1620 | Wepe now nomore I wil thy lust fulfille | |
| Now wol I stynte of the goddes aboue | |
| Of marce and venus goddes of loue | |
| And telle you al pleynly as I can | |
| The grete effect of whiche I began | |
| G | Reet was the feste in attenes that day | |
| And eke the lusty seson of may | |
| Made euery wight to be in suche plesaunce | |
| That al that moneth Iuste they & daunce | |
| And spenden it in venus high seruise | |
1630 | But be cause that they sholden arise | |
| Erly forto se the grete sight | |
| Vnto her reste wente they at nyght | |
| And on the morow when day gan sprynge | |
| Of hors and noyse harneis and claterynge | |
1635 | Ther was in hostelries al aboute | |
| And to the Paleys ther ridith many aroute | |
| And lordis vp on stedis and Palfreys | |
| There maist thou se deuysinge of harneys | |
| So vncowthe and so riche and wel | |
1640 | Of goldsmythrye of browderye & that subtel | |
| The sheldis bright testeris and trappours | |
| Gold hewed helmes hawberkis & cote armours | |
1645 | Raying the speris and helmes bokelyng | |
| Guydyng of sheldis with leyners lasynge | |
| There as nede is they were no thing Idyl | |
| The fomy stedes on the goldyn bridyl | |
| Alwey gnawynge and faste the armerers also | |
1650 | With file and hamer prikyng to and fro | |