《troilus and criseyde》

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And she answerde; ‘Of gilt misericorde!

That is to seyn; that I foryeve al this;

And ever…more on this night yow recorde;

And beth wel war ye do no more amis。'  1180

‘Nay; dere herte myn;' quod he; ‘y…wis。'

‘And now;' quod she; ‘that I have do yow smerte;

Foryeve it me; myn owene swete herte。'



This Troilus; with blisse of that supprysed;

Put al in goddes hond; as he that mente  1185

No…thing but wel; and; sodeynly avysed;

He hir in armes faste to him hente。

And Pandarus; with a ful good entente;

Leyde him to slepe; and seyde; ‘If ye ben wyse;

Swowneth not now; lest more folk aryse。'  1190



What mighte or may the sely larke seye;

Whan that the sperhauk hath it in his foot?

I can no more; but of thise ilke tweye;

To whom this tale sucre be or soot;

Though that I tarie a yeer; som…tyme I moot;  1195

After myn auctor; tellen hir gladnesse;

As wel as I have told hir hevinesse。



Criseyde; which that felte hir thus y…take;

As writen clerkes in hir bokes olde;

Right as an aspes leef she gan to quake;  1200

Whan she him felte hir in his armes folde。

But Troilus; al hool of cares colde;

Gan thanken tho the blisful goddes sevene;

Thus sondry peynes bringen folk in hevene。



This Troilus in armes gan hir streyne;  1205

And seyde; ‘O swete; as ever mote I goon;

Now be ye caught; now is ther but we tweyne;

Now yeldeth yow; for other boot is noon。'

To that Criseyde answerde thus anoon;

‘Ne hadde I er now; my swete herte dere;  1210

Ben yolde; y…wis; I were now not here!'



O! Sooth is seyd; that heled for to be

As of a fevre or othere greet syknesse;

Men moste drinke; as men may often see;

Ful bittre drink; and for to han gladnesse;  1215

Men drinken often peyne and greet distresse;

I mene it here; as for this aventure;

That thourgh a peyne hath founden al his cure。



And now swetnesse semeth more sweet;

That bitternesse assayed was biforn;  1220

For out of wo in blisse now they flete;

Non swich they felten; sith they were born;

Now is this bet; than bothe two be lorn!

For love of god; take every womman hede

To werken thus; if it comth to the nede。  1225



Criseyde; al quit from every drede and tene;

As she that iuste cause hadde him to triste;

Made him swich feste; it Ioye was to sene;

Whan she his trouthe and clene entente wiste。

And as aboute a tree; with many a twiste;  1230

Bitrent and wryth the sote wode…binde;

Gan eche of hem in armes other winde。



And as the newe abaysshed nightingale;

That stinteth first whan she biginneth to singe;

Whan that she hereth any herde tale;  1235

Or in the hegges any wight steringe;

And after siker dooth hir voys out…ringe;

Right so Criseyde; whan hir drede stente;

Opned hir herte and tolde him hir entente。



And right as he that seeth his deeth y…shapen;  1240

And deye moot; in ought that he may gesse;

And sodeynly rescous doth him escapen;

And from his deeth is brought in sikernesse;

For al this world; in swich present gladnesse

Was Troilus; and hath his lady swete;  1245

With worse hap god lat us never mete!



Hir armes smale; hir streyghte bak and softe;

Hir sydes longe; fleshly; smothe; and whyte

He gan to stroke; and good thrift bad ful ofte

Hir snowish throte; hir brestes rounde and lyte;  1250

Thus in this hevene he gan him to delyte;

And ther…with…al a thousand tyme hir kiste;

That; what to done; for Ioye unnethe he wiste。



Than seyde he thus; ‘O; Love; O; Charitee;

Thy moder eek; Citherea the swete;  1255

After thy…self next heried be she;

Venus mene I; the wel…willy planete;

And next that; Imeneus; I thee grete;

For never man was to yow goddes holde

As I; which ye han brought fro cares colde。  1260



‘Benigne Love; thou holy bond of thinges;

Who…so wol grace; and list thee nought honouren;

Lo; his desyr wol flee with…outen winges。

For; noldestow of bountee hem socouren

That serven best and most alwey labouren;  1265

Yet were al lost; that dar I wel seyn; certes;

But…if thy grace passed our desertes。



‘And for thou me; that coude leest deserve

Of hem that nombred been un…to thy grace;

Hast holpen; ther I lykly was to sterve;  1270

And me bistowed in so heygh a place

That thilke boundes may no blisse pace;

I can no more; but laude and reverence

Be to thy bounte and thyn excellence!'



And therwith…al Criseyde anoon he kiste;  1275

Of which; certeyn; she felte no disese;

And thus seyde he; ‘Now wolde god I wiste;

Myn herte swete; how I yow mighte plese!

