For which Criseyde moste out of the toun,

And Troilus shal dwelle forth in pyne

Til [Lachesis] his threed no lenger twyne.—

2. The [golden-tressed]. Phebus heighe on-lofte

Thryës hadde alle with his bemes shene

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The snowes molte, and Zephirus as ofte

Y-brought ayein the tendre leves grene,

Sin that the [sone of Ecuba] the quene

Bigan to love [hir] first, for whom his sorwe