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For folk of Grece; that ye never knewe。

But wolde never god but…if as trewe

A Greek ye shulde among us alle finde  125

As any Troian is; and eek as kinde。



‘And by the cause I swoor yow right; lo; now;

To been your freend; and helply; to my might;

And for that more aqueintaunce eek of yow

Have ich had than another straunger wight;  130

So fro this forth; I pray yow; day and night;

Comaundeth me; how sore that me smerte;

To doon al that may lyke un…to your herte;



‘And that ye me wolde as your brother trete;

And taketh not my frendship in despyt;  135

And though your sorwes be for thinges grete;

Noot I not why; but out of more respyt;

Myn herte hath for to amende it greet delyt。

And if I may your harmes not redresse;

I am right sory for your hevinesse;  140



‘And though ye Troians with us Grekes wrothe

Han many a day be; alwey yet; pardee;

O god of love in sooth we serven bothe。

And; for the love of god; my lady free;

Whom so ye hate; as beth not wroth with me。  145

For trewely; ther can no wight yow serve;

That half so looth your wraththe wolde deserve。



‘And nere it that we been so neigh the tente

Of Calkas; which that seen us bothe may;

I wolde of this yow telle al myn entente;  150

But this enseled til another day。

Yeve me your hond; I am; and shal ben ay;

God help me so; whyl that my lyf may dure;

Your owene aboven every creature。



‘Thus seyde I never er now to womman born;  155

For god myn herte as wisly glade so;

I lovede never womman here…biforn

As paramours; ne never shal no mo。

And; for the love of god; beth not my fo;

Al can I not to yow; my lady dere;  160

Compleyne aright; for I am yet to lere。



‘And wondreth not; myn owene lady bright;

Though that I speke of love to you thus blyve;

For I have herd or this of many a wight;

Hath loved thing he never saugh his lyve。  165

Eek I am not of power for to stryve

Ayens the god of love; but him obeye

I wol alwey; and mercy I yow preye。



‘Ther been so worthy knightes in this place;

And ye so fair; that everich of hem alle  170

Wol peynen him to stonden in your grace。

But mighte me so fair a grace falle;

That ye me for your servaunt wolde calle;

So lowly ne so trewely you serve

Nil noon of hem; as I shal; til I sterve。'  175



Criseide un…to that purpos lyte answerde;

As she that was with sorwe oppressed so

That; in effect; she nought his tales herde;

But here and there; now here a word or two。

Hir thoughte hir sorwful herte brast a…two。  180

For whan she gan hir fader fer aspye;

Wel neigh doun of hir hors she gan to sye。



But natheles she thonked Diomede

Of al his travaile; and his goode chere;

And that him liste his friendship hir to bede;  185

And she accepteth it in good manere;

And wolde do fayn that is him leef and dere;

And trusten him she wolde; and wel she mighte;

As seyde she; and from hir hors she alighte。



Hir fader hath hir in his armes nome;  190

And tweynty tyme he kiste his doughter swete;

And seyde; ‘O dere doughter myn; wel…come!'

She seyde eek; she was fayn with him to mete;

And stood forth mewet; milde; and mansuete。

But here I leve hir with hir fader dwelle;  195

And forth I wol of Troilus yow telle。



To Troye is come this woful Troilus;

In sorwe aboven alle sorwes smerte;

With felon look; and face dispitous。

Tho sodeinly doun from his hors he sterte;  200

And thorugh his paleys; with a swollen herte;

To chambre he wente; of no…thing took he hede;

Ne noon to him dar speke a word for drede。



And there his sorwes that he spared hadde

He yaf an issue large; and ‘Deeth!' he cryde;  205

And in his throwes frenetyk and madde

He cursed Iove; Appollo; and eek Cupyde;

He cursed Ceres; Bacus; and Cipryde;

His burthe; him…self; his fate; and eek nature;

And; save his lady; every creature。  210



To bedde he goth; and weyleth there and torneth

In furie; as dooth he; Ixion in helle;

And in this wyse he neigh til day soiorneth。

But tho bigan his herte a lyte unswelle

Thorugh teres which that gonnen up to welle;  215

And pitously he cryde up…on Criseyde;

And to him…self right thus he spak; and seyde: 



‘Wher is myn owene lady lief and dere;

Wher is hir whyte brest; wher is it; where?

Wher ben hir armes and hir eyen clere;  220

That yesternight this tyme with me were?

Now may I wepe allone many a tere;

And graspe aboute I may; but in this place;

Save a pilowe; I finde nought tenbrace。



‘How shal I do? Whan shal she com ayeyn?  225

I noot; allas! Why leet ich hir to go?

As wolde god; ich hadde as tho be sleyn!

O herte myn; Criseyde; O swete fo!

O lady myn; that I love and no mo!

To whom for ever…mo myn herte I dowe;  230

See how I deye; ye nil me not rescowe!



‘Who seeth yow now; my righte lode…sterre?

Who sit right now or stant in your presence?

Who can conforten now your hertes werre?

Now I am gon; whom yeve ye audience?  235

Who speketh for me right now in myn absence?

