[Thesiphone], thou help me for tendyte
Thise woful vers, that wepen as I wryte!
2. To thee clepe I, thou goddesse of torment,
Thou cruel Furie, sorwing ever in peyne;
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Help me, that am the sorwful instrument
That helpeth lovers, as I can, to pleyne!
For wel sit it, the sothe for to seyne,
A woful wight to han a drery [fere],
And, to a sorwful tale, a sory chere.