4. This Troilus, with-outen reed or [lore],

As man that hath his Ioyes eek forlore,

Was waytinge on his lady ever-more

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As she that was the soothfast [crop] and [more]

Of al his lust, or Ioyes here-tofore.

But Troilus, now farewel al thy Ioye,

For shaltow never seen hir eft in Troye!

5. Soth is, that whyl he bood in this manere,

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