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The quhyt is gude // and richt weill Iwid
Bot 3it the reid is twyifi als deir
The violet syne // bayth fresche & fyne
Sail serve 30W hosing for a 3eir
The quhyt is twiche and fresche Ennewche
Soft as the silk as all men seis
The Reid Is bony // And socht of mony
Thay hyve abowt the houft lyk beis
W* viollet to // gif 3e haif ado //
It meitis lyk stemmyne to 3or theis
Seure be my witting // not brunt in the bitting
suppois baith laidis and lywmeris leis
Off all thir thre hewis //I haif left clewis
To be cure courtmen1 wintter weid
Twynit and small // The best of thame all
May weir the claith ffor woll and threid
Bot in the walkmill // The widder is ill
Thir ar nocht drying dayis in deid
And gif it be watt //I hecht for that
It tuggis in hoilis and gais abbreid
3it it is weill walkit // cairdit and calkit
Als warme a weid as weir the deule
Page 312 Weill wrocht in the Iwmis // with wobster gwmis //
bayth thik and nymmill gais the spwle
Cottond and scheme // the mair it be wome //
3e find 3our self the grittar fule
Bot bony forsuth // Cum byit in my bwth //
To mak 30W garmentis Agane 3ule
Bot mixt thir togidder // 3our self may cowsidder
Quhat fyner Cullour can be fund
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