8. Evidently this disclaimer is a pretended one; the preceding stanza and
ll. 13, 14 contradict it. So does l. 160. In this stanza we have an early
example of Chaucer's humour, of which there are several instances below, as
e. g. in ll. 567-570, 589, 599, 610, &c. Cf. Troilus, i. 15, where Chaucer
again says he is no lover himself, but only serves Love's servants.