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 And baar hym in pees and eke in warre  
Ther was noman that Theseus hadde derre  
 ANd in this blisse lete I now arcite  
 And speke I wil of Palamon alite  
 In derknesse horrible and in strong prison  
 This seuen yeer hath sete this Palamon  
For pyned what for woo and distresse  
 Who felith dowbyl woo and heuynesse  
 But Palamon that loue distreyueth soo  
 That wood out of his wit he ny goth for woo  
 And eke therto he is a prisoner  
Perpetuel and not only for a yeer  
 Who cowde ryme in englissh propirly  
 His matirdom forsothe it am not I  
 Therfore I passe as lightly as I may  
 I wylle not taire yow alle the day  
The thirde nyght as olde bokis sayn  
 That all this story tellith more and playn  
 Were it be auenture or destyne  
 Alas that whan a thing is shapyn it shal be  
 That sone aftir the mydnyght Palamon  
Be help of a frend broke hath his prison  
 And fleeth fro the prison as sone as he may goo  
 For he hadde yeue his gailer drynke soo  
 Of clarrey made of a certeyn wyne  
 With nercotises and Epye of Thebes fyne  
That half þe night though men wolde hym shake  
 The gayler so slepte he mighte not a wake  
 And thus he fleyhe as faste as he may  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: KT, 590
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 1448
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 1448

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: KT, 595
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 1453
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 1453

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: KT, 600
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 1458
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 1458

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: KT, 605
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 1463
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 1463

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: KT, 610
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 1468
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 1468

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: KT, 615
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 1473
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 1473