If I medled with suche or other mo,

It might be called pitè manerlesse;

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And, afterward if I shulde live in wo,

Than to repent it were to late, I gesse.'

Lam. 'O marble herte, and yet more hard, pardè,

Which mercy may nat perce, for no labour,

More strong to bowe than is a mighty tree,

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What vayleth you to shewe so greet rigour?