Allas; no wight; and that is al my care;

For wel wot I; as yvel as I ye fare。



‘How sholde I thus ten dayes ful endure;

Whan I the firste night have al this tene?  240

How shal she doon eek; sorwful creature?

For tendernesse; how shal she this sustene;

Swich wo for me? O pitous; pale; and grene

Shal been your fresshe wommanliche face

For langour; er ye torne un…to this place。'  245



And whan he fil in any slomeringes;

Anoon biginne he sholde for to grone;

And dremen of the dredfulleste thinges

That mighte been; as; mete he were allone

In place horrible; makinge ay his mone;  250

Or meten that he was amonges alle

His enemys; and in hir hondes falle。



And ther…with…al his body sholde sterte;

And with the stert al sodeinliche awake;

And swich a tremour fele aboute his herte;  255

That of the feer his body sholde quake;

And there…with…al he sholde a noyse make;

And seme as though he sholde falle depe

From heighe a…lofte; and than he wolde wepe;



And rewen on him…self so pitously;  260

That wonder was to here his fantasye。

Another tyme he sholde mightily

Conforte him…self; and seyn it was folye;

So causeles swich drede for to drye;

And eft biginne his aspre sorwes newe;  265

That every man mighte on his sorwes rewe。



Who coude telle aright or ful discryve

His wo; his pleynt; his langour; and his pyne?

Nought al the men that han or been on…lyve。

Thou; redere; mayst thy…self ful wel devyne  270

That swich a wo my wit can not defyne。

On ydel for to wryte it sholde I swinke;

Whan that my wit is wery it to thinke。



On hevene yet the sterres were sene;

Al…though ful pale y…waxen was the mone;  275

And whyten gan the orisonte shene

Al estward; as it woned is for to done。

And Phebus with his rosy carte sone

Gan after that to dresse him up to fare;

Whan Troilus hath sent after Pandare。  280



This Pandare; that of al the day biforn

Ne mighte han comen Troilus to see;

Al…though he on his heed it hadde y…sworn;

For with the king Pryam alday was he;

So that it lay not in his libertee  285

No…wher to gon; but on the morwe he wente

To Troilus; whan that he for him sente。



For in his herte he coude wel devyne;

That Troilus al night for sorwe wook;

And that he wolde telle him of his pyne;  290

This knew he wel y…nough; with…oute book。

For which to chaumbre streight the wey he took;

And Troilus tho sobreliche he grette;

And on the bed ful sone he gan him sette。



‘My Pandarus;' quod Troilus; ‘the sorwe  295

Which that I drye; I may not longe endure。

I trowe I shal not liven til to…morwe;

For whiche I wolde alwey; on aventure;

To thee devysen of my sepulture

The forme; and of my moeble thou dispone  300

Right as thee semeth best is for to done。



‘But of the fyr and flaumbe funeral

In whiche my body brenne shal to glede;

And of the feste and pleyes palestral

At my vigile; I prey thee tak good hede  305

That be wel; and offre Mars my stede;

My swerd; myn helm; and; leve brother dere;

My sheld to Pallas yef; that shyneth clere。



‘The poudre in which myn herte y…brend shal torne;

That preye I thee thou take and it conserve  310

In a vessel; that men clepeth an urne;

Of gold; and to my lady that I serve;

For love of whom thus pitously I sterve;

So yeve it hir; and do me this plesaunce;

To preye hir kepe it for a remembraunce。  315



‘For wel I fele; by my maladye;

And by my dremes now and yore ago;

Al certeinly; that I mot nedes dye。

The owle eek; which that hight Ascaphilo;

Hath after me shright alle thise nightes two。  320

And; god Mercurie! Of me now; woful wrecche;

The soule gyde; and; whan thee list; it fecche!'



Pandare answerde; and seyde; ‘Troilus;

My dere freend; as I have told thee yore;

That it is folye for to sorwen thus;  325

And causeles; for whiche I can no…more。

But who…so wol not trowen reed ne lore;

I can not seen in him no remedye;

But lete him worthen with his fantasye。



‘But Troilus; I pray thee tel me now;  330

If that thou trowe; er this; that any wight

Hath loved paramours as wel as thou?

Ye; god wot; and fro many a worthy knight

Hath his lady goon a fourtenight;

And he not yet made halvendel the fare。  335

What nede is thee to maken al this care?



‘Sin day by day thou mayst thy…selven see

That from his love; or elles from his wyf;

A man mot twinnen of necessitee;

Ye; though he love hir as his owene lyf;  340

Yet nil he with him…self thus maken stryf。

For wel thow wost; my leve brother dere;

That alwey freendes may nought been y…fere。



‘How doon this folk that seen hir loves wedded

By freendes might; as it bi…tit ful ofte;  345

And seen hem in hir spouses bed y…bedded?

God woot; they take it wysly; faire and softe。

For…why good hope halt up hir herte on…lofte;

And for they can a tyme of sorwe endure;

As tyme hem hurt; a tyme doth hem cure。  350



‘So sholdestow

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