That in his herte he demede, as I gesse,

That there nis lovere in this world at ese

So wel as he, and thus gan love him plese.

1730

248. The godlihede or beautee which that kinde

In any other lady hadde y-set

Can not the [mountaunce of a knot] unbinde,

A-boute his herte, of al Criseydes net.

He was so narwe [y-masked] and y-knet,

1735