*But wo is me, hit lyth nat in my might!
(B. 73)
For wel I wot, that folk han her-beforn
†Of making ropen, and lad a-wey the corn;
†And I come after, glening here and there,
†And am ful glad if I may finde an ere
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Of any goodly word that they han left.
And, if hit happe me rehersen eft
That they han in her fresshe songes sayd,