I am, the more I with hir dele,

So that myn happ and al myn hele 70

Me thenkth is ay the leng the ferre,

That bringth my gladschip out of herre,

Wherof my wittes ben empeired,

And I, as who seith, al despeired.

P. i. 282

For finaly, whan that I muse

And thenke how sche me wol refuse,

I am with anger so bestad,