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As whether she hath any libertee  1300

To come ayein; or ellis in som clause;

If she be let; she wol assigne a cause。



‘Thou hast not writen hir sin that she wente;

Nor she to thee; and this I dorste leye;

Ther may swich cause been in hir entente;  1305

That hardely thou wolt thy…selven seye;

That hir a…bood the beste is for yow tweye。

Now wryte hir thanne; and thou shalt fele sone

A sothe of al; ther is no more to done。'



Acorded been to this conclusioun;  1310

And that anoon; these ilke lordes two;

And hastely sit Troilus adoun;

And rolleth in his herte to and fro;

How he may best discryven hir his wo。

And to Criseyde; his owene lady dere;  1315

He wroot right thus; and seyde as ye may here。



‘Right fresshe flour; whos I have been and shal;

With…outen part of elles…where servyse;

With herte; body; lyf; lust; thought; and al;

I; woful wight; in every humble wyse  1320

That tonge telle or herte may devyse;

As ofte as matere occupyeth place;

Me recomaunde un…to your noble grace。



‘Lyketh it yow to witen; swete herte;

As ye wel knowe how longe tyme agoon  1325

That ye me lefte in aspre peynes smerte;

Whan that ye wente; of which yet bote noon

Have I non had; but ever wers bigoon

Fro day to day am I; and so mot dwelle;

While it yow list; of wele and wo my welle。  1330



‘For which to yow; with dredful herte trewe;

I wryte; as he that sorwe dryfth to wryte;

My wo; that every houre encreseth newe;

Compleyninge as I dar or can endyte。

And that defaced is; that may ye wyte  1335

The teres; which that fro myn eyen reyne;

That wolde speke; if that they coude; and pleyne。



‘Yow first biseche I; that your eyen clere

To look on this defouled ye not holde;

And over al this; that ye; my lady dere;  1340

Wol vouche…sauf this lettre to biholde。

And by the cause eek of my cares colde;

That sleeth my wit; if ought amis me asterte;

For…yeve it me; myn owene swete herte。



‘If any servant dorste or oughte of right  1345

Up…on his lady pitously compleyne;

Than wene I; that ich oughte be that wight;

Considered this; that ye these monthes tweyne

Han taried; ther ye seyden; sooth to seyne;

But dayes ten ye nolde in ost soiourne;  1350

But in two monthes yet ye not retourne。



‘But for…as…muche as me mot nedes lyke

Al that yow list; I dar not pleyne more;

But humbely with sorwful sykes syke;

Yow wryte ich myn unresty sorwes sore;  1355

Fro day to day desyring ever…more

To knowen fully; if your wil it were;

How ye han ferd and doon; whyl ye be there。



‘The whos wel…fare and hele eek god encresse

In honour swich; that upward in degree  1360

It growe alwey; so that it never cesse;

Right as your herte ay can; my lady free;

Devyse; I prey to god so mote it be。

And graunte it that ye sone up…on me rewe

As wisly as in al I am yow trewe。  1365



‘And if yow lyketh knowen of the fare

Of me; whos wo ther may no wight discryve;

I can no more but; cheste of every care;

At wrytinge of this lettre I was on…lyve;

Al redy out my woful gost to dryve;  1370

Which I delaye; and holde him yet in honde;

Upon the sight of matere of your sonde。



‘Myn eyen two; in veyn with which I see;

Of sorweful teres salte arn waxen welles;

My song; in pleynte of myn adversitee;  1375

My good; in harm; myn ese eek waxen helle is。

My Ioye; in wo; I can sey yow nought elles;

But turned is; for which my lyf I warie;

Everich Ioye or ese in his contrarie。



‘Which with your cominge hoom ayein to Troye  1380

Ye may redresse; and; more a thousand sythe

Than ever ich hadde; encressen in me Ioye。

For was ther never herte yet so blythe

To han his lyf; as I shal been as swythe

As I yow see; and; though no maner routhe  1385

Commeve yow; yet thinketh on your trouthe。



‘And if so be my gilt hath deeth deserved;

Or if yow list no more up…on me see;

In guerdon yet of that I have you served;

Biseche I yow; myn hertes lady free;  1390

That here…upon ye wolden wryte me;

For love of god; my righte lode…sterre;

Ther deeth may make an ende of al my werre。



‘If other cause aught doth yow for to dwelle;

That with your lettre ye me recomforte;  1395

For though to me your absence is an helle;

With pacience I wol my wo comporte;

And with your lettre of hope I wol desporte。

Now wryteth; swete; and lat me thus not pleyne;

With hope; or deeth; delivereth me fro peyne。  1400



‘Y…wis; myn owene dere herte trewe;

I woot that; whan ye next up…on me see;

So lost have I myn hele and eek myn hewe;

Criseyde shal nought conne knowe me!

