To sleen swich oon, if that he mente trouthe.

96. Now mighte som [envyous] Iangle thus,

'This was a sodeyn love, how mighte it be

That she so lightly lovede Troilus

Right for the firste sighte; ye, pardee?'

670

Now who-so seyth so, mote he never thee!

For every thing, a ginning hath it nede

Er al be wrought, with-outen any drede.

97. For I sey nought that she so sodeynly