This wrecched worldes transmutacioun,
As wele or wo, now povre and now honour,
With-outen ordre or wys discrecioun
Governed is by Fortunes errour;
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But natheles, the lak of hir favour
Ne may nat don me singen, though I dye,
Iay tout perdu mon temps et mon labour:'
For fynally, Fortune, I thee defye!
Yit is me left the light of my resoun,