That he with hire at home abide.
Bot he hath cast hir lettre aside,[1258]
As he which tho no maner hiede
Tok of hire wommannysshe drede;
And forth he goth, as noght ne were,
To Troie, and was the ferste there
Which londeth, and tok arryvaile:
For him was levere in the bataille,[1259]
He seith, to deien as a knyht,
Than forto lyve in al his myht 1930