He stal anoon; and they, in curteys wyse,

Him deden bothe worship and servyse,

In trust that he hath conning hem to rede

In every peril which that is to drede.

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13. The noyse up roos, whan it was first aspyed,

Thorugh al the toun, and generally was spoken,

That Calkas traytor fled was, and allyed

With hem of Grece; and casten to ben wroken

On him that falsly hadde his feith so broken;