《troilus and criseyde》

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To me than king of Grece been and Troye!



‘Suffiseth this; my fulle freend Pandare;  610

That I have seyd; for now wostow my wo;

And for the love of god; my colde care

So hyd it wel; I telle it never to mo;

For harmes mighte folwen; mo than two;

If it were wist; but be thou in gladnesse;  615

And lat me sterve; unknowe; of my distresse。'

‘How hastow thus unkindely and longe

Hid this fro me; thou fool?' quod Pandarus;

‘Paraunter thou might after swich oon longe;

That myn avys anoon may helpen us。'  620

‘This were a wonder thing;' quod Troylus;

‘Thou coudest never in love thy…selven wisse;

How devel maystow bringen me to blisse?'



‘Ye; Troilus; now herke;' quod Pandare;

‘Though I be nyce; it happeth ofte so;  625

That oon that exces doth ful yvele fare;

By good counseyl can kepe his freend ther…fro。

I have my…self eek seyn a blind man go

Ther…as he fel that coude loke wyde;

A fool may eek a wys man ofte gyde。  630



‘A whetston is no kerving instrument;

And yet it maketh sharpe kerving…tolis。

And ther thou woost that I have ought miswent;

Eschewe thou that; for swich thing to thee scole is;

Thus ofte wyse men ben war by folis。  635

If thou do so; thy wit is wel biwared;

By his contrarie is every thing declared。



‘For how might ever sweetnesse have be knowe

To him that never tasted bitternesse?

Ne no man may be inly glad; I trowe;  640

That never was in sorwe or som distresse;

Eek whyt by blak; by shame eek worthinesse;

Ech set by other; more for other semeth;

As men may see; and so the wyse it demeth。



‘Sith thus of two contraries is a lore;  645

I; that have in love so ofte assayed

Grevaunces; oughte conne; and wel the more

Counsayllen thee of that thou art amayed。

Eek thee ne oughte nat ben yvel apayed;

Though I desyre with thee for to bere  650

Thyn hevy charge; it shal the lasse dere。



‘I woot wel that it fareth thus by me

As to thy brother Parys an herdesse;

Which that y…cleped was Oenone;

Wrot in a compleynte of hir hevinesse:  655

Ye say the lettre that she wroot; y gesse?'

‘Nay; never yet; y…wis;' quod Troilus。

‘Now;' quod Pandare; ‘herkneth; it was thus。 



〃Phebus; that first fond art of medicyne;'

Quod she; ‘and coude in every wightes care  660

Remede and reed; by herbes he knew fyne;

Yet to him…self his conning was ful bare;

For love hadde him so bounden in a snare;

Al for the doughter of the kinge Admete;

That al his craft ne coude his sorwe bete。〃   665



‘Right so fare I; unhappily for me;

I love oon best; and that me smerteth sore;

And yet; paraunter; can I rede thee;

And not my…self; repreve me no more。

I have no cause; I woot wel; for to sore  670

As doth an hauk that listeth for to pleye;

But to thyn help yet somwhat can I seye。



‘And of o thing right siker maystow be;

That certayn; for to deyen in the peyne;

That I shal never…mo discoveren thee;  675

Ne; by my trouthe; I kepe nat restreyne

Thee fro thy love; thogh that it were Eleyne;

That is thy brotheres wif; if ich it wiste;

Be what she be; and love hir as thee liste。



‘Therfore; as freend fullich in me assure;  680

And tel me plat what is thyn enchesoun;

And final cause of wo that ye endure;

For douteth no…thing; myn entencioun

Nis nought to yow of reprehencioun;

To speke as now; for no wight may bireve  685

A man to love; til that him list to leve。



‘And witeth wel; that bothe two ben vyces;

Mistrusten alle; or elles alle leve;

But wel I woot; the mene of it no vyce is;

For to trusten sum wight is a preve  690

Of trouthe; and for…thy wolde I fayn remeve

Thy wrong conseyte; and do thee som wight triste;

Thy wo to telle; and tel me; if thee liste。



‘The wyse seyth; 〃Wo him that is allone;

For; and he falle; he hath noon help to ryse;〃  695

And sith thou hast a felawe; tel thy mone;

For this nis not; certeyn; the nexte wyse

To winnen love; as techen us the wyse;

To walwe and wepe as Niobe the quene;

Whos teres yet in marbel been y…sene。  700



‘Lat be thy weping and thi drerinesse;

And lat us lissen wo with other speche;

So may thy woful tyme seme lesse。

Delyte not in wo thy wo to seche;

As doon thise foles that hir sorwes eche  705

With sorwe; whan they han misaventure;

And listen nought to seche hem other cure。



‘Men seyn; 〃To wrecche is consolacioun

To have an…other felawe in his peyne;〃

That oughte wel ben our opinioun;  710

For; bothe thou and I; of love we pleyne;

