But wel he felte aboute his herte crepe,

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For every teer which that Criseyde asterte,

The crampe of deeth, to streyne him by the herte.

154. And in his minde he gan the tyme acurse

That he cam therë, and that he was born;

For now is wikke y-turned in-to worse,

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And al that labour he hath doon biforn,

He wende it lost, he thoughte he nas but lorn.