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For vertue streccheth not him…self to shame。



‘But wel is me that ever that I was born;

That thou biset art in so good a place;  905

For by my trouthe; in love I dorste have sworn;

Thee sholde never han tid thus fayr a grace;

And wostow why? For thou were wont to chace

At Love in scorn; and for despyt him calle

〃Seynt Idiot; lord of thise foles alle。〃  910



‘How often hastow maad thy nyce Iapes;

And seyd; that loves servants everichone

Of nycetee been verray goddes apes;

And some wolde monche hir mete alone;

Ligging a…bedde; and make hem for to grone;  915

And som; thou seydest; hadde a blaunche fevere;

And preydest god he sholde never kevere。

‘And som of hem tok on hem; for the colde;

More than y…nough; so seydestow ful ofte;

And som han feyned ofte tyme; and tolde  920

How that they wake; whan they slepen softe;

And thus they wolde han brought hem…self a…lofte;

And nathelees were under at the laste;

Thus seydestow; and Iapedest ful faste。



‘Yet seydestow; that; for the more part;  925

These loveres wolden speke in general;

And thoughten that it was a siker art;

For fayling; for to assayen over…al。

Now may I iape of thee; if that I shal!

But nathelees; though that I sholde deye;  930

That thou art noon of tho; that dorste I seye。



‘Now beet thy brest; and sey to god of love;

〃Thy grace; lord! For now I me repente

If I mis spak; for now my…self I love:〃

Thus sey with al thyn herte in good entente。'  935

Quod Troilus; ‘A! Lord! I me consente;

And prey to thee my Iapes thou foryive;

And I shal never…more whyl I live。'



‘Thou seyst wel;' quod Pandare; ‘and now I hope

That thou the goddes wraththe hast al apesed;  940

And sithen thou hast wepen many a drope;

And seyd swich thing wher…with thy god is plesed;

Now wolde never god but thou were esed;

And think wel; she of whom rist al thy wo

Here…after may thy comfort been al…so。  945



‘For thilke ground; that bereth the wedes wikke;

Bereth eek thise holsom herbes; as ful ofte

Next the foule netle; rough and thikke;

The rose waxeth swote and smothe and softe;

And next the valey is the hil a…lofte;  950

And next the derke night the glade morwe;

And also Ioye is next the fyn of sorwe。



‘Now loke that atempre be thy brydel;

And; for the beste; ay suffre to the tyde;

Or elles al our labour is on ydel;  955

He hasteth wel that wysly can abyde;

Be diligent; and trewe; and ay wel hyde。

Be lusty; free; persevere in thy servyse;

And al is wel; if thou werke in this wyse。

‘But he that parted is in every place  960

Is no…wher hool; as writen clerkes wyse;

What wonder is; though swich oon have no grace?

Eek wostow how it fareth of som servyse?

As plaunte a tre or herbe; in sondry wyse;

And on the morwe pulle it up as blyve;  965

No wonder is; though it may never thryve。



‘And sith that god of love hath thee bistowed

In place digne un…to thy worthinesse;

Stond faste; for to good port hastow rowed;

And of thy…self; for any hevinesse;  970

Hope alwey wel; for; but…if drerinesse

Or over…haste our bothe labour shende;

I hope of this to maken a good ende。



‘And wostow why I am the lasse a…fered

Of this matere with my nece trete?  975

For this have I herd seyd of wyse y…lered;

〃Was never man ne woman yet bigete

That was unapt to suffren loves hete;

Celestial; or elles love of kinde;〃

For…thy som grace I hope in hir to finde。  980



‘And for to speke of hir in special;

Hir beautee to bithinken and hir youthe;

It sit hir nought to be celestial

As yet; though that hir liste bothe and couthe;

But trewely; it sete hir wel right nouthe  985

A worthy knight to loven and cheryce;

And but she do; I holde it for a vyce。



‘Wherfore I am; and wol be; ay redy

To peyne me to do yow this servyse;

For bothe yow to plese thus hope I  990

Her…afterward; for ye beth bothe wyse;

And conne it counseyl kepe in swich a wyse

That no man shal the wyser of it be;

And so we may be gladed alle three。



‘And; by my trouthe; I have right now of thee  995

A good conceyt in my wit; as I gesse;

And what it is; I wol now that thou see。

I thenke; sith that love; of his goodnesse;

Hath thee converted out of wikkednesse;

That thou shalt be the beste post; I leve;  1000

Of al his lay; and most his foos to…greve。



‘Ensample why; see now these wyse clerkes;

That erren aldermost a…yein a lawe;

And ben converted from hir wikked werkes

Thorugh grace of god; that list hem to him drawe;  1005

Than arn they folk that han most god in awe;

And strengest…feythed been; I understonde;

And conne an errour alder…best withstonde。'

Whan Troilus had herd Pandare assented

To been his help in loving of Criseyde;  1010

Wex of his wo; as who seyth; untormented;

But hotter wex his love; and thus he seyde;

With sobre chere; al…though his herte pleyde;

‘Now blisful Venus helpe; er that I sterve;

Of thee; Pandare; I may som thank deserve。  1015



‘But; dere frend; how shal myn wo ben lesse

Til this be doon? And goode; eek tel me this;

How wiltow seyn of me and my destresse?

