That no wight of his contenaunce aspyde.

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78. Than seyde he thus, 'O paleys desolat,

O hous, of houses [whylom best y-hight],

O paleys empty and disconsolat,

O thou lanterne, of which queynt is the light,

O paleys, whylom day, that now art night,

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Wel oughtestow to falle, and I to dye,

Sin she is went that wont was us to gye!