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Aboif the lilly, illustare of lynnage, 150
Fro the stok ryell rysing fresche and ying,
Bot ony spot or macull doing spring:
Come blowme of joy with jemis to be cround,
For oure the laif thy bewty is renownd.

A coistly croun, with clarefeid stonis brycht, 15
This cumly Quene did on hir heid inclois
Quhyll all the land illumynit of the licht;
Quhairfoir me thocht the flouris did rejois,
Crying, attonis, Haill be thow richest Rois!
Haill hairbis Empryce, haill freschest Quene of Flouris,
To thé be glory and honour at all houris.

Thane all the birdis song with voce on hicht,
Quhois mirthfull soun wes mervelus to heir;
The mavyis sang, Haill Rois most riche and richt,
That dois up flureiss undir Phebus speir; 165
Haill plant of yowth, haill Princes dochtir deir,
Haill blosome breking out of the blud royall,
Quhois pretius vertew is imperiall:

The merle scho sang, Haill Rois of most delyt,
Haill of all flouris quene and soverane: 170
The lark scho sang, Haill Rois both reid and quhyt,
Most plesand flour, of michty cullouris twane:
The nychtingaill sang, Haill Naturis suffragane,
In bewty, nurtour, and every nobiluess,
In riche array, renown, and gentilness. 175