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Or; helpe me god; so pleynly for to seyne;

He may not longe liven for his peyne。'



Ful dredfully tho gan she stonde stille;

And took it nought; but al hir humble chere

Gan for to chaunge; and seyde; ‘Scrit ne bille;  1130

For love of god; that toucheth swich matere;

Ne bring me noon; and also; uncle dere;

To myn estat have more reward; I preye;

Than to his lust; what sholde I more seye?



‘And loketh now if this be resonable;  1135

And letteth nought; for favour ne for slouthe;

To seyn a sooth; now were it covenable

To myn estat; by god; and by your trouthe;

To taken it; or to han of him routhe;

In harming of my…self or in repreve?  1140

Ber it a…yein; for him that ye on leve!'



This Pandarus gan on hir for to stare;

And seyde; ‘Now is this the grettest wonder

That ever I sey! Lat be this nyce fare!

To deethe mote I smiten be with thonder;  1145

If; for the citee which that stondeth yonder;

Wolde I a lettre un…to yow bringe or take

To harm of yow; what list yow thus it make?



‘But thus ye faren; wel neigh alle and some;

That he that most desireth yow to serve;  1150

Of him ye recche leest wher he bicome;

And whether that he live or elles sterve。

But for al that that ever I may deserve;

Refuse it nought;' quod he; and hente hir faste;

And in hir bosom the lettre doun he thraste;  1155



And seyde hire; ‘Now cast it awey anoon;

That folk may seen and gauren on us tweye。'

Quod she; ‘I can abyde til they be goon;'

And gan to smyle; and seyde hym; ‘Eem; I preye;

Swich answere as yow list; your…self purveye;  1160

For trewely I nil no lettre wryte。'

‘No? than wol I;' quod he; ‘so ye endyte。'



Therwith she lough; and seyde; ‘Go we dyne。'

And he gan at him…self to iape faste;

And seyde; ‘Nece; I have so greet a pyne  1165

For love; that every other day I faste' 

And gan his beste Iapes forth to caste;

And made hir so to laughe at his folye;

That she for laughter wende for to dye。



And whan that she was comen in…to halle;  1170

‘Now; eem;' quod she; ‘we wol go dine anoon;'

And gan some of hir women to hir calle;

And streyght in…to hir chaumbre gan she goon;

But of hir besinesses; this was oon

A…monges othere thinges; out of drede;  1175

Ful prively this lettre for to rede;



Avysed word by word in every lyne;

And fond no lak; she thoughte he coude good;

And up it putte; and went hir in to dyne。

But Pandarus; that in a study stood;  1180

Er he was war; she took him by the hood;

And seyde; ‘Ye were caught er that ye wiste;'

‘I vouche sauf;' quod he。 ‘do what yow liste。'



Tho wesshen they; and sette hem doun and ete;

And after noon ful sleyly Pandarus  1185

Gan drawe him to the window next the strete;

And seyde; ‘Nece; who hath arayed thus

The yonder hous; that stant afor…yeyn us?'

‘Which hous?' quod she; and gan for to biholde;

And knew it wel; and whos it was him tolde;  1190



And fillen forth in speche of thinges smale;

And seten in the window bothe tweye。

Whan Pandarus saw tyme un…to his tale;

And saw wel that hir folk were alle aweye;

‘Now; nece myn; tel on;' quod he; ‘I seye;  1195

How liketh yow the lettre that ye woot?

Can he ther…on? For; by my trouthe; I noot。'



Therwith al rosy hewed tho wex she;

And gan to humme; and seyde; ‘So I trowe。'

‘Aquyte him wel; for goddes love;' quod he;  1200

‘My…self to medes wol the lettre sowe。'

And held his hondes up; and sat on knowe;

‘Now; goode nece; be it never so lyte;

Yif me the labour; it to sowe and plyte。'



‘Ye; for I can so wryte;' quod she tho;  1205

‘And eek I noot what I sholde to him seye。'

‘Nay; nece;' quod Pandare; ‘sey nat so;

Yet at the leste thanketh him; I preye;

Of his good wil; and doth him not to deye。

Now for the love of me; my nece dere;  1210

Refuseth not at this tyme my preyere。'



‘Depar…dieux;' quod she; ‘God leve al be wel!

