'Allas!' quod he, 'the day that I was born!

[This o night wol us lovers bothe slee]!

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[How sholde I axen mercy of Tisbe]

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Whan I am he that have yow slain, allas!

My bidding hath yow slain, as in this cas.

Allas! to bidde a woman goon by nighte

In place ther as peril fallen mighte,

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