¶ A caroll of huntynge.

As I came by a grene forest syde
I met with a forster yt badde me abyde
whey go bet / hey go bet / hey go▪ howe
we shall haue sport and game ynowe.
¶ Vnderneth a tre I dyde me set
And with a grete hert anone I met
I badde let styppe / and sayd hey go bet
With bey go bet / hey go [...]
we shall haue sport and game ynowe▪
¶ I had not stande there but a whyle
Not the mountenaunce of a myle
There came a grete hert without gyle
There he gothe / there he gothe. &c.
we shall haue sporte and game ynowe.
¶ Talbot my hoūde with a mery taste
All about the grene wode he gan cast
I toke my horne and blewe him a blast
with tro / ro / ro / ro: tro / ro / ro / ro.
with hey go bet / hey go bet. &c.
There he gothe / there he goth. &c.
we shall haue sport and game ynowe.
¶ Finis.

¶ A caroll bringyng in the bores heed.

¶ Caput apri differo
Reddens laudens domino.
The bores heed in hande bring I
With garlans gay and rosemary
I pray you all synge merely
Qui estis in conuiuio.
¶ The bores heed I vnderstande
Is the thefe seruyce in this lande
Loke where euer it be fande
Seruite cum cantico.
¶ Be gladde lordes bothe more & lasse
For this hath ordeyned our stewarde
To chere you all this christmasse
The bores heed with mustarde.
Finis.

¶ Thus endeth the Christmasse carol­les / newely enprinted at Londō / in the fletestrete at the sygne of the sonne by wynkynde worde. The yere of our lor­de. M.D.xxi.

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