Of midel stature, and of swich fairnesse,
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That nature had a Ioye hir to behelde;
And for to speken of hir stedfastnesse,
She passed hath Penelope and Lucresse,
And shortly, if she shal be comprehended,
In hir ne mighte no-thing been amended.
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This Theban knight [Arcite] eek, sooth to seyn,
Was yong, and ther-with-al a lusty knight,