For goddes love, so beth me not unkinde.'

237. To this answerde Troilus and seyde,

'Now god, to whom ther nis no cause y-wrye,

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Me glade, as wis I never un-to Criseyde,

Sin thilke day I saw hir first with yë,

Was fals, ne never shal til that I dye.

At shorte wordes, wel ye may me leve;

I can no more, it shal be founde at preve.'

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