Why nil I rather with a man or two

Stele hir a-way? Why wol I this endure?

Why nil I helpen to myn owene cure?'

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8. But why he nolde doon so fel a dede,

That shal I seyn, and why him liste it spare:

He hadde in herte alwey a maner drede,

Lest that Criseyde, [in rumour of this fare],

Sholde han ben slayn; lo, this was al his care.

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