Y…wis; myn hertes day; my lady free;  1405

So thursteth ay myn herte to biholde

Your beautee; that my lyf unnethe I holde。



‘I sey no more; al have I for to seye

To you wel more than I telle may;

But whether that ye do me live or deye;  1410

Yet pray I god; so yeve yow right good day。

And fareth wel; goodly fayre fresshe may;

As ye that lyf or deeth me may comaunde;

And to your trouthe ay I me recomaunde



‘With hele swich that; but ye yeven me  1415

The same hele; I shal noon hele have。

In you lyth; whan yow liste that it so be;

The day in which me clothen shal my grave。

In yow my lyf; in yow might for to save

Me from disese of alle peynes smerte;  1420

And fare now wel; myn owene swete herte!

                                 Le vostre T。'



This lettre forth was sent un…to Criseyde;

Of which hir answere in effect was this;

Ful pitously she wroot ayein; and seyde;

That also sone as that she might; y…wis;  1425

She wolde come; and mende al that was mis。

And fynally she wroot and seyde him thanne;

She wolde come; ye; but she niste whenne。



But in hir lettre made she swich festes;

That wonder was; and swereth she loveth him best;  1430

Of which he fond but botmelees bihestes。

But Troilus; thou mayst now; est or west;

Pype in an ivy leef; if that thee lest;

Thus gooth the world; god shilde us fro mischaunce;

And every wight that meneth trouthe avaunce!  1435



Encresen gan the wo fro day to night

Of Troilus; for taryinge of Criseyde;

And lessen gan his hope and eek his might;

For which al doun he in his bed him leyde;

He ne eet; ne dronk; ne sleep; ne word he seyde;  1440

Imagininge ay that she was unkinde;

For which wel neigh he wex out of his minde。



This dreem; of which I told have eek biforn;

May never come out of his remembraunce;

He thoughte ay wel he hadde his lady lorn;  1445

And that Ioves; of his purveyaunce;

Him shewed hadde in sleep the signifiaunce

Of hir untrouthe and his disaventure;

And that the boor was shewed him in figure。



For which he for Sibille his suster sente;  1450

That called was Cassandre eek al aboute;

And al his dreem he tolde hir er he stente;

And hir bisoughte assoilen him the doute

Of the stronge boor; with tuskes stoute;

And fynally; with…inne a litel stounde;  1455

Cassandre him gan right thus his dreem expounde。



She gan first smyle; and seyde; ‘O brother dere;

If thou a sooth of this desyrest knowe;

Thou most a fewe of olde stories here;

To purpos; how that fortune over…throwe  1460

Hath lordes olde; through which; with…inne a throwe;

Thou wel this boor shalt knowe; and of what kinde

He comen is; as men in bokes finde。



‘Diane; which that wrooth was and in ire

For Grekes nolde doon hir sacrifyse;  1465

Ne encens up…on hir auter sette a…fyre;

She; for that Grekes gonne hir so dispyse;

Wrak hir in a wonder cruel wyse。

For with a boor as greet as oxe in stalle

She made up frete hir corn and vynes alle。  1470



‘To slee this boor was al the contree reysed;

A…monges which ther com; this boor to see;

A mayde; oon of this world the best y…preysed;

And Meleagre; lord of that contree;

He lovede so this fresshe mayden free  1475

That with his manhod; er he wolde stente;

This boor he slow; and hir the heed he sente;



‘Of which; as olde bokes tellen us;

Ther roos a contek and a greet envye;

And of this lord descended Tydeus  1480

By ligne; or elles olde bokes lye;

But how this Meleagre gan to dye

Thorugh his moder; wol I yow not telle;

For al to long it were for to dwelle。'



   'Argument of the 12 Books of Statius' 〃Thebais〃'



   Associat profugum Tideo primus Polimitem;

   Tidea legatum docet insidiasque secundus;

   Tercius Hemoniden canit et vates latitantes;

   Quartus habet reges ineuntes prelia septem;

   Mox furie Lenne quinto narratur et anguis;

   Archimori bustum sexto ludique leguntur;

   Dat Graios Thebes et vatem septimus vmbria;

   Octauo cecidit Tideus; spes; vita Pelasgia;

   Ypomedon nono moritur cum Parthonopeo;

   Fulmine percussus; decimo Capaneus superatur;

   Vndecimo sese perimunt per vulnera fratres;

   Argiuam flentem narrat duodenus et igneum。



She tolde eek how Tydeus; er she stente;  1485

Un…to the stronge citee of Thebes;

To cleyme kingdom of the citee; wente;

For his felawe; daun P
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