Com now, sin I so ofte after thee calle,

[For sely is that deeth], soth for to seyne,

That, ofte y-cleped, cometh and endeth peyne.

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73. Wel wot I, whyl my lyf was in quiete,

[Er thou me slowe], I wolde have yeven hyre;

But now thy cominge is to me so swete,

That in this world I no-thing so desyre.

O deeth, sin with this sorwe I am a-fyre,

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