In gret mischeef and sorwe sonken
Ben hertis, that of love arn dronken,
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As thou peraventure knowen shal,
Whan thou hast lost [thy] tyme al,
And spent [thy youthe] in ydilnesse,
In waste, and woful lustinesse;
If thou maist live the tyme to see
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Of love for to delivered be,