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Un…to the stronge citee of Thebes;

To cleyme kingdom of the citee; wente;

For his felawe; daun Polymites;

Of which the brother; daun Ethyocles;

Ful wrongfully of Thebes held the strengthe;  1490

This tolde she by proces; al by lengthe。



She tolde eek how Hemonides asterte;

Whan Tydeus slough fifty knightes stoute。

She tolde eek al the prophesyes by herte;

And how that sevene kinges; with hir route;  1495

Bisegeden the citee al aboute;

And of the holy serpent; and the welle;

And of the furies; al she gan him telle。



Of Archimoris buryinge and the pleyes;

And how Amphiorax fil through the grounde;  1500

How Tydeus was slayn; lord of Argeyes;

And how Ypomedoun in litel stounde

Was dreynt; and deed Parthonope of wounde;

And also how Cappaneus the proude

With thonder…dint was slayn; that cryde loude。  1505



She gan eek telle him how that either brother;

Ethyocles and Polimyte also;

At a scarmyche; eche of hem slough other;

And of Argyves wepinge and hir wo;

And how the town was brent she tolde eek tho。  1510

And so descendeth doun from gestes olde

To Diomede; and thus she spak and tolde。



‘This ilke boor bitokneth Diomede;

Tydeus sone; that doun descended is

Fro Meleagre; that made the boor to blede。  1515

And thy lady; wher…so she be; y…wis;

This Diomede hir herte hath; and she his。

Weep if thou wolt; or leef; for; out of doute;

This Diomede is inne; and thou art oute。'



‘Thou seyst nat sooth;' quod he; ‘thou sorceresse;  1520

With al thy false goost of prophesye!

Thou wenest been a greet devyneresse;

Now seestow not this fool of fantasye

Peyneth hir on ladyes for to lye?

Awey!' quod he。 ‘Ther Ioves yeve thee sorwe!  1525

Thou shalt be fals; paraunter; yet to…morwe!



‘As wel thou mightest lyen on Alceste;

That was of creatures; but men lye;

That ever weren; kindest and the beste。

For whanne hir housbonde was in Iupartye  1530

To dye him…self; but…if she wolde dye;

She chees for him to dye and go to helle;

And starf anoon; as us the bokes telle。'



Cassandre goth; and he with cruel herte

For…yat his wo; for angre of hir speche;  1535

And from his bed al sodeinly he sterte;

As though al hool him hadde y…mad a leche。

And day by day he gan enquere and seche

A sooth of this; with al his fulle cure;

And thus he dryeth forth his aventure。  1540



Fortune; whiche that permutacioun

Of thinges hath; as it is hir committed

Through purveyaunce and disposicioun

Of heighe Iove; as regnes shal ben flitted

Fro folk in folk; or whan they shal ben smitted;  1545

Gan pulle awey the fetheres brighte of Troye

Fro day to day; til they ben bare of Ioye。



Among al this; the fyn of the parodie

Of Ector gan approchen wonder blyve;

The fate wolde his soule sholde unbodie;  1550

And shapen hadde a mene it out to dryve;

Ayeins which fate him helpeth not to stryve;

But on a day to fighten gan he wende;

At which; allas! He coughte his lyves ende。



For which me thinketh every maner wight  1555

That haunteth armes oughte to biwayle

The deeth of him that was so noble a knight;

For as he drough a king by thaventayle;

Unwar of this; Achilles through the mayle

And through the body gan him for to ryve;  1560

And thus this worthy knight was brought of lyve。



For whom; as olde bokes tellen us;

Was mad swich wo; that tonge it may not telle;

And namely; the sorwe of Troilus;

That next him was of worthinesse welle。  1565

And in this wo gan Troilus to dwelle;

That; what for sorwe; and love; and for unreste;

Ful ofte a day he bad his herte breste。



But natheles; though he gan him dispeyre;

And dradde ay that his lady was untrewe;  1570

Yet ay on hir his herte gan repeyre。

And as these loveres doon; he soughte ay newe

To gete ayein Criseyde; bright of hewe。

And in his herte he wente hir excusinge;

That Calkas causede al hir taryinge。  1575



And ofte tyme he was in purpos grete

Him…selven lyk a pilgrim to disgyse;

To seen hir; but he may not contrefete

To been unknowen of folk that weren wyse;

Ne finde excuse aright that may suffyse;  1580

If he among the Grekes knowen were;

For which he weep ful ofte many a tere。



To hir he wroot yet ofte tyme al newe

Ful pitously; he lefte it nought for slouthe;

Biseching hir that; sin that he was trewe;  1585

She wolde come ayein and holde hir trouthe。

For which Criseyde up…on a day; for routhe;

I take it so; touchinge al this matere;

Wrot him ayein; and seyde as ye may here。



‘Cupydes sone; ensample of goodlihede;  1590

O swerd of knighthod; sours of gentilesse!

