But how shul ye don in this sorwful cas,
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How shal your tendre herte this sustene?
But herte myn, for-yet this sorwe and tene,
And me also; for, soothly for to seye,
So ye wel fare, I recche not to deye.'
115. How mighte it ever y-red ben or y-songe,
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The pleynte that she made in hir distresse?
I noot; but, as for me, my litel tonge,