Ful lyk a deed image pale and wan;

And in his brest the heped wo bigan

Out-breste, and he to werken in this wyse

In his woodnesse, as I shal yow devyse.

[35]. Right as the wilde bole biginneth springe

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Now here, now there, y-darted to the herte,

And of his deeth roreth in compleyninge,

Right so gan he aboute the chaumbre sterte,

Smyting his brest ay with his festes smerte;