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And blisful god preye ich; with good entente;  1060

The vyage; and the lettre I shal endyte;

So spede it; and thou; Minerva; the whyte;

Yif thou me wit my lettre to devyse:'

And sette him doun; and wroot right in this wyse。 



First he gan hir his righte lady calle;  1065

His hertes lyf; his lust; his sorwes leche;

His blisse; and eek these othere termes alle;

That in swich cas these loveres alle seche;

And in ful humble wyse; as in his speche;

He gan him recomaunde un…to hir grace;  1070

To telle al how; it axeth muchel space。



And after this; ful lowly he hir prayde

To be nought wrooth; though he; of his folye;

So hardy was to hir to wryte; and seyde;

That love it made; or elles moste he dye;  1075

And pitously gan mercy for to crye;

And after that he seyde; and ley ful loude;

Him…self was litel worth; and lesse he coude;



And that she sholde han his conning excused;

That litel was; and eek he dredde hir so;  1080

And his unworthinesse he ay acused;

And after that; than gan he telle his woo;

But that was endeles; with…outen ho;

And seyde; he wolde in trouthe alwey him holde; 

And radde it over; and gan the lettre folde。  1085



And with his salte teres gan he bathe

The ruby in his signet; and it sette

Upon the wex deliverliche and rathe;

Ther…with a thousand tymes; er he lette;

He kiste tho the lettre that he shette;  1090

And seyde; ‘Lettre; a blisful destenee

Thee shapen is; my lady shal thee see。'



This Pandare took the lettre; and that by tyme

A…morwe; and to his neces paleys sterte;

And faste he swoor; that it was passed pryme;  1095

And gan to Iape; and seyde; ‘Y…wis; myn herte;

So fresh it is; al…though it sore smerte;

I may not slepe never a Mayes morwe;

I have a Ioly wo; a lusty sorwe。'



Criseyde; whan that she hir uncle herde;  1100

With dreedful herte; and desirous to here

The cause of his cominge; thus answerde:

‘Now by your feyth; myn uncle;' quod she; ‘dere;

What maner windes gydeth yow now here?

Tel us your Ioly wo and your penaunce;  1105

How ferforth be ye put in loves daunce。'



‘By god;' quod he; ‘I hoppe alwey bihinde!'

And she to…laugh; it thoughte hir herte breste。

Quod Pandarus; ‘Loke alwey that ye finde

Game in myn hood; but herkneth; if yow leste;  1110

Ther is right now come in…to toune a geste;

A Greek espye; and telleth newe thinges;

For which I come to telle yow tydinges。



‘Into the gardin go we; and we shal here;

Al prevely; of this a long sermoun。'  1115

With that they wenten arm in arm y…fere

In…to the gardin from the chaumbre doun。

And whan that he so fer was that the soun

Of that he speke; no man here mighte;

He seyde hir thus; and out the lettre plighte;  1120



‘Lo; he that is al hoolly youres free

Him recomaundeth lowly to your grace;

And sent to you this lettre here by me;

Avyseth you on it; whan ye han space;

And of som goodly answere yow purchace;  1125

Or; helpe me god; so pleynly for to seyne;

He may not longe liven for his peyne。'



Ful dredfully tho gan she stonde stille;

And took it nought; but al hir humble chere

Gan for to chaunge; and seyde; ‘Scrit ne bille;  1130

For love of god; that toucheth swich matere;

Ne bring me noon; and also; uncle dere;

To myn estat have more reward; I preye;

Than to his lust; what sholde I more seye?



‘And loketh now if this be resonable;  1135

And letteth nought; for favour ne for slouthe;

To seyn a sooth; now were it covenable

To myn estat; by god; and by your trouthe;

To taken it; or to han of him routhe;

In harming of my…self or in repreve?  1140

Ber it a…yein; for him that ye on leve!'



This Pandarus gan on hir for to stare;

And seyde; ‘Now is this the grettest wonder

That ever I sey! Lat be this nyce fare!

To deethe mote I smiten be with thonder;  1145

If; for the citee which that stondeth yonder;

Wolde I a lettre un…to yow bringe or take

To harm of yow; what list yow thus it make?



