35. How shulde I thus ten dayes ful endure,

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Whan I the firste night have al this tene?

How shal she doon eek, sorwful creature?

For tendernesse, how shal she this sustene,

Swich wo for me? O pitous, pale, and grene

Shal been your fresshe wommanliche face

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For langour, er ye torne un-to this place.'

36. And whan he fil in any slomeringes,