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For other cause was ther noon than so。

But of this thing right to the effect to go;  1580

Whan tyme was; hom til hir hous she wente;

And Pandarus hath fully his entente。



Now torne we ayein to Troilus;

That resteles ful longe a…bedde lay;

And prevely sente after Pandarus;  1585

To him to come in al the haste he may。

He com anoon; nought ones seyde he ‘nay;'

And Troilus ful sobrely he grette;

And doun upon his beddes syde him sette。



This Troilus; with al the affeccioun  1590

Of frendes love that herte may devyse;

To Pandarus on knees fil adoun;

And er that he wolde of the place aryse;

He gan him thonken in his beste wyse;

An hondred sythe he gan the tyme blesse;  1595

That he was born; to bringe him fro distresse。



He seyde; ‘O frend of frendes the alderbeste

That ever was; the sothe for to telle;

Thou hast in hevene y…brought my soule at reste

Fro Flegitoun; the fery flood of helle;  1600

That; though I mighte a thousand tymes selle;

Upon a day; my lyf in thy servyse;

It mighte nought a mote in that suffyse。



‘The sonne; which that al the world may see;

Saw never yet; my lyf; that dar I leye;  1605

So inly fayr and goodly as is she;

Whos I am al; and shal; til that I deye;

And; that I thus am hires; dar I seye;

That thanked be the heighe worthinesse

Of love; and eek thy kinde bisinesse。  1610



‘Thus hastow me no litel thing y…yive;

Fo which to thee obliged be for ay

My lyf; and why? For thorugh thyn help I live;

For elles deed hadde I be many a day。'

And with that word doun in his bed he lay;  1615

And Pandarus ful sobrely him herde

Til al was seyd; and than he thus answerde:



‘My dere frend; if I have doon for thee

In any cas; god wot; it is me leef;

And am as glad as man may of it be;  1620

God help me so; but tak now a…greef

That I shal seyn; be war of this myscheef;

That; there…as thou now brought art in…to blisse;

That thou thy…self ne cause it nought to misse。



‘For of fortunes sharpe adversitee  1625

The worst kinde of infortune is this;

A man to have ben in prosperitee;

And it remembren; whan it passed is。

Thou art wys y…nough; for…thy do nought amis;

Be not to rakel; though thou sitte warme;

For if thou be; certeyn; it wol thee harme。  1631



‘Thou art at ese; and holde the wel ther…inne。

For also seur as reed is every fyr;

As greet a craft is kepe wel as winne;

Brydle alwey wel thy speche and thy desyr;  1635

For worldly Ioye halt not but by a wyr;

That preveth wel; it brest alday so ofte;

For…thy nede is to werke with it softe。'



Quod Troilus; ‘I hope; and god to…forn;

My dere frend; that I shal so me bere;  1640

That in my gilt ther shal no thing be lorn;

Ne I nil not rakle as for to greven here;

It nedeth not this matere ofte tere;

For wistestow myn herte wel; Pandare;

God woot; of this thou woldest litel care。'  1645



Tho gan he telle him of his glade night;

And wher…of first his herte dredde; and how;

And seyde; ‘Freend; as I am trewe knight;

And by that feyth I shal to god and yow;

I hadde it never half so hote as now;  1650

And ay the more that desyr me byteth

To love hir best; the more it me delyteth。



‘I noot my…self not wisly what it is;

But now I fele a newe qualitee;

Ye; al another than I dide er this。'  1655

Pandare answerde; and seyde thus; that he

That ones may in hevene blisse be;

He feleth other weyes; dar I leye;

Than thilke tyme he first herde of it seye。



This is o word for al: this Troilus  1660

Was never ful to speke of this matere;

And for to preysen un…to Pandarus

The bountee of his righte lady dere;

And Pandarus to thanke and maken chere。

This tale ay was span…newe to biginne;  1665

Til that the night departed hem a…twinne。



Sone after this; for that fortune it wolde;

I…comen was the blisful tyme swete;

That Troilus was warned that he sholde;

Ther he was erst; Criseyde his lady mete;  1670

For which he felte his herte in Ioye flete;

And feythfully gan alle the goddes herie;

And lat see now if that he can be merie。



And holden was the forme and al the wyse;

Of hir cominge; and eek of his also;  1675

As it was erst; which nedeth nought devyse。

But playnly to the effect right for to go;

In Ioye and suerte Pandarus hem two

A…bedde broughte; whan that hem bothe leste;

And thus they ben in quiete and in reste。  1680



Nought nedeth it to yow; sin they ben met;

To aske at me if that they blythe were;