So ful of sorwe am I; soth for to seyne;

That certeynly no more harde grace

May sitte on me; for…why ther is no space。

‘If god wole thou art not agast of me;  715

Lest I wolde of thy lady thee bigyle;

Thow wost thy…self whom that I love; pardee;

As I best can; gon sithen longe whyle。

And sith thou wost I do it for no wyle;

And sith I am he that thou tristest most;  720

Tel me sumwhat; sin al my wo thou wost。'



Yet Troilus; for al this; no word seyde;

But longe he ley as stille as he ded were;

And after this with sykinge he abreyde;

And to Pandarus voys he lente his ere;  725

And up his eyen caste he; that in fere

Was Pandarus; lest that in frenesye

He sholde falle; or elles sone dye;



And cryde ‘A…wake' ful wonderly and sharpe;

‘What? Slombrestow as in a lytargye?  730

Or artow lyk an asse to the harpe;

That hereth soun; whan men the strenges plye;

But in his minde of that no melodye

May sinken; him to glade; for that he

So dul is of his bestialitee?'  735



And with that; Pandare of his wordes stente;

And Troilus yet him no word answerde;

For…why to telle nas not his entente

To never no man; for whom that he so ferde。

For it is seyd; ‘Man maketh ofte a yerde  740

With which the maker is him…self y…beten

In sondry maner;' as thise wyse treten;



And namely; in his counseyl tellinge

That toucheth love that oughte be secree;

For of him…self it wolde y…nough out…springe;  745

But…if that it the bet governed be。

Eek som…tyme it is craft to seme flee

Fro thing which in effect men hunte faste;

Al this gan Troilus in his herte caste。



But nathelees; whan he had herd him crye  750

‘Awake!' he gan to syke wonder sore;

And seyde; ‘Freend; though that I stille lye;

I am not deef; now pees; and cry no more;

For I have herd thy wordes and thy lore;

But suffre me my mischef to biwayle;  755

For thy proverbes may me nought avayle。



‘Nor other cure canstow noon for me。

Eek I nil not be cured; I wol deye;

What knowe I of the quene Niobe?

Lat be thyne olde ensaumples; I thee preye。'  760

‘No;' quod tho Pandarus; ‘therfore I seye;

Swich is delyt of foles to biwepe

Hir wo; but seken bote they ne kepe。

‘Now knowe I that ther reson in the fayleth。

But tel me; if I wiste what she were  765

For whom that thee al this misaunter ayleth?

Dorstestow that I tolde hir in hir ere

Thy wo; sith thou darst not thy…self for fere;

And hir bisoughte on thee to han som routhe?'

‘Why; nay;' quod he; ‘by god and by my trouthe!'  770



‘What; Not as bisily;' quod Pandarus;

‘As though myn owene lyf lay on this nede?'

‘No; certes; brother;' quod this Troilus;

‘And why?'  ‘For that thou sholdest never spede。'

‘Wostow that wel?'  ‘Ye; that is out of drede;'  775

Quod Troilus; ‘for al that ever ye conne;

She nil to noon swich wrecche as I be wonne。'



Quod Pandarus; ‘Allas! What may this be;

That thou dispeyred art thus causelees?

What? Liveth not thy lady? Benedicite!  780

How wostow so that thou art gracelees?

Swich yvel is nat alwey botelees。

Why; put not impossible thus thy cure;

Sin thing to come is ofte in aventure。



‘I graunte wel that thou endurest wo  785

As sharp as doth he; Ticius; in helle;

Whos stomak foules tyren ever…mo

That highte volturis; as bokes telle。

But I may not endure that thou dwelle

In so unskilful an opinioun  790

That of thy wo is no curacioun。



‘But ones niltow; for thy coward herte;

And for thyn ire and folish wilfulnesse;

For wantrust; tellen of thy sorwes smerte;

Ne to thyn owene help do bisinesse  795

As muche as speke a resoun more or lesse;

But lyest as he that list of no…thing recche。

What womman coude love swich a wrecche?



‘What may she demen other of thy deeth;

If thou thus deye; and she not why it is;  800

But that for fere is yolden up thy breeth;

For Grekes han biseged us; y…wis?

Lord; which a thank than shaltow han of this!

Thus wol she seyn; and al the toun at ones;

〃The wrecche is deed; the devel have his bones!〃  805



‘Thou mayst allone here wepe and crye and knele;

But; love a woman that she woot it nought;

And she wol quyte that thou shalt not fele;

Unknowe; unkist; and lost that is un…sought。

What! Many a man hath love ful dere y…bought  810

Twenty winter that his lady wiste;

That never yet his lady mouth he kiste。

‘What? Shulde be therfor fallen in despeyr;

Or be recreaunt for his owene tene;

Or sleen him…self; al be his 
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