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It was an heven up…on him for to see。



His helm to…hewen was in twenty places;

That by a tissew heng; his bak bihinde;

His sheld to…dasshed was with swerdes and maces;  640

In which men mighte many an arwe finde

That thirled hadde horn and nerf and rinde;

And ay the peple cryde; ‘Here cometh our Ioye;

And; next his brother; holdere up of Troye!'



For which he wex a litel reed for shame;  645

Whan he the peple up…on him herde cryen;

That to biholde it was a noble game;

How sobreliche he caste doun his yen。

Cryseyda gan al his chere aspyen;

And leet so softe it in hir herte sinke;  650

That to hir…self she seyde; ‘Who yaf me drinke?'



For of hir owene thought she wex al reed;

Remembringe hir right thus; ‘Lo; this is he

Which that myn uncle swereth he moot be deed;

But I on him have mercy and pitee;'  655

And with that thought; for pure a…shamed; she

Gan in hir heed to pulle; and that as faste;

Whyl he and al the peple for…by paste;



And gan to caste and rollen up and doun

With…inne hir thought his excellent prowesse;  660

And his estat; and also his renoun;

His wit; his shap; and eek his gentillesse;

But most hir favour was; for his distresse

Was al for hir; and thoughte it was a routhe

To sleen swich oon; if that he mente trouthe。  665



Now mighte som envyous Iangle thus;

‘This was a sodeyn love; how mighte it be

That she so lightly lovede Troilus

Right for the firste sighte; ye; pardee?'

Now who…so seyth so; mote he never thee!  670

For every thing; a ginning hath it nede

Er al be wrought; with…outen any drede。



For I sey nought that she so sodeynly

Yaf him hir love; but that she gan enclyne

To lyke him first; and I have told yow why;  675

And after that; his manhod and his pyne

Made love with…inne hir for to myne;

For which; by proces and by good servyse;

He gat hir love; and in no sodeyn wyse。



And also blisful Venus; wel arayed;  680

Sat in hir seventhe hous of hevene tho;

Disposed wel; and with aspectes payed;

To helpen sely Troilus of his wo。

And; sooth to seyn; she nas not al a fo

To Troilus in his nativitee;  685

God woot that wel the soner spedde he。



Now lat us stinte of Troilus a throwe;

That rydeth forth; and lat us tourne faste

Un…to Criseyde; that heng hir heed ful lowe;

Ther…as she sat allone; and gan to caste  690

Wher…on she wolde apoynte hir at the laste;

If it so were hir eem ne wolde cesse;

For Troilus; up…on hir for to presse。



And; lord! So she gan in hir thought argue

In this matere of which I have yow told;  695

And what to doon best were; and what eschue;

That plyted she ful ofte in many fold。

Now was hir herte warm; now was it cold;

And what she thoughte somwhat shal I wryte;

As to myn auctor listeth for to endyte。  700



She thoughte wel that Troilus persone

She knew by sighte and eek his gentillesse;

And thus she seyde; ‘Al were it nought to done;

To graunte him love; yet; for his worthinesse;

It were honour; with pley and with gladnesse;  705

In honestee; with swich a lord to dele;

For myn estat; and also for his hele。



‘Eek; wel wot I my kinges sone is he;

And sith he hath to see me swich delyt;

If I wolde utterly his sighte flee;  710

Peraunter he mighte have me in dispyt;

Thurgh which I mighte stonde in worse plyt;

Now were I wys; me hate to purchace;

With…outen nede; ther I may stonde in grace?



‘In every thing; I woot; ther lyth mesure。  715

For though a man forbede dronkenesse;

He nought for…bet that every creature

Be drinkelees for alwey; as I gesse;

Eek sith I woot for me is his distresse;

I ne oughte not for that thing him despyse;  720

Sith it is so; he meneth in good wyse。



‘And eek I knowe; of longe tyme agoon;

His thewes goode; and that he is not nyce。

Ne avauntour; seyth men; certein; he is noon;

To wys is he to do so gret a vyce;  725

Ne als I nel him never so cheryce;

That he may make avaunt; by Iuste cause;

He shal me never binde in swiche a clause。



‘Now set a cas; the hardest is; y…wis;

Men mighten deme that he loveth me;  730

What dishonour were it un…to me; this?

May I him lette of that? Why nay; pardee!

I knowe also; and alday here and see;

Men loven wommen al this toun aboute;

Be they the wers? Why; nay; with…outen doute。  735



‘I thenk eek how he able is for to have

Of al this noble toun the thriftieste;

To been his love; so she hir honour save;

For out and out he is the worthieste;

Save only Ector; which that is the beste。  740

And yet his lyf al lyth now in my cure;

But swich is love; and eek myn aventure。



‘Ne me to love; a wonder is it nought;

For wel wot I my…self; so god me spede;

Al wolde I that noon wiste of this thought;  745

I am oon the fayreste; out of drede;

And goodlieste; who…so taketh hede;

And so men seyn in al the toun of Troye。

What wonder is it though he of me have Ioye?



‘I am myn owene woman; wel at ese;  750

I thank it god; as after myn estat;

Right yong; and stonde unteyd in lusty lese;

With…outen Ialousye or swich debat;

Shal noon housbonde seyn to me 〃Chekmat!〃

For either they ben ful of Ialousye;  755

Or maisterful; or loven novelrye。



‘What shal I doon? To what fyn live I thus?

Shal I nat loven; in cas if that me leste?

What; par dieux! I am nought religious!

