And pluk his wing, and eke him, in his game,

And tender herte of that hath made her dy:

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Eke she wold wepe, and morn right pitously

To seen a lover suffre gret destresse.

In all the court nas non that, as I gesse,

That coude a lover †half so well availe,

Ne of his wo the torment or the rage

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†Aslaken, for he was sure, withouten faile,