Then he mentions the names of various ancient heroes whose death, he says was written in the stars "er they were born:" "In sterres, many a winter ther-biforn, Was written the deeth of Ector, Achilles, Of Pompey, Iulius, er they were born; The stryf of Thebes; and of Ercules, Of Sampson, Turnus, and of Socrates The deeth; but mennes wittes been so dulle, That no wight can wel rede it atte fulle."[151] When Criseyde learns that she is to be sent to the Greeks in exchange for Antenor she attributes her misfortune to the stars: "'Alas!' quod she, 'out of this regioun I, woful wrecche and infortuned wight, And born in corsed constellacioun, Mot goon, and thus departen fro my knight;'"[152] In the _Legend of Good Women_ we are told that Hypermnestra was "born to all good things" or qualities, and then the various influences of the particular planets upon her destiny are mentioned: "The whiche child, of hir nativitee, To alle gode thewes born was she, As lyked to the goddes, or she was born, That of the shefe she sholde be the corn; The Wirdes, that we clepen Destinee, Hath shapen her that she mot nedes be Pitouse, sadde, wyse, and trewe as steel; And to this woman hit accordeth weel. For, though that Venus yaf her great beautee, With Jupiter compouned so was she That conscience, trouthe, and dreed of shame, And of hir wyfhood for to keep her name, This, thoughte her, was felicitee as here. And rede Mars was, that tyme of the yere, So feble, that his malice is him raft, Repressed hath Venus his cruel craft; What with Venus and other oppressioun Of houses, Mars his venim is adoun, That Ypermistra dar nat handle a knyf In malice, thogh she sholde lese her lyf. But natheles, as heven gan tho turne, To badde aspectes hath she of Saturne, That made her for to deyen in prisoun, As I shal after make mencioun."[153]