So that withinne his herte affraied 3400
A thousend time with o breth[1417]
Wepende he wissheth after deth,
P. ii. 116
Whan he fortune fint adverse.
For thanne he wole his hap reherce,
As thogh his world were al forlore,
And seith, ‘Helas, that I was bore!
Hou schal I live? hou schal I do?
For nou fortune is thus mi fo,