So causeles swich drede for to drye,
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And eft biginne his aspre sorwes newe,
That every man mighte on his sorwes rewe.
39. Who coude telle aright or ful discryve
His wo, his pleynte, his langour, and his pyne?
Nought al the men that han or been on-lyve.
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Thou, redere, mayst thy-self ful wel devyne
That swich a wo my wit can not defyne.