And as I trowe / with loue offended moost
That euere was / any lyues creature
ffor she / þat dooth me / al this wo endure
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Ne reccheth neuere / wher I synke or fleete
And wel I woot er she me mercy heete
I moot with strengthe / wynne hire in the place
And wel I woot withouten helpe or grace
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Of thee / ne may my strengthe noght auaille
Thanne helpe me lord / tomorwe in my bataille
For thilke fyr / that whilom brente thee
As wel / as thilke fyr / now brenneth me
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And do / that I tomorwe haue victorie
Myn be the trauaille / and thyn be the glorie
Thy souereyn temple / wol I moost honouren
Of any place / and alwey moost labouren
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In thy plesance / and in thy craftes stronge
And in thy temple / I wol my baner honge
And alle the Armes of my compaignye
And euere mo / vn to that day I dye
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Eterne fir / I wol biforn thee fynde
And eek to this auow / I wol me bynde
My beerd / myn heer / that hongeth long adoun
That neuere yet / ne felte offensioun
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Of rasour / nor of shere / I wol thee yeue
And ben thy trewe seruant whil I lyue
Now lord haue routhe vp on my sorwes soore
Yif me the victorie / I aske thee namoore
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The preyere stynt of Arcita the stronge
The rynges / on the temple dore that honge
And eek the dores / clatereden ful faste [folio 30b]
Of which Arcita / som what hym agaste
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The fyres brenden / vp on the Auter brighte
That it gan / al the temple for to lighte
And sweete smel / the ground anon vp yaf
And Arcita / anon his hand vp haf
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And moore encens / in to the fyr he caste