God help me so; this is the firste lettre

That ever I wroot; ye; al or any del。'

And in…to a closet; for to avyse hir bettre;  1215

She wente allone; and gan hir herte unfettre

Out of disdaynes prison but a lyte;

And sette hir doun; and gan a lettre wryte;



Of which to telle in short is myn entente

Theffect; as fer as I can understonde:   1220

She thonked him of al that he wel mente

Towardes hir; but holden him in honde

She nolde nought; ne make hir…selven bonde

In love; but as his suster; him to plese;

She wolde fayn to doon his herte an ese。  1225



She shette it; and to Pandarus in gan goon;

There as he sat and loked in…to the strete;

And doun she sette hir by him on a stoon

Of Iaspre; up…on a quisshin gold y…bete;

And seyde; ‘As wisly helpe me god the grete;  1230

I never dide a thing with more peyne

Than wryte this; to which ye me constreyne;'



And took it him: He thonked hir and seyde;

‘God woot; of thing ful ofte looth bigonne

Cometh ende good; and nece myn; Criseyde;  1235

That ye to him of hard now ben y…wonne

Oughte he be glad; by god and yonder sonne!

For…why men seyth; 〃Impressiounes lighte

Ful lightly been ay redy to the flighte。'



‘But ye han pleyed tyraunt neigh to longe;  1240

And hard was it your herte for to grave;

Now stint; that ye no longer on it honge;

Al wolde ye the forme of daunger save。

But hasteth yow to doon him Ioye have;

For trusteth wel; to longe y…doon hardnesse  1245

Causeth despyt ful often; for destresse。'



And right as they declamed this matere;

Lo; Troilus; right at the stretes ende;

Com ryding with his tenthe some y…fere;

Al softely; and thiderward gan bende  1250

Ther…as they sete; as was his way to wende

To paleys…ward; and Pandare him aspyde;

And seyde; ‘Nece; y…see who cometh here ryde!



‘O flee not in; he seeth us; I suppose;

Lest he may thinke that ye him eschuwe。'  1255

‘Nay; nay;' quod she; and wex as reed as rose。

With that he gan hir humbly to saluwe

With dreedful chere; and oft his hewes muwe;

And up his look debonairly he caste;

And bekked on Pandare; and forth he paste。  1260



God woot if he sat on his hors a…right;

Or goodly was beseyn; that ilke day!

God woot wher he was lyk a manly knight!

What sholde I drecche; or telle of his aray?

Criseyde; which that alle these thinges say;  1265

To telle in short; hir lyked al y…fere;

His persone; his aray; his look; his chere;



His goodly manere; and his gentillesse;

So wel; that never; sith that she was born;

Ne hadde she swich routhe of his distresse;  1270

And how…so she hath hard ben her…biforn;

To god hope I; she hath now caught a thorn;

She shal not pulle it out this nexte wyke;

God sende mo swich thornes on to pyke!



Pandare; which that stood hir faste by;  1275

Felte iren hoot; and he bigan to smyte;

And seyde; ‘Nece; I pray yow hertely;

Tel me that I shal axen yow a lyte:

A womman; that were of his deeth to wyte;

With…outen his gilt; but for hir lakked routhe;  1280

Were it wel doon?' Quod she; ‘Nay; by my trouthe!'



‘God help me so;' quod he; ‘ye sey me sooth。

Ye felen wel your…self that I not lye;

Lo; yond he rit!' Quod she; ‘Ye; so he dooth!'

