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LI.

Love sayes its tyme that I agane returne
to wayle my wonted woes and sad lament,
and to resume the flams by which I burne,
and which hethe bothe my blood and bodye spent.
thus wayes I feil his bow ay euer bent
but intermissioun to perseue my harte,
who never yet his rigour hethe relent,
yea, in trewes to play a tratours parte:
for whils that he dothe seme for to convert
bellisas face from rigour vnto reuthe,
and gentlye now and then to spair his darte,
that hes him servd twelf Moones and months with treuthe,
I feill him now agane prepaird the more
to mak freshe wonds of a half heald sore.