'Ne hadde I er now, my swete herte dere,
Ben yolde, y-wis, I were now not here!'
174. O! sooth is seyd, that heled for to be
As of a fevre or othere greet syknesse,
Men moste drinke, as men may often see,
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[Ful bittre drink]; and for to han gladnesse,
Men drinken often peyne and greet distresse;
I mene it here, as for this aventure,
That thourgh a peyne hath founden al his cure.