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Shoop me to ben a lyves creature!'



But after; whan the furie and the rage

Which that his herte twiste and faste threste;

By lengthe of tyme somwhat gan asswage;  255

Up…on his bed he leyde him doun to reste;

But tho bigonne his teres more out…breste;

That wonder is; the body may suffyse

To half this wo; which that I yow devyse。



Than seyde he thus; ‘Fortune! Allas the whyle!  260

What have I doon; what have I thus a…gilt?

How mightestow for reuthe me bigyle?

Is ther no grace; and shal I thus be spilt?

Shal thus Criseyde awey; for that thou wilt?

Allas! How maystow in thyn herte finde  265

To been to me thus cruel and unkinde?



‘Have I thee nought honoured al my lyve;

As thou wel wost; above the goddes alle?

Why wiltow me fro Ioye thus depryve?

O Troilus; what may men now thee calle  270

But wrecche of wrecches; out of honour falle

In…to miserie; in which I wol biwayle

Criseyde; allas! Til that the breeth me fayle?



‘Allas; Fortune! If that my lyf in Ioye

Displesed hadde un…to thy foule envye;  275

Why ne haddestow my fader; king of Troye;

By…raft the lyf; or doon my bretheren dye;

Or slayn my…self; that thus compleyne and crye;

I; combre…world; that may of no…thing serve;

But ever dye; and never fully sterve?  280



‘If that Criseyde allone were me laft;

Nought roughte I whider thou woldest me stere;

And hir; allas! Than hastow me biraft。

But ever…more; lo! This is thy manere;

To reve a wight that most is to him dere;  285

To preve in that thy gerful violence。

Thus am I lost; ther helpeth no defence!



‘O verray lord of love; O god; allas!

That knowest best myn herte and al my thought;

What shal my sorwful lyf don in this cas  290

If I for…go that I so dere have bought?

Sin ye Cryseyde and me han fully brought

In…to your grace; and bothe our hertes seled;

How may ye suffre; allas! It be repeled?



‘What I may doon; I shal; whyl I may dure  295

On lyve in torment and in cruel peyne;

This infortune or this disaventure;

Allone as I was born; y…wis; compleyne;

Ne never wil I seen it shyne or reyne;

But ende I wil; as Edippe; in derknesse  300

My sorwful lyf; and dyen in distresse。



‘O wery goost; that errest to and fro;

Why niltow fleen out of the wofulleste

Body; that ever mighte on grounde go?

O soule; lurkinge in this wo; unneste;  305

Flee forth out of myn herte; and lat it breste;

And folwe alwey Criseyde; thy lady dere;

Thy righte place is now no lenger here!



‘O wofulle eyen two; sin your disport

Was al to seen Criseydes eyen brighte;  310

What shal ye doon but; for my discomfort;

Stonden for nought; and wepen out your sighte?

Sin she is queynt; that wont was yow to lighte;

In veyn fro…this…forth have I eyen tweye

Y…formed; sin your vertue is a…weye。  315



‘O my Criseyde; O lady sovereyne

Of thilke woful soule that thus cryeth;

Who shal now yeven comfort to the peyne?

Allas; no wight; but when myn herte dyeth;

My spirit; which that so un…to yow hyeth;  320

Receyve in gree; for that shal ay yow serve;

For…thy no fors is; though the body sterve。



‘O ye loveres; that heighe upon the wheel

Ben set of Fortune; in good aventure;

God leve that ye finde ay love of steel;  325

And longe mot your lyf in Ioye endure!

But whan ye comen by my sepulture;

Remembreth that your felawe resteth there;

For I lovede eek; though I unworthy were。



‘O olde; unholsom; and mislyved man;  330

Calkas I mene; allas! What eyleth thee

To been a Greek; sin thou art born Troian?

O Calkas; which that wilt my bane be;

In cursed tyme was thou born for me!

As wolde blisful Iove; for his Ioye;  335

That I thee hadde; where I wolde; in Troye!'



A thousand sykes; hottere than the glede;

Out of his brest ech after other wente;

Medled with pleyntes newe; his wo to fede;

For which his woful teres never stente;  340

And shortly; so his peynes him to…rente;

And wex so mat; that Ioye nor penaunce

He feleth noon; but lyth forth in a traunce。



Pandare; which that in the parlement

Hadde herd what every lord and burgeys seyde;  345

And how ful graunted was; by oon assent;

For Antenor to yelden so Criseyde;

Gan wel neigh wood out of his wit to breyde;

So that; for wo; he niste what he mente;

But in a rees to Troilus he wente。  350



A certeyn knight; that for the tyme kepte

The chaumbre…dore; un…dide it him anoon;

And Pandare; that ful tendreliche wepte;

In…to the derke chaumbre; as stille as stoon;

Toward the bed gan softely to goon;  355

So confus; that he niste what to seye;

For verray wo his wit was neigh aweye。



And with his chere and loking al to…torn;

For sorwe of this; and with his armes folden;

He stood this woful Troilus biforn;  360

And on his pitous face he gan biholden;

But lord; so often gan his herte colden;

Seing his freend in wo; whos hevinesse

His herte slow; as thoughte him; for distresse。



This woful wight; this Troilus; that felte  365

His freend Pandare y…comen him to see;

Gan as the snow ayein the sonne melte;

For which this sorwful Pandare; of pitee;

Gan for to wepe as tendreliche as he;

And specheles thus been thise ilke tweye;  370

That neyther mighte o word for sorwe seye。



But at the laste this woful Troilus;

Ney deed for smert; gan bresten out to rore;

And with a sorwful noyse he seyde thus;

Among his sobbes and his sykes sore;  375

‘Lo! Pandare; I am deed; with…outen more。

Hastow nought herd at parlement;' he seyde;

‘For Antenor how lost is my Criseyde?'



