And lese it sone, whan they it have acheved.'
Lam. 'If trouth me cause, by vertue soverayne,
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To shew good love, and alway fynd contráry,
And cherish that which sleeth me with the payne,
This is to me a lovely adversary!
Whan that pitè, which long a-slepe doth tary,
Hath set the fyne of al myn hevinesse,
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Yet her comfort, to me most necessary,