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Why Troilus hath al this hevinesse?'

And al this nas but his malencolye;

That he hadde of him…self swich fantasye。



Another tyme imaginen he wolde

That every wight that wente by the weye  625

Had of him routhe; and that they seyen sholde;

‘I am right sory Troilus wole deye。'

And thus he droof a day yet forth or tweye。

As ye have herd; swich lyf right gan he lede;

As he that stood bitwixen hope and drede。  630



For which him lyked in his songes shewe

Thencheson of his wo; as he best mighte;

And made a song of wordes but a fewe;

Somwhat his woful herte for to lighte。

And whan he was from every mannes sighte;  635

With softe voys he; of his lady dere;

That was absent; gan singe as ye may here。



‘O sterre; of which I lost have al the light;

With herte soor wel oughte I to bewayle;

That ever derk in torment; night by night;  640

Toward my deeth with wind in stere I sayle;

For which the tenthe night if that I fayle

The gyding of thy bemes brighte an houre;

My ship and me Caribdis wole devoure。'



This song whan he thus songen hadde; sone  645

He fil ayein in…to his sykes olde;

And every night; as was his wone to done;

He stood the brighte mone to beholde;

And al his sorwe he to the mone tolde;

And seyde; ‘Y…wis; whan thou art horned newe;  650

I shal be glad; if al the world be trewe!



‘I saugh thyn hornes olde eek by the morwe;

Whan hennes rood my righte lady dere;

That cause is of my torment and my sorwe;

For whiche; O brighte Lucina the clere;  655

For love of god; ren faste aboute thy spere!

For whan thyn hornes newe ginne springe;

Than shal she come; that may my blisse bringe!'



The day is more; and lenger every night;

Than they be wont to be; him thoughte tho;  660

And that the sonne wente his course unright

By lenger wey than it was wont to go;

And seyde; ‘Y…wis; me dredeth ever…mo;

The sonnes sone; Pheton; be on…lyve;

And that his fadres cart amis he dryve。'  665



Upon the walles faste eek wolde he walke;

And on the Grekes ost he wolde see;

And to him…self right thus he wolde talke;

‘Lo; yonder is myn owene lady free;

Or elles yonder; ther tho tentes be!  670

And thennes comth this eyr; that is so sote;

That in my soule I fele it doth me bote。



‘And hardely this wind; that more and more

Thus stoundemele encreseth in my face;

Is of my ladyes depe sykes sore。  675

I preve it thus; for in non othere place

Of al this toun; save onliche in this space;

Fele I no wind that souneth so lyk peyne;

It seyth; 〃Allas! Why twinned be we tweyne?〃'



This longe tyme he dryveth forth right thus;  680

Til fully passed was the nynthe night;

And ay bi…syde him was this Pandarus;

That bisily dide alle his fulle might

Him to comforte; and make his herte light;

Yevinge him hope alwey; the tenthe morwe  685

That she shal come; and stinten al his sorwe。



Up…on that other syde eek was Criseyde;

With wommen fewe; among the Grekes stronge;

For which ful ofte a day ‘Allas;' she seyde;

‘That I was born! Wel may myn herte longe  690

After my deeth; for now live I to longe!

Allas! And I ne may it not amende;

For now is wors than ever yet I wende。



‘My fader nil for no…thing do me grace

To goon ayein; for nought I can him queme;  695

And if so be that I my terme passe;

My Troilus shal in his herte deme

That I am fals; and so it may wel seme。

Thus shal I have unthank on every syde;

That I was born; so weylaway the tyde!  700



‘And if that I me putte in Iupartye;

To stele awey by nighte; and it bifalle

That I be caught; I shal be holde a spye;

Or elles; lo; this drede I most of alle;

If in the hondes of som wrecche I falle;  705

I am but lost; al be myn herte trewe;

Now mighty god; thou on my sorwe rewe!'



