1I am a flour of the feeld, and a lilye of grete valeis.

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Proverbs 3:1, Proverbs 3:1, Proverbs 1:3, Proverbs 1:3, Proverbs 4:1

2As a lilie among thornes, so is my frendesse among douytris.

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Proverbs 23:12, Proverbs 23:12, Proverbs 18:1, Proverbs 18:1, Psalms 119:111

3As an apple tre among the trees of wodis, so my derlyng among sones. I sat vndur the shadewe of hym, whom Y desiride; and his fruyt was swete to my throte.

stylus

James 1:5, James 1:5, Ephesians 1:17, Ephesians 1:18, Ephesians 1:17

4The king ledde me in to the wyn celer; he ordeynede charite in me.

stylus

Matthew 13:44, Matthew 13:44, Matthew 19:29, Proverbs 16:16, Matthew 19:29

5Bisette ye me with flouris, cumpasse ye me with applis; for Y am sijk for loue.

stylus

Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 1:7, Jeremiah 24:7, Jeremiah 24:7, 2 Chronicles 1:10

6His left hond is vndur myn heed; and his riyt hond schal biclippe me.

stylus

Ephesians 1:17, Ephesians 1:18, Ephesians 1:17, Ephesians 1:18, James 1:5

7Ye douytris of Jerusalem, Y charge you greetli, bi capretis, and hertis of feeldis, that ye reise not, nether make to awake the dereworthe spousesse, til sche wole. The vois of my derlyng; lo!

stylus

James 3:15, James 3:17, James 3:15, James 3:17, Psalms 84:11

8this derlyng cometh leepynge in mounteyns, and skippynge ouer litle hillis.

stylus

Psalms 23:3, Psalms 23:3, 1 Samuel 2:9, 1 Samuel 2:9, John 10:28

9My derlyng is lijk a capret, and a calf of hertis; lo! he stondith bihynde oure wal, and biholdith bi the wyndows, and lokith thorouy the latisis.

stylus

Jeremiah 6:16, Jeremiah 6:16, Matthew 7:13, Matthew 7:14, Psalms 143:8

10Lo! my derlyng spekith to me, My frendesse, my culuer, my faire spousesse, rise thou, haaste thou, and come thou;

stylus

Jeremiah 15:16, Jeremiah 15:16, Job 23:12, Colossians 3:16, Job 23:12

11for wyntir is passid now, reyn is goon, and is departid awei.

stylus

Proverbs 4:6, Proverbs 4:6, Ephesians 5:15, Psalms 25:21, Ephesians 5:15

12Flouris apperiden in oure lond, the tyme of schridyng is comun; the vois of a turtle is herd in oure lond,

stylus

1 Corinthians 15:33, 1 Corinthians 15:33, Proverbs 8:13, Proverbs 13:20, Proverbs 8:13

13the fige tre hath brouyt forth hise buddis; vyneris flourynge han youe her odour. My frendesse, my fayre spousesse, rise thou, haaste thou, and come thou.

stylus

John 3:19, John 3:20, John 3:19, John 3:20, Proverbs 4:19

14My culuer is in the hoolis of stoon, in the chyne of a wal with out morter. Schewe thi face to me, thi vois sowne in myn eeris; for thi vois is swete, and thi face is fair.

stylus

Proverbs 10:23, Proverbs 10:23, Romans 1:32, Romans 1:32, Jeremiah 11:15

15Catche ye litle foxis to vs, that destrien the vyneris; for oure vyner hath flourid.

stylus

Psalms 125:5, Psalms 125:5, Proverbs 21:8, Proverbs 21:8, Deuteronomy 32:5

16My derlyng is to me, and Y am to hym, which is fed among lilies;

stylus

Ecclesiastes 7:26, Ecclesiastes 7:26, Proverbs 7:5, Proverbs 7:23, Proverbs 6:24

17til the dai sprynge, and schadewis be bowid doun. My derlyng, turne thou ayen; be thou lijk a capret, and a calf of hertis, on the hillis of Betel.

stylus

Ezekiel 16:59, Ezekiel 16:60, Jeremiah 3:4, Ezekiel 16:8, Ezekiel 16:59