That she not wite as yet shal what I mene.'

16. This Diomede, as he that [coude his good],

Whan this was doon, gan fallen forth in speche

Of this and that, and asked why she stood

In swich disese, and gan hir eek biseche,

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That if that he encrese mighte or eche

With any thing hir ese, that she sholde

Comaunde it him, and seyde he doon it wolde.

17. For trewely he swoor hir, as a knight,