‘But thus ye faren; wel neigh alle and some;

That he that most desireth yow to serve;  1150

Of him ye recche leest wher he bicome;

And whether that he live or elles sterve。

But for al that that ever I may deserve;

Refuse it nought;' quod he; and hente hir faste;

And in hir bosom the lettre doun he thraste;  1155



And seyde hire; ‘Now cast it awey anoon;

That folk may seen and gauren on us tweye。'

Quod she; ‘I can abyde til they be goon;'

And gan to smyle; and seyde hym; ‘Eem; I preye;

Swich answere as yow list; your…self purveye;  1160

For trewely I nil no lettre wryte。'

‘No? than wol I;' quod he; ‘so ye endyte。'



Therwith she lough; and seyde; ‘Go we dyne。'

And he gan at him…self to iape faste;

And seyde; ‘Nece; I have so greet a pyne  1165

For love; that every other day I faste' 

And gan his beste Iapes forth to caste;

And made hir so to laughe at his folye;

That she for laughter wende for to dye。



And whan that she was comen in…to halle;  1170

‘Now; eem;' quod she; ‘we wol go dine anoon;'

And gan some of hir women to hir calle;

And streyght in…to hir chaumbre gan she goon;

But of hir besinesses; this was oon

A…monges othere thinges; out of drede;  1175

Ful prively this lettre for to rede;



Avysed word by word in every lyne;

And fond no lak; she thoughte he coude good;

And up it putte; and went hir in to dyne。

But Pandarus; that in a study stood;  1180

Er he was war; she took him by the hood;

And seyde; ‘Ye were caught er that ye wiste;'

‘I vouche sauf;' quod he。 ‘do what yow liste。'



Tho wesshen they; and sette hem doun and ete;

And after noon ful sleyly Pandarus  1185

Gan drawe him to the window next the strete;

And seyde; ‘Nece; who hath arayed thus

The yonder hous; that stant afor…yeyn us?'

‘Which hous?' quod she; and gan for to biholde;

And knew it wel; and whos it was him tolde;  1190



And fillen forth in speche of thinges smale;

And seten in the window bothe tweye。

Whan Pandarus saw tyme un…to his tale;

And saw wel that hir folk were alle aweye;

‘Now; nece myn; tel on;' quod he; ‘I seye;  1195

How liketh yow the lettre that ye woot?

Can he ther…on? For; by my trouthe; I noot。'



Therwith al rosy hewed tho wex she;

And gan to humme; and seyde; ‘So I trowe。'

‘Aquyte him wel; for goddes love;' quod he;  1200

‘My…self to medes wol the lettre sowe。'

And held his hondes up; and sat on knowe;

‘Now; goode nece; be it never so lyte;

Yif me the labour; it to sowe and plyte。'



‘Ye; for I can so wryte;' quod she tho;  1205

‘And eek I noot what I sholde to him seye。'

‘Nay; nece;' quod Pandare; ‘sey nat so;

Yet at the leste thanketh him; I preye;

Of his good wil; and doth him not to deye。

Now for the love of me; my nece dere;  1210

Refuseth not at this tyme my preyere。'



‘Depar…dieux;' quod she; ‘God leve al be wel!

God help me so; this is the firste lettre

That ever I wroot; ye; al or any del。'

And in…to a closet; for to avyse hir bettre;  1215

She wente allone; and gan hir herte unfettre

Out of disdaynes prison but a lyte;

And sette hir doun; and gan a lettre wryte;



Of which to telle in short is myn entente

Theffect; as fer as I can understonde:   1220

She thonked him of al that he wel mente

Towardes hir; but holden him in honde

She nolde nought; ne make hir…selven bonde

In love; but as his suster; him to plese;

She wolde fayn to doon his herte an ese。  1225



She shette it; and to Pandarus in gan goon;

There as he sat and loked in…to the strete;

And doun she sette hir by him on a stoon

Of Iaspre; up…on a quisshin gold y…bete;

And seyde; ‘As wisly helpe me god the grete;  1230

I never dide a thing with more peyne

Than wryte this; to which ye me constreyne;'



And took it him: He thonked hir and seyde;

‘God woot; of thing ful ofte looth bigonne

Cometh ende good; and nece myn; Criseyde;  1235

That ye to him of hard now ben y…wonne

Oughte he be glad; by god and yonder sonne!

For…why men

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