By name, and seyde, 'my swete wyf,

Awak! let be your sorwful lyf!

For in your sorwe ther lyth no reed;

For certes, swete, I nam but deed;

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Ye shul me never on lyve y-see.

But good swete herte, [look] that ye

Bury my body, [at whiche] a tyde

Ye mowe hit finde the see besyde;

And far-wel, swete, my worldes blisse!