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But than fel to this Troylus such wo;

That he was wel neigh wood; for ay his drede

Was this; that she som wight had loved so;  500

That never of him she wolde have taken hede;

For whiche him thoughte he felte his herte blede。

Ne of his wo ne dorste he not biginne

To tellen it; for al this world to winne。



But whanne he hadde a space fro his care;  505

Thus to him…self ful ofte he gan to pleyne;

He sayde; ‘O fool; now art thou in the snare;

That whilom Iapedest at loves peyne;

Now artow hent; now gnaw thyn owene cheyne;

Thou were ay wont eche lovere reprehende  510

Of thing fro which thou canst thee nat defende。



‘What wol now every lover seyn of thee;

If this be wist; but ever in thyn absence

Laughen in scorn; and seyn; ‘Lo; ther gooth he;

That is the man of so gret sapience;  515

That held us lovers leest in reverence!

Now; thonked be god; he may goon in the daunce

Of hem that Love list febly for to avaunce!'

‘But; O thou woful Troilus; god wolde;

Sin thou most loven thurgh thi destinee;  520

That thow beset were on swich oon that sholde

Knowe al thy wo; al lakkede hir pitee:

But al so cold in love; towardes thee;

Thy lady is; as frost in winter mone;

And thou fordoon; as snow in fyr is sone。'  525



‘God wolde I were aryved in the port

Of deth; to which my sorwe wil me lede!

A; lord; to me it were a gret comfort;

Than were I quit of languisshing in drede。

For by myn hidde sorwe y…blowe on brede  530

I shal bi…Iaped been a thousand tyme

More than that fool of whos folye men ryme。



‘But now help god; and ye; swete; for whom

I pleyne; y…caught; ye; never wight so faste!

O mercy; dere herte; and help me from  535

The deeth; for I; whyl that my lyf may laste;

More than my…self wol love yow to my laste。

And with som freendly look gladeth me; swete;

Though never more thing ye me bi…hete!'



This wordes and ful manye an…other to  540

He spak; and called ever in his compleynte

Hir name; for to tellen hir his wo;

Til neigh that he in salte teres dreynte。

Al was for nought; she herde nought his pleynte;

And whan that he bithoughte on that folye;  545

A thousand fold his wo gan multiplye。



Bi…wayling in his chambre thus allone;

A freend of his; that called was Pandare;

Com ones in unwar; and herde him grone;

And say his freend in swich distresse and care:

‘Allas!' quod he; ‘who causeth al this fare?  551

O mercy; god! What unhap may this mene?

Han now thus sone Grekes maad yow lene?



‘Or hastow som remors of conscience;

And art now falle in som devocioun;  555

And waylest for thy sinne and thyn offence;

And hast for ferde caught attricioun?

God save hem that bi…seged han our toun;

And so can leye our Iolyte on presse;

And bring our lusty folk to holinesse!'  560



These wordes seyde he for the nones alle;

That with swich thing he mighte him angry maken;

And with an angre don his sorwe falle;

As for the tyme; and his corage awaken;

But wel he wist; as fer as tonges spaken;  565

Ther nas a man of gretter hardinesse

Than he; ne more desired worthinesse。

‘What cas;' quod Troilus; ‘or what aventure

Hath gyded thee to see my languisshinge;

That am refus of euery creature?  570

But for the love of god; at my preyinge;

Go henne a…way; for certes; my deyinge

Wol thee disese; and I mot nedes deye;

Ther…for go wey; ther is no more to seye。



‘But if thou wene I be thus sik for drede;  575

It is not so; and ther…for scorne nought;

Ther is a…nother thing I take of hede

Wel more than ought the Grekes han y…wrought;

Which cause is of my deeth; for sorwe and thought。

But though that I now telle thee it ne leste;  580

Be thou nought wrooth; I hyde it for the beste。'



This Pandare; that neigh malt for wo and routhe;

Ful often seyde; ‘Allas! what may this be?

Now freend;' quod he; ‘if ever love or trouthe

Hath been; or is; bi…twixen thee and me;  585

Ne do thou never swiche a crueltee

To hyde fro thy freend so greet a care;

Wostow nought wel that it am I; Pandare?



‘I wole parten with thee al thy peyne;

If it be so I do thee no comfort;  590

As it is freendes right; sooth for to seyne;

To entreparten wo; as glad desport。

I have; and shal; for trewe or fals report;

In wrong and right y…loved thee al my lyve;

Hyd not thy wo fro me; but telle it blyve。'  595



Than gan this sorwful Troilus to syke;

And seyde him thus; 〃God leve it be my beste

To telle it thee; for sith it may thee lyke;

Yet wole I telle it; though myn herte breste;

And wel wot I thou mayst do me no reste。  600

But lest thow deme I truste not to thee;

Now herkne; freend; for thus it stant with me。



‘Love; a…yeins the which who…so defendeth

Him…selven most; him alder…lest avayleth;

With disespeir so sorwfully me offendeth;  605

That streyght un…to the deeth myn herte sayleth。

Ther…to desyr so brenningly me assaylleth;

That to ben slayn it were a gretter Ioye

To me than king of Grece been and Troye!



‘Suffiseth this; my fulle freend Pandare;  610

That I have seyd; for now wostow my wo;

And for the love of god; my colde care

So hyd it wel; I telle it never to mo;

For harmes mighte folwen; mo than two;

If it were wist; but be thou in gladnesse;  615

And lat me sterve; unknowe; of my distresse。'

‘How hastow thus unkindely and longe

Hid this fro me; thou fool?' quod Pandarus;

‘Paraunter thou might after swich oon longe;

That myn avys anoon may helpen us。'  620

‘This were a wonder thing;' quod Troylus;

‘Thou coudest never in love thy…selven wisse;

How devel maystow bringen me to blisse?'



