《troilus and criseyde》

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And neer he rood; his cause for to make;  80

To take hir by the honde al sobrely。

And lord! So she gan wepen tendrely!

And he ful softe and sleighly gan hir seye;

‘Now hold your day; and dooth me not to deye。'



With that his courser torned he a…boute  85

With face pale; and un…to Diomede

No word he spak; ne noon of al his route;

Of which the sone of Tydeus took hede;

As he that coude more than the crede

In swich a craft; and by the reyne hir hente;  90

And Troilus to Troye homwarde he wente。



This Diomede; that ladde hir by the brydel;

Whan that he saw the folk of Troye aweye;

Thoughte; ‘Al my labour shal not been on ydel;

If that I may; for somwhat shal I seye;  95

For at the worste it may yet shorte our weye。

I have herd seyd; eek tymes twyes twelve;

〃He is a fool that wol for…yete him…selve。〃'



But natheles this thoughte he wel ynough;

‘That certaynly I am aboute nought;  100

If that I speke of love; or make it tough;

For douteles; if she have in hir thought

Him that I gesse; he may not been y…brought

So sone awey; but I shal finde a mene;

That she not wite as yet shal what I mene。'  105



This Diomede; as he that coude his good;

Whan this was doon; gan fallen forth in speche

Of this and that; and asked why she stood

In swich disese; and gan hir eek biseche;

That if that he encrese mighte or eche  110

With any thing hir ese; that she sholde

Comaunde it him; and seyde he doon it wolde。



For trewely he swoor hir; as a knight;

That ther nas thing with whiche he mighte hir plese;

That he nolde doon his peyne and al his might  115

To doon it; for to doon hir herte an ese。

And preyede hir; she wolde hir sorwe apese;

And seyde; ‘Y…wis; we Grekes con have Ioye

To honouren yow; as wel as folk of Troye。'



He seyde eek thus; ‘I woot; yow thinketh straunge;  120

No wonder is; for it is to yow newe;

Thaqueintaunce of these Troianis to chaunge;

For folk of Grece; that ye never knewe。

But wolde never god but…if as trewe

A Greek ye shulde among us alle finde  125

As any Troian is; and eek as kinde。



‘And by the cause I swoor yow right; lo; now;

To been your freend; and helply; to my might;

And for that more aqueintaunce eek of yow

Have ich had than another straunger wight;  130

So fro this forth; I pray yow; day and night;

Comaundeth me; how sore that me smerte;

To doon al that may lyke un…to your herte;



‘And that ye me wolde as your brother trete;

And taketh not my frendship in despyt;  135

And though your sorwes be for thinges grete;

Noot I not why; but out of more respyt;

Myn herte hath for to amende it greet delyt。

And if I may your harmes not redresse;

I am right sory for your hevinesse;  140



‘And though ye Troians with us Grekes wrothe

Han many a day be; alwey yet; pardee;

O god of love in sooth we serven bothe。

And; for the love of god; my lady free;

Whom so ye hate; as beth not wroth with me。  145

For trewely; ther can no wight yow serve;

That half so looth your wraththe wolde deserve。



‘And nere it that we been so neigh the tente

Of Calkas; which that seen us bothe may;

I wolde of this yow telle al myn entente;  150

But this enseled til another day。

Yeve me your hond; I am; and shal ben ay;

God help me so; whyl that my lyf may dure;

Your owene aboven every creature。



‘Thus seyde I never er now to womman born;  155

For god myn herte as wisly glade so;

I lovede never womman here…biforn

As paramours; ne never shal no mo。

And; for the love of god; beth not my fo;

Al can I not to yow; my lady dere;  160

Compleyne aright; for I am yet to lere。



‘And wondreth not; myn owene lady bright;

Though that I speke of love to you thus blyve;

For I have herd or this of many a wight;

Hath loved thing he never saugh his lyve。  165

Eek I am not of power for to stryve

Ayens the god of love; but him obeye

I wol alwey; and mercy I yow preye。



‘Ther been so worthy knightes in this place;

And ye so fair; that everich of hem alle  170

Wol peynen him to stonden in your grace。

But mighte me so fair a grace falle;

That ye me for your servaunt wolde calle;

So lowly ne so trewely you serve

Nil noon of hem; as I shal; til I sterve。'  175



Criseide un…to that purpos lyte answerde;

As she that was with sorwe oppressed so

That; in effect; she nought his tales herde;

But here and there; now here a word or two。

Hir thoughte hir sorwful herte brast a…two。  180

For whan she gan hir fader fer aspye;

Wel neigh doun of hir hors she gan to sye。



But natheles she thonked Diomede

Of al his travaile; and his goode chere;

And that him liste his friendship hir to bede;  185

And she accepteth it in good manere;

And wolde do fayn that is him leef and dere;

And trusten him she wolde; and wel she mighte;

As seyde she; and from hir hors she alighte。



Hir fader hath hir in his armes nome;  190

And tweynty tyme he kiste his doughter swete;

And seyde; ‘O dere doughter myn; wel…come!'

