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I hope al shal be wel that is amis;  845

For ye may quenche al this; if that yow leste;

And doth right so; for I holde it the beste。'



‘So shal I do to…morwe; y…wis;' quod she;

‘And god to…forn; so that it shal suffyse。'

‘To…morwe? Allas; that were a fair!' quod he;  850

‘Nay; nay; it may not stonden in this wyse;

For; nece myn; thus wryten clerkes wyse;

That peril is with drecching in y…drawe;

Nay; swich abodes been nought worth an hawe。



‘Nece; al thing hath tyme; I dar avowe;  855

For whan a chaumber a…fyr is; or an halle;

Wel more nede is; it sodeynly rescowe

Than to dispute; and axe amonges alle

How is this candele in the straw y…falle?

A! Benedicite! For al among that fare  860

The harm is doon; and fare…wel feldefare!



‘And; nece myn; ne take it not a…greef;

If that ye suffre him al night in this wo;

God help me so; ye hadde him never leef;

That dar I seyn; now there is but we two;  865

But wel I woot; that ye wol not do so;

Ye been to wys to do so gret folye;

To putte his lyf al night in Iupertye。



‘Hadde I him never leef? By god; I wene

Ye hadde never thing so leef;' quod she。  870

‘Now by my thrift;' quod he; ‘that shal be sene;

For; sin ye make this ensample of me;

If I al night wolde him in sorwe see

For al the tresour in the toun of Troye;

I bidde god; I never mote have Ioye!  875



‘Now loke thanne; if ye; that been his love;

Shul putte al night his lyf in Iupartye

For thing of nought! Now; by that god above;

Nought only this delay comth of folye;

But of malyce; if that I shal nought lye。  880

What; platly; and ye suffre him in distresse;

Ye neither bountee doon ne gentilesse!'



Quod tho Criseyde; ‘Wole ye doon o thing;

And ye therwith shal stinte al his disese?

Have here; and bereth him this blewe ringe;  885

For ther is no…thing mighte him bettre plese;

Save I my…self; ne more his herte apese;

And sey my dere herte; that his sorwe

Is causeles; that shal be seen to…morwe。'



‘A ring?' quod he; ‘Ye; hasel…wodes shaken!  890

Ye nece myn; that ring moste han a stoon

That mighte dede men alyve maken;

And swich a ring trowe I that ye have noon。

Discrecioun out of your heed is goon;

That fele I now;' quod he; ‘and that is routhe;  895

O tyme y…lost; wel maystow cursen slouthe!



‘Wot ye not wel that noble and heigh corage

Ne sorweth not; ne stinteth eek for lyte?

But if a fool were in a Ialous rage;

I nolde setten at his sorwe a myte;  900

But feffe him with a fewe wordes whyte

Another day; whan that I mighte him finde;

But this thing stant al in another kinde。



‘This is so gentil and so tendre of herte;

That with his deeth he wol his sorwes wreke;  905

For trusteth wel; how sore that him smerte;

He wol to yow no Ialouse wordes speke。

And for…thy; nece; er that his herte breke;

So spek your…self to him of this matere;

For with o word ye may his herte stere。  910



‘Now have I told what peril he is inne;

And his coming unwist is to every wight;

Ne; pardee; harm may ther be noon; ne sinne;

I wol my…self be with yow al this night。

Ye knowe eek how it is your owne knight;  915

And that; by right; ye moste upon him triste;

And I al prest to fecche him whan yow liste。'



This accident so pitous was to here;

And eek so lyk a sooth; at pryme face;

And Troilus hir knight to hir so dere;  920

His prive coming; and the siker place;

That; though that she dide him as thanne a grace;

Considered alle thinges as they stode;

No wonder is; sin she dide al for gode。



Cryseyde answerde; ‘As wisly god at reste  925

My sowle bringe; as me is for him wo!

And eem; y…wis; fayn wolde I doon the beste;

If that I hadde grace to do so。

But whether that ye dwelle or for him go;

I am; til god me bettre minde sende;  930

At dulcarnon; right at my wittes ende。'



Quod Pandarus; ‘Ye; nece; wol ye here?

Dulcarnon called is 〃fleminge of wrecches〃;

It semeth hard; for wrecches wol not lere

For verray slouthe or othere wilful tecches;  935

This seyd by hem that be not worth two fecches。

But ye ben wys; and that we han on honde

Nis neither hard; ne skilful to withstonde。'



‘Thanne; eem;' quod she; ‘doth her…of as yow list;

But er he come; I wil up first aryse;  940

And; for the love of god; sin al my trist

Is on yow two; and ye ben bothe wyse;

So wircheth now in so discreet a wyse;

That I honour may have; and he plesaunce;

For I am here al in your governaunce。'  945



‘That is wel seyd;' quod he; ‘my nece dere'

Ther good thrift on that wyse gentil herte!

But liggeth stille; and taketh him right here;

It nedeth not no ferther for him sterte;

And ech of yow ese otheres sorwes smerte;  950

For love of god; and; Venus; I the herie;

For sone hope I we shulle ben alle merie。'



This Troilus ful sone on knees him sette

Ful sobrely; right be hir beddes heed;

And in his beste wyse his lady grette;  955

But lord; so she wex sodeynliche reed!

Ne; though men sholden smyten of hir heed;

She coude nought a word a…right out…bringe

So sodeynly; for his sodeyn cominge。



But Pandarus; that so wel coude fele  960

In every thing; to pleye anoon bigan;

And seyde; ‘Nece; see how this lord can knele!

Now; for your trouthe; seeth this gentil man!'

And with that word he for a quisshen ran;

And seyde; ‘Kneleth now; whyl that yow leste;  965

Ther god your hertes bringe sone at reste!'



