25. For which he gan deliberen, for the beste,

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That though the lordes wolde that she wente,

He wolde late hem graunte what hem leste,

And telle his lady first what that they mente.

And whan that she had seyd him hir entente,

Ther-after wolde he werken also blyve,

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Though al the world ayein it wolde stryve.

26. Ector, which that wel the Grekes herde,