NOW WOLDE
Now wolde I faine some merthės[159] make,
All only for my lady sake,
When her I see;
But now I am so far fro her
Though I be far out of her sight
I am her man both day and night
And so will be.
Therefore wolde; as I love her,
She lovèd me.
When she is mery, then I am glad;
When she is sory, then I am sad;
And causė why,[160]
For he liveth not that loveth her
As well as I.
She saith that she hath seen it written
That "seldom seen is soon forgotten";
It is not so.
For in good feith, save only her,
I love no mo.[161]
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