《troilus and criseyde》

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At which the god of love gan loken rowe

Right for despyt; and shoop for to ben wroken;

He kidde anoon his bowe nas not broken;

For sodeynly he hit him at the fulle;

And yet as proud a pekok can he pulle。  210



O blinde world; O blinde entencioun!

How ofte falleth al theffect contraire

Of surquidrye and foul presumpcioun;

For caught is proud; and caught is debonaire。

This Troilus is clomben on the staire;  215

And litel weneth that he moot descenden。

But al…day falleth thing that foles ne wenden。



As proude Bayard ginneth for to skippe

Out of the wey; so priketh him his corn;

Til he a lash have of the longe whippe;  220

Than thenketh he; ‘Though I praunce al biforn

First in the trays; ful fat and newe shorn;

Yet am I but an hors; and horses lawe

I moot endure; and with my feres drawe。'



So ferde it by this fers and proude knight;  225

Though he a worthy kinges sone were;

And wende nothing hadde had swiche might

Ayens his wil that sholde his herte stere;

Yet with a look his herte wex a…fere;

That he; that now was most in pryde above;  230

Wex sodeynly most subget un…to love。



For…thy ensample taketh of this man;

Ye wyse; proude; and worthy folkes alle;

To scornen Love; which that so sone can

The freedom of your hertes to him thralle;  235

For ever it was; and ever it shal bifalle;

That Love is he that alle thing may binde;

For may no man for…do the lawe of kinde。



That this be sooth; hath preved and doth yet;

For this trowe I ye knowen; alle or some;  240

Men reden not that folk han gretter wit

Than they that han be most with love y…nome;

And strengest folk ben therwith overcome;

The worthiest and grettest of degree:

This was; and is; and yet men shal it see。  245



And trewelich it sit wel to be so;

For alderwysest han ther…with ben plesed;

And they that han ben aldermost in wo;

With love han ben conforted most and esed;

And ofte it hath the cruel herte apesed;  250

And worthy folk maad worthier of name;

And causeth most to dreden vyce and shame。



Now sith it may not goodly be withstonde;

And is a thing so vertuous in kinde;

Refuseth not to Love for to be bonde;  255

Sin; as him…selven list; he may yow binde。

The yerde is bet that bowen wole and winde

Than that that brest; and therfor I yow rede

To folwen him that so wel can yow lede。



But for to tellen forth in special  260

As of this kinges sone of which I tolde;

And leten other thing collateral;

Of him thenke I my tale for to holde;

Both of his Ioye; and of his cares colde;

And al his werk; as touching this matere;  265

For I it gan; I wol ther…to refere。



With…inne the temple he wente him forth pleyinge;

This Troilus; of every wight aboute;

On this lady and now on that lokinge;

Wher…so she were of toune; or of with…oute:  270

And up…on cas bifel; that thorugh a route

His eye perced; and so depe it wente;

Til on Criseyde it smoot; and ther it stente。



And sodeynly he wax ther…with astoned;

And gan hire bet biholde in thrifty wyse:  275

‘O mercy; god!' thoughte he; ‘wher hastow woned;

That art so fair and goodly to devyse?'

Ther…with his herte gan to sprede and ryse;

And softe sighed; lest men mighte him here;

And caughte a…yein his firste pleyinge chere。  280



She nas nat with the leste of hir stature;

But alle hir limes so wel answeringe

Weren to womanhode; that creature

Was neuer lasse mannish in seminge。

And eek the pure wyse of here meninge  285

Shewede wel; that men might in hir gesse

Honour; estat; and wommanly noblesse。



To Troilus right wonder wel with…alle

Gan for to lyke hir meninge and hir chere;

Which somdel deynous was; for she leet falle  290

Hir look a lite a…side; in swich manere;

Ascaunces; ‘What! May I not stonden here?'

And after that hir loking gan she lighte;

That never thoughte him seen so good a sighte。



And of hir look in him ther gan to quiken  295

So greet desir; and swich affeccioun;

That in his herte botme gan to stiken

Of hir his fixe and depe impressioun:

And though he erst hadde poured up and doun;

He was tho glad his hornes in to shrinke;  300

Unnethes wiste he how to loke or winke。



Lo; he that leet him…selven so konninge;

And scorned hem that loves peynes dryen;

Was ful unwar that love hadde his dwellinge

With…inne the subtile stremes of hir yen;  305

That sodeynly him thoughte he felte dyen;

Right with hir look; the spirit in his herte;

Blissed be love; that thus can folk converte!



