Book VIII

) is as follows:--'Diomedes vero multa fuit proceritate, distensus amplo pectore, robustis scapulis, aspectu ferox; in promissis fallax; in armis strenuus; victorie cupidus; timendus a multis, cum multum esset iniuriosus; sermonibus sibi nimis impaciens, cum molestus seruientibus nimis esset; libidinosus quidem multum, et qui multas traxit angustias ob feruorem amoris.' Cf. allit. Troy-book, ll. 3794-3803; Lydgate, Siege of Troye, fol. K 1, back.

## Book V . 810. To gon y-tressed, &c. Perhaps suggested by the remark in Guido

( Book XIX ) that Cressid's hair was unbound in her hour of deepest sorrow:--'aureos crines suos a lege ligaminis absolutos a lactea sui capitis cute diuellit.' Cf. IV. 736.

## Book V . 827-840. Troilus is not described by Boccaccio. Guido's description

of him has already been quoted above; see remarks on Book I . 1072; pp. lvi, lvii.

## Book V . 1002-4. The parallel passage in Guido has already been quoted,

viz.: 'Amoris tui oblaciones ad presens nec repudio nec admitto.' See remarks on l. 92; p. lviii.

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