Tho can she weepe,[°] to stirre up gentle ruth,

Both for her noble bloud, and for her tender youth.

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And said, Ah Sir, my liege Lord and my love,

Shall I accuse the hidden cruell fate,

And mightie causes wrought in heaven above,

Or the blind God,[°] that doth me thus amate,

For hoped love to winne me certaine hate?

Yet thus perforce he bids me do, or die.