《troilus and criseyde》

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With wommen fewe; among the Grekes stronge;

For which ful ofte a day ‘Allas;' she seyde;

‘That I was born! Wel may myn herte longe  690

After my deeth; for now live I to longe!

Allas! And I ne may it not amende;

For now is wors than ever yet I wende。



‘My fader nil for no…thing do me grace

To goon ayein; for nought I can him queme;  695

And if so be that I my terme passe;

My Troilus shal in his herte deme

That I am fals; and so it may wel seme。

Thus shal I have unthank on every syde;

That I was born; so weylaway the tyde!  700



‘And if that I me putte in Iupartye;

To stele awey by nighte; and it bifalle

That I be caught; I shal be holde a spye;

Or elles; lo; this drede I most of alle;

If in the hondes of som wrecche I falle;  705

I am but lost; al be myn herte trewe;

Now mighty god; thou on my sorwe rewe!'



Ful pale y…waxen was hir brighte face;

Hir limes lene; as she that al the day

Stood whan she dorste; and loked on the place  710

Ther she was born; and ther she dwelt hadde ay。

And al the night wepinge; allas! she lay。

And thus despeired; out of alle cure;

She ladde hir lyf; this woful creature。



Ful ofte a day she sighte eek for destresse;  715

And in hir…self she wente ay portrayinge

Of Troilus the grete worthinesse;

And alle his goodly wordes recordinge

Sin first that day hir love bigan to springe。

And thus she sette hir woful herte a…fyre  720

Through remembraunce of that she gan desyre。



In al this world ther nis so cruel herte

That hir hadde herd compleynen in hir sorwe;

That nolde han wopen for hir peynes smerte;

So tendrely she weep; bothe eve and morwe。  725

Hir nedede no teres for to borwe。

And this was yet the worste of al hir peyne;

Ther was no wight to whom she dorste hir pleyne。



Ful rewfully she loked up…on Troye;

Biheld the toures heighe and eek the halles;  730

‘Allas!' quod she; ‘The plesaunce and the Ioye

The whiche that now al torned in…to galle is;

Have I had ofte with…inne yonder walles!

O Troilus; what dostow now;' she seyde;

‘Lord! Whether yet thou thenke up…on Criseyde?  735



‘Allas! I ne hadde trowed on your lore;

And went with yow; as ye me radde er this!

Thanne hadde I now not syked half so sore。

Who mighte han seyd; that I had doon a…mis

To stele awey with swich on as he is?  740

But al to late cometh the letuarie;

Whan men the cors un…to the grave carie。



‘To late is now to speke of this matere;

Prudence; allas! Oon of thyn eyen three

Me lakked alwey; er that I come here;  745

On tyme y…passed; wel remembred me;

And present tyme eek coude I wel y…see。

But futur tyme; er I was in the snare;

Coude I not seen; that causeth now my care。



‘But natheles; bityde what bityde;  750

I shal to…morwe at night; by est or weste;

Out of this ost stele on som maner syde;

And go with Troilus wher…as him leste。

This purpos wol I holde; and this is beste。

No fors of wikked tonges Ianglerye;  755

For ever on love han wrecches had envye。



‘For who…so wole of every word take hede;

Or rewlen him by every wightes wit;

Ne shal he never thryven; out of drede。

For that that som men blamen ever yit;  760

Lo; other maner folk commenden it。

And as for me; for al swich variaunce;

Felicitee clepe I my suffisaunce。



‘For which; with…outen any wordes mo;

To Troye I wol; as for conclusioun。'  765

But god it wot; er fully monthes two;

She was ful fer fro that entencioun。

For bothe Troilus and Troye toun

Shal knotteles through…out hir herte slyde;

For she wol take a purpos for tabyde。  770



This Diomede; of whom yow telle I gan;

Goth now; with…inne him…self ay arguinge

With al the sleighte and al that ever he can;

How he may best; with shortest taryinge;

In…to his net Criseydes herte bringe。  775

To this entente he coude never fyne;

To fisshen hir; he leyde out hook and lyne。



But natheles; wel in his herte he thoughte;

That she nas nat with…oute a love in Troye;

For never; sithen he hir thennes broughte;  780

Ne coude he seen her laughe or make Ioye。

He nist how best hir herte for tacoye。

‘But for to assaye;' he seyde; ‘it nought ne greveth;

For he that nought nassayeth; nought nacheveth。'



Yet seide he to him…self upon a night;  785

‘Now am I not a fool; that woot wel how

Hir wo for love is of another wight;

And here…up…on to goon assaye hir now?

