85

To telle hir hertely sorwful lyf

That hadde, alas! this noble wyf;

For him she loved alderbest.

Anon she sente bothe eest and west

To seke him, but they founde nought.

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'Alas!' quoth she, 'that I was wrought!

And wher my lord, my love, be deed?

Certes, I nil never ete breed,