]> ASCC Lab, University of Washington. Chaucer, Geoffrey. "The Parliament of Fowles." The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd. Edition. Ed. Larry D. Benson. Boston:Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987. p. 394. Based on the editiorial work of F.N. Robinson. The base text used for his edition is Cambridge MS. Gg.4.27. "Now welcome,somer,with thy sonne softe, That hast thes wintres wedres overshake, And driven away the longe ny&ygh;tes blake! "Saint Valentyn, that art ful hy on-lofte, Thus synygen smale foules for thy sake: [Now welcome,somer, with thy sonne softe, That hast thes wintres wedres overshake.] "Wel han they cause for to gladen ofte, Sith ech of hem recovered hath hys make, Ful blissful mowe they synge when they wake: [Now welcome, somer, with thy sonne softe, That has thes wintres wedres overshake, And driven away the longe ny&ygh;tes blake!"] "And with the shoutyng, whan the song was do That foules maden at here fly&ygh;t awey, I wok, and othere bokes tok me to, To reede upon, and yit I rede alwey. I hope, ywise, to rede so som day that I shal mete som thyng for to fare The best, and thus to rede I nyl nat spare."