On ydel for to wryte it sholde I swinke,

Whan that my wit is wery it to thinke.

40. On hevene yet the sterres were sene,

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Al-though ful pale y-waxen was the mone;

And whyten gan the orisonte shene

Al estward, as it woned is to done.

And Phebus with his rosy carte sone

Gan after that to dresse him up to fare,

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