That wolde, [as seyth] myn auctor, wel contene

Neigh half this book, of which him list not wryte;

How sholde I thanne a lyne of it endyte?

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73. But to the grete effect: than sey I thus,

That stonding in concord and in quiete

Thise ilke two, Criseyde and Troilus,

As I have told, and in this tyme swete,

Save only often mighte they not mete,

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