Can I not seyn; for she bad him not ryse;

If sorwe it putte out of hir remembraunce;

Or elles that she toke it in the wyse

Of duetee; as for his observaunce;  970

But wel finde I she dide him this plesaunce;

That she him kiste; al…though she syked sore;

And bad him sitte a…doun with…outen more。



Quod Pandarus; ‘Now wol ye wel biginne;

Now doth him sitte; gode nece dere;  975

Upon your beddes syde al there with…inne;

That ech of yow the bet may other here。'

And with that word he drow him to the fere;

And took a light; and fond his contenaunce;

As for to loke up…on an old romaunce。  980



Criseyde; that was Troilus lady right;

And cleer stood on a ground of sikernesse;

Al thoughte she; hir servaunt and hir knight

Ne sholde of right non untrouthe in hir gesse;

Yet nathelees; considered his distresse;  985

And that love is in cause of swich folye;

Thus to him spak she of his Ialousye:



‘Lo; herte myn; as wolde the excellence

Of love; ayeins the which that no man may;

Ne oughte eek goodly maken resistence  990

And eek bycause I felte wel and say

Youre grete trouthe; and servyse every day;

And that your herte al myn was; sooth to seyne;

This droof me for to rewe up…on your peyne。



‘And your goodnesse have I founde alwey yit;  995

Of whiche; my dere herte and al my knight;

I thonke it yow; as fer as I have wit;

Al can I nought as muche as it were right;

And I; emforth my conninge and my might;

Have and ay shal; how sore that me smerte;  1000

Ben to yow trewe and hool; with a myn herte;



‘And dredelees; that shal be founde at preve。 

But; herte myn; what al this is to seyne

Shal wel be told; so that ye noght yow greve;

Though I to yow right on your…self compleyne。  1005

For ther…with mene I fynally the peyne;

That halt your herte and myn in hevinesse;

Fully to sleen; and every wrong redresse。



‘My goode; myn; not I for…why ne how

That Ialousye; allas! That wikked wivere;  1010

Thus causelees is cropen in…to yow;

The harm of which I wolde fayn delivere!

Allas! That he; al hool; or of him slivere;

Shuld have his refut in so digne a place;

Ther Iove him sone out of your herte arace!  1015



‘But O; thou Iove; O auctor of nature;

Is this an honour to thy deitee;

That folk ungiltif suffren here iniure;

And who that giltif is; al quit goth he?

O were it leful for to pleyne on thee;  1020

That undeserved suffrest Ialousye;

Of that I wolde up…on thee pleyne and crye!



‘Eek al my wo is this; that folk now usen

To seyn right thus; 〃Ye; Ialousye is love!〃

And wolde a busshel venim al excusen;  1025

For that o greyn of love is on it shove!

But that wot heighe god that sit above;

If it be lyker love; or hate; or grame;

And after that; it oughte bere his name。



‘But certeyn is; som maner Ialousye  1030

Is excusable more than som; y…wis。

As whan cause is; and som swich fantasye

With pietee so wel repressed is;

That it unnethe dooth or seyth amis;

But goodly drinketh up al his distresse;  1035

And that excuse I; for the gentilesse。



‘And som so ful of furie is and despyt

That it sourmounteth his repressioun;

But herte myn; ye be not in that plyt;

That thanke I god; for whiche your passioun  1040

I wol not calle it but illusioun;

Of habundaunce of love and bisy cure;

That dooth your herte this disese endure。



‘Of which I am right sory but not wrooth;

But; for my devoir and your hertes reste;  1045

Wher…so yow list; by ordal or by ooth;

By sort; or in what wyse so yow leste;

For love of god; lat preve it for the beste!

And if that I be giltif; do me deye;

Allas! What mighte I more doon or seye?'  1050



With that a fewe brighte teres newe

Owt of hir eyen fille; and thus she seyde;

‘Now god; thou wost; in thought ne dede untrewe

To Troilus was never yet Criseyde。'

With that hir heed doun in the bed she leyde;  1055

And with the shete it wreigh; and syghed sore;

And held hir pees; not o word spak she more。



But now help god to quenchen al this sorwe;

So hope I that he shal; for he best may;

For I have seyn; of a ful misty morwe  1060

Folwen ful ofte a mery someres day;

And after winter folweth grene May。

Men seen alday; and reden eek in stories;

That after sharpe shoures been victories。



This Troilus; whan he hir wordes herde;  1065

Have ye no care; him liste not to slepe;

For it thoughte him no strokes of a yerde

To here or seen Criseyde; his lady wepe;

But wel he felte aboute his herte crepe;

For every teer which that Criseyde asterte;  1070

The crampe of deeth; to streyne him by the herte。



And in his minde he gan the tyme acurse

That he cam there; and that that he was born;

For now is wikke y…turned in…to worse;

And al that labour he hath doon biforn;  1075

He wende it lost; he thoughte he nas but lorn。

‘O Pandarus;' thoughte he; ‘allas! Thy wyle

Serveth of nought; so weylaway the whyle!'



And therwithal he heng a…doun the heed;

And fil on knees; and sorwfully he sighte;  1080

What mighte he seyn? He felte he nas but deed;

For wrooth was she that shulde his sorwes lighte。

But nathelees; whan that he speken mighte;

Than seyde he thus; ‘God woot; that of this game;

Whan al is wist; than am I not to blame!'  1085



Ther…with the sorwe so his herte shette;

That from his eyen fil there not a tere;

And every spirit his vigour in…knette;

So they astoned or oppressed were。

The feling of his sorwe; or of his fere;  1090

Or of ought elle

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