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This Pandare; that of al the day biforn

Ne mighte han comen Troilus to see;

Al…though he on his heed it hadde y…sworn;

For with the king Pryam alday was he;

So that it lay not in his libertee  285

No…wher to gon; but on the morwe he wente

To Troilus; whan that he for him sente。



For in his herte he coude wel devyne;

That Troilus al night for sorwe wook;

And that he wolde telle him of his pyne;  290

This knew he wel y…nough; with…oute book。

For which to chaumbre streight the wey he took;

And Troilus tho sobreliche he grette;

And on the bed ful sone he gan him sette。



‘My Pandarus;' quod Troilus; ‘the sorwe  295

Which that I drye; I may not longe endure。

I trowe I shal not liven til to…morwe;

For whiche I wolde alwey; on aventure;

To thee devysen of my sepulture

The forme; and of my moeble thou dispone  300

Right as thee semeth best is for to done。



‘But of the fyr and flaumbe funeral

In whiche my body brenne shal to glede;

And of the feste and pleyes palestral

At my vigile; I prey thee tak good hede  305

That be wel; and offre Mars my stede;

My swerd; myn helm; and; leve brother dere;

My sheld to Pallas yef; that shyneth clere。



‘The poudre in which myn herte y…brend shal torne;

That preye I thee thou take and it conserve  310

In a vessel; that men clepeth an urne;

Of gold; and to my lady that I serve;

For love of whom thus pitously I sterve;

So yeve it hir; and do me this plesaunce;

To preye hir kepe it for a remembraunce。  315



‘For wel I fele; by my maladye;

And by my dremes now and yore ago;

Al certeinly; that I mot nedes dye。

The owle eek; which that hight Ascaphilo;

Hath after me shright alle thise nightes two。  320

And; god Mercurie! Of me now; woful wrecche;

The soule gyde; and; whan thee list; it fecche!'



Pandare answerde; and seyde; ‘Troilus;

My dere freend; as I have told thee yore;

That it is folye for to sorwen thus;  325

And causeles; for whiche I can no…more。

But who…so wol not trowen reed ne lore;

I can not seen in him no remedye;

But lete him worthen with his fantasye。



‘But Troilus; I pray thee tel me now;  330

If that thou trowe; er this; that any wight

Hath loved paramours as wel as thou?

Ye; god wot; and fro many a worthy knight

Hath his lady goon a fourtenight;

And he not yet made halvendel the fare。  335

What nede is thee to maken al this care?



‘Sin day by day thou mayst thy…selven see

That from his love; or elles from his wyf;

A man mot twinnen of necessitee;

Ye; though he love hir as his owene lyf;  340

Yet nil he with him…self thus maken stryf。

For wel thow wost; my leve brother dere;

That alwey freendes may nought been y…fere。



‘How doon this folk that seen hir loves wedded

By freendes might; as it bi…tit ful ofte;  345

And seen hem in hir spouses bed y…bedded?

God woot; they take it wysly; faire and softe。

For…why good hope halt up hir herte on…lofte;

And for they can a tyme of sorwe endure;

As tyme hem hurt; a tyme doth hem cure。  350



‘So sholdestow endure; and late slyde

The tyme; and fonde to ben glad and light。

Ten dayes nis so longe not tabyde。

And sin she thee to comen hath bihight;

She nil hir hestes breken for no wight。  355

For dred thee not that she nil finden weye

To come ayein; my lyf that dorste I leye。



‘Thy swevenes eek and al swich fantasye

Dryf out; and lat hem faren to mischaunce;

For they procede of thy malencolye;  360

That doth thee fele in sleep al this penaunce。

A straw for alle swevenes signifiaunce!

God helpe me so; I counte hem not a bene;

Ther woot no man aright what dremes mene。



‘For prestes of the temple tellen this;  365

That dremes been the revelaciouns

Of goddes; and as wel they telle; y…wis;

That they ben infernals illusiouns;

And leches seyn; that of complexiouns

Proceden they; or fast; or glotonye。  370

Who woot in sooth thus what they signifye?



‘Eek othere seyn that thorugh impressiouns;

As if a wight hath faste a thing in minde;

That ther…of cometh swiche avisiouns;

And othere seyn; as they in bokes finde;  375

That; after tymes of the yeer by kinde;

Men dreme; and that theffect goth by the mone;

But leve no dreem; for it is nought to done。



‘Wel worth of dremes ay thise olde wyves;

And treweliche eek augurie of thise foules;  380

For fere of which men wenen lese her lyves;

As ravenes qualm; or shryking of thise oules。

To trowen on it bothe fals and foul is。

Allas; allas; so noble a creature

As is a man; shal drede swich ordure!  385



‘For which with al myn herte I thee beseche;

Un…to thy…self that al this thou foryive;

And rys up now with…oute more speche;

And lat us caste how forth may best be drive

This tyme; and eek how freshly we may live  390

Whan that she cometh; the which shal be right sone;

God help me so; the beste is thus to done。



‘Rys; lat us speke of lusty lyf in Troye

That we han lad; and forth the tyme dryve;

And eek of tyme cominge us reioye;  395

That bringen shal our blisse now so blyve;

And langour of these twyes dayes fyve

We shal ther…with so foryete or oppresse;

That wel unnethe it doon shal us duresse。



‘This toun is ful of lordes al aboute;  400

And trewes lasten al this mene whyle。

Go we pleye us in som lusty route

To Sarpedon; not hennes but a myle。

And thus thou shalt the tyme wel bigyle;

And dryve it forth un…to that blisful morwe;  405

That thou hir see; that cause is of thy sorwe。



‘Now rys; my dere brother Troilus;

For certes; it noon honour is to thee

To wepe; and in thy bedde to iouken thus。

For trewely; of o thing trust to me;  410

If thou thus ligge a day; or two; or three;

The folk wol wene that thou; for cowardyse;

Thee feynest syk; and that thou darst not ryse。'



This Troilus answerde; ‘O brother dere;

This knowen folk that han y…suffred peyne;  415

That though he wepe and make sorwful chere;

That feleth harm and smert in every veyne;

No wonder is; and though I ever pleyne;

Or alwey wepe; I am no…thing to blame;

Sin I have lost the cause of al my game。  420



‘But sin of fyne force I moot aryse;

I shal aryse as sone as ever I may;

And god; to whom myn herte I sacrifyse;

So sende us hastely the tenthe day!

