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What is Criseyde worth; from Troilus?

How sholde a plaunte or lyves creature

Live; with…oute his kinde noriture?

For which ful oft a by…word here I seye;

That 〃rotelees; mot grene sone deye。〃  770



‘I shal don thus; sin neither swerd ne darte

Dar I non handle; for the crueltee;

That ilke day that I from yow departe;

If sorwe of that nil not my bane be;

Than shal no mete or drinke come in me  775

Til I my soule out of my breste unshethe;

And thus my…selven wol I do to dethe。



‘And; Troilus; my clothes everichoon

Shul blake been; in tokeninge; herte swete;

That I am as out of this world agoon;  780

That wont was yow to setten in quiete;

And of myn ordre; ay til deeth me mete;

The observaunce ever; in your absence;

Shal sorwe been; compleynte; and abstinence。



‘Myn herte and eek the woful goost ther…inne  785

Biquethe I; with your spirit to compleyne

Eternally; for they shal never twinne。

For though in erthe y…twinned be we tweyne;

Yet in the feld of pitee; out of peyne;

That hight Elysos; shul we been y…fere;  790

As Orpheus and Erudice; his fere。



‘Thus; herte myn; for Antenor; allas!

I sone shal be chaunged; as I wene。

But how shul ye don in this sorwful cas;

How shal youre tendre herte this sustene?  795

But herte myn; for…yet this sorwe and tene;

And me also; for; soothly for to seye;

So ye wel fare; I recche not to deye。'



How mighte it ever y…red ben or y…songe;

The pleynte that she made in hir distresse?  800

I noot; but; as for me; my litel tonge;

If I discreven wolde hir hevinesse;

It sholde make hir sorwe seme lesse

Than that it was; and childishly deface

Hir heigh compleynte; and therfore I it pace。  805



Pandare; which that sent from Troilus

Was to Criseyde; as ye han herd devyse;

That for the beste it was accorded thus;

And he ful glad to doon him that servyse;

Un…to Criseyde; in a ful secree wyse;  810

Ther…as she lay in torment and in rage;

Com hir to telle al hoolly his message;



And fond that she hir…selven gan to trete

Ful pitously; for with hir salte teres

Hir brest; hir face; y…bathed was ful wete;  815

The mighty tresses of hir sonnish heres;

Unbroyden; hangen al aboute hir eres;

Which yaf him verray signal of martyre

Of deeth; which that hir herte gan desyre。



Whan she him saw; she gan for sorwe anoon  820

Hir tery face a…twixe hir armes hide;

For which this Pandare is so wo bi…goon;

That in the hous he mighte unnethe abyde;

As he that pitee felte on every syde。

For if Criseyde hadde erst compleyned sore;  825

Tho gan she pleyne a thousand tymes more。



And in hir aspre pleynte than she seyde;

‘Pandare first of Ioyes mo than two

Was cause causinge un…to me; Criseyde;

That now transmuwed been in cruel wo。  830

Wher shal I seye to yow 〃wel come〃 or no;

That alderfirst me broughte in…to servyse

Of love; allas! That endeth in swich wyse?



‘Endeth than love in wo? Ye; or men lyeth!

And alle worldly blisse; as thinketh me。  835

The ende of blisse ay sorwe it occupyeth;

And who…so troweth not that it so be;

Lat him upon me; woful wrecche; y…see;

That my…self hate; and ay my birthe acorse;

Felinge alwey; fro wikke I go to worse。  840



‘Who…so me seeth; he seeth sorwe al at ones;

Peyne; torment; pleynte; wo; distresse。

Out of my woful body harm ther noon is;

As anguish; langour; cruel bitternesse;

A…noy; smert; drede; fury; and eek siknesse。  845

I trowe; y…wis; from hevene teres reyne;

For pitee of myn aspre and cruel peyne!    '



‘And thou; my suster; ful of discomfort;'

Quod Pandarus; ‘what thenkestow to do?

Why ne hastow to thy…selven som resport;  850

Why woltow thus thy…selve; allas; for…do?

Leef al this werk and tak now hede to

That I shal seyn; and herkne; of good entente;

This; which by me thy Troilus thee sente。'



Torned hir tho Criseyde; a wo makinge  855

So greet that it a deeth was for to see: 

‘Allas!' quod she; ‘what wordes may ye bringe?

What wol my dere herte seyn to me;

Which that I drede never…mo to see?

Wol he have pleynte or teres; er I wende?  860

I have y…nowe; if he ther…after sende!'



