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And thenketh; so nolde I nat love purchace;

Or wondreth on his speche or his doinge;

I noot; but it is me no wonderinge;  35



For every wight which that to Rome went;

Halt nat o path; or alwey o manere;

Eek in som lond were al the gamen shent;

If that they ferde in love as men don here;

As thus; in open doing or in chere;  40

In visitinge; in forme; or seyde hire sawes;

For…thy men seyn; ech contree hath his lawes。



Eek scarsly been ther in this place three

That han in love seid lyk and doon in al;

For to thy purpos this may lyken thee;  45

And thee right nought; yet al is seyd or shal;

Eek som men grave in tree; som in stoon wal;

As it bitit; but sin I have begonne;

Myn auctor shal I folwen; if I conne。



Exclipit prohemium Secundi Libri。





Incipit Liber Secundus。



In May; that moder is of monthes glade;  50

That fresshe floures; blewe; and whyte; and rede;

Ben quike agayn; that winter dede made;

And ful of bawme is fleting every mede;

Whan Phebus doth his brighte bemes sprede

Right in the whyte Bole; it so bitidde  55

As I shal singe; on Mayes day the thridde;



That Pandarus; for al his wyse speche;

Felt eek his part of loves shottes kene;

That; coude he never so wel of loving preche;

It made his hewe a…day ful ofte grene;  60

So shoop it; that hym fil that day a tene

In love; for which in wo to bedde he wente;

And made; er it was day; ful many a wente。



The swalwe Proigne; with a sorwful lay;

Whan morwe com; gan make hir waymentinge;  65

Why she forshapen was; and ever lay

Pandare a…bedde; half in a slomeringe;

Til she so neigh him made hir chiteringe

How Tereus gan forth hir suster take;

That with the noyse of hir he gan a…wake;  70



And gan to calle; and dresse him up to ryse;

Remembringe him his erand was to done

From Troilus; and eek his greet empryse;

And caste and knew in good plyt was the mone

To doon viage; and took his wey ful sone  75

Un…to his neces paleys ther bi…syde;

Now Ianus; god of entree; thou him gyde!



Whan he was come un…to his neces place;

‘Wher is my lady?' to hir folk seyde he;

And they him tolde; and he forth in gan pace;  80

And fond; two othere ladyes sete and she;

With…inne a paved parlour; and they three

Herden a mayden reden hem the geste

Of the Sege of Thebes; whyl hem leste。



Quod Pandarus; ‘Ma dame; god yow see;  85

With al your book and al the companye!'

‘Ey; uncle myn; welcome y…wis;' quod she;

And up she roos; and by the hond in hye

She took him faste; and seyde; ‘This night thrye;

To goode mote it turne; of yow I mette!'  90

And with that word she doun on bench him sette。



‘Ye; nece; ye shal fare wel the bet;

If god wole; al this yeer;' quod Pandarus;

‘But I am sory that I have yow let

To herknen of your book ye preysen thus;  95

For goddes love; what seith it? tel it us。

Is it of love? O; som good ye me lere!'

‘Uncle;' quod she; ‘your maistresse is not here!'



With that they gonnen laughe; and tho she seyde;

‘This romaunce is of Thebes; that we rede;  100

And we han herd how that king Laius deyde

Thurgh Edippus his sone; and al that dede;

And here we stenten at these lettres rede;

How the bisshop; as the book can telle;

Amphiorax; fil thurgh the ground to helle。'  105



Quod Pandarus; ‘Al this knowe I my…selve;

And al the assege of Thebes and the care;

For her…of been ther maked bokes twelve: 

But lat be this; and tel me how ye fare;

Do wey your barbe; and shew your face bare;  110

Do wey your book; rys up; and lat us daunce;

And lat us don to May som observaunce。'



‘A! God forbede!' quod she。 ‘Be ye mad?

Is that a widewes lyf; so god you save?

By god; ye maken me right sore a…drad;  115

Ye ben so wilde; it semeth as ye rave!

It sete me wel bet ay in a cave

To bidde; and rede on holy seyntes lyves;

Lat maydens gon to daunce; and yonge wyves。'



‘As ever thryve I;' quod this Pandarus;  120

‘Yet coude I telle a thing to doon you pleye。'

‘Now; uncle dere;' quod she; ‘tel it us

For goddes love; is than the assege aweye?

I am of Grekes so ferd that I deye。'

‘Nay; nay;' quod he; ‘as ever mote I thryve!  125

It is a thing wel bet than swiche fyve。'



‘Ye; holy god;' quod she; ‘what thing is that?

What! Bet than swiche fyve? Ey; nay; y…wis!