For if it erst was wel; tho was it bet

A thousand…fold; this nedeth not enquere。

A…gon was every sorwe and every fere;  1685

And bothe; y…wis; they hadde; and so they wende;

As muche Ioye as herte may comprende。



This is no litel thing of for to seye;

This passeth every wit for to devyse;

For eche of hem gan otheres lust obeye;  1690

Felicitee; which that thise clerkes wyse

Commenden so; ne may not here suffyse。

This Ioye may not writen been with inke;

This passeth al that herte may bithinke。



But cruel day; so wel…awey the stounde!  1695

Gan for to aproche; as they by signes knewe;

For whiche hem thoughte felen dethes wounde;

So wo was hem; that changen gan hir hewe;

And day they goonnen to dispyse al newe;

Calling it traytour; envyous; and worse;  1700

And bitterly the dayes light they curse。



Quod Troilus; ‘Allas! Now am I war

That Pirous and tho swifte stedes three;

Whiche that drawen forth the sonnes char;

Han goon som by…path in despyt of me;  1705

That maketh it so sone day to be;

And; for the sonne him hasteth thus to ryse;

Ne shal I never doon him sacrifyse!'



But nedes day departe moste hem sone;

And whanne hir speche doon was and hir chere;  1710

They twinne anoon as they were wont to done;

And setten tyme of meting eft y…fere;

And many a night they wroughte in this manere。

And thus Fortune a tyme ladde in Ioye

Criseyde; and eek this kinges sone of Troye。  1715



In suffisaunce; in blisse; and in singinges;

This Troilus gan al his lyf to lede;

He spendeth; Iusteth; maketh festeynges;

He yeveth frely ofte; and chaungeth wede;

And held aboute him alwey; out of drede;  1720

A world of folk; as cam him wel of kinde;

The fressheste and the beste he coude fynde;



That swich a voys was of hym and a stevene

Thorugh…out the world; of honour and largesse;

That it up rong un…to the yate of hevene。  1725

And; as in love; he was in swich gladnesse;

That in his herte he demede; as I gesse;

That there nis lovere in this world at ese

So wel as he; and thus gan love him plese。



The godlihede or beautee which that kinde  1730

In any other lady hadde y…set

Can not the mountaunce of a knot unbinde;

A…boute his herte; of al Criseydes net。

He was so narwe y…masked and y…knet;

That it undon on any manere syde;  1735

That nil not been; for ought that may betyde。



And by the hond ful ofte he wolde take

This Pandarus; and in…to gardin lede;

And swich a feste and swich a proces make

Him of Criseyde; and of hir womanhede;  1740

And of hir beautee; that; with…outen drede;

It was an hevene his wordes for to here;

And thanne he wolde singe in this manere。



‘Love; that of erthe and see hath governaunce;

Love; that his hestes hath in hevene hye;  1745

Love; that with an holsom alliaunce

Halt peples ioyned; as him list hem gye;

Love; that knetteth lawe of companye;

And couples doth in vertu for to dwelle;

Bind this acord; that I have told and telle;  1750



‘That that the world with feyth; which that is stable;

Dyverseth so his stoundes concordinge;

That elements that been so discordable

Holden a bond perpetuely duringe;

That Phebus mote his rosy day forth bringe;  1755

And that the mone hath lordship over the nightes;

Al this doth Love; ay heried be his mightes!



‘That; that the see; that gredy is to flowen;

Constreyneth to a certeyn ende so

His flodes; that so fersly they ne growen  1760

To drenchen erthe and al for ever…mo;

And if that Love ought lete his brydel go;

Al that now loveth a…sonder sholde lepe;

And lost were al; that Love halt now to…hepe。



‘So wolde god; that auctor is of kinde;  1765

That; with his bond; Love of his vertu liste

To cerclen hertes alle; and faste binde;

That from his bond no wight the wey out wiste。

And hertes colde; hem wolde I that he twiste

To make hem love; and that hem leste ay rewe  1770

On hertes sore; and kepe hem that ben trewe。'



In alle nedes; for the tounes werre;

He was; and ay the firste in armes dight;

And certeynly; but…if that bokes erre;

Save Ector; most y…drad of any wight;  1775

And this encrees of hardinesse and might

Cam him of love; his ladies thank to winne;

That altered his spirit so with…inne。



In tyme of trewe; on haukinge wolde he ryde;

Or elles hunten boor; bere; or lyoun;  1780

The smale bestes leet he gon bi…syde。

And whan that he com rydinge in…to toun;

Ful ofte his lady; from hir window do
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