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The werre certes than the pes;
Bot this I seie natheles;    7370
As me belongeth forto seie。
Nou schape ye the beste weie。〃
Whan Hector hath seid his avis;
Next after him tho spak Paris;
Which was his brother; and alleide
What him best thoghte; and thus he seide:
〃Strong thing it is to soffre wrong;
And suffre schame is more strong;
Bot we have suffred bothe tuo;
And for al that yit have we do  7380
What so we mihte to reforme
The pes; whan we in such a forme
Sente Anthenor; as ye wel knowe。
And thei here grete wordes blowe
Upon her wrongful dedes eke;
And who that wole himself noght meke
To pes; and list no reson take;
Men sein reson him wol forsake:
For in the multitude of men
Is noght the strengthe; for with ten  7390
It hath be sen in trew querele
Ayein an hundred false dele;
And had the betre of goddes grace。
This hath befalle in many place;
And if it like unto you alle;
I wolde assaie; hou so it falle;
Oure enemis if I mai grieve;
For I have cawht a gret believe
Upon a point I wol declare。
This ender day; as I gan fare   7400
To hunte unto the grete hert;
Which was tofore myn houndes stert;
And every man went on his syde
Him to poursuie; and I to ryde
Began the chace; and soth to seie;
Withinne a while out of mi weie
I rod; and nyste where I was。
And slep me cauhte; and on the gras
Beside a welle I lay me doun
To slepe; and in a visioun   7410
To me the god Mercurie cam;
Goddesses thre with him he nam;
Minerve; Venus and Juno;
And in his hond an Appel tho
He hield of gold with lettres write:
And this he dede me to wite;
Hou that thei putt hem upon me;
That to the faireste of hem thre
Of gold that Appel scholde I yive。
With ech of hem tho was I schrive;    7420
And echon faire me behihte;
Bot Venus seide; if that sche mihte
That Appel of mi yifte gete;
Sche wolde it neveremor foryete;
And seide hou that in Grece lond
Sche wolde bringe unto myn hond
Of al this Erthe the faireste;
So that me thoghte it for the beste;
To hire and yaf that Appel tho。
Thus hope I wel; if that I go;  7430
That sche for me wol so ordeine;
That thei matiere forto pleigne
Schul have; er that I come ayein。
Nou have ye herd that I wol sein:
Sey ye what stant in youre avis。〃
And every man tho seide his;
And sundri causes thei recorde;
Bot ate laste thei acorde
That Paris schal to Grece wende;
And thus the parlement tok ende。   7440
Cassandra; whan sche herde of this;
The which to Paris Soster is;
Anon sche gan to wepe and weile;
And seide; 〃Allas; what mai ous eile?
Fortune with hire blinde whiel
Ne wol noght lete ous stonde wel:
For this I dar wel undertake;
That if Paris his weie take;
As it is seid that he schal do;
We ben for evere thanne undo。〃  7450
This; which Cassandre thanne hihte;
In al the world as it berth sihte;
In bokes as men finde write;
Is that Sibille of whom ye wite;
That alle men yit clepen sage。
Whan that sche wiste of this viage;
Hou Paris schal to Grece fare;
No womman mihte worse fare
Ne sorwe more than sche dede;
And riht so in the same stede   7460
Ferde Helenus; which was hir brother;
Of prophecie and such an other:
And al was holde bot a jape;
So that the pourpos which was schape;
Or were hem lief or were hem loth;
Was holde; and into Grece goth
This Paris with his retenance。
And as it fell upon his chance;
Of Grece he londeth in an yle;
And him was told the same whyle    7470
Of folk which he began to freyne;
Tho was in thyle queene Heleyne;
And ek of contres there aboute
Of ladis many a lusti route;
With mochel worthi poeple also。
And why thei comen theder tho;
The cause stod in such a wise;…
For worschipe and for sacrifise
That thei to Venus wolden make;
As thei tofore hadde undertake;    7480
