Ye sette oure herte bothe afyre,[979]
And maden ous such thing desire
Wherof that we no skile cowthe;
Bot thus oure freisshe lusti yowthe
Withoute joie is al despended,
Which thing mai nevere ben amended:
For as of me this wol I seie,[980]
That me is levere forto deie 1480
Than live after this sorghful day.’
And with this word, where as he lay,