ee shulden haue serued trewe,
ffele tymes on ?ee ?ai ?rewe
ffil?e & foule vryne, 1059
And beten ?ee ofte swi?e sore;
And ?ou suffredest euermore,
And took it nou?th to pyne.
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Why woldestou cast ?ee in care,
Of hem to suffre swiche bysmare,
?at weren ?ine owen hyne? 1065
Of alle ?ise seuentene ?
ere
Ne
woldestou
noman tellen here
?
ou come of body myne."
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(90)
? ffor? com ?oo his trewe wijf
wi? sorou?, & care & drery lijf,
And nei? for doel ded. 1071
'Allas! she seide, my ioye cast,
Kare & sorou? ben in me fast,
As widewe wi?oute red. 1074
Al my wel?e is fro me went,
No womman is in swiche tourment
In leng?e ne in brede.
