I called for my lovers, 'but' they deceived me: My priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, While they sought them food to refresh their souls.
Coth. I clepide my frendis, and þei disseyueden me; my prestis and myn elde men in þe citee ben wastid; for þei souyten mete to hem silf, to coumforte hir lijf.