Qualiter Appolinus vxoris sue mortem planxit.
Appolinus whan he this knew,
For sorwe a swoune he overthrew,[1572] 1060
That noman wiste in him no lif.
And whanne he wok, he seide, ‘Ha, wif,
P. iii. 311
Mi lust, mi joie, my desir,[1573]
Mi welthe and my recoverir,
Why schal I live, and thou schalt dye?
Ha, thou fortune, I thee deffie,