Which hath on me no mercy ne no rewthe

That love hir best, but sleeth me for my trewthe.

Can I noght doon ne seye that may yow lyke,

[For] certes, now, allas! allas! the whyle!

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Your plesaunce is to laughen whan I syke,

And thus ye me from al my blisse exyle.

Ye han me cast in thilke spitous yle

Ther never man on lyve mighte asterte;

This have I for I lovë you, swete herte!