22. But though that Grekes hem of Troye shetten,

And hir citee bisegede al a-boute,

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Hir olde usage wolde they not letten,

As for to honoure hir goddes ful devoute;

But aldermost in honour, out of doute,

They hadde a relik hight [Palladion],

That was hir trist a-boven everichon.

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23. And so bifel, whan comen was the tyme