er hand it wil not auaylle
To gruoche agayn, for of this bataylle
The palme is heris, and plainly the victorye
Yf I rebellid honour none ne glorye
I might not in ony wyse achyeue
Sit[=h] I am [the]olden, how shold I thenne preue
To renne a wey, I wote hit wil not be
Thoug[=h] I be loos, at large I may not fle
O god of loue how sharp is now thyn arowe

How mayst thou now so cruelly and so narowe
Wit[=h] oute cause hurte me and wounde
And takest none hede my sorowes to founde
But liche a birde that fleet[=h] at her desire
Tyl sodeynly wit[=h]yn the pantere
She is caught thaug[=h] late she was at large
Anewe tempest forcastet[=h] now my barge
Now vp now doun, wit[=h] wynd it is so blowe
So am I possed and almost ouerthrowe
For dryue in derknes of many sondry wawe
Alas whan shal this tempest ouerdrawe
To clere the skyes of myn aduersite
The lode sterre whan that I ne may see
Hit is so hid wit[=h] clowdes that be blake
Alas whan wy[=ll] this torment ouerslake
I can not wyte, for who is hurt of newe
And bledet[=h] inward til he wex pale of hue
And hat[=h] his wound vnwarly fress[=h] & grene
And hit is not couthe vnto the harmes kene
Of myghty cupyde that can so hertes daunte
That no man may in his warre hym vaunte
To gete a pryce but only by mekenes
For ther ne haylet[=h] stryf ne sturdynes

So may I sayne that wit[=h] a loke am yolde
And haue no power to stryue thaug[=h] I wolde
Thus stonde I euer betwix lif and det[=h]
To loue and serue whyle I haue bret[=h]
In suche a place where I dar not pleyne
Liche hym that is in torment and in peyne
And knowet[=h] not to whom to discure
For ther that I haue holly set my aire
I dar not wel for drede ne for daunger
And for vnknowen tellen how the fyre
Of loues bronde is kyndlid in my breste
Thus am I murdred and slayn atte leste
So priuely wit[=h]yn my thought
O lady venus whom I haue sought
So wysse me now what me is best to doo
That am distraught wit[=h] my self so
That I ne wote what way for to torne
Sauf by my self soleyn for to morne
Hangyng in balance betwix hope and drede
Wit[=h] oute comfort remedye or rede
For hope biddet[=h] pursue and assaye
And agaynward drede answert[=h] naye
And now wit[=h] hope I am set a lofte

But drede and daunger hard & nothyng softe
Hat[=h] ouerthrowe my trust and put a doun
Now at my large, now fetred in prisoun
Now in torment, now in souerayn glorye
Now in paradyse and now in purgatorye
As man dispayred in a double were
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