That of hir lif no pris sche sette,

Bot ded swounende doun sche fell,

Til after, whanne it so befell

That sche out of hire traunce awok,

With many a wofull pitous lok

Hire yhe alwei among sche caste

Upon hir love, and ate laste 1460

Sche cawhte breth and seide thus:

‘O thou which cleped art Venus,[978]

Goddesse of love, and thou, Cupide,