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And al the richesse of his sykes sore

At ones fledde; he felte of hem no more。  350



But right so as these holtes and these hayes;

That han in winter dede been and dreye;

Revesten hem in grene; whan that May is;

Whan every lusty lyketh best to pleye;

Right in that selve wyse; sooth to seye;  355

Wax sodeynliche his herte ful of Ioye;

That gladder was ther never man in Troye。



And gan his look on Pandarus up caste

Ful sobrely; and frendly for to see;

And seyde; ‘Freend; in Aprille the laste;  360

As wel thou wost; if it remembre thee;

How neigh the deeth for wo thou founde me;

And how thou didest al thy bisinesse

To knowe of me the cause of my distresse。



‘Thou wost how longe I it for…bar to seye  365

To thee; that art the man that I best triste;

And peril was it noon to thee by…wreye;

That wiste I wel; but tel me; if thee liste;

Sith I so looth was that thy…self it wiste;

How dorst I mo tellen of this matere;  370

That quake now; and no wight may us here?



‘But natheles; by that god I thee swere;

That; as him list; may al this world governe;

And; if I lye; Achilles with his spere

Myn herte cleve; al were my lyf eterne;  375

As I am mortal; if I late or yerne

Wolde it biwreye; or dorste; or sholde conne;

For al the good that god made under sonne;



‘That rather deye I wolde; and determyne;

As thinketh me; now stokked in presoun;  380

In wrecchednesse; in filthe; and in vermyne;

Caytif to cruel king Agamenoun;

And this; in alle the temples of this toun

Upon the goddes alle; I wol thee swere;

To…morwe day; if that thee lyketh here。  385



‘And that thou hast so muche y…doon for me;

That I ne may it never…more deserve;

This knowe I wel; al mighte I now for thee

A thousand tymes on a morwen sterve。

I can no more; but that I wol thee serve  390

Right as thy sclave; whider…so thou wende;

For ever…more; un…to my lyves ende!



‘But here; with al myn herte; I thee biseche;

That never in me thou deme swich folye

As I shal seyn; me thoughte; by thy speche;  395

That this; which thou me dost for companye;

I sholde wene it were a bauderye;

I am nought wood; al…if I lewed be;

It is not so; that woot I wel; pardee。



‘But he that goth; for gold or for richesse;  400

On swich message; calle him what thee list;

And this that thou dost; calle it gentilesse;

Compassioun; and felawship; and trist;

Departe it so; for wyde…where is wist

How that there is dyversitee requered  405

Bitwixen thinges lyke; as I have lered。



‘And; that thou knowe I thenke nought ne wene

That this servyse a shame be or Iape;

I have my faire suster Polixene;

Cassandre; Eleyne; or any of the frape;  410

Be she never so faire or wel y…shape;

Tel me; which thou wilt of everichone;

To han for thyn; and lat me thanne allone。



‘But; sith that thou hast don me this servyse

My lyf to save; and for noon hope of mede;  415

So; for the love of god; this grete empryse

Performe it out; for now is moste nede。

For high and low; with…outen any drede;

I wol alwey thyne hestes alle kepe;

Have now good night; and lat us bothe slepe。'  420



Thus held him ech of other wel apayed;

That al the world ne mighte it bet amende;

And; on the morwe; whan they were arayed;

Ech to his owene nedes gan entende。

But Troilus; though as the fyr he brende  425

For sharp desyr of hope and of plesaunce;

He not for…gat his gode governaunce。



But in him…self with manhod gan restreyne

Ech rakel dede and ech unbrydled chere;

That alle tho that liven; sooth to seyne;  430

Ne sholde han wist; by word or by manere;

What that he mente; as touching this matere。

From every wight as fer as is the cloude

He was; so wel dissimulen he coude。



And al the whyl which that I yow devyse;  435

This was his lyf; with al his fulle might;

By day he was in Martes high servyse;

This is to seyn; in armes as a knight;

And for the more part; the longe night

He lay; and thoughte how that he mighte serve  440

His lady best; hir thank for to deserve。



Nil I nought swere; al…though he lay softe;

That in his thought he nas sumwhat disesed;

Ne that he tornede on his pilwes ofte;

And wolde of that him missed han ben sesed;  445

But in swich cas men is nought alwey plesed;

For ought I wot; no more than was he;

That can I deme of possibilitee。



But certeyn is; to purpos for to go;

That in this whyle; as writen is in geste;  450

He say his lady som…tyme; and also

She with him spak; whan that she dorste or leste;

And by hir bothe avys; as was the beste;

Apoynteden ful warly in this nede;

So as they dorste; how they wolde procede。  455



But it was spoken in so short a wyse;

In swich awayt alwey; and in swich fere;

Lest any wyght devynen or devyse

Wolde of hem two; or to it leye an ere;

That al this world so leef to hem ne were  460

As that Cupido wolde hem grace sende

To maken of hir speche aright an ende。



But thilke litel that they spake or wroughte;

His wyse goost took ay of al swich hede;

It semed hir; he wiste what she thoughte  465

With…outen word; so that it was no nede

To bidde him ought to done; or ought for…bede;

For which she thought that love; al come it late;

Of alle Ioye hadde opned hir the yate。



And shortly of this proces for to pace;  470

So wel his werk and wordes he bisette;

That he so ful stood in his lady grace;

That twenty thousand tymes; or she lette;

She thonked god she ever with him mette;

