And I so slow! allas, I ne hadde be
Here in this place a furlong-wey or ye!
Now [what] leoun that be in this foreste,
My body mote he renden, or what beste
That wilde is, gnawen mote he now myn herte!'
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And with that worde he to the wimpel sterte,
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And kiste hit ofte, and weep on hit ful sore,