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I see, that chance

The louer complayneth his estate.

I see, that chance hath chosen me
Thus secretely to liue in paine:
And to an other geuen the fee

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K4r

Of all my losse to haue the gayn.
By chance assinde thus do I serue:
And other haue, that I deserue.
Vnto my self sometime alone
I do lament my wofull case.
But what auaileth me to mone?
Since troth, and pitie hath no place
In them: to whom I sue and serue:
And other haue, that I deserue.
To seke by meane to change this minde:
Alas, I proue, it will not be.
For in my hart I cannot finde
Once to refrain, but still agree,
As bounde by force, alway to serue:
And other haue, that I deserue.
Such is the fortune, that I haue
To loue them most, that loue me lest:
And to my pain to seke, and craue
The thing, that other haue possest.
So thus in vain alway I serue.
And other haue, that I deserue.
And till I may apease the heate:
If that my happe will happe so well:
To waile my wo my hart shall freate:
Whose pensif pain my tong can tell.
Yet thus vnhappy must I serue:
And other haue, that I deserue.