Lest she be wrooth; this drede I most; y…wys;

Or nil not here or trowen how it is。  1020

Al this drede I; and eek for the manere

Of thee; hir eem; she nil no swich thing here。'



Quod Pandarus; ‘Thou hast a ful gret care

Lest that the cherl may falle out of the mone!

Why; lord! I hate of the thy nyce fare!  1025

Why; entremete of that thou hast to done!

For goddes love; I bidde thee a bone;

So lat me alone; and it shal be thy beste。' 

‘Why; freend;' quod he; ‘now do right as the leste。



‘But herke; Pandare; o word; for I nolde  1030

That thou in me wendest so greet folye;

That to my lady I desiren sholde

That toucheth harm or any vilenye;

For dredelees; me were lever dye

Than she of me ought elles understode  1035

But that; that mighte sounen in…to gode。'



Tho lough this Pandare; and anoon answerde;

‘And I thy borw? Fy! No wight dooth but so;

I roughte nought though that she stode and herde

How that thou seyst; but fare…wel; I wol go。  1040

A…dieu! Be glad! God spede us bothe two!

Yif me this labour and this besinesse;

And of my speed be thyn al that swetnesse。'



Tho Troilus gan doun on knees to falle;

And Pandare in his armes hente faste;  1045

And seyde; ‘Now; fy on the Grekes alle!

Yet; pardee; god shal helpe us at the laste;

And dredelees; if that my lyf may laste;

And god to…forn; lo; som of hem shal smerte;

And yet me athinketh that this avaunt me asterte!  1050



‘Now; Pandare; I can no more seye;

But thou wys; thou wost; thou mayst; thou art al!

My lyf; my deeth; hool in thyn bonde I leye;

Help now;' Quod he; ‘Yis; by my trouthe; I shal。'

‘God yelde thee; freend; and this in special;'  1055

Quod Troilus; ‘that thou me recomaunde

To hir that to the deeth me may comaunde。'

This Pandarus tho; desirous to serve

His fulle freend; than seyde in this manere;  1059

‘Far…wel; and thenk I wol thy thank deserve;

Have here my trouthe; and that thou shalt wel here。' 

And wente his wey; thenking on this matere;

And how he best mighte hir beseche of grace;

And finde a tyme ther…to; and a place。



For every wight that hath an hous to founde  1065

Ne renneth nought the werk for to biginne

With rakel hond; but he wol byde a stounde;

And sende his hertes lyne out fro with…inne

Alderfirst his purpos for to winne。

Al this Pandare in his herte thoughte;  1070

And caste his werk ful wysly; or he wroughte。



But Troilus lay tho no lenger doun;

But up anoon up…on his stede bay;

And in the feld he pleyde tho leoun;

Wo was that Greek that with him mette that day。  1075

And in the toun his maner tho forth ay

So goodly was; and gat him so in grace;

That ech him lovede that loked on his face。



For he bicom the frendlyeste wight;

The gentileste; and eek the moste free;  1080

The thriftieste and oon the beste knight;

That in his tyme was; or mighte be。

Dede were his Iapes and his crueltee;

His heighe port and his manere estraunge;

And ech of tho gan for a vertu chaunge。  1085



Now lat us stinte of Troilus a stounde;

That fareth lyk a man that hurt is sore;

And is somdel of akinge of his wounde

Y…lissed wel; but heled no del more:

And; as an esy pacient; the lore  1090

Abit of him that gooth aboute his cure;

And thus he dryveth forth his aventure。



Explicit Liber Primus







Book II



Incipit Prohemium Secundi Libri。



  Out of these blake wawes for to sayle;

O wind; O wind; the weder ginneth clere;

For in this see the boot hath swich travayle;

Of my conning; that unnethe I it stere:

This see clepe I the tempestous matere  5

Of desespeyr that Troilus was inne:

But now of hope the calendes biginne。

O lady myn; that called art Cleo;

Thou be my speed fro this forth; and my muse;

To ryme wel this book; til I have do;  10

Me nedeth here noon other art to use。

For…why to every lovere I me excuse;

That of no sentement I this endyte;

But out of Latin in my tonge it wryte。



Wherfore I nil have neither thank ne blame  15

Of al this werk; but prey yow mekely;

Disblameth me if any word be lame;

For as myn auctor seyde; so seye I。

Eek though I speke of love unfelingly;

No wondre is; for it no…thing of newe is;  20

A blind man can nat Iuggen wel in hewis。



Ye knowe eek; that in forme of speche is chaunge

With…inne a thousand yeer; and wordes tho

That hadden prys; now wonder nyce and straunge

Us thinketh hem; and yet they spake hem so;  25

And spedde as wel in love as men now do;

Eek for to winne love in sondry ages;

In sondry londes; sondry ben usages。



And for…thy if it happe in any wyse;

That here be any lovere in this place  30

That herkneth; as the storie wol devyse;

How Troilus com to his lady grace;

And thenketh; so nolde I nat love purchace;

Or wondreth on his speche or his doinge;

I noot; 

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