Or in the hedges any wight stirring,
And, after, sicker doth her voice outring;
Right so Cresseide, when that her dread stent,
Opened her heart, and told him her intent.’
See also the two next stanzas, and particularly that divine one beginning—
‘Her armes small, her back both straight and soft,’ etc.
Compare this with the following speech of Troilus to Cressida in the play:—
‘O, that I thought it could be in a woman;
And if it can, I will presume in you,
To feed for aye her lamp and flame of love,