Swounende as ded, and ther sche lay;[610]
Bot he which alle thinges may
Conforteth hire, and ate laste
Sche loketh and hire yhen caste[611]
Upon hire child and seide this:
‘Of me no maner charge it is
What sorwe I soffre, bot of thee
Me thenkth it is a gret pite,[612] 1070
For if I sterve thou schalt deie:[613]
So mot I nedes be that weie