Under the light of Phebus bemes clere.

And so, for anguisshe of my paynes kene,

And for constraynte of my sighes sore,

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I sette me doun under a laurer grene

Ful pitously; and alway more and more,

As I beheld into the holtes hore,

I gan complayne myn inward deedly smerte,

That ay so sore †crampisshed myn herte.

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