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And whan a wight is from hir wheel y…throwe;

Than laugheth she; and maketh him the mowe。



From Troilus she gan hir brighte face

Awey to wrythe; and took of him non hede;

But caste him clene out of his lady grace;  10

And on hir wheel she sette up Diomede;

For which right now myn herte ginneth blede;

And now my penne; allas! With which I wryte;

Quaketh for drede of that I moot endyte。



For how Criseyde Troilus forsook;  15

Or at the leste; how that she was unkinde;

Mot hennes…forth ben matere of my book;

As wryten folk through which it is in minde。

Allas! That they sholde ever cause finde

To speke hir harm; and if they on hir lye;  20

Y…wis; hem…self sholde han the vilanye。



O ye Herines; Nightes doughtren three;

That endelees compleynen ever in pyne;

Megera; Alete; and eek Thesiphone;

Thou cruel Mars eek; fader to Quiryne;  25

This ilke ferthe book me helpeth fyne;

So that the los of lyf and love y…fere

Of Troilus be fully shewed here。



Explicit prohemium。



Incipit Quartus Liber。



Ligginge in ost; as I have seyd er this;

The Grekes stronge; aboute Troye toun;  30

Bifel that; whan that Phebus shyning is

Up…on the brest of Hercules Lyoun;

That Ector; with ful many a bold baroun;

Caste on a day with Grekes for to fighte;

As he was wont to greve hem what he mighte。  35



Not I how longe or short it was bitwene

This purpos and that day they fighte mente;

But on a day wel armed; bright and shene;

Ector; and many a worthy wight out wente;

With spere in hond and bigge bowes bente;  40

And in the herd; with…oute lenger lette;

Hir fomen in the feld anoon hem mette。



The longe day; with speres sharpe y…grounde;

With arwes; dartes; swerdes; maces felle;

They fighte and bringen hors and man to grounde;  45

And with hir axes out the braynes quelle。

But in the laste shour; sooth for to telle;

The folk of Troye hem…selven so misledden;

That with the worse at night homward they fledden。



At whiche day was taken Antenor;  50

Maugre Polydamas or Monesteo;

Santippe; Sarpedon; Polynestor;

Polyte; or eek the Troian daun Ripheo;

And othere lasse folk; as Phebuseo。

So that; for harm; that day the folk of Troye  55

Dredden to lese a greet part of hir Ioye。



Of Pryamus was yeve; at Greek requeste;

A tyme of trewe; and tho they gonnen trete;

Hir prisoneres to chaungen; moste and leste;

And for the surplus yeven sommes grete。  60

This thing anoon was couth in every strete;

Bothe in thassege; in toune; and every…where;

And with the firste it cam to Calkas ere。



Whan Calkas knew this tretis sholde holde;

In consistorie; among the Grekes; sone  65

He gan in thringe forth; with lordes olde;

And sette him there…as he was wont to done;

And with a chaunged face hem bad a bone;

For love of god; to don that reverence;

To stinte noyse; and yeve him audience。  70



Thanne seyde he thus; ‘Lo! Lordes myne; I was

Troian; as it is knowen out of drede;

And; if that yow remembre; I am Calkas;

That alderfirst yaf comfort to your nede;

And tolde wel how that ye sholden spede。  75

For dredelees; thorugh yow; shal; in a stounde;

Ben Troye y…brend; and beten doun to grounde。



‘And in what forme; or in what maner wyse

This town to shende; and al your lust to acheve;

Ye han er this wel herd it me devyse;  80

This knowe ye; my lordes; as I leve。

And for the Grekes weren me so leve;

I com my…self in my propre persone;

To teche in this how yow was best to done;



‘Havinge un…to my tresour ne my rente  85

Right no resport; to respect of your ese。

Thus al my good I loste and to yow wente;

Wening in this you; lordes; for to plese。

But al that los ne doth me no disese。

I vouche…sauf; as wisly have I Ioye;  90

For you to lese al that I have in Troye;



‘Save of a doughter; that I lafte; allas!

Slepinge at hoom; whanne out of Troye I sterte。

O sterne; O cruel fader that I was!

How mighte I have in that so hard an herte?  95

Allas! I ne hadde y…brought hir in hir sherte!

For sorwe of which I wol not live to morwe;

But…if ye lordes rewe up…on my sorwe。



‘For; by that cause I say no tyme er now

Hir to delivere; I holden have my pees;  100

But now or never; if that it lyke yow;

I may hir have right sone; doutelees。

O help and grace! Amonges al this prees;

Rewe on this olde caitif in destresse;

Sin I through yow have al this hevinesse!  105



‘Ye have now caught and fetered in prisoun

Troians y…nowe; and if your willes be;

My child with oon may have redempcioun。

Now for the love of god and of bountee;

Oon of so fele; allas! So yeve him me。  110

What nede were it this preyere for to werne;

Sin ye shul bothe han folk and toun as yerne?



‘On peril of my lyf; I shal nat lye;

Appollo hath me told it feithfully;

I have eek founde it be astronomye;  115

By sort; and by augurie eek trewely;

And dar wel seye; the tyme is faste by;

That fyr and flaumbe on al the toun shal sprede;

And thus shal Troye turne to asshen dede。



‘For certeyn; Phebus and Neptunus bothe;  120

That makeden the walles of the toun;

Ben with the folk of Troye alwey so wrothe;

That thei wol bringe it to confusioun;

Right in despyt of king Lameadoun。

By…cause he nolde payen hem hir hyre;  125

The toun of Troye shal ben set on…fyre。'



Telling his tale alwey; this olde greye;

Humble in speche; and in his lokinge eke;

The salte teres from his eyen tweye

Ful faste ronnen doun by eyther cheke。  130

So longe he gan of socour hem by…seke

That; for to hele him of his sorwes sore;

They yave him Antenor; with…oute more。



But who was glad y…nough but Calkas tho?

