And after by disdayn so vngoodly lourit[=h]
On her that whylom he callyd his lady dere
That was to hym so playsant and entier
But lust wit[=h] fairnes is so ouer goon
That in her herte trouthe abidet[=h] noon
And so[=m]e also I sawe in teres reyne
And pietously on god and kynde pleyne
That euer they wold on ony creature
So moche beaute passing be mesure
Sette on a woman to yeue occasion
A man, to loue to his confusion
And namely there, where he shal haue no grace
For wit[=h] a loke fort[=h] by as he dot[=h] pace

Ful ofte fallet[=h] thurg[=h] castyng of an eye
A man is wounded that he must nedis deye
That neuer peraunter after he shal her see
Why wil god don so grete a cruelte
To ony man, or to his creature
To make hym so muche woo endure
For her, percas, whom he shal in no wyse
Reioyse neuer, but so fort[=h] in Iuyse
Lede his lif til that he be graue
For he ne durst of hir no mercy craue
And eke [per]aunter thoug[=h] he durst & wolde
He can not wite where he hir fynd sholde
I sawe ther eke, and therof had I couthe
That som were hyndred by couetyse & slougthe
And so[=m]e also for their hastynes
And other eke for their rechelesnes
But altherlast as I walked and behelde
Beside pallas wit[=h] her Cristal sheld
Tofore the statue of venus set on height
Ther kneled a lady in my sight
To fore the goddesse, whiche as the sonne
Passet[=h] the sterris, and eke the stormys donne
And lucifer to voyde the nyghtes sorowe

In clerenes passet[=h] erly the morowe
And so as maye hat[=h] the souereynte
Of euery monet[=h] the fayrnes and beaute
And as the rose in swetnes and odour
Surmounted flouris, and baine of al licour
Hath the pryse, and as the rubye bright
Of al stones in beaute and in sight
As it is knowe hat[=h] the Regalye
Right so this ladye wit[=h] her goodly eye
And wit[=h] the stremys of hir loke so bright
Surmountet[=h] al thourg[=h] beaute in my sight
That for to tel her grete semelines
Her womanhed her porte and her fairnes
Hit was a meruayle, how euer that nature
Cowde in her werkes make a creature
So angelyk so goodly on to see
So femynyn or passing of beaute
Whos sonnys[=h] heer brighter than goldwire
Lyche phebus beames shynyng in his spyre
The goodlihed eke of her fres[=h] face
So replenyshed of beaute and of grace
So wel ennewed by nature and depeynt
As Rose and lilyes to gyder were meynt

So egally by good proporcion
That as me tought by myn inspection
I gan meruaylle hou god or werk of k