From Geoffrey Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde", Book I, lines 134-154

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Geoffrey Chaucer (1342 - 1400):
Troilus and Criseyde
Book I, lines 134-154: About the Greek-Trojan war

	The thinges fellen, as they doon of werre,
135	Bitwixen hem of Troye and Grekes ofte;
	For som day boughten they of Troye it derre,
	And eft the Grekes founden no thing softe
	The folk of Troye; and thus fortune on-lofte,
	And under eft, gan hem to wheelen bothe
140	After hir cours, ay whyl they were wrothe.

But how this toun com to destruccioun

Ne falleth nought to purpos me to telle;

For it were a long digressioun

Fro my matere, and yow to longe dwelle.

145 But the Troyane gestes, as they felle,

In Omer, or in Dares, or in Dyte,

Whoso that can, may rede hem as they wryte.

But though that Grekes hem of Troye shetten,

And hir citee bisegede al aboute,

150 Hir olde usage wolde they not letten,

As for to honoure hir goddes ful devoute;

But aldermost in honour, out of doute,

They hadde a relik hight Palladion,

That was hir trist aboven everichon.

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From Troilus and Criseyde, Book I, lines 155-266:
The Trojans go to the temple

	But how this toun com to destruccioun
	Ne falleth nought to purpos me to telle;
	For it were a long digressioun
	Fro my matere, and yow to longe dwelle.
145	But the Troyane gestes, as they felle,
	In Omer, or in Dares, or in Dyte,
	Whoso that can, may rede hem as they wryte.

	But though that Grekes hem of Troye shetten,
	And hir citee bisegede al aboute,
150	Hir olde usage wolde they not letten,
	As for to honoure hir goddes ful devoute;
	But aldermost in honour, out of doute,
	They hadde a relik hight Palladion,
	That was hir trist aboven everichon.