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Ne sank no deppere in my thoght;    2070
Bot hield conseil; as I was bede;
And tolde it nevere in other stede;
Bot let it passen as it com。
Now; fader; say what is thi dom;
And hou thou wolt that I be peined
For such Semblant as I have feigned。
Mi Sone; if reson be wel peised;
Ther mai no vertu ben unpreised
Ne vice non be set in pris。
Forthi; my Sone; if thou be wys;    2080
Do no viser upon thi face;
Which as wol noght thin herte embrace:
For if thou do; withinne a throwe
To othre men it schal be knowe;
So miht thou lihtli falle in blame
And lese a gret part of thi name。
And natheles in this degree
Fulofte time thou myht se
Of suche men that now aday
This vice setten in a say:    2090
I speke it for no mannes blame;
Bot forto warne thee the same。
Mi Sone; as I mai hiere talke
In every place where I walke;
I not if it be so or non;
Bot it is manye daies gon
That I ferst herde telle this;
How Falssemblant hath ben and is
Most comunly fro yer to yere
With hem that duelle among ous here;   2100
Of suche as we Lombardes calle。
For thei ben the slyeste of alle;
So as men sein in toune aboute;
To feigne and schewe thing withoute
Which is revers to that withinne:
Wherof that thei fulofte winne;
Whan thei be reson scholden lese;
Thei ben the laste and yit thei chese;
And we the ferste; and yit behinde
We gon; there as we scholden finde     2110
The profit of oure oghne lond:
Thus gon thei fre withoute bond
To don her profit al at large;
And othre men bere al the charge。
Of Lombardz unto this covine;
Whiche alle londes conne engine;
Mai Falssemblant in special
Be likned; for thei overal;
Wher as they thenken forto duelle;
Among hemself; so as thei telle;    2120
Ferst ben enformed forto lere
A craft which cleped is Fa crere:
For if Fa crere come aboute;
Thanne afterward hem stant no doute
To voide with a soubtil hond
The beste goodes of the lond
And bringe chaf and take corn。
Where as Fa crere goth toforn;
In all his weie he fynt no lette;
That Dore can non huissher schette     2130
In which him list to take entre:
And thus the conseil most secre
Of every thing Fa crere knoweth;
Which into strange place he bloweth;
Where as he wot it mai most grieve。
And thus Fa crere makth believe;
So that fulofte he hath deceived;
Er that he mai ben aperceived。
Thus is this vice forto drede;

For who these olde bokes rede    2140
Of suche ensamples as were ar;
Him oghte be the more war
Of alle tho that feigne chiere;
Wherof thou schalt a tale hiere。
Of Falssemblant which is believed
Ful many a worthi wiht is grieved;
And was long time er we wer bore。
To thee; my Sone; I wol therfore
A tale telle of Falssemblant;
Which falseth many a covenant;   2150
And many a fraude of fals conseil
Ther ben hangende upon his Seil:
And that aboghten gulteles
Bothe Deianire and Hercules;
The whiche in gret desese felle
Thurgh Falssemblant; as I schal telle。
Whan Hercules withinne a throwe
Al only hath his herte throwe
Upon this faire Deianire;
It fell him on a dai desire;     2160
Upon a Rivere as he stod;
That passe he wolde over the flod
Withoute bot; and with him lede
His love; bot he was in drede
For tendresce of that swete wiht;
For he knew noght the forde ariht。
Ther was a Geant thanne nyh;
Which Nessus hihte; and whanne he sih
This Hercules and Deianyre;
Withinne his herte he gan conspire;    2170
As he which thurgh his tricherie
Hath Hercules in gret envie;
Which he bar in his herte loke;
And thanne he thoghte it schal be wroke。
Bot he ne dorste natheles
Ayein this worthi Hercules
Falle in debat as forto feihte;
Bot feigneth Semblant al be sleihte
Of frendschipe and of alle goode;
And comth where as thei bothe stode;   2180
And makth hem al the chiere he can;
And seith that as here oghne man
He is al redy forto do
What thing he mai; and it fell so
That thei upon his Semblant triste;
And axen him if that he wiste
What thing hem were best to done;
So that thei mihten sauf and sone
The water passe; he and sche。
And whan Nessus the privete   2190
Knew of here herte what it mente;
As he that was of double entente;
He made hem riht a glad visage;
And whanne he herde of the passage
Of him and hire; he thoghte guile;
And feigneth Semblant for a while
To don hem plesance and servise;
Bot he thoghte al an other wise。
This Nessus with hise wordes slyhe
Yaf such conseil tofore here yhe    2200
Which semeth outward profitable
And was withinne deceivable。
He bad hem of the Stremes depe
That thei be war and take kepe;
So as thei knowe noght the pas;
Bot forto helpe in such a cas;
He seith himself that for here ese
He wolde; if that it mihte hem plese;
The passage of the water take;
And for this ladi undertake       2210
To bere unto that other stronde
And sauf to sette hire up alonde;
And Hercules may thanne also
The weie knowe how he schal go:
And herto thei acorden alle。
Bot what as after schal befalle;
Wel payd was Hercules of this;
And this Geant also glad is;
And tok this ladi up alofte
And set hire on his schuldre softe;    2220
And in the flod began to wade;
As he which no grucchinge made;
And bar hire over sauf and sound。
Bot whanne he stod on dreie ground
And Hercules was fer behinde;
He sette his trowthe al out of mynde;
Who so therof be lief or loth;
With Deianyre and forth he goth;
As he that thoghte to dissevere
The compaignie of hem for evere。    2230
Whan Hercules therof tok hiede;
Als faste as evere he mihte him spiede
He hyeth after in a throwe;
And hapneth that he hadde a bowe;
The which in alle haste he bende;
As he that wolde an Arwe sende;
Which he tofore hadde envenimed。
He hath so wel his schote timed;
That he him thurgh the bodi smette;
And thus the false wiht he lette。   2240
Bot lest now such a felonie:
Whan Nessus wiste he scholde die;
He tok to Deianyre his scherte;
Which with the blod was of his herte
Thurghout desteigned overal;
And tolde how sche it kepe schal
Al prively to this entente;
That if hire lord his herte wente
To love in eny other place;
The scherte; he seith; hath such a grace;    2250
That if sche mai so mochel make
That he the scherte upon him take;
He schal alle othre lete in vein
And torne unto hire love ayein。
Who was tho glad bot Deianyre?