She; this in blak; likinge to Troylus;

Over alle thyng; he stood for to biholde;  310

Ne his desir; ne wherfor he stood thus;

He neither chere made; ne worde tolde;

But from a…fer; his maner for to holde;

On other thing his look som…tyme he caste;

And eft on hir; whyl that servyse laste。  315



And after this; not fulliche al awhaped;

Out of the temple al esiliche he wente;

Repentinge him that he hadde ever y…iaped

Of loves folk; lest fully the descente

Of scorn fille on him…self; but; what he mente;  320

Lest it were wist on any maner syde;

His wo he gan dissimulen and hyde。



Whan he was fro the temple thus departed;

He streyght anoon un…to his paleys torneth;

Right with hir look thurgh…shoten and thurgh…darted;  325

Al feyneth he in lust that he soiorneth;

And al his chere and speche also he borneth;

And ay; of loves servants every whyle;

Him…self to wrye; at hem he gan to smyle。



And seyde; ‘Lord; so ye live al in lest;  330

Ye loveres! For the conningest of yow;

That serveth most ententiflich and best;

Him tit as often harm ther…of as prow;

Your hyre is quit ayein; ye; god wot how!

Nought wel for wel; but scorn for good servyse;  335

In feith; your ordre is ruled in good wyse!



‘In noun…certeyn ben alle your observaunces;

But it a sely fewe poyntes be;

Ne no…thing asketh so grete attendaunces

As doth youre lay; and that knowe alle ye;  340

But that is not the worste; as mote I thee;

But; tolde I yow the worste poynt; I leve;

Al seyde I sooth; ye wolden at me greve!



‘But tak this; that ye loveres ofte eschuwe;

Or elles doon of good entencioun;  345

Ful ofte thy lady wole it misconstrue;

And deme it harm in hir opinioun;

And yet if she; for other enchesoun;

Be wrooth; than shalt thou han a groyn anoon:

Lord! wel is him that may be of yow oon!'  350



But for al this; whan that he say his tyme;

He held his pees; non other bote him gayned;

For love bigan his fetheres so to lyme;

That wel unnethe un…to his folk he fayned

That othere besye nedes him destrayned;  355

For wo was him; that what to doon he niste;

But bad his folk to goon wher that hem liste。



And whan that he in chaumbre was allone;

He doun up…on his beddes feet him sette;

And first be gan to syke; and eft to grone;  360

And thoughte ay on hir so; with…outen lette;

That; as he sat and wook; his spirit mette

That he hir saw a temple; and al the wyse

Right of hir loke; and gan it newe avyse。



Thus gan he make a mirour of his minde;  365

In which he saugh al hoolly hir figure;

And that he wel coude in his herte finde;

It was to him a right good aventure

To love swich oon; and if he dide his cure

To serven hir; yet mighte he falle in grace;  370

Or elles; for oon of hir servaunts pace。



Imagininge that travaille nor grame

Ne mighte; for so goodly oon; be lorn

As she; ne him for his desir ne shame;

Al were it wist; but in prys and up…born  375

Of alle lovers wel more than biforn;

Thus argumented he in his ginninge;

Ful unavysed of his wo cominge。



Thus took he purpos loves craft to suwe;

And thoughte he wolde werken prively;  380

First; to hyden his desir in muwe

From every wight y…born; al…outrely;

But he mighte ought recovered be therby;

Remembring him; that love to wyde y…blowe

Yelt bittre fruyt; though swete seed be sowe。  385



And over al this; yet muchel more he thoughte

What for to speke; and what to holden inne;

And what to arten hir to love he soughte;

And on a song anoon…right to biginne;

And gan loude on his sorwe for to winne;  390

For with good hope he gan fully assente

Criseyde for to love; and nought repente。



And of his song nought only the sentence;

As writ myn autour called Lollius;

But pleynly; save our tonges difference;  395

I dar wel sayn; in al that Troilus

Seyde in his song; lo! every word right thus

As I shal seyn; and who…so list it here;

Lo! next this vers; he may it finden here。



   Cantus Troili。



‘If no love is; O god; what fele I so?  400

And if love is; what thing and whiche is he!

If love be good; from whennes comth my wo?

If it be wikke; a wonder thinketh me;

Whenne every torment and adversitee

That cometh of him; may to me savory thinke;  405

For ay thurst I; the more that I it drinke。



‘And if that at myn owene lust I brenne;

Fro whennes cometh my wailing and my pleynte?

If harme agree me; wher
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