This Pandarus; ful deed and pale of hewe;

Ful pitously answerde and seyde; ‘Yis!  380

As wisly were it fals as it is trewe;

That I have herd; and wot al how it is。

O mercy; god; who wolde have trowed this?

Who wolde have wend that; in so litel a throwe;

Fortune our Ioye wolde han over…throwe?  385



‘For in this world ther is no creature;

As to my doom; that ever saw ruyne

Straungere than this; thorugh cas or aventure。

But who may al eschewe; or al devyne?

Swich is this world; for…thy I thus defyne;  390

Ne trust no wight to finden in Fortune

Ay propretee; hir yeftes been comune。



‘But tel me this; why thou art now so mad

To sorwen thus? Why lystow in this wyse;

Sin thy desyr al holly hastow had;  395

So that; by right; it oughte y…now suffyse?

But I; that never felte in my servyse

A frendly chere or loking of an ye;

Lat me thus wepe and wayle; til I dye。



‘And over al this; as thou wel wost thy…selve;  400

This town is ful of ladies al aboute;

And; to my doom; fairer than swiche twelve

As ever she was; shal I finde; in som route;

Ye; oon or two; with…outen any doute。

For…thy be glad; myn owene dere brother;  405

If she be lost; we shal recovere another。



‘What; god for…bede alwey that ech plesaunce

In o thing were; and in non other wight!

If oon can singe; another can wel daunce;

If this be goodly; she is glad and light;  410

And this is fayr; and that can good a…right。

Ech for his vertu holden is for dere;

Bothe heroner and faucon for rivere。



‘And eek; as writ Zanzis; that was ful wys;

〃The newe love out chaceth ofte the olde;〃  415

And up…on newe cas lyth newe avys。

Thenk eek; thy…self to saven artow holde;

Swich fyr; by proces; shal of kinde colde。

For sin it is but casuel plesaunce;

Som cas shal putte it out of remembraunce。  420



‘For al…so seur as day cometh after night;

The newe love; labour or other wo;

Or elles selde seinge of a wight;

Don olde affecciouns alle over…go。

And; for thy part; thou shalt have oon of tho  425

To abrigge with thy bittre peynes smerte;

Absence of hir shal dryve hir out of herte。'



Thise wordes seyde he for the nones alle;

To helpe his freend; lest he for sorwe deyde。

For douteles; to doon his wo to falle;  430

He roughte not what unthrift that he seyde。

But Troilus; that neigh for sorwe deyde;

Tok litel hede of al that ever he mente;

Oon ere it herde; at the other out it wente:



But at the laste answerde and seyde; ‘Freend;  435

This lechecraft; or heled thus to be;

Were wel sitting; if that I were a feend;

To traysen hir that trewe is unto me!

I pray god; lat this consayl never y…thee;

But do me rather sterve anon…right here  440

Er I thus do as thou me woldest lere。



‘She that I serve; y…wis; what so thou seye;

To whom myn herte enhabit is by right;

Shal han me holly hires til that I deye。

For; Pandarus; sin I have trouthe hir hight;  445

I wol not been untrewe for no wight;

But as hir man I wol ay live and sterve;

And never other creature serve。



‘And ther thou seyst; thou shalt as faire finde

As she; lat be; make no comparisoun  450

To creature y…formed here by kinde。

O leve Pandare; in conclusioun;

I wol not be of thyn opinioun;

Touching al this; for whiche I thee biseche;

So hold thy pees; thou sleest me with thy speche。  455



‘Thow biddest me I sholde love an…other

Al freshly newe; and lat Criseyde go!

It lyth not in my power; leve brother。

And though I mighte; I wolde not do so。

But canstow pleyen raket; to and fro;  460

Netle in; dokke out; now this; now that; Pandare?

Now foule falle hir; for thy wo that care!



‘Thow farest eek by me; thou Pandarus;

As he; that whan a wight is wo bi…goon;

He cometh to him a pas; and seyth right thus;  465

〃Thenk not on smert; and thou shalt fele noon。〃

Thou most me first transmuwen in a stoon;

And reve me my passiounes alle;

Er thou so lightly do my wo to falle。



‘The deeth may wel out of my brest departe  470

The lyf; so longe may this sorwe myne;

But fro my soule shal Criseydes darte

Out never…mo; but doun with Proserpyne;

Whan I am deed; I wol go wone in pyne;

And ther I wol eternaly compleyne  475

My wo; and how that twinned be we tweyne。



‘Thow hast here maad an argument; for fyn;

How that it sholde a lasse peyne be

Criseyde to for…goon; for she was myn;

And 

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