Ful pale y…waxen was hir brighte face;

Hir limes lene; as she that al the day

Stood whan she dorste; and loked on the place  710

Ther she was born; and ther she dwelt hadde ay。

And al the night wepinge; allas! she lay。

And thus despeired; out of alle cure;

She ladde hir lyf; this woful creature。



Ful ofte a day she sighte eek for destresse;  715

And in hir…self she wente ay portrayinge

Of Troilus the grete worthinesse;

And alle his goodly wordes recordinge

Sin first that day hir love bigan to springe。

And thus she sette hir woful herte a…fyre  720

Through remembraunce of that she gan desyre。



In al this world ther nis so cruel herte

That hir hadde herd compleynen in hir sorwe;

That nolde han wopen for hir peynes smerte;

So tendrely she weep; bothe eve and morwe。  725

Hir nedede no teres for to borwe。

And this was yet the worste of al hir peyne;

Ther was no wight to whom she dorste hir pleyne。



Ful rewfully she loked up…on Troye;

Biheld the toures heighe and eek the halles;  730

‘Allas!' quod she; ‘The plesaunce and the Ioye

The whiche that now al torned in…to galle is;

Have I had ofte with…inne yonder walles!

O Troilus; what dostow now;' she seyde;

‘Lord! Whether yet thou thenke up…on Criseyde?  735



‘Allas! I ne hadde trowed on your lore;

And went with yow; as ye me radde er this!

Thanne hadde I now not syked half so sore。

Who mighte han seyd; that I had doon a…mis

To stele awey with swich on as he is?  740

But al to late cometh the letuarie;

Whan men the cors un…to the grave carie。



‘To late is now to speke of this matere;

Prudence; allas! Oon of thyn eyen three

Me lakked alwey; er that I come here;  745

On tyme y…passed; wel remembred me;

And present tyme eek coude I wel y…see。

But futur tyme; er I was in the snare;

Coude I not seen; that causeth now my care。



‘But natheles; bityde what bityde;  750

I shal to…morwe at night; by est or weste;

Out of this ost stele on som maner syde;

And go with Troilus wher…as him leste。

This purpos wol I holde; and this is beste。

No fors of wikked tonges Ianglerye;  755

For ever on love han wrecches had envye。



‘For who…so wole of every word take hede;

Or rewlen him by every wightes wit;

Ne shal he never thryven; out of drede。

For that that som men blamen ever yit;  760

Lo; other maner folk commenden it。

And as for me; for al swich variaunce;

Felicitee clepe I my suffisaunce。



‘For which; with…outen any wordes mo;

To Troye I wol; as for conclusioun。'  765

But god it wot; er fully monthes two;

She was ful fer fro that entencioun。

For bothe Troilus and Troye toun

Shal knotteles through…out hir herte slyde;

For she wol take a purpos for tabyde。  770



This Diomede; of whom yow telle I gan;

Goth now; with…inne him…self ay arguinge

With al the sleighte and al that ever he can;

How he may best; with shortest taryinge;

In…to his net Criseydes herte bringe。  775

To this entente he coude never fyne;

To fisshen hir; he leyde out hook and lyne。



But natheles; wel in his herte he thoughte;

That she nas nat with…oute a love in Troye;

For never; sithen he hir thennes broughte;  780

Ne coude he seen her laughe or make Ioye。

He nist how best hir herte for tacoye。

‘But for to assaye;' he seyde; ‘it nought ne greveth;

For he that nought nassayeth; nought nacheveth。'



Yet seide he to him…self upon a night;  785

‘Now am I not a fool; that woot wel how

Hir wo for love is of another wight;

And here…up…on to goon assaye hir now?

I may wel wite; it nil not been my prow。

For wyse folk in bokes it expresse;  790

〃Men shal not wowe a wight in hevinesse。〃



‘But who…so mighte winnen swich a flour

From him; for whom she morneth night and day;

He mighte seyn; he were a conquerour。'

And right anoon; as he that bold was ay;  795

Thoughte in his herte; ‘Happe how happe may;

Al sholde I deye; I wole hir herte seche;

I shal no more lesen but my speche。'



This Diomede; as bokes us declare;

Was in his nedes prest and corageous;  800

With sterne voys and mighty limes square;

Hardy; testif; strong; and chevalrous

Of dedes; lyk his fader Tideus。

And som m

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