His sute he putteth in desesperaunce;

And al the good, which that shulde falle him to,

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Is left as deed, clene out of rémembraunce.'

Lam. 'Yet wil I sewe this mater faithfully

Whyls I may live, what-ever be my chaunce;

And if it hap that in my trouthe I dy,

That deeth shal not do me no displesaunce.

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But whan that I, by your ful hard suffraunce,