Wherof unto his beddefere

Deïdamie he hath be nyhte.

Wher kinde wole himselve rihte,[118]

After the Philosophres sein,

Ther mai no wiht be therayein: 3060

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And that was thilke time seene.

The longe nyhtes hem betuene

Nature, which mai noght forbere,

Hath mad hem bothe forto stere