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	Now fel it so, that in the toun ther was
65	Dwellinge a lord of greet auctoritee,
	A gret devyn that cleped was Calkas,
	That in science so expert was, that he
	Knew wel that Troye sholde destroyed be,
	By answere of his God, that highte thus,
70	Daun Phebus or Apollo Delphicus.

	So whan this Calkas knew by calculinge,
	And eek by answere of this Appollo,
	That Grekes sholden swich a peple bringe,
	Thorugh which that Troye moste been fordo,
75	He caste anoon out of the toun to go;
	For wel wiste he, by sort, that Troye sholde
	Destroyed ben, ye, wolde who-so nolde.

	For which, for to departen softely
	Took purpos ful this forknowinge wyse,
80	And to the Grekes oost ful prively
	He stal anoon; and they, in curteys wyse,
	Hym deden bothe worship and servyse,
	In trust that he hath konnyng hem to rede
	In every peril which that is to drede.

85	The noyse up roos, whan it was first aspyed,
	Thorugh al the toun, and generally was spoken,
	That Calkas traytor fled was, and allyed
	With hem of Grece; and casten to ben wroken
	On him that falsly hadde his feith so broken;
90	And seyden, he and al his kin atones
	Ben worthy for to brennen, fel and bones.

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