173. The thridde, ferthe, fifte, sixte day

After tho dayes ten, of which I tolde,

Bitwixen hope and drede his herte lay,

Yet som-what trustinge on hir hestes olde.

But whan he saugh she nolde hir terme holde,

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He can now seen non other remedye,

But for to shape him sone for to dye.

174. Ther-with the wikked spirit, god us blesse,

Which that men clepeth wode Ialousye,