Some of good will; some of beheste;
For thanne was hire hihe feste
Withinne a temple which was there。
Whan Paris wiste what thei were;
Anon he schop his ordinance
To gon and don his obeissance
To Venus on hire holi day;
And dede upon his beste aray。
With gret richesse he him behongeth;
As it to such a lord belongeth;    7490
He was noght armed natheles;
Bot as it were in lond of pes;
And thus he goth forth out of Schipe
And takth with him his felaschipe:
In such manere as I you seie
Unto the temple he hield his weie。
Tydinge; which goth overal
To grete and smale; forth withal
Com to the queenes Ere and tolde
Hou Paris com; and that he wolde   7500
Do sacrifise to Venus:
And whan sche herde telle thus;
Sche thoghte; hou that it evere be;
That sche wole him abyde and se。
Forth comth Paris with glad visage
Into the temple on pelrinage;
Wher unto Venus the goddesse
He yifth and offreth gret richesse;
And preith hir that he preie wolde。
And thanne aside he gan beholde;   7510
And sih wher that this ladi stod;
And he forth in his freisshe mod
Goth ther sche was and made her chiere;
As he wel couthe in his manere;
That of his wordes such plesance
Sche tok; that al hire aqueintance;
Als ferforth as the herte lay;
He stal er that he wente away。
So goth he forth and tok his leve;
And thoghte; anon as it was eve;   7520
He wolde don his Sacrilegge;
That many a man it scholde abegge。
Whan he to Schipe ayein was come;
To him he hath his conseil nome;
And al devised the matiere
In such a wise as thou schalt hiere。
Withinne nyht al prively
His men he warneth by and by;
That thei be redy armed sone
For certein thing which was to done:  7530
And thei anon ben redi alle;
And ech on other gan to calle;
And went hem out upon the stronde
And tok a pourpos ther alonde
Of what thing that thei wolden do;
Toward the temple and forth thei go。
So fell it; of devocion
Heleine in contemplacion
With many an other worthi wiht
Was in the temple and wok al nyht;    7540
To bidde and preie unto thymage
Of Venus; as was thanne usage;
So that Paris riht as him liste
Into the temple; er thei it wiste;
Com with his men al sodeinly;
And alle at ones sette ascry
In hem whiche in the temple were;
For tho was mochel poeple there;
Bot of defense was no bote;
So soffren thei that soffre mote。  7550
Paris unto the queene wente;
And hire in bothe hise armes hente
With him and with his felaschipe;
And forth thei bere hire unto Schipe。
Up goth the Seil and forth thei wente;
And such a wynd fortune hem sente;
Til thei the havene of Troie cauhte;
Where out of Schipe anon thei strauhte
And gon hem forth toward the toun;
The which cam with processioun  7560
Ayein Paris to sen his preie。
And every man began to seie
To Paris and his felaschipe
Al that thei couthen of worschipe;
Was non so litel man in Troie;
That he ne made merthe and joie
Of that Paris hath wonne Heleine。
Bot al that merthe is sorwe and peine
To Helenus and to Cassaundre;
For thei it token schame and sklaundre   7570
And lost of al the comun grace;
That Paris out of holi place
Be Stelthe hath take a mannes wif;
Wherof that he schal lese his lif
And many a worthi man therto;
And al the Cite be fordo;
Which nevere schal be mad ayein。
And so it fell; riht as thei sein;
The Sacrilege which he wroghte
Was cause why the Gregois soughte  7580
Unto the toun and it beleie;
And wolden nevere parte aweie;
Til what be sleihte and what be strengthe
Thei hadde it wonne in brede and lengthe;
And brent and slayn that was withinne。
Now se; mi Sone; which a sinne
Is Sacrilege in holy stede:
Be war therfore and bidd thi bede;
And do nothing in holy cherche;
Bot that thou miht be reson werche。   7590
And ek tak hiede of Achilles;
