¶ þenne com forþ a dreri þing,
i-cloþed in cloþus of mournyng,
þat was his owne wyue.
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Heo wepte þat pite was to se,
and seide, 'Allas! þat wo is me,
þat euere hedde I lyue.
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Nou al my ioye a-wei is gon,
er hedde i hope, nou habbe i non
to seon him a-lyue.
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Nou am i widewe, allas! þe stounde,
serwe haþ ȝiue myn herte a wounde,
þat me to deþ wol driue.
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