And alle worldly blisse, as thinketh me,

[The ende of blisse] ay sorwe it occupyeth;

And who-so troweth not that it so be,

Lat him upon me, woful wrecche, y-see,

That my-self hate, and ay my birthe acorse,

840

Felinge alwey, fro wikke I go to worse.

121. Who-so me seeth, he seeth sorwe al at ones,

[Peyne, torment,] pleynte, wo, distresse.

Out of my woful body [harm ther noon is],