A   O that I myght fynde the wythout, and kysse the, whom I loue as my brother whych suckte my mothers brestes: and that thou shalt not be despised I will leade the, and brynge the in to my mothers house: that thou myghtest teach me, ∧ that I myght geue the drynke of spiced wyne, ∧ of the swete sappe of my pongranates. ^noteHis left hande shalbe vnder my head ∧ hys ryght hande shall embrace me.

I charge you, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, þt; ye wake not vp my loue, ner touch her, tyll she be content her selfe. What is she this, that commeth vp from the wildernes, and leaneth vpon her loue? I waked the vp amonge the apple trees, where thy mother conceyued the, where thy mother (I saye (brought the into the worlde. B   O set me as a seale vpon thine herte, and as a seale vpon thyne arme: for loue is myghtie as the death, ∧ gelousy as the hel. Her coales are of fyre, ∧ a very fl&abar;me of the Lorde: so þt; many waters are not able to qu&ebar;che loue, nether maye the streames droune it. Yee, yf a man wolde geue all the good of his house C    for loue, he shuld counte it nothyng, Our syster is but yonge, ∧ hath no brestes: What shall we do for our syster, whan she shall be spoken for? Yf she be a wall, we shal buylde a syluer bolwercke ther vp&obar;: yf she be an open dore, we shall fasten her with borders of Cedre tree. I am a wall, and my brestes lyke towres, then was I as one that hath founde fauoure in his syght. Salomon hath a vyneyarde at Baal Hamon, ∧ this vyneyarde delyuered he vnto the kepers: þt; euery one for the frute therof shulde D    geue hym a thousande peces of syluer. My vyneyard is in my sight: thou (O Salomon) must haue a thousande, and the kepers two hundred with the frute. Thou that dwellest in the gardens, O let me heare thy voyce, that my companyons maye herken to the same. O get the awaye, my loue, and be as a roo or a yong hert vp&obar; the swete smellynge mountaynes. ¶ The ende of the Ballet of Ballettes of Salomon: called in Latyn: Cantic&ubar; Canticor&ubar;,

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