I may wel wite; it nil not been my prow。

For wyse folk in bokes it expresse;  790

〃Men shal not wowe a wight in hevinesse。〃



‘But who…so mighte winnen swich a flour

From him; for whom she morneth night and day;

He mighte seyn; he were a conquerour。'

And right anoon; as he that bold was ay;  795

Thoughte in his herte; ‘Happe how happe may;

Al sholde I deye; I wole hir herte seche;

I shal no more lesen but my speche。'



This Diomede; as bokes us declare;

Was in his nedes prest and corageous;  800

With sterne voys and mighty limes square;

Hardy; testif; strong; and chevalrous

Of dedes; lyk his fader Tideus。

And som men seyn; he was of tunge large;

And heir he was of Calidoine and Arge。  805



Criseyde mene was of hir stature;

Ther…to of shap; of face; and eek of chere;

Ther mighte been no fairer creature。

And ofte tyme this was hir manere;

To gon y…tressed with hir heres clere  810

Doun by hir coler at hir bak bihinde;

Which with a threde of gold she wolde binde。



And; save hir browes ioyneden y…fere;

Ther nas no lak; in ought I can espyen;

But for to speken of hir eyen clere;  815

Lo; trewely; they writen that hir syen;

That Paradys stood formed in hir yen。

And with hir riche beautee ever…more

Strof love in hir; ay which of hem was more。



She sobre was; eek simple; and wys with…al;  820

The beste y…norisshed eek that mighte be;

And goodly of hir speche in general;

Charitable; estatliche; lusty; and free;

Ne never…mo ne lakkede hir pitee;

Tendre…herted; slydinge of corage;  825

But trewely; I can not telle hir age。



And Troilus wel waxen was in highte;

And complet formed by proporcioun

So wel; that kinde it not amenden mighte;

Yong; fresshe; strong; and hardy as lyoun;  830

Trewe as steel in ech condicioun;

On of the beste enteched creature;

That is; or shal; whyl that the world may dure。



And certainly in storie it is y…founde;

That Troilus was never un…to no wight;  835

As in his tyme; in no degree secounde

In durring don that longeth to a knight。

Al mighte a geaunt passen him of might;

His herte ay with the firste and with the beste

Stood paregal; to durre don that him leste。  840



But for to tellen forth of Diomede: 

It fil that after; on the tenthe day;

Sin that Criseyde out of the citee yede;

This Diomede; as fresshe as braunche in May;

Com to the tente ther…as Calkas lay;  845

And feyned him with Calkas han to done;

But what he mente; I shal yow telle sone。



Criseyde; at shorte wordes for to telle;

Welcomed him; and doun by hir him sette;

And he was ethe y…nough to maken dwelle。  850

And after this; with…outen longe lette;

The spyces and the wyn men forth hem fette;

And forth they speke of this and that y…fere;

As freendes doon; of which som shal ye here。



He gan first fallen of the werre in speche  855

Bitwixe hem and the folk of Troye toun;

And of thassege he gan hir eek byseche;

To telle him what was hir opinioun。

Fro that demaunde he so descendeth doun

To asken hir; if that hir straunge thoughte  860

The Grekes gyse; and werkes that they wroughte?



And why hir fader tarieth so longe

To wedden hir un…to som worthy wight?

Criseyde; that was in hir peynes stronge

For love of Troilus; hir owene knight;  865

As fer…forth as she conning hadde or might;

Answerde him tho; but; as of his entente;

It semed not she wiste what he mente。



But natheles; this ilke Diomede

Gan in him…self assure; and thus he seyde;  870

‘If ich aright have taken of yow hede;

Me thinketh thus; O lady myn; Criseyde;

That sin I first hond on your brydel leyde;

Whan ye out come of Troye by the morwe;

Ne coude I never seen yow but in sorwe。  875



‘Can I not seyn what may the cause be

But…if for love of som Troyan it were;

The which right sore wolde athinken me

That ye; for any wight that dwelleth there;

Sholden spille a quarter of a tere;  880

Or pitously your…selven so bigyle;

For dredelees; it is nought worth the whyle。



‘The folk of Troye; as who seyth; alle and some

In preson been; as ye your…selven see;

Nor thennes shal not oon on…lyve come  885

For al the gold bitwixen sonne and see。

Trusteth wel; and understondeth me。

Ther shal not oon to mercy goon on…lyve;

Al were he lord of worldes twyes fyve!



‘Swich wreche on hem; for fecching of Eleyne;  890

Ther shal be take; er that we hennes wende;

That Manes; which that goddes ben of peyne;

Shal been agast that Grekes wol hem shende。

And men shul drede; un…to the worldes ende;

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