| 1555 | Pandare, a-morwe which that comen was |
| Un-to his nece, and gan hir fayre grete, |
| Seyde, `Al this night so reyned it, allas! |
| That al my drede is that ye, nece swete, |
| Han litel layser had to slepe and mete; |
| 1560 | Al night,' quod he, `hath reyn so do me wake, |
| That som of us, I trowe, hir hedes ake.' |
| And ner he com, and seyde, `How stont it now |
| This mery morwe, nece, how can ye fare?' |
| Criseyde answerde, `Never the bet for yow, |
| 1565 | Fox that ye been, God yeve youre herte care! |
| God help me so, ye caused al this fare, |
| Trow I,' quod she, `for alle your wordes whyte; |
| O! Who-so seeth yow knoweth yow ful lyte!' |
| With that she gan hir face for to wrye |
| 1570 | With the shete, and wex for shame al reed; |
| And Pandarus gan under for to prye, |
| And seyde, `nece, if that I shal be deed, |
| Have here a swerd, and smyteth of myn heed.' |
| With that his arm al sodeynly he thriste |
| 1575 | Under hir nekke, and at the laste hir kiste. |
| I passe al that which chargeth nought to seye, |
| What! God foryaf his deeth, and she al so |
| Foryaf, and with hir uncle gan to pleye, |
| For other cause was ther noon than so. |
| 1580 | But of this thing right to the effect to go, |
| Whan tyme was, hoom til hir hous she wente, |
| And Pandarus hath fully his entente. |
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