Hire thoghte hire herte was afyre
Til it was in hire cofre loke;
So that no word therof was spoke。
The daies gon; the yeres passe;
The hertes waxen lasse and lasse    2260
Of hem that ben to love untrewe:
This Hercules with herte newe
His love hath set on Eolen;
And therof spieken alle men。
This Eolen; this faire maide;
Was; as men thilke time saide;
The kinges dowhter of Eurice;
And sche made Hercules so nyce
Upon hir Love and so assote;
That he him clotheth in hire cote;     2270
And sche in his was clothed ofte;
And thus fieblesce is set alofte;
And strengthe was put under fote;
Ther can noman therof do bote。
Whan Deianyre hath herd this speche;
Ther was no sorwe forto seche:
Of other helpe wot sche non;
Bot goth unto hire cofre anon;
With wepende yhe and woful herte
Sche tok out thilke unhappi scherte;   2280
As sche that wende wel to do;
And broghte hire werk aboute so
That Hercules this scherte on dede;
To such entente as she was bede
Of Nessus; so as I seide er。
Bot therof was sche noght the ner;
As no fortune may be weyved;
With Falssemblant sche was deceived;
That whan sche wende best have wonne;
Sche lost al that sche hath begonne。   2290
For thilke scherte unto the bon
His body sette afyre anon;
And cleveth so; it mai noght twinne;
For the venym that was therinne。
And he thanne as a wilde man
Unto the hihe wode he ran;
And as the Clerk Ovide telleth;
The grete tres to grounde he felleth
With strengthe al of his oghne myght;
And made an huge fyr upriht;     2300
And lepte himself therinne at ones
And brende him bothe fleissh and bones。
Which thing cam al thurgh Falssemblant;
That false Nessus the Geant
Made unto him and to his wif;
Wherof that he hath lost his lif;
And sche sori for everemo。
Forthi; my Sone; er thee be wo;
I rede; be wel war therfore;
For whan so gret a man was lore;    2310
It oghte yive a gret conceipte
To warne alle othre of such deceipte。
Grant mercy; fader; I am war
So fer that I nomore dar
Of Falssemblant take aqueintance;
Bot rathere I wol do penance
That I have feigned chiere er this。
Now axeth forth; what so ther is
Of that belongeth to my schrifte。
Mi Sone; yit ther is the fifte   2320
Which is conceived of Envie;
And cleped is Supplantarie;
Thurgh whos compassement and guile
Ful many a man hath lost his while
In love als wel as otherwise;
Hierafter as I schal devise。
The vice of Supplantacioun
With many a fals collacioun;
Which he conspireth al unknowe;
Full ofte time hath overthrowe   2330
The worschipe of an other man。
So wel no lif awayte can
Ayein his sleyhte forto caste;
That he his pourpos ate laste
Ne hath; er that it be withset。
Bot most of alle his herte is set
In court upon these grete Offices
Of dignitees and benefices:
Thus goth he with his sleyhte aboute
To hindre and schowve an other oute    2340
And stonden with his slyh compas
In stede there an other was;
And so to sette himselven inne;
He reccheth noght; be so he winne;
Of that an other man schal lese;
And thus fulofte chalk for chese
He changeth with ful litel cost;
Wherof an other hath the lost
And he the profit schal receive。
For his fortune is to deceive    2350
And forto change upon the whel
His wo with othre mennes wel:
Of that an other man avaleth;
His oghne astat thus up he haleth;
And takth the bridd to his beyete;
Wher othre men the buisshes bete。
Mi Sone; and in the same wise
Ther ben lovers of such emprise;
That schapen hem to be relieved
Where it is wrong to ben achieved:     2360
For it is other mannes riht;
Which he hath taken dai and niht
To kepe for his oghne Stor
Toward himself for everemor;
And is his propre be the lawe;
Which thing that axeth no felawe;
If love holde his covenant。
Bot thei that worchen be supplaunt;
Yit wolden thei a man supplaunte;
And take a part of thilke plaunte   2370
Which he hath for himselve set:
And so fulofte is al unknet;
That som man weneth be riht fast。

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