That he myn honour scholde kepe.’
And with that word sche gan to wepe,
And sorweth more than ynouh:
Hire faire tresces sche todrouh,[377]
And with hirself tok such a strif,[378]
That sche betwen the deth and lif[379]
Swounende lay fulofte among.[380]
And al was this on him along,
Which was to love unkinde so,
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