Kosher for Passover: General Prologue

Whan that April with his showres soote,
The droughte of March hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veine in swich licour,
Of which flirtu engendred is the flour;
Whan mens and womens in their boozèd breeth
Inspired to mak fooles unto the deeth,
And crawl about until the yonge sonne
Is well beyond his halve cours yronne,
And hungry cats maken melodye
So that we sleepen all with open yë -
So priketh hem Nature in hir courage –
Thanne longen mens their hunger to assuage
In straunge Jew food and 5 lb slabs of meat
So pilgrims go to Pesach for to eat;
And specially from every borough’s ende
They wear the fat pants ready to pretende
Elijah, holy prophet, for to seeke
To drink Hebe swill that maketh others seke.