So that be nyhte his weie he nam,

Ther wiste non wher he becam; 3550

The nyht was derk, ther schon no Mone,

Tofore the gates he cam sone,

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Wher that this yonge Maiden was,

And with this wofull word, ‘Helas!’

Hise dedli pleintes he began

So stille that ther was noman

It herde, and thanne he seide thus: