Poems Supposed to Have Been Written at Bristol by Thomas Rowley and Others in the Fifteenth Century

$ ECLOGUE THE SECOND,
Dhereof the fyghte yer corrage doe affraie
In balefull 4s dole their faces be ywreene 44. 30
Sprytes of the bleste, and everich Seyncte ydedde,
Poure owte your pleasaunce on mie fadres hedde.
The bollengers 4s and cottes 4s, foe swyfte yn fyghte,
Upon the fydes of everich bark appere ;
Focrthe to his offyce lepethe every ch knyghte, 35
Eftfoones 46 hys fquyer, with hys shielde and spere.
The jynynge shieldes doe shemre and moke glare 47 ;
The doflbeynge oare doe make gemoted 48 dynne ;
The reynyng 49 foemen so, thynckeynge gif s1 to dare,
Bonn 51 the merk 53 fwerde, theie seche to fraie 54,
theie blyn S5. 40
Sprytes of the bleste, and everyche Seyncte ydedde,
Powre oute yer pleasaunce onn mie fadres hedde.
Now comm the warrynge Sarafyns to fyghte ^
Xynge Rychardc, lyche a lyoncel 56 of warre,
41 affright. 43 woeful. 44 covered. 4S different kinds of boats.
*6 full soon, presently. 47 glitter. 48 united, assembled. 49 running.
,0 foes. 51 if. 51 make ready. 53 dark. 54 engage. 5 5 cease, stand
still. 56 a young lion,
Jnn?