But how shul ye don in this sorwful cas,

795

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,

800

The pleynte that she made in hir distresse?

I noot; but, as for me, my litel tonge,