What man;' quod he; ‘was ever thus at ese

As I; on whiche the faireste and the beste  1280

That ever I say; deyneth hir herte reste。



‘Here may men seen that mercy passeth right;

The experience of that is felt in me;

That am unworthy to so swete a wight。

But herte myn; of your benignitee;  1285

So thenketh; though that I unworthy be;

Yet mot I nede amenden in som wyse;

Right thourgh the vertu of your heyghe servyse。



‘And for the love of god; my lady dere;

Sin god hath wrought me for I shal yow serve;  1290

As thus I mene; that ye wol be my stere;

To do me live; if that yow liste; or sterve;

So techeth me how that I may deserve

Your thank; so that I; thurgh myn ignoraunce;

Ne do no…thing that yow be displesaunce。  1295



‘For certes; fresshe wommanliche wyf;

This dar I seye; that trouthe and diligence;

That shal ye finden in me al my lyf;

Ne wol not; certeyn; breken your defence;

And if I do; present or in absence;  1300

For love of god; lat slee me with the dede;

If that it lyke un…to your womanhede。'



‘Y…wis;' quod she; ‘myn owne hertes list;

My ground of ese; and al myn herte dere;

Graunt mercy; for on that is al my trist;  1305

But late us falle awey fro this matere;

For it suffyseth; this that seyd is here。

And at o word; with…outen repentaunce;

Wel…come; my knight; my pees; my suffisaunce!'



Of hir delyt; or Ioyes oon the leste  1310

Were impossible to my wit to seye;

But iuggeth; ye that han ben at the feste;

Of swich gladnesse; if that hem liste pleye!

I can no more; but thus thise ilke tweye

That night; be…twixen dreed and sikernesse;  1315

Felten in love the grete worthinesse。



O blisful night; of hem so longe y…sought;

How blithe un…to hem bothe two thou were!

Why ne hadde I swich on with my soule y…bought;

Ye; or the leeste Ioye that was there?  1320

A…wey; thou foule daunger and thou fere;

And lat hem in this hevene blisse dwelle;

That is so heygh; that al ne can I telle!



But sooth is; though I can not tellen al;

As can myn auctor; of his excellence;  1325

Yet have I seyd; and; god to…forn; I shal

In every thing al hoolly his sentence。

And if that I; at loves reverence;

Have any word in eched for the beste;

Doth therwith…al right as your…selven leste。  1330



For myne wordes; here and every part;

I speke hem alle under correccioun

Of yow; that feling han in loves art;

And putte it al in your discrecioun

To encrese or maken diminucioun  1335

Of my langage; and that I yow bi…seche;

But now to purpos of my rather speche。



Thise ilke two; that ben in armes laft;

So looth to hem a…sonder goon it were;

That ech from other wende been biraft;  1340

Or elles; lo; this was hir moste fere;

That al this thing but nyce dremes were;

For which ful ofte ech of hem seyde; ‘O swete;

Clippe ich yow thus; or elles I it mete?'



And; lord! So he gan goodly on hir see;  1345

That never his look ne bleynte from hir face;

And seyde; ‘O dere herte; may it be

That it be sooth; that ye ben in this place?'

‘Ye; herte myn; god thank I of his grace!'

Quod tho Criseyde; and therwith…al him kiste;  1350

That where his spirit was; for Ioye he niste。



This Troilus ful ofte hir eyen two

Gan for to kisse; and seyde; ‘O eyen clere;

It were ye that wroughte me swich wo;

Ye humble nettes of my lady dere!  1355

Though ther be mercy writen in your chere;

God wot; the text ful hard is; sooth; to finde;

How coude ye with…outen bond me binde?'



Therwith he gan hir faste in armes take;

And wel an hundred tymes gan he syke;  1360

Nought swiche sorwfull sykes as men make

For wo; or elles whan that folk ben syke;

But esy sykes; swiche as been to lyke;

That shewed his affeccioun with…inne;

Of swiche sykes coude he nought bilinne。  1365



Sone after this they speke of sondry thinges;

As fil to purpos of this aventure;

And pleyinge entrechaungeden hir ringes;

Of which I can nought tellen no scripture;

But wel I woot; a broche; gold and asure;  1370

In whiche a ruby set was lyk an herte;

Criseyde him yaf; and stak it on his sherte。



Lord! trowe ye; a coveitous; a wreccbe;

That blameth love and holt of it despyt;

That; of tho pens that he can mokre and kecche;  1375

Was ever yet y…yeve him swich delyt;

As is in love; in oo poynt; in som plyt?

Nay; doutelees; for also god me save;

So parfit Ioye may no nigard have!



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