| | But swellith the brest of arcite and the sore | |
| | Encrecith at his hert more and more | |
| 1885 | The cloterid blod for ony lechecraft | |
| | Coruptith and in his bowk is laft | |
| | That neyther veyne blood ne ventosynge | |
| | Ne drynke of herbis may be his helpynge | |
| | The vertu expulsif or anymall | |
| 1890 | Fro that vertu I clepyd naturall | |
| | Ne may the venym voyde ne expelle | |
| | The pipis and his lungis gan to swelle | |
| | And euer lacert in his brest a doun | |
| | He is shent with venyme and corrupcion | |
| 1895 | Hym gayneth nothing forto gete his lyf | |
| | He voydeth vpward and dounward laxatif | |
| | Al is to brosten that regioun | |
| | Nature hath in hym no dominacion | |
| | And certeynly ther nature wol not wirche | |
| 1900 | Fare wel fesik go bere the man to chirche | |
| | This is al and som arcite muste dye | |
| | For whiche he sendith aftir Emelye | |
| | And Palamon that was his cosyn dere | |
| | Than sayde he thus as ye shul aftir here | |
| 1905 | Now may the woful spiryt in my hert | |
| | Declare a poynt of alle my sorowis smert | |
| | To you my lady that I loue most | |
| | Right thus be quethe I the seruise of my gost | |
| | To yow abouen euery creature | |
| 1910 | Sithnes that my lyf may no lenger dure | |
| | Alas the peyne alas the woo strong | |
