Now Springs the Spray

Nou sprinkes þe sprai,
Al for loue icche am so seek
Þat slepen I ne mai.

Als I me rode þis endre dai
O mi playinge,
Seih I hwar a litel mai
Bigan to singge:
'Þe clot him clingge!
Wai es him i louue-longinge
Sal libben ai!'
Nou sprinkes, &c.

Son icche herde þat mirie note,
Þider I drogh;
I fonde hire in an herber swot
Vnder a bogh,
With ioie inogh.
Son I asked: 'Þou mirie mai,
Hwi sinkestou ai?'
Nou sprinkes, &c.

Þan answerde þat maiden swote
Midde wordes fewe:
'Mi lemman me haues bihot
Of louue trewe:
He chaunges anewe.
Yiif I mai, it shal him rewe
Bi þis dai.'
Nou sprinkes, &c.