And bisily with al his herte caste

Som of his wo to sleen, and that as faste;

195. And seyde, 'lord, and freend, and brother dere,

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God woot that thy disese dooth me wo.

But woltow stinten al this woful chere,

And, by my trouthe, or it be dayes two,

And god to-forn, yet shal I shape it so,

That thou shalt come in-to a certayn place,

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