O king Pryam,' quod they, 'thus seggen we,

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That al our voys is to for-gon Criseyde;'

And to deliveren Antenor they preyde.

[29]. O Iuvenal, lord! trewe is thy sentence,

That litel witen folk [what is to yerne]

That they ne finde in hir desyr [offence];

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For cloud of errour lat hem not descerne

What best is; and lo, here ensample as yerne.