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A…mong the Grekes; ful of worthinesse;

And eche of hem with herte; wit; and might

To plesen yow don al his besinesse;

That ye shul dullen of the rudenesse

Of us sely Troianes; but…if routhe  1490

Remorde yow; or vertue of your trouthe。



‘And this to me so grevous is to thinke;

That fro my brest it wol my soule rende;

Ne dredeles; in me ther may not sinke

A good opinioun; if that ye wende;  1495

For…why your faderes sleighte wol us shende。

And if ye goon; as I have told yow yore;

So thenk I nam but deed; with…oute more。



‘For which; with humble; trewe; and pitous herte;

A thousand tymes mercy I yow preye;  1500

So reweth on myn aspre peynes smerte;

And doth somwhat; as that I shal yow seye;

And lat us stele away bitwixe us tweye;

And thenk that folye is; whan man may chese;

For accident his substaunce ay to lese。  1505



‘I mene this; that sin we mowe er day

Wel stele away; and been to…gider so;

What wit were it to putten in assay;

In cas ye sholden to your fader go;

If that ye mighte come ayein or no?  1510

Thus mene I; that it were a gret folye

To putte that sikernesse in Iupertye。



‘And vulgarly to speken of substaunce

Of tresour; may we bothe with us lede

Y…nough to live in honour and plesaunce;  1515

Til in…to tyme that we shal ben dede;

And thus we may eschewen al this drede。

For everich other wey ye can recorde;

Myn herte; y…wis; may not ther…with acorde。



‘And hardily; ne dredeth no poverte;  1520

For I have kin and freendes elles…where

That; though we comen in oure bare sherte;

Us sholde neither lakke gold ne gere;

But been honured whyl we dwelten there。

And go we anoon; for; as in myn entente;  1525

This is the beste; if that ye wole assente。'



Criseyde; with a syk; right in this wyse

Answerde; ‘Y…wis; my dere herte trewe;

We may wel stele away; as ye devyse;

And finde swich unthrifty weyes newe;  1530

But afterward; ful sore it wol us rewe。

And help me god so at my moste nede

As causeles ye suffren al this drede!



‘For thilke day that I for cherisshinge

Or drede of fader; or of other wight;  1535

Or for estat; delyt; or for weddinge;

Be fals to yow; my Troilus; my knight;

Saturnes doughter; Iuno; thorugh hir might;

As wood as Athamante do me dwelle

Eternaly in Stix; the put of helle!  1540



‘And this on every god celestial

I swere it yow; and eek on eche goddesse;

On every Nymphe and deite infernal;

On Satiry and Fauny more and lesse;

That halve goddes been of wildernesse;  1545

And Attropos my threed of lyf to…breste

If I be fals; now trowe me if thow leste!



‘And thou; Simoys; that as an arwe clere

Thorugh Troye rennest ay downward to the see;

Ber witnesse of this word that seyd is here;  1550

That thilke day that ich untrewe be

To Troilus; myn owene herte free;

That thou retorne bakwarde to thy welle;

And I with body and soule sinke in helle!



‘But that ye speke; awey thus for to go  1555

And leten alle your freendes; god for…bede;

For any womman; that ye sholden so;

And namely; sin Troye hath now swich nede

Of help; and eek of o thing taketh hede;

If this were wist; my lif laye in balaunce;  1560

And your honour; god shilde us fro mischaunce!



‘And if so be that pees her…after take;

As alday happeth; after anger; game;

Why; lord! The sorwe and wo ye wolden make;

That ye ne dorste come ayein for shame!  1565

And er that ye Iuparten so your name;

Beth nought to hasty in this hote fare;

For hasty man ne wanteth never care。



‘What trowe ye the peple eek al aboute

Wolde of it seye? It is ful light to arede。  1570

They wolden seye; and swere it; out of doute;

That love ne droof yow nought to doon this dede;

But lust voluptuous and coward drede。

Thus were al lost; y…wis; myn herte dere;

Your honour; which that now shyneth so clere。  1575



‘And also thenketh on myn honestee;

That floureth yet; how foule I sholde it shende;

And with what filthe it spotted sholde be;

If in this forme I sholde with yow wende。

Ne though I livede un…to the worldes ende;  1580

My name sholde I never ayeinward winne;

Thus were I lost; and that were routhe and sinne。



‘And for…thy slee with reson al this hete;

Men seyn; 〃The suffraunt overcometh;〃 pardee;

Eek 〃Who…so wol han leef; he lief mot lete;〃  1585

Thus maketh vertue of necessitee

By pacience; and thenk that lord is he

Of fortune ay; that nought wol of hir recche;

And she ne daunteth no wight but a wrecche。



‘And trusteth this; that certes; herte swete;  1590

Er Phebus suster; Lucina the shene;

The Leoun passe out of this Ariete;

I wol ben here; with…outen any wene。

I mene; as helpe me Iuno; hevenes quene;

The tenthe day; but…if that deeth me assayle;  1595

I wol yow seen with…outen any fayle。'



‘And now; so this be sooth;' quod Troilus;

‘I shal wel suffre un…to the tenthe day;

Sin that I see that nede it moot be thus。

But; for the love of god; if it be may;  1600

So lat us stele prively away;

For ever in oon; as for to live in reste;

Myn herte seyth that it wol been the beste。'



‘O mercy; god; what lyf is this?' quod she;

‘Allas; ye slee me thus for verray tene!  1605

I see wel now that ye mistrusten me;

For by your wordes it is wel y…sene。

Now; for the love of Cynthia the shene;

Mistrust me not thus causeles; for routhe;

Sin to be trewe I have yow plight my trouthe。  1610



‘And thenketh wel; that som tyme it is wit

To spende a tyme; a tyme for to winne;

Ne; pardee; lorn am I nought fro yow yit;

Though that we been a day or two a…twinne。

Dryf out the fantasyes yow with…inne;  1615

And trusteth me; and leveth eek your sorwe;

Or here my trouthe; I wol not live til morwe。



‘For if ye wiste how sore it doth me smerte;

Ye wolde cesse of this; for god; thou wost;

The pure spirit wepeth in myn herte;  1620

To see yow wepen that I love most;

And that I moot gon to the Grekes ost。

Ye; nere it that I wiste remedye

To come ayein; right here I wolde dye!



