And alwey most this Diomede he soughte.
252. And ofte tyme, I finde that they mette
With blody strokes and with wordes grete,
1760
Assayinge how hir speres weren [whette];
And god it woot, with many a cruel hete
Gan Troilus upon his helm to-bete.
But natheles, fortune it nought ne wolde,
Of otheres hond that either deyen sholde.—
1765