I wol returne and speken of my peyne;

The point is this of my destruccioun,

My righte lady, my salvacioun,

Is in affray, and not to whom to pleyne.

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O herte swete, O lady sovereyne!

For your disese, wel oghte I swoune and swelte,

Thogh I non other harm ne drede felte.

Instability of Happiness.

¶ To what fyn made the god that sit so hye,