Whan he unto his love ches
Polixena; that was also
In holi temple of Appollo;
Which was the cause why he dyde
And al his lust was leyd asyde。
And Troilus upon Criseide
Also his ferste love leide
In holi place; and hou it ferde;
As who seith; al the world it herde;  7600
Forsake he was for Diomede;
Such was of love his laste mede。
Forthi; mi Sone; I wolde rede;
Be this ensample as thou myht rede;
Sech elles; wher thou wolt; thi grace;
And war the wel in holi place
What thou to love do or speke;
In aunter if it so be wreke
As thou hast herd me told before。
And tak good hiede also therfore   7610
Upon what forme; of Avarice
Mor than of eny other vice;
I have divided in parties
The branches; whiche of compainies
Thurghout the world in general
Ben nou the leders overal;
Of Covoitise and of Perjure;
Of fals brocage and of Usure;
Of Skarsnesse and Unkindeschipe;
Which nevere drouh to felaschipe;  7620
Of Robberie and privi Stelthe;
Which don is for the worldes welthe;
Of Ravine and of Sacrilegge;
Which makth the conscience agregge;
Althogh it mai richesse atteigne;
It floureth; bot it schal noght greine
Unto the fruit of rihtwisnesse。
Bot who that wolde do largesse
Upon the reule as it is yive;
So myhte a man in trouthe live  7630
Toward his god; and ek also
Toward the world; for bothe tuo
Largesse awaiteth as belongeth;
To neither part that he ne wrongeth;
He kepth himself; he kepth his frendes;
So stant he sauf to bothe hise endes;
That he excedeth no mesure;
So wel he can himself mesure:
Wherof; mi Sone; thou schalt wite;
So as the Philosophre hath write。  7640
Betwen the tuo extremites
Of vice stant the propretes
Of vertu; and to prove it so
Tak Avarice and tak also
The vice of Prodegalite;
Betwen hem Liberalite;
Which is the vertu of Largesse;
Stant and governeth his noblesse。
For tho tuo vices in discord
Stonde evere; as I finde of record;   7650
So that betwen here tuo debat
Largesse reuleth his astat。
For in such wise as Avarice;
As I tofore have told the vice;
Thurgh streit holdinge and thurgh skarsnesse
Stant in contraire to Largesse;
Riht so stant Prodegalite
Revers; bot noght in such degre。
For so as Avarice spareth;
And forto kepe his tresor careth;  7660
That other al his oghne and more
Ayein the wise mannes lore
Yifth and despendeth hiere and there;
So that him reccheth nevere where。
While he mai borwe; he wol despende;
Til ate laste he seith; 〃I wende〃;
Bot that is spoken al to late;
For thanne is poverte ate gate
And takth him evene be the slieve;
For erst wol he no wisdom lieve。   7670
And riht as Avarice is Sinne;
That wolde his tresor kepe and winne;
Riht so is Prodegalite:
Bot of Largesse in his degre;
Which evene stant betwen the tuo;
The hihe god and man also
The vertu ech of hem commendeth。
For he himselven ferst amendeth;
That overal his name spredeth;
And to alle othre; where it nedeth;   7680
He yifth his good in such a wise;
That he makth many a man arise;
Which elles scholde falle lowe。
Largesce mai noght ben unknowe;
For what lond that he regneth inne;
It mai noght faile forto winne
Thurgh his decerte love and grace;
Wher it schal faile in other place。
And thus betwen tomoche and lyte
Largesce; which is noght to wyte;  7690
Halt evere forth the middel weie:
Bot who that torne wole aweie
Fro that to Prodegalite;
Anon he lest the proprete
Of vertu and goth to the vice;
For in such wise as Avarice
Lest for scarsnesse his goode name;
Riht so that other is to blame;
Which thurgh his wast mesure excedeth;
For noman wot what harm that bredeth。    7700
Bot mochel joie ther betydeth;
Wher that largesse an herte guydeth:
For his mesure is so governed;
That he to bothe partz is lerned;
To

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