
| | Were passid of the moneth of Iuyl be fyl | |
| 890 | That Ianuary hath caught so greet a wyl | |
| | Thorough eggyng of his wyf hym forto pleye | |
| | In his gardyn & no wight but they tweye | |
| | That in a morow vnto this may said he | |
| | Rise vp my wyf my loue my lady fre | |
| 895 | The turtelis voys I herde my spouse swete | |
| | The wynter is goon with alle his raynes wete | |
| | Com forth with thyn yen columbyne | |
| | Now fayrer been thy brestis than is wyne | |
| | The gardyn is closid al aboute | |
| 900 | Com forth my swete spouse out of doute | |
| | Thow hast me woundid in myn herte wyf | |
| | No spot in the saw I in al my lyf | |
| | Com forth and leet vs take our disport | |
| | I care for the my wyf & for my comfort | |
| 905 | Suche olde lewde wordis vsid he | |
| | On Damyan a signe made she | |
| | That he sholde go beforn with his cliket | |
| | This Damyan hath opened the wyket | |
| | And in he stert and sat in suche manere | |
| 910 | That no wight myght it se ne here | |
| | And stille he sat vnder abush anone | |
| | This Ianuary so blynd is as a stone | |
| | With may in his hond and no wight mo | |
| | In to this fresh gardyn is he go | |