‘Wel;' quod Pandare; ‘as I have told yow thrye;  1285

Lat be youre nyce shame and youre folye;

And spek with him in esing of his herte;

Lat nycetee not do yow bothe smerte。'



But ther…on was to heven and to done;

Considered al thing; it may not be;  1290

And why; for shame; and it were eek to sone

To graunten him so greet a libertee。

‘For playnly hir entente;' as seyde she;

‘Was for to love him unwist; if she mighte;

And guerdon him with no…thing but with sighte。'  1295



But Pandarus thoughte; ‘It shal not be so;

If that I may; this nyce opinioun

Shal not be holden fully yeres two。'

What sholde I make of this a long sermoun?

He moste assente on that conclusioun;  1300

As for the tyme; and whan that it was eve;

And al was wel; he roos and took his leve。



And on his wey ful faste homward he spedde;

And right for Ioye he felte his herte daunce;

And Troilus he fond alone a…bedde;  1305

That lay as dooth these loveres; in a traunce;

Bitwixen hope and derk desesperaunce。

But Pandarus; right at his in…cominge;

He song; as who seyth; ‘Lo! Sumwhat I bringe;'



And seyde; ‘Who is in his bed so sone  1310

Y…buried thus?' ‘It am I; freend;' quod he。

‘Who; Troilus? Nay; helpe me so the mone;'

Quod Pandarus; ‘Thou shalt aryse and see

A charme that was sent right now to thee;

The which can helen thee of thyn accesse;  1315

If thou do forth…with al thy besinesse。'



‘Ye; through the might of god!' quod Troilus。

And Pandarus gan him the lettre take;

And seyde; ‘Pardee; god hath holpen us;

Have here a light; and loke on al this blake。'  1320

But ofte gan the herte glade and quake

Of Troilus; whyl that he gan it rede;

So as the wordes yave him hope or drede。



But fynally; he took al for the beste

That she him wroot; for somwhat he biheld  1325

On which; him thoughte; he mighte his herte reste;

Al covered she the wordes under sheld。

Thus to the more worthy part he held;

That; what for hope and Pandarus biheste;

His grete wo for…yede he at the leste。  1330



But as we may alday our…selven see;

Through more wode or col; the more fyr;

Right so encrees hope; of what it be;

Therwith ful ofte encreseth eek desyr;

Or; as an ook cometh of a litel spyr;  1335

So through this lettre; which that she him sente;

Encresen gan desyr; of which he brente。



Wherfore I seye alwey; that day and night

This Troilus gan to desiren more

Than he dide erst; thurgh hope; and dide his might  1340

To pressen on; as by Pandarus lore;

And wryten to hir of his sorwes sore

Fro day to day; he leet it not refreyde;

That by Pandare he wroot somwhat or seyde;



And dide also his othere observaunces  1345

That to a lovere longeth in this cas;

And; after that these dees turnede on chaunces;

So was he outher glad or seyde ‘Allas!'

And held after his gestes ay his pas;

And aftir swiche answeres as he hadde;  1350

So were his dayes sory outher gladde。



But to Pandare alwey was his recours;

And pitously gan ay til him to pleyne;

And him bisoughte of rede and som socours;

And Pandarus; that sey his wode peyne;  1355

Wex wel neigh deed for routhe; sooth to seyne;

And bisily with al his herte caste

Som of his wo to sleen; and that as faste;



And seyde; ‘Lord; and freend; and brother dere;

God woot that thy disese dooth me wo。  1360

But woltow stinten al this woful chere;

And; by my trouthe; or it be dayes two;

And god to…forn; yet shal I shape it so;

That thou shalt come in…to a certayn place;

Ther…as thou mayst thy…self hir preye of grace。  1365



‘And certainly; I noot if thou it wost;

But tho that been expert in love it seye;

It is oon of the thinges that furthereth most;

A man to have a leyser for to preye;

And siker place his wo for to biwreye;  1370

For in good herte

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