Bot as it falleth ate laste,

Ther mai no worldes joie laste,

P. ii. 96

So mot I nedes fro hire wende

And of my wachche make an ende:

And if sche thanne hiede toke,

Hou pitousliche on hire I loke, 2810

Whan that I schal my leve take,

Hire oghte of mercy forto slake

Hire daunger, which seith evere nay.