[PART II. No gap in the MS.]
Whan that Arcyte to thebes comyn was
fful ofte a day he swelte & seyde allas
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ffor sen hese lady schal he neuere mo
And schortly to concludyn al hese wo
So meche sorwe hadde neuere creature
That is or schal whil that þe world may dure
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Hese slep hese mete // hese drynk is hym beraft [folio 150b] [IV. 26, 27.]
That lene he wex / & dreye as is a schaft
Hese eyne holwe / & gresely to beholde [IV. 28.]
Hese hewe falwe / & pale as [[as: later]] asschen colde [IV. 27.]
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And solitarie he was / & euere alone
And waylynge al the nyȝt makynge hese mone
And ȝif he herde song or instrument
Thanne myȝte he wepe he myȝte not be stent
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So feble ek weryn hese spiritis & so lowe [IV. 29.]
And chaungit so þat no man coude hym knowe
Hese speche nor hese voys þow men it herde
And in hese ger for al the world he ferde
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Not only lik the louere maladye
Of hereos but rathere lyk manye
Engenderid of humourys malencolik
Be-forn hese owene selle fantastik
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And schortly turned was al vp so doun
Bothe abit & ek [[ek: later]] disposicioun
Of his this woful louere daun Arcite
What schulde i of hese wo alday endyt
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Whan he endured hadde a ȝer or to
This crewel turment & this peyne & wo
At thebes in his court as I seyde
Vp on a nyȝt in slep as he hym leyde
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Hym thouȝte that the vengede god mercurye
Be-forn hym stod & bad hym to be murye
Hese slepi ȝerde in hond he bar vp ryȝt
An hat he werede vp on hese herys bryȝt
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