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Me [ne] lakketh but my deth, and than my bere.

What nedeth to shewe parcel of my peyne?

Sith every wo that herte may bethinke

I suffre, and yet I dar not to you pleyne;

For wel I woot, al-though I wake or winke,

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Ye rekke not whether I flete or sinke.

But natheles, my trouthe I shal sustene

Unto my deth, and that shal wel be sene.