For I have seyn, of a ful misty morwe
Folwen ful ofte a mery someres day;
And after winter folweth grene May.
Men seen alday, and reden eek in stories,
That after sharpe [shoures] been victories.
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153. This Troilus, whan he hir wordes herde,
Have ye no care, him liste not to slepe;
For it thoughte him [no strokes of a yerde]
To here or seen Criseyde his lady wepe;