She was not cause of myn adversite,

But he that wroghte hir, also mot I thee,

That putte suche a beaute in hir face,

That made me to covete and purchace

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Myn owne deth; him wyte I that I dye,

And myn unwit, that ever I clomb so hye.

An Appeal for Sympathy.

¶ But to yow, hardy knightes of renoun,

Sin that ye be of my divisioun,