Of preſone and of loues gret ſuppris,
[692] It war to long to me for to dewys.
When he remembrith one his hewy charge
Of loue, wharof he can hyme not diſcharge,
He wepith and he ſorowith in his chere,
[696] And euery nyght ſemyth hyme o yere.
Gret peite was the ſorow that he maad,
laments his fate.
And to hyme-ſelf apone this wiß he ſaade:
Lancelot’s lament;