She seyde eek; she was fayn with him to mete;

And stood forth mewet; milde; and mansuete。

But here I leve hir with hir fader dwelle;  195

And forth I wol of Troilus yow telle。



To Troye is come this woful Troilus;

In sorwe aboven alle sorwes smerte;

With felon look; and face dispitous。

Tho sodeinly doun from his hors he sterte;  200

And thorugh his paleys; with a swollen herte;

To chambre he wente; of no…thing took he hede;

Ne noon to him dar speke a word for drede。



And there his sorwes that he spared hadde

He yaf an issue large; and ‘Deeth!' he cryde;  205

And in his throwes frenetyk and madde

He cursed Iove; Appollo; and eek Cupyde;

He cursed Ceres; Bacus; and Cipryde;

His burthe; him…self; his fate; and eek nature;

And; save his lady; every creature。  210



To bedde he goth; and weyleth there and torneth

In furie; as dooth he; Ixion in helle;

And in this wyse he neigh til day soiorneth。

But tho bigan his herte a lyte unswelle

Thorugh teres which that gonnen up to welle;  215

And pitously he cryde up…on Criseyde;

And to him…self right thus he spak; and seyde: 



‘Wher is myn owene lady lief and dere;

Wher is hir whyte brest; wher is it; where?

Wher ben hir armes and hir eyen clere;  220

That yesternight this tyme with me were?

Now may I wepe allone many a tere;

And graspe aboute I may; but in this place;

Save a pilowe; I finde nought tenbrace。



‘How shal I do? Whan shal she com ayeyn?  225

I noot; allas! Why leet ich hir to go?

As wolde god; ich hadde as tho be sleyn!

O herte myn; Criseyde; O swete fo!

O lady myn; that I love and no mo!

To whom for ever…mo myn herte I dowe;  230

See how I deye; ye nil me not rescowe!



‘Who seeth yow now; my righte lode…sterre?

Who sit right now or stant in your presence?

Who can conforten now your hertes werre?

Now I am gon; whom yeve ye audience?  235

Who speketh for me right now in myn absence?

Allas; no wight; and that is al my care;

For wel wot I; as yvel as I ye fare。



‘How sholde I thus ten dayes ful endure;

Whan I the firste night have al this tene?  240

How shal she doon eek; sorwful creature?

For tendernesse; how shal she this sustene;

Swich wo for me? O pitous; pale; and grene

Shal been your fresshe wommanliche face

For langour; er ye torne un…to this place。'  245



And whan he fil in any slomeringes;

Anoon biginne he sholde for to grone;

And dremen of the dredfulleste thinges

That mighte been; as; mete he were allone

In place horrible; makinge ay his mone;  250

Or meten that he was amonges alle

His enemys; and in hir hondes falle。



And ther…with…al his body sholde sterte;

And with the stert al sodeinliche awake;

And swich a tremour fele aboute his herte;  255

That of the feer his body sholde quake;

And there…with…al he sholde a noyse make;

And seme as though he sholde falle depe

From heighe a…lofte; and than he wolde wepe;



And rewen on him…self so pitously;  260

That wonder was to here his fantasye。

Another tyme he sholde mightily

Conforte him…self; and seyn it was folye;

So causeles swich drede for to drye;

And eft biginne his aspre sorwes newe;  265

That every man mighte on his sorwes rewe。



Who coude telle aright or ful discryve

His wo; his pleynt; his langour; and his pyne?

Nought al the men that han or been on…lyve。

Thou; redere; mayst thy…self ful wel devyne  270

That swich a wo my wit can not defyne。

On ydel for to wryte it sholde I swinke;

Whan that my wit is wery it to thinke。



On hevene yet the sterres were sene;

Al…though ful pale y…waxen was the mone;  275

And whyten gan the orisonte shene

Al estward; as it woned is for to done。

And Phebus with his rosy carte sone

Gan after that to dresse him up to fare;

Whan Troilus hath sent after Pandare。  280



This Pandare; that of al the day biforn

Ne mighte han comen Troilus to see;

Al…though he on his heed it hadde y…sworn;

For with
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