For was ther never fowl so fayn of May;  425

As I shal been; whan that she cometh in Troye;

That cause is of my torment and my Ioye。



‘But whider is thy reed;' quod Troilus;

‘That we may pleye us best in al this toun?'

‘Bi god; my conseil is;' quod Pandarus;  430

‘To ryde and pleye us with king Sarpedoun。'

So longe of this they speken up and doun;

Til Troilus gan at the laste assente

To ryse; and forth to Sarpedoun they wente。



This Sarpedoun; as he that honourable  435

Was ever his lyve; and ful of heigh prowesse;

With al that mighte y…served been on table;

That deyntee was; al coste it greet richesse;

He fedde hem day by day; that swich noblesse;

As seyden bothe the moste and eek the leste;  440

Was never er that day wist at any feste。



Nor in this world ther is non instrument

Delicious; through wind; or touche; of corde;

As fer as any wight hath ever y…went;

That tonge telle or herte may recorde;  445

That at that feste it nas wel herd acorde;

Ne of ladies eek so fayr a companye

On daunce; er tho; was never y…seyn with ye。



But what avayleth this to Troilus;

That for his sorwe no…thing of it roughte?  450

For ever in oon his herte pietous

Ful bisily Criseyde his lady soughte。

On hir was ever al that his herte thoughte;

Now this; now that; so faste imagininge;

That glade; y…wis; can him no festeyinge。  455



These ladies eek that at this feste been;

Sin that he saw his lady was a…weye;

It was his sorwe upon hem for to seen;

Or for to here on instrumentz so pleye。

For she; that of his herte berth the keye;  460

Was absent; lo; this was his fantasye;

That no wight sholde make melodye。



Nor ther nas houre in al the day or night;

Whan he was ther…as no wight mighte him here;

That he ne seyde; ‘O lufsom lady bright;  465

How have ye faren; sin that ye were here?

Wel…come; y…wis; myn owene lady dere。'

But welaway; al this nas but a mase;

Fortune his howve entended bet to glase。



The lettres eek; that she of olde tyme  470

Hadde him y…sent; he wolde allone rede;

An hundred sythe; a…twixen noon and pryme;

Refiguringe hir shap; hir womanhede;

With…inne his herte; and every word and dede

That passed was; and thus he droof to an ende  475

The ferthe day; and seyde; he wolde wende。



And seyde; ‘Leve brother Pandarus;

Intendestow that we shal here bleve

Til Sarpedoun wol forth congeyen us?

Yet were it fairer that we toke our leve。  480

For goddes love; lat us now sone at eve

Our leve take; and homward lat us torne;

For trewely; I nil not thus soiourne。'



Pandare answerde; ‘Be we comen hider

To fecchen fyr; and rennen hoom ayeyn?  485

God helpe me so; I can not tellen whider

We mighten goon; if I shal soothly seyn;

Ther any wight is of us more fayn

Than Sarpedoun; and if we hennes hye

Thus sodeinly; I holde it vilanye。  490



‘Sin that we seyden that we wolde bleve

With him a wouke; and now; thus sodeinly;

The ferthe day to take of him oure leve;

He wolde wondren on it; trewely!

Lat us holde forth our purpos fermely;  495

And sin that ye bihighten him to byde;

Hold forward now; and after lat us ryde。'



Thus Pandarus; with alle peyne and wo;

Made him to dwelle; and at the woukes ende;

Of Sarpedoun they toke hir leve tho;  500

And on hir wey they spedden hem to wende。

Quod Troilus; ‘Now god me grace sende;

That I may finden; at myn hom…cominge;

Criseyde comen!' And ther…with gan he singe。



‘Ye; hasel…wode!' thoughte this Pandare;  505

And to him…self ful softely he seyde;

‘God woot; refreyden may this hote fare;

Er Calkas sende Troilus Criseyde!'

But natheles; he Iaped thus; and seyde;

And swor; y…wis; his herte him wel bihighte;  510

She wolde come as sone as ever she mighte。



Whan they un…to the paleys were y…comen

Of Troilus; they doun of hors alighte;

And to the chambre hir wey than han they nomen。

And in…to tyme that it gan to nighte;  515

They spaken of Crysede the brighte。

And after this; whan that hem bothe leste;

They spedde hem fro the soper un…to reste。



On morwe; as sone as day bigan to clere;

This Troilus gan of his sleep tabrayde;  520

And to Pandare; his owene brother dere;

‘For love of god;' ful pitously he seyde;

‘As go we seen the paleys of Criseyde;

For sin we yet may have namore feste;

So lat us seen hir paleys at the leste。'  525



And ther…with…al; his meyne for to blende;

A cause he fond in toune for to go;

And to Criseydes hous they gonnen wende。

But lord! This sely Troilus was wo!

Him thoughte his sorweful herte braste a…two。  530

For whan he saugh hir dores sperred alle;

Wel neigh for sorwe

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