Therwith he wex as deed as stoon,
And seyde, 'allas! that I was bore!
That was the los, that her-before
I tolde thee, that I had lorn.
Bethenk how I seyde her-beforn,
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"Thou wost ful litel what thou menest;
I have lost more than thou wenest"—
God wot, allas! right that was she!'
'Allas! sir, how? what may that be?'