And of this thing ful sone his nedes leyde  135

On hem that sholden for the tretis go;

And hem for Antenor ful ofte preyde

To bringen hoom king Toas and Criseyde;

And whan Pryam his save…garde sente;

Thembassadours to Troye streyght they wente。  140



The cause y…told of hir cominge; the olde

Pryam the king ful sone in general

Let here…upon his parlement to holde;

Of which the effect rehersen yow I shal。

Thembassadours ben answered for fynal;  145

Theschaunge of prisoners and al this nede

Hem lyketh wel; and forth in they procede。



This Troilus was present in the place;

Whan axed was for Antenor Criseyde;

For which ful sone chaungen gan his face;  150

As he that with tho wordes wel neigh deyde。

But nathelees; he no word to it seyde;

Lest men sholde his affeccioun espye;

With mannes herte he gan his sorwes drye。



And ful of anguissh and of grisly drede  155

Abood what lordes wolde un…to it seye;

And if they wolde graunte; as god forbede;

Theschaunge of hir; than thoughte he thinges tweye;

First; how to save hir honour; and what weye

He mighte best theschaunge of hir withstonde;  160

Ful faste he caste how al this mighte stonde。



Love him made al prest to doon hir byde;

And rather dye than she sholde go;

But resoun seyde him; on that other syde;

‘With…oute assent of hir ne do not so;  165

Lest for thy werk she wolde be thy fo;

And seyn; that thorugh thy medling is y…blowe

Your bother love; there it was erst unknowe。'



For which he gan deliberen; for the beste;

That though the lordes wolde that she wente;  170

He wolde lat hem graunte what hem leste;

And telle his lady first what that they mente。

And whan that she had seyd him hir entente;

Ther…after wolde he werken also blyve;

Though al the world ayein it wolde stryve。  175



Ector; which that wel the Grekes herde;

For Antenor how they wolde han Criseyde;

Gan it withstonde; and sobrely answerde: 

‘Sires; she nis no prisoner;' he seyde;

‘I noot on yow who that this charge leyde;  180

But; on my part; ye may eft…sone hem telle;

We usen here no wommen for to selle。'



The noyse of peple up…stirte thanne at ones;

As breme as blase of straw y…set on fyre;

For infortune it wolde; for the nones;  185

They sholden hir confusioun desyre。

‘Ector;' quod they; ‘what goost may yow enspyre

This womman thus to shilde and doon us lese

Daun Antenor?  a wrong wey now ye chese 



‘That is so wys; and eek so bold baroun;  190

And we han nede to folk; as men may see;

He is eek oon; the grettest of this toun;

O Ector; lat tho fantasyes be!

O king Priam;' quod they; ‘thus seggen we;

That al our voys is to for…gon Criseyde;'  195

And to deliveren Antenor they preyde。



O Iuvenal; lord! Trewe is thy sentence;

That litel witen folk what is to yerne

That they ne finde in hir desyr offence;

For cloud of errour let hem not descerne  200

What best is; and lo; here ensample as yerne。

This folk desiren now deliveraunce

Of Antenor; that broughte hem to mischaunce!



For he was after traytour to the toun

Of Troye; allas! They quitte him out to rathe;  205

O nyce world; lo; thy discrecioun!

Criseyde; which that never dide hem skathe;

Shal now no lenger in hir blisse bathe;

But Antenor; he shal com hoom to toune;

And she shal out; thus seyden here and howne。  210



For which delibered was by parlement

For Antenor to yelden out Criseyde;

And it pronounced by the president;

Al…theigh that Ector ‘nay' ful ofte preyde。

And fynaly; what wight that it with…seyde;  215

It was for nought; it moste been; and sholde;

For substaunce of the parlement it wolde。



Departed out of parlement echone;

This Troilus; with…oute wordes mo;

Un…to his chaumbre spedde him faste allone;  220

But…if it were a man of his or two;

The whiche he bad out faste for to go;

By…cause he wolde slepen; as he seyde;

And hastely up…on his bed him leyde。



And as in winter leves been biraft;  225

Eche after other; til the tree be bare;

So that ther nis but bark and braunche y…laft;

Lyth Troilus; biraft of ech wel…fare;

Y…bounden in the blake bark of care;

Disposed wood out of his wit to breyde;  230

So sore him sat the chaunginge of Criseyde。



He rist him up; and every dore he shette

And windowe eek; and tho this sorweful man

Up…on his beddes syde a…doun him sette;

Ful lyk a deed image pale and wan;  235

And in his brest the heped wo bigan

Out…breste; and he to werken in this wyse

In his woodnesse; as I shal yow devyse。



Right as the wilde bole biginneth springe

Now here; now there; y…darted to the herte;  240

And of his deeth roreth in compleyninge;

Right so gan he aboute the chaumbre sterte;

Smyting his brest ay with his festes smerte;

His heed to the wal; his body to the grounde

Ful ofte he swapte; him…selven to confounde。  245



His eyen two; for pitee of his herte;

Out stremeden as swifte welles tweye;

The heighe sobbes of his sorwes smerte

His speche him refte; unnethes mighte he seye;

‘O deeth; allas! Why niltow do me deye?  250

A…cursed be the day which that nature

Shoop me to ben a lyves creature!'



But after; whan the furie and the rage

Which that his herte twiste and faste threste;

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