Noght o word therayein ansuerde,

Bot torneth hom halvinge aschamed,

And hath withinne himself so tamed

His herte, that al the sotie

Of love for chivalerie

He lefte, and be him lief or loth,

To Troie forth with hem he goth, 1890

That he him mihte noght excuse.

Thus stant it, if a knyht refuse[1254]

The lust of armes to travaile,[1255]