Hir thoughte hir sorwful herte [brast] a-two.

For whan she gan hir fader fer aspye,

Wel neigh doun of hir hors she gan to [sye].

27. But natheles she thonked Diomede

Of al his travaile, and his goode chere,

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And that him liste his friendship hir to bede;

And she accepteth it in good manere,

And wolde do fayn that is him leef and dere;

And trusten him she wolde, and wel she mighte,