Criseyde, that was in hir peynes stronge

865

For love of Troilus, hir owene knight,

As fer-forth as she conning hadde or might,

Answerde him tho; but, as of his entente,

It semed not she wiste what he mente.

125. But natheles, this ilke Diomede

870

Gan in him-self assure, and thus he seyde,

'If ich aright have taken of yow hede,