‘But certes; I am not so nyce a wight  1625

That I ne can imaginen a wey

To come ayein that day that I have hight。

For who may holde thing that wol a…way?

My fader nought; for al his queynte pley。

And by my thrift; my wending out of Troye  1630

Another day shal torne us alle to Ioye。



‘For…thy; with al myn herte I yow beseke;

If that yow list don ought for my preyere;

And for the love which that I love yow eke;

That er that I departe fro yow here;  1635

That of so good a comfort and a chere

I may you seen; that ye may bringe at reste

Myn herte; which that is at point to breste。



‘And over al this I pray yow;' quod she tho;

‘Myn owene hertes soothfast suffisaunce;  1640

Sin I am thyn al hool; with…outen mo;

That whyl that I am absent; no plesaunce

Of othere do me fro your remembraunce。

For I am ever a…gast; for…why men rede;

That 〃love is thing ay ful of bisy drede。〃  1645



‘For in this world ther liveth lady noon;

If that ye were untrewe; as god defende!

That so bitraysed were or wo bigoon

As I; that alle trouthe in yow entende。

And douteles; if that ich other wende;  1650

I nere but deed; and er ye cause finde;

For goddes love; so beth me not unkinde。'



To this answerde Troilus and seyde;

‘Now god; to whom ther nis no cause y…wrye;

Me glade; as wis I never un…to Criseyde;  1655

Sin thilke day I saw hir first with ye;

Was fals; ne never shal til that I dye。

At shorte wordes; wel ye may me leve;

I can no more; it shal be founde at preve。'



‘Graunt mercy; goode myn; y…wis;' quod she;  1660

‘And blisful Venus lat me never sterve

Er I may stonde of plesaunce in degree

To quyte him wel; that so wel can deserve;

And whyl that god my wit wol me conserve;

I shal so doon; so trewe I have yow founde;  1665

That ay honour to me…ward shal rebounde。



‘For trusteth wel; that your estat royal

Ne veyn delyt; nor only worthinesse

Of yow in werre; or torney marcial;

Ne pompe; array; nobley; or eek richesse;  1670

Ne made me to rewe on your distresse;

But moral vertue; grounded upon trouthe;

That was the cause I first hadde on yow routhe!



‘Eek gentil herte and manhod that ye hadde;

And that ye hadde; as me thoughte; in despyt  1675

Every thing that souned in…to badde;

As rudenesse and poeplish appetyt;

And that your reson brydled your delyt;

This made; aboven every creature;

That I was your; and shal; whyl I may dure。  1680



‘And this may lengthe of yeres not for…do;

Ne remuable fortune deface;

But Iuppiter; that of his might may do

The sorwful to be glad; so yeve us grace;

Er nightes ten; to meten in this place;  1685

So that it may your herte and myn suffyse;

And fareth now wel; for tyme is that ye ryse。'



And after that they longe y…pleyned hadde;

And ofte y…kist; and streite in armes folde;

The day gan ryse; and Troilus him cladde;  1690

And rewfulliche his lady gan biholde;

As he that felte dethes cares colde;

And to hir grace he gan him recomaunde;

Wher him was wo; this holde I no demaunde。



For mannes heed imaginen ne can;  1695

Ne entendement considere; ne tonge telle

The cruel peynes of this sorwful man;

That passen every torment doun in helle。

For whan he saugh that she ne mighte dwelle;

Which that his soule out of his herte rente;  1700

With…outen more; out of the chaumbre he wente。



Explicit Liber Quartus。







BOOK V



Incipit Liber Quintus。



Aprochen gan the fatal destinee

That Ioves hath in disposicioun;

And to yow; angry Parcas; sustren three;

Committeth; to don execucioun;

For which Criseyde moste out of the toun;  5

And Troilus shal dwelle forth in pyne

Til Lachesis his threed no lenger twyne。 



The golden…tressed Phebus heighe on…lofte

Thryes hadde alle with his bemes shene

The snowes molte; and Zephirus as ofte  10

Y…brought ayein the tendre leves grene;

Sin that the sone of Ecuba the quene

Bigan to love hir first; for whom his sorwe

Was al; that she departe sholde a…morwe。



Ful redy was at pryme Dyomede;  15

Criseyde un…to the Grekes ost to lede;

For sorwe of which she felt hir herte blede;

As she that niste what was best to rede。

And trewely; as men in bokes rede;

Men wiste never womman han the care;  20

Ne was so looth out of a toun to fare。



This Troilus; with…outen reed or lore;

As man that hath his Ioyes eek forlore;

Was waytinge on his lady ever…more

As she that was the soothfast crop and more  25

Of al his lust; or Ioyes here…tofore。

But Troilus; now farewel al thy Ioye;

For shaltow never seen hir eft in Troye!



Soth is; that whyl he bood in this manere;

He gan his wo ful manly for to hyde。  30

That wel unnethe it seen was in his chere;

But at the yate ther she sholde oute ryde

With certeyn folk; he hoved hir tabyde;

So wo bigoon; al wolde he nought him pleyne;

That on his hors unnethe he sat for p

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