This passeth al that herte may bithinke.
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243. But cruel day, so wel-awey the stounde!
Gan for to aproche, as they by signes knewe,
For whiche hem thoughte felen dethes wounde;
So wo was hem, that changen gan hir hewe,
And day they gonnen to dispyse al newe,
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Calling it traytour, envyous, and worse,
And bitterly the dayes light they curse.