Shoop me to ben a lyves creature!'

37. But after, whan the furie and the rage

Which that his herte twiste and faste threste,

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By lengthe of tyme somwhat gan asswage,

Up-on his bed he leyde him doun to reste;

But tho bigonne his teres more out-breste,

That wonder is, the body may suffyse

To half this wo, which that I yow devyse.

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