She was right swich to seen in hir visage

As is that wight that men on bere binde;

Hir face; lyk of Paradys the image;

Was al y…chaunged in another kinde。  865

The pleye; the laughtre men was wont to finde

On hir; and eek hir Ioyes everychone;

Ben fled; and thus lyth now Criseyde allone。



Aboute hir eyen two a purpre ring

Bi…trent; in sothfast tokninge of hir peyne;  870

That to biholde it was a dedly thing;

For which Pandare mighte not restreyne

The teres from his eyen for to reyne。

But nathelees; as he best mighte; he seyde

From Troilus thise wordes to Criseyde。  875



‘Lo; nece; I trowe ye han herd al how

The king; with othere lordes; for the beste;

Hath mad eschaunge of Antenor and yow;

That cause is of this sorwe and this unreste。

But how this cas doth Troilus moleste;  880

That may non erthely mannes tonge seye;

For verray wo his wit is al aweye。



‘For which we han so sorwed; he and I;

That in…to litel bothe it hadde us slawe;

But thurgh my conseil this day; fynally;  885

He somwhat is fro weping now with…drawe。

And semeth me that he desyreth fawe

With yow to been al night; for to devyse

Remede in this; if ther were any wyse。



‘This; short and pleyne; theffect of my message;  890

As ferforth as my wit can comprehende。

For ye; that been of torment in swich rage;

May to no long prologe as now entende;

And her…upon ye may answere him sende。

And; for the love of god; my nece dere;  895

So leef this wo er Troilus be here。'



‘Gret is my wo;' quod she; and sighte sore;

As she that feleth dedly sharp distresse;

‘But yet to me his sorwe is muchel more;

That love him bet than he him…self; I gesse。  900

Allas! For me hath he swich hevinesse?

Can he for me so pitously compleyne?

Y…wis; his sorwe doubleth al my peyne。



‘Grevous to me; god wot; is for to twinne;'

Quod she; ‘but yet it hardere is to me  905

To seen that sorwe which that he is inne;

For wel wot I; it wol my bane be;

And deye I wol in certayn;' tho quod she;

‘But bidde him come; er deeth; that thus me threteth;

Dryve out that goost which in myn herte beteth。'  910



Thise wordes seyd; she on hir armes two

Fil gruf; and gan to wepe pitously。

Quod Pandarus; ‘Allas! Why do ye so;

Syn wel ye woot the tyme is faste by;

That he shal come? Arys up hastely;  915

That he yow nat biwopen thus ne finde;

But ye wol have him wood out of his minde!



‘For wiste he that ye ferde in this manere;

He wolde him…selve slee; and if I wende

To han this fare; he sholde not come here  920

For al the good that Pryam may despende。

For to what fyn he wolde anoon pretende;

That knowe I wel; and for…thy yet I seye;

So leef this sorwe; or platly he wol deye。



‘And shapeth yow his sorwe for to abregge;  925

And nought encresse; leve nece swete;

Beth rather to him cause of flat than egge;

And with som wysdom ye his sorwes bete。

What helpeth it to wepen ful a strete;

Or though ye bothe in salte teres dreynte?  930

Bet is a tyme of cure ay than of pleynte。



‘I mene thus; whan I him hider bringe;

Sin ye ben wyse; and bothe of oon assent;

So shapeth how distourbe your goinge;

Or come ayen; sone after ye be went。  935

Wommen ben wyse in short avysement;

And lat sen how your wit shal now avayle;

And what that I may helpe; it shal not fayle。'



‘Go;' quod Criseyde; ‘and uncle; trewely;

I shal don al my might; me to restreyne  940

From weping in his sighte; and bisily;

Him for to glade; I shal don al my peyne;

And in myn herte seken every veyne;

If to this soor ther may be founden salve;

It shal not lakken; certain; on myn halve。'  945



Goth Pandarus; and Troilus he soughte;

Til in a temple he fond him allone;

As he that of his lyf no lenger roughte;

But to the pitouse goddes everichone

Ful tendrely he preyde; and made his mone;  950

To doon him sone out of this world to pace;

For wel he thoughte ther was non other grace。



And shortly; al the sothe for to seye;

He was so fallen in despeyr that day;

That outrely he shoop him for to deye。  955

For right thus was his argument alwey:

He seyde; he nas but loren; waylawey!

‘For al that comth; comth by necessitee;

Thus to be lorn; it is my destinee。



‘For certaynly; this wot I wel;' he seyde;  960

‘That for…sight of divyne purveyaunce

Hath seyn alwey me to for…gon Criseyde;

Sin god seeth every thing; out of doutaunce;

And hem disponeth; thourgh his ordenaunce;

In hir merytes sothly for to be;  965

As they shul comen by predestinee。



‘But nathelees; allas! Whom shal I leve?

For ther ben grete clerkes many oon;

That destinee thorugh argumentes preve;

And som men seyn that nedely ther is noon;  970

But that free chois is yeven us everichoon。

O; welaway! So sleye arn clerkes old
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