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That; as he sat and wook; his spirit mette

That he hir saw a temple; and al the wyse

Right of hir loke; and gan it newe avyse。



Thus gan he make a mirour of his minde;  365

In which he saugh al hoolly hir figure;

And that he wel coude in his herte finde;

It was to him a right good aventure

To love swich oon; and if he dide his cure

To serven hir; yet mighte he falle in grace;  370

Or elles; for oon of hir servaunts pace。



Imagininge that travaille nor grame

Ne mighte; for so goodly oon; be lorn

As she; ne him for his desir ne shame;

Al were it wist; but in prys and up…born  375

Of alle lovers wel more than biforn;

Thus argumented he in his ginninge;

Ful unavysed of his wo cominge。



Thus took he purpos loves craft to suwe;

And thoughte he wolde werken prively;  380

First; to hyden his desir in muwe

From every wight y…born; al…outrely;

But he mighte ought recovered be therby;

Remembring him; that love to wyde y…blowe

Yelt bittre fruyt; though swete seed be sowe。  385



And over al this; yet muchel more he thoughte

What for to speke; and what to holden inne;

And what to arten hir to love he soughte;

And on a song anoon…right to biginne;

And gan loude on his sorwe for to winne;  390

For with good hope he gan fully assente

Criseyde for to love; and nought repente。



And of his song nought only the sentence;

As writ myn autour called Lollius;

But pleynly; save our tonges difference;  395

I dar wel sayn; in al that Troilus

Seyde in his song; lo! every word right thus

As I shal seyn; and who…so list it here;

Lo! next this vers; he may it finden here。



   Cantus Troili。



‘If no love is; O god; what fele I so?  400

And if love is; what thing and whiche is he!

If love be good; from whennes comth my wo?

If it be wikke; a wonder thinketh me;

Whenne every torment and adversitee

That cometh of him; may to me savory thinke;  405

For ay thurst I; the more that I it drinke。



‘And if that at myn owene lust I brenne;

Fro whennes cometh my wailing and my pleynte?

If harme agree me; wher…to pleyne I thenne?

I noot; ne why unwery that I feynte。  410

O quike deeth; O swete harm so queynte;

How may of thee in me swich quantitee;

But…if that I consente that it be?



‘And if that I consente; I wrongfully

Compleyne; y…wis; thus possed to and fro;  415

Al sterelees with inne a boot am I

A…mid the see; by…twixen windes two;

That in contrarie stonden ever…mo。

Allas! what is this wonder maladye?

For hete of cold; for cold of hete; I deye。'  420



And to the god of love thus seyde he

With pitous voys; ‘O lord; now youres is

My spirit; which that oughte youres be。

Yow thanke I; lord; that han me brought to this;

But whether goddesse or womman; y…wis;  425

She be; I noot; which that ye do me serve;

But as hir man I wole ay live and sterve。



‘Ye stonden in hire eyen mightily;

As in a place un…to youre vertu digne;

Wherfore; lord; if my servyse or I  430

May lyke yow; so beth to me benigne;

For myn estat royal here I resigne

In…to hir hond; and with ful humble chere

Bicome hir man; as to my lady dere。'



In him ne deyned sparen blood royal  435

The fyr of love; wher…fro god me blesse;

Ne him forbar in no degree; for al

His vertu or his excellent prowesse;

But held him as his thral lowe in distresse;

And brende him so in sondry wyse ay newe;  440

That sixty tyme a day he loste his hewe。



So muche; day by day; his owene thought;

For lust to hir; gan quiken and encrese;

That every other charge he sette at nought;

For…thy ful ofte; his hote fyr to cese;  445

To seen hir goodly look he gan to prese;

For ther…by to ben esed wel he wende;

And ay the ner he was; the more he brende。



For ay the ner the fyr; the hotter is;

This; trowe I; knoweth al this companye。  450

But were he fer or neer; I dar seye this;

By night or day; for wisdom or folye;

His herte; which that is his brestes ye;

Was ay on hir; that fairer was to sene

Than ever were Eleyne or Polixene。  455



Eek of the day ther passed nought an houre

That to him…self a thousand tyme he seyde;

‘Good goodly; to whom serve I and laboure;

As I best can; now wolde god; Criseyde;

Ye wolden on me rewe er that I deyde!  460

My dere herte; allas! myn hele and hewe

And lyf is lost; but ye wole on me rewe。'



Alle othere dredes weren from him fledde;

Both of the assege and his savacioun;

Ne in him desyr noon othere fownes bredde  465

But argumentes to his conclusioun;

That she on him wolde han compassioun;

And he to be hir man; whyl he may dure;

Lo; here his lyf; and from the deeth his cure!

The sharpe shoures felle of armes preve;  470

That Ector or his othere bretheren diden;

Ne made him only ther…fore ones meve;

And yet was he; wher…so men wente or riden;

Founde oon the beste; and lengest tyme abiden

Ther peril was; and dide eek such travayle  475

In armes; that to thenke it was mervayle。



But for non hate he to the Grekes hadde;

Ne also for the rescous of the toun;

Ne made him thus in armes for to madde;

But only; lo; for this conclusioun;  480

To lyken hir the bet for his renoun;

Fro day to day in armes so he spedde;

That alle the Grekes as the deeth him dredde。



And fro this forth tho refte him love his sleep;

And made his mete his foo; and eek his sorwe  485

Gan multiplye; that; who…so toke keep;

It shewed in his hewe; bothe eve and morwe;

Therfor a title he gan him for to borwe

Of other syknesse; lest of him men wende

That the hote fyr of love him brende;  490



And seyde; he hadde a fever and ferde amis;

But how it was; certayn; can I not seye;

If that his lady understood not this;

Or feyned hir she niste; oon of the tweye;

But wel I rede that; by no maner weye;  495

Ne semed it as that she of him roughte;

Nor of his peyne; or what…so…ever he thoughte。



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 he

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