So coude he him governe in swich servyse;  475

That al the world ne might it bet devyse。



For…why she fond him so discreet in al;

So secret; and of swich obeisaunce;

That wel she felte he was to hir a wal

Of steel; and sheld from every displesaunce;  480

That; to ben in his gode governaunce;

So wys he was; she was no more afered;

I mene; as fer as oughte ben requered。



And Pandarus; to quike alwey the fyr;

Was evere y…lyke prest and diligent;  485

To ese his frend was set al his desyr。

He shof ay on; he to and fro was sent;

He lettres bar whan Troilus was absent。

That never man; as in his freendes nede;

Ne bar him bet than he; with…outen drede。  490



But now; paraunter; som man wayten wolde

That every word; or sonde; or look; or chere

Of Troilus that I rehersen sholde;

In al this whyle un…to his lady dere;

I trowe it were a long thing for to here;  495

Or of what wight that stant in swich disioynte;

His wordes alle; or every look; to poynte。



For sothe; I have not herd it doon er this;

In storye noon; ne no man here; I wene;

And though I wolde I coude not; y…wis;  500

For ther was som epistel hem bitwene;

That wolde; as seyth myn auctor; wel contene

Neigh half this book; of which him list not wryte;

How sholde I thanne a lyne of it endyte?



But to the grete effect: than sey I thus;  505

That stonding in concord and in quiete;

Thise ilke two; Criseyde and Troilus;

As I have told; and in this tyme swete;

Save only often mighte they not mete;

Ne layser have hir speches to fulfelle;  510

That it befel right as I shal yow telle。



That Pandarus; that ever dide his might

Right for the fyn that I shal speke of here;

As for to bringe to his hous som night

His faire nece; and Troilus y…fere;  515

Wher…as at leyser al this heigh matere;

Touching hir love; were at the fulle up…bounde;

Hadde out of doute a tyme to it founde。



For he with greet deliberacioun

Hadde every thing that her…to mighte avayle  520

Forn…cast; and put in execucioun。

And neither laft; for cost ne for travayle;

Come if hem list; hem sholde no…thing fayle;

And for to been in ought espyed there;

That; wiste he wel; an inpossible were。  525



Dredelees; it cleer was in the wind

Of every pye and every lette…game;

Now al is wel; for al the world is blind

In this matere; bothe fremed and tame。

This timbur is al redy up to frame;  530

Us lakketh nought but that we witen wolde

A certein houre; in which she comen sholde。



And Troilus; that al this purveyaunce

Knew at the fulle; and waytede on it ay;

Hadde here…up…on eek made gret ordenaunce;  535

And founde his cause; and ther…to his aray;

If that he were missed; night or day;

Ther…whyle he was aboute this servyse;

That he was goon to doon his sacrifyse;



And moste at swich a temple alone wake;  540

Answered of Appollo for to be;

And first to seen the holy laurer quake;

Er that Apollo spak out of the tree;

To telle him next whan Grekes sholden flee;

And forthy lette him no man; god forbede;  545

But preye Apollo helpen in this nede。



Now is ther litel more for to doone;

But Pandare up; and shortly for to seyne;

Right sone upon the chaunging of the mone;

Whan lightles is the world a night or tweyne;  550

And that the welken shoop him for to reyne;

He streight a…morwe un…to his nece wente;

Ye han wel herd the fyn of his entente。



Whan he was come; he gan anoon to pleye

As he was wont; and of him…self to Iape;  555

And fynally; he swor and gan hir seye;

By this and that; she sholde him not escape;

Ne lengere doon him after hir to gape;

But certeynly she moste; by hir leve;

Come soupen in his hous with him at eve。  560



At whiche she lough; and gan hir faste excuse;

And seyde; ‘It rayneth; lo; how sholde I goon?'

‘Lat be;' quod he; ‘ne stond not thus to muse;

This moot be doon; ye shal be ther anoon。'

So at the laste her…of they felle at oon;  565

Or elles; softe he swor hir in hir ere;

He nolde never come ther she were。



Sone after this; to him she gan to rowne;

And asked him if Troilus were there?

He swor hir; ‘Nay; for he was out of towne;'  570

And seyde; ‘Nece; I pose that he were;

Yow thurfte never have the more fere。

For rather than men mighte him ther aspye;

Me were lever a thousand…fold to dye。'



Nought list myn auctor fully to declare  575

What that she thoughte whan he seyde so;

That Troilus was out of town y…fare;

As if he seyde ther…of sooth or no;

But that; with…outen awayt; with him to go;

She graunted him; sith he hir that bisoughte  580

And; as his nece; obeyed as hir oughte。



But nathelees; yet gan she him biseche;

Al…though with him to goon it was no fere;

For to be war of goosish peples speche;

That dremen thinges whiche that never were;  585

And wel avyse him whom he broughte there;

And seyde him; ‘Eem; sin I mot on yow triste;

Loke al be wel; and do now as yow liste。'



He swor hire; ‘Yis; by stokkes and by stones;

And by the goddes that in hevene dwelle;  590

Or elles were him levere; soule and bones;

With Pluto king as depe been in helle

As Tantalus!' What sholde I more telle?

Whan al was wel; he roos and took his leve;

And she to souper com; whan it was eve;  595



With a certayn of hir owene men;

And with hir faire nece Antigone;

And othere of hir wommen nyne or ten;

But who was glad now; who; as trowe ye

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