Whet helpeþ hit ytold? ["Was hilft es, wenn es erzählt ist"; was hilft's, dass ich davon spreche.]
Y waxe blo & cold,
of lyue y wolde be!"
"When blosmes brekeþ on brere,
murþes to me were,
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& blyþe y was of mod;
Care & kunde yfere
changeþ al mi chere,
& mengeþ al my blod.
to longe ichaue ben here,
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bi mo þen sixty ȝere,
so y me vnderstod;
Icholde þat ych were
al so y neuer nere,
my lyf is noþyng god."
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"Myn neb þat wes so bryht
So eny sterre lyht,
falu hit is & won; [falu hit is & won, ms. falu is & won.]
my body þat wes so wyht,
styf hit stod vpryht:
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y wes a mody mon!
my mayn & eke mi myht,
stunt is al my syht;
lerneþ nou of þon: [þon ist dat. sg. neutr.]
Nis non so kene knyht,
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þat so ne byþ ydyht,
When elde him comeþ on!"
"mi body þat wes strong,
mi middel smal & long,
ybroht hit is to grounde.
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nou nabbe y nout þat ȝong,
þat speche, ne þat song;
