Quis Dabit Meo Capiti Fontem Lacrimarum:
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Folio 78 Recto
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Who shal ẏeve // vn to mẏn hed a welle •
of bitter terẏs / my sorw ẏs to compleẏne •
Or a gret condewit // of troublẏ watrẏs ffelle •
doun to dẏstẏlle // fro mẏn eẏen tweẏne •
To shewe the constreẏnt / of mẏ dedlẏ peẏne •
Whan I allas // be holde and dẏd see •
mẏ dere sone // bleede in euerẏ veẏne •
atwix two thevẏs // naẏllẏd to a tre •
Who shal of wepẏng // geve me suffẏsaunce •
Or to mẏ sobbẏng // who shal me terẏs ffẏnde •
to se mẏ joie / mẏn hertis hiħ plesaunce •
mẏ soote sone // that was to me so kẏnde •
railled with red blood // as sap doth thoruħ the
rẏnde •
thorugh his enmẏes // vengable Cruelte •
dirkened with deth // his eien now maad blẏnde •
atwix two thevẏs // naẏlled to a tre •
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