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Lettered upper center: "But he, that loves the lowly, pours his oil upon my head, And kisses me, and binds his nuptial bands around my breast, And says: Thou mother of my children, I have loved thee And I have given thee a crown that none can take away. But how this is, sweet maid, I know not, and I cannot know. I ponder, and I cannot ponder; yet I live and love. | The daughter of beauty wip'd her pitying tears with her white veil, And said: Alas! I knew not this, and therefore did I weep. That God would love a Worm I knew, and punish the evil foot That wilful bruis'd its helpless form; but that he cherish'd it With milk and oil I never knew, and therefore did I weep; And I complain'd in the mild air, because I fade away, And lay me down in thy cold bed, and leave my shining lot. | Queen of the vales, the matron Clay answerd: I heard thy sighs, And all thy moans flew o'er my roof, but I have call'd them down. Wilt thou, O Queen, enter my house? tis given thee to enter And to return: fear nothing, enter with thy virgin feet."; lower right: "IV"