60. This Troilus answerde, 'O brother dere,

415

This knowen folk that han y-suffred peyne,

That though he wepe and make sorwful chere,

That feleth harm and smert in every veyne,

No wonder is; and though I ever pleyne,

Or alwey wepe, I am no-thing to blame,

420

Sin I have lost the cause of al my game.

61. But sin [of fyne force] I moot aryse,