‘Ye; Troilus; now herke;' quod Pandare;

‘Though I be nyce; it happeth ofte so;  625

That oon that exces doth ful yvele fare;

By good counseyl can kepe his freend ther…fro。

I have my…self eek seyn a blind man go

Ther…as he fel that coude loke wyde;

A fool may eek a wys man ofte gyde。  630



‘A whetston is no kerving instrument;

And yet it maketh sharpe kerving…tolis。

And ther thou woost that I have ought miswent;

Eschewe thou that; for swich thing to thee scole is;

Thus ofte wyse men ben war by folis。  635

If thou do so; thy wit is wel biwared;

By his contrarie is every thing declared。



‘For how might ever sweetnesse have be knowe

To him that never tasted bitternesse?

Ne no man may be inly glad; I trowe;  640

That never was in sorwe or som distresse;

Eek whyt by blak; by shame eek worthinesse;

Ech set by other; more for other semeth;

As men may see; and so the wyse it demeth。



‘Sith thus of two contraries is a lore;  645

I; that have in love so ofte assayed

Grevaunces; oughte conne; and wel the more

Counsayllen thee of that thou art amayed。

Eek thee ne oughte nat ben yvel apayed;

Though I desyre with thee for to bere  650

Thyn hevy charge; it shal the lasse dere。



‘I woot wel that it fareth thus by me

As to thy brother Parys an herdesse;

Which that y…cleped was Oenone;

Wrot in a compleynte of hir hevinesse:  655

Ye say the lettre that she wroot; y gesse?'

‘Nay; never yet; y…wis;' quod Troilus。

‘Now;' quod Pandare; ‘herkneth; it was thus。 



〃Phebus; that first fond art of medicyne;'

Quod she; ‘and coude in every wightes care  660

Remede and reed; by herbes he knew fyne;

Yet to him…self his conning was ful bare;

For love hadde him so bounden in a snare;

Al for the doughter of the kinge Admete;

That al his craft ne coude his sorwe bete。〃   665



‘Right so fare I; unhappily for me;

I love oon best; and that me smerteth sore;

And yet; paraunter; can I rede thee;

And not my…self; repreve me no more。

I have no cause; I woot wel; for to sore  670

As doth an hauk that listeth for to pleye;

But to thyn help yet somwhat can I seye。



‘And of o thing right siker maystow be;

That certayn; for to deyen in the peyne;

That I shal never…mo discoveren thee;  675

Ne; by my trouthe; I kepe nat restreyne

Thee fro thy love; thogh that it were Eleyne;

That is thy brotheres wif; if ich it wiste;

Be what she be; and love hir as thee liste。



‘Therfore; as freend fullich in me assure;  680

And tel me plat what is thyn enchesoun;

And final cause of wo that ye endure;

For douteth no…thing; myn entencioun

Nis nought to yow of reprehencioun;

To speke as now; for no wight may bireve  685

A man to love; til that him list to leve。



‘And witeth wel; that bothe two ben vyces;

Mistrusten alle; or elles alle leve;

But wel I woot; the mene of it no vyce is;

For to trusten sum wight is a preve  690

Of trouthe; and for…thy wolde I fayn remeve

Thy wrong conseyte; and do thee som wight triste;

Thy wo to telle; and tel me; if thee liste。



‘The wyse seyth; 〃Wo him that is allone;

For; and he falle; he hath noon help to ryse;〃  695

And sith thou hast a felawe; tel thy mone;

For this nis not; certeyn; the nexte wyse

To winnen love; as techen us the wyse;

To walwe and wepe as Niobe the quene;

Whos teres yet in marbel been y…sene。  700



‘Lat be thy weping and thi drerinesse;

And lat us lissen wo with other speche;

So may thy woful tyme seme lesse。

Delyte not in wo thy wo to seche;

As doon thise foles that hir sorwes eche  705

With sorwe; whan they han misaventure;

And listen nought to seche hem other cure。



‘Men seyn; 〃To wrecche is consolacioun

To have an…other felawe in his peyne;〃

That oughte wel ben our opinioun;  710

For; bothe thou and I; of love we pleyne;

So ful of sorwe am I; soth for to seyne;

That certeynly no more harde grace

May sitte on me; for…why ther is no space。

‘If god wole thou art not agast of me;  715

Lest I wolde of thy lady thee bigyle;

Thow wost thy…self whom that I love; pardee;

As I best can; gon sithen longe whyle。

And sith thou wost I do it for no wyle;

And sith I am he that thou tristest most;  720

Tel me sumwhat; sin al my wo thou wost。'



Yet Troilus; for al this; no word seyde;

But longe he ley as stille as he ded were;

And after this with sykinge he abreyde;

And to Pandarus voys he lente his ere;  725

And up his eyen caste he; that in fere

Was Pandarus; lest that in frenesye

He sholde falle; or elles sone dye;



And cryde ‘A…wake' ful wonderly and sharpe;

‘What? Slombrestow as in a lytargye?  730

Or artow lyk an asse to the harpe;

That hereth soun; whan men the strenges plye;

But in his minde of that no melodye

May sinken; him to glade; for that he

So dul is of his bestialitee?'  735



And with that; Pandare of his wordes stente;

And Troilus yet him no word answerde;

For…why to telle nas not his entente

To never no man; for whom that he so ferde。

For it is seyd; ‘Man maketh ofte a yerde  740

With which the maker is him…self y…beten

In sondry maner;' as thise wyse treten;



And namely; in his counseyl tellinge

That toucheth love that oughte be secree;

For of him…self it wolde y…nough out…springe;  745

But…if that it the bet governed be。

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