For al this world ne can I reden what

It sholde been; som Iape; I trowe; is this;  130

And but your…selven telle us what it is;

My wit is for to arede it al to lene;

As help me god; I noot nat what ye meene。'



‘And I your borow; ne never shal; for me;

This thing be told to yow; as mote I thryve!'  135

‘And why so; uncle myn? Why so?' quod she。

‘By god;' quod he; ‘that wole I telle as blyve;

For prouder womman were ther noon on…lyve;

And ye it wiste; in al the toun of Troye;

I iape nought; as ever have I Ioye!'  140



Tho gan she wondren more than biforn

A thousand fold; and doun hir eyen caste;

For never; sith the tyme that she was born;

To knowe thing desired she so faste;

And with a syk she seyde him at the laste;  145

‘Now; uncle myn; I nil yow nought displese;

Nor axen more; that may do yow disese。'



So after this; with many wordes glade;

And freendly tales; and with mery chere;

Of this and that they pleyde; and gunnen wade  150

In many an unkouth glad and deep matere;

As freendes doon; whan they ben met y…fere;

Til she gan axen him how Ector ferde;

That was the tounes wal and Grekes yerde。



‘Ful wel; I thanke it god;' quod Pandarus;  155

‘Save in his arm he hath a litel wounde;

And eek his fresshe brother Troilus;

The wyse worthy Ector the secounde;

In whom that ever vertu list abounde;

As alle trouthe and alle gentillesse;  160

Wysdom; honour; fredom; and worthinesse。'



‘In good feith; eem;' quod she; ‘that lyketh me;

They faren wel; god save hem bothe two!

For trewely I holde it greet deyntee

A kinges sone in armes wel to do;  165

And been of good condiciouns ther…to;

For greet power and moral vertu here

Is selde y…seye in o persone y…fere。'



‘In good feith; that is sooth;' quod Pandarus;

‘But; by my trouthe; the king hath sones tweye;  170

That is to mene; Ector and Troilus;

That certainly; though that I sholde deye;

They been as voyde of vyces; dar I seye;

As any men that liveth under the sonne;

Hir might is wyde y…knowe; and what they conne。  175



‘Of Ector nedeth it nought for to telle:

In al this world ther nis a bettre knight

Than he; that is of worthinesse welle;

And he wel more vertu hath than might。

This knoweth many a wys and worthy wight。  180

The same prys of Troilus I seye;

God help me so; I knowe not swiche tweye。'



‘By god;' quod she; ‘of Ector that is sooth;

Of Troilus the same thing trowe I;

For; dredelees; men tellen that he dooth  185

In armes day by day so worthily;

And bereth him here at hoom so gentilly

To every wight; that al the prys hath he

Of hem that me were levest preysed be。'



‘Ye sey right sooth; y…wis;' quod Pandarus;  190

‘For yesterday; who…so hadde with him been;

He might have wondred up…on Troilus;

For never yet so thikke a swarm of been

Ne fleigh; as Grekes fro him gonne fleen;

And thorugh the feld; in everi wightes ere;  195

Ther nas no cry but 〃Troilus is there!〃



‘Now here; now there; he hunted hem so faste;

Ther nas but Grekes blood; and Troilus;

Now hem he hurte; and hem alle doun he caste;

Ay where he wente; it was arayed thus:  200

He was hir deeth; and sheld and lyf for us;

That as that day ther dorste noon with…stonde;

Whyl that he held his blody swerd in honde。



‘Therto he is the freendlieste man

Of grete estat; that ever I saw my lyve;  205

And wher him list; best felawshipe can

To suche as him thinketh able for to thryve。'

And with that word tho Pandarus; as blyve;

He took his leve; and seyde; ‘I wol go henne。'

‘Nay; blame have I; myn uncle;' quod she thenne。  210



‘What eyleth yow to be thus wery sone;

And namelich of wommen? Wol ye so?

Nay; sitteth down; by god; I have to done

With yow; to speke of wisdom er ye go。'

And every wight that was a…boute hem tho;  215

That herde that; gan fer a…wey to stonde;

Whyl they two hadde al that hem liste in honde。



Whan that hir tale al brought was to an ende;

Of hire estat and of hir governaunce;

Quod Pandarus; ‘Now is it tyme I wende;  220

But yet; I seye; aryseth; lat us daunce;

And cast your widwes habit to mischaunce:

What list yow thus your…self to disfigure;

Sith yow is tid thus fair an aventure?'



‘A! Wel bithought! For love of god;' quod she;  225

‘Shal I not witen what ye mene of this?'

‘No; this thing axeth layser;' tho quod he;

‘And eek me wolde muche greve; y…wis;

If I it tolde; and ye it toke amis。

Yet were it bet my tonge for to stille  230

Than seye a sooth that were ayeins your wille。



‘For; nece; by the goddesse Minerve;

And Iuppiter; that maketh the thonder ringe;

And by the blisful Venus that I serve;

Ye been the womman in this world livinge;  235

With…oute paramours; to my wittinge;

That I best love; and lothest am to greve;

And that ye witen wel your…self; I leve。'



‘Y…wis; myn uncle;' quod she; ‘grant mercy;

Your freendship have I founden ever yit;  240

I am to no man holden trewely;

So muche as yow; and have so litel quit;

And; with the grace of god; emforth my wit;

As in my gilt I shal you never offende;

And if I have er this; I wol amende。  245



‘But; for the love of god; I yow beseche;

As ye ben he that I love most and triste;

Lat be to me your fremde manere speche;

And sey to me; your nece; what yow liste:'

And with that word hir uncle anoon hir kiste;  250

And seyde; ‘Gladly; leve nece dere;

Tak it for good that I shal seye yow here。'



With that she gan hir eiyen doun to caste;

And Pandarus to coghe gan a lyte;

And seyde; ‘Nece; alwey; lo! To the laste;  255

How…so it be that som men hem del

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