Compleyne I, for ye be my lady dere!

I am so sory, now that ye be light;

For certes, but ye make me hevy chere,

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Me were as leef be leyd up-on my bere;

For whiche un-to your mercy thus I crye:

Beth hevy ageyn, or elles mot I dye!

Now voucheth sauf this day, or hit be night,

That I of you the blisful soun may here,

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