And though that I myn herte sette at reste  760

Upon this knight; that is the worthieste;

And kepe alwey myn honour and my name;

By alle right; it may do me no shame。'



But right as whan the sonne shyneth brighte;

In March; that chaungeth ofte tyme his face;  765

And that a cloud is put with wind to flighte

Which over…sprat the sonne as for a space;

A cloudy thought gan thorugh hir soule pace;

That over…spradde hir brighte thoughtes alle;

So that for fere almost she gan to falle。  770



That thought was this: ‘Allas! Sin I am free;

Sholde I now love; and putte in Iupartye

My sikernesse; and thrallen libertee?

Allas! How dorste I thenken that folye?

May I nought wel in other folk aspye  775

Hir dredful Ioye; hir constreynt; and hir peyne?

Ther loveth noon; that she nath why to pleyne。



‘For love is yet the moste stormy lyf;

Right of him…self; that ever was bigonne;

For ever som mistrust; or nyce stryf;  780

Ther is in love; som cloud is over that sonne:

Ther…to we wrecched wommen no…thing conne;

Whan us is wo; but wepe and sitte and thinke;

Our wreche is this; our owene wo to drinke。



‘Also these wikked tonges been so prest  785

To speke us harm; eek men be so untrewe;

That; right anoon as cessed is hir lest;

So cesseth love; and forth to love a newe:

But harm y…doon; is doon; who…so it rewe。

For though these men for love hem first to…rende;  790

Ful sharp biginning breketh ofte at ende。



‘How ofte tyme hath it y…knowen be;

The treson; that to womman hath be do?

To what fyn is swich love; I can nat see;

Or wher bicometh it; whan it is ago;  795

Ther is no wight that woot; I trowe so;

Wher it bycomth; lo; no wight on it sporneth;

That erst was no…thing; in…to nought it torneth。



‘How bisy; if I love; eek moste I be

To plesen hem that Iangle of love; and demen;  800

And coye hem; that they sey non harm of me?

For though ther be no cause; yet hem semen

Al be for harm that folk hir freendes quemen;

And who may stoppen every wikked tonge;

Or soun of belles whyl that they be ronge?'  805



And after that; hir thought bigan to clere;

And seyde; ‘He which that no…thing under…taketh;

No thing ne acheveth; be him looth or dere。'

And with an other thought hir herte quaketh;

Than slepeth hope; and after dreed awaketh;  810

Now hoot; now cold; but thus; bi…twixen tweye;

She rist hir up; and went hir for to pleye。



Adoun the steyre anoon…right tho she wente

In…to the gardin; with hir neces three;

And up and doun ther made many a wente;  815

Flexippe; she; Tharbe; and Antigone;

To pleyen; that it Ioye was to see;

And othere of hir wommen; a gret route;

hir folwede in the gardin al aboute。



This yerd was large; and rayled alle the aleyes;  820

And shadwed wel with blosmy bowes grene;

And benched newe; and sonded alle the weyes;

In which she walketh arm in arm bi…twene;

Til at the laste Antigone the shene

Gan on a Troian song to singe clere;  825

That it an heven was hir voys to here。 



She seyde; ‘O love; to whom I have and shal

Ben humble subgit; trewe in myn entente;

As I best can; to yow; lord; yeve ich al

For ever…more; myn hertes lust to rente。  830

For never yet thy grace no wight sente

So blisful cause as me; my lyf to lede

In alle Ioye and seurtee; out of drede。



‘Ye; blisful god; han me so wel beset

In love; y…wis; that al that bereth lyf  835

Imaginen ne cowde how to ben bet;

For; lord; with…outen Ialousye or stryf;

I love oon which that is most ententyf

To serven wel; unwery or unfeyned;

That ever was; and leest with harm distreyned。  840



‘As he that is the welle of worthinesse;

Of trouthe ground; mirour of goodliheed;

Of wit Appollo; stoon of sikernesse;

Of vertu rote; of lust findere and heed;

Thurgh which is alle sorwe fro me deed;  845

Y…wis; I love him best; so doth he me;

Now good thrift have he; wher…so that he be!



‘Whom sholde I thanke but yow; god of love;

Of al this blisse; in which to bathe I ginne?

And thanked be ye; lord; for that I love!  850

This is the righte lyf that I am inne;

To flemen alle manere vyce and sinne:

This doth me so to vertu for to entende;

That day by day I in my wil amende。



‘And who…so seyth that for to love is vyce;  855

Or thraldom; though he fele in it distresse;

He outher is envyous; or right nyce;

Or is unmighty; for his shrewednesse;

To loven; for swich maner folk; I gesse;

Defamen love; as no…thing of him knowe;  860

Thei speken; but they bente never his bowe。



‘What is the sonne wers; of kinde righte;

Though that a man; for feblesse of his yen;

May nought endure on it to see for brighte?

Or love the wers; though wrecches on it cryen?  865

No wele is worth; that may no sorwe dryen。

And for…thy; who that hath an heed of verre;

Fro cast of stones war him in the werre!



‘But I with al myn herte and al my might;

As I have seyd; wol love; un…to my laste;  870

My dere herte; and al myn owene knight;

In which myn herte growen is so faste;

And his in me; that it shal ever laste。

Al dredde I first to love him to biginne;

Now woot I wel; ther is no peril inne。'  875



And of hir song right with that word she stente;

And therwith…al; ‘Now; nece;' quod Criseyde;

‘Who made this song with so good entente?'

Antigone answerde anoon; and seyde;

‘Ma dame; y…wis; the goodlieste mayde  880

Of greet estat in al the toun of Troye;

And let hir lyf in most honour and Ioye。'



‘Forsothe; so it semeth by hir song;'

Quod tho Criseyde; and gan ther…with to syke;

And seyd

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