How might a wight in torment and in drede

And helelees; yow sende as yet gladnesse?

I hertelees; I syke; I in distresse;

Sin ye with me; nor I with yow may dele;  1595

Yow neither sende ich herte may nor hele。



‘Your lettres ful; the papir al y…pleynted;

Conceyved hath myn hertes pietee;

I have eek seyn with teres al depeynted

Your lettre; and how that ye requeren me  1600

To come ayein; which yet ne may not be。

But why; lest that this lettre founden were;

No mencioun ne make I now; for fere。



‘Grevous to me; god woot; is your unreste;

Your haste; and that; the goddes ordenaunce;  1605

It semeth not ye take it for the beste。

Nor other thing nis in your remembraunce;

As thinketh me; but only your plesaunce。

But beth not wrooth; and that I yow biseche;

For that I tarie; is al for wikked speche。  1610



‘For I have herd wel more than I wende;

Touchinge us two; how thinges han y…stonde;

Which I shal with dissimulinge amende。

And beth nought wrooth; I have eek understonde;

How ye ne doon but holden me in honde。  1615

But now no fors; I can not in yow gesse

But alle trouthe and alle gentilesse。



‘Comen I wol; but yet in swich disioynte

I stonde as now; that what yeer or what day

That this shal be; that can I not apoynte。  1620

But in effect; I prey yow; as I may;

Of your good word and of your frendship ay。

For trewely; whyl that my lyf may dure;

As for a freend; ye may in me assure。



‘Yet preye I yow on yvel ye ne take;  1625

That it is short which that I to yow wryte;

I dar not; ther I am; wel lettres make;

Ne never yet ne coude I wel endyte。

Eek greet effect men wryte in place lite。

Thentente is al; and nought the lettres space;  1630

And fareth now wel; god have you in his grace!

                                 La vostre C。'



This Troilus this lettre thoughte al straunge;

Whan he it saugh; and sorwefully he sighte;

Him thoughte it lyk a kalendes of chaunge;

But fynally; he ful ne trowen mighte  1635

That she ne wolde him holden that she highte;

For with ful yvel wil list him to leve

That loveth wel; in swich cas; though him greve。



But natheles; men seyn that; at the laste;

For any thing; men shal the sothe see;  1640

And swich a cas bitidde; and that as faste;

That Troilus wel understood that she

Nas not so kinde as that hir oughte be。

And fynally; he woot now; out of doute;

That al is lost that he hath been aboute。  1645



Stood on a day in his malencolye

This Troilus; and in suspecioun

Of hir for whom he wende for to dye。

And so bifel; that through…out Troye toun;

As was the gyse; y…bore was up and doun  1650

A maner cote…armure; as seyth the storie;

Biforn Deiphebe; in signe of his victorie;



The whiche cote; as telleth Lollius;

Deiphebe it hadde y…rent from Diomede

The same day; and whan this Troilus  1655

It saugh; he gan to taken of it hede;

Avysing of the lengthe and of the brede;

And al the werk; but as he gan biholde;

Ful sodeinly his herte gan to colde;



As he that on the coler fond with…inne  1660

A broche; that he Criseyde yaf that morwe

That she from Troye moste nedes twinne;

In remembraunce of him and of his sorwe;

And she him leyde ayein hir feyth to borwe

To kepe it ay; but now; ful wel he wiste;  1665

His lady nas no lenger on to triste。



He gooth him hoom; and gan ful sone sende

For Pandarus; and al this newe chaunce;

And of this broche; he tolde him word and ende;

Compleyninge of hir hertes variaunce;  1670

His longe love; his trouthe; and his penaunce;

And after deeth; with…outen wordes more;

Ful faste he cryde; his reste him to restore。



Than spak he thus; ‘O lady myn Criseyde;

Wher is your feyth; and wher is your biheste?  1675

Wher is your love; wher is your trouthe;' he seyde;

‘Of Diomede have ye now al this feste!

Allas; I wolde have trowed at the leste。

That; sin ye nolde in trouthe to me stonde;

That ye thus nolde han holden me in honde!  1680



‘Who shal now trowe on any othes mo?

Allas; I never wolde han wend; er this;

That ye; Criseyde; coude han chaunged so;

Ne; but I hadde a…gilt and doon amis;

So cruel wende I not your herte; y…wis;  1685

To slee me thus; allas; your name of trouthe

Is now for…doon; and that is al my routhe。



‘Was ther non other broche yow liste lete

To feffe wit
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