And she shal out; thus seyden [here and howne].

31. For which delibered was by parlement,

For Antenor to yelden up Criseyde,

And it pronounced by the president,

Al-theigh that Ector 'nay' ful ofte preyde.

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And fynaly, what wight that it with-seyde,

It was for nought, it moste been, and sholde;

For substaunce of the parlement it wolde.

32. Departed out of parlement echone,