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Un…to my deeth; to pleyne and maken wo。  985

What I shal after doon; I can not seye;

But trewely; as yet me list not pleye。



‘Myn herte is now in tribulacioun;

And ye in armes bisy; day by day。

Here…after; whan ye wonnen han the toun;  990

Paraunter; thanne so it happen may;

That whan I see that I never er say;

Than wole I werke that I never wroughte!

This word to yow y…nough suffysen oughte。



‘To…morwe eek wol I speken with yow fayn;  995

So that ye touchen nought of this matere。

And whan yow list; ye may come here ayeyn;

And; er ye gon; thus muche I seye yow here;

As help me Pallas with hir heres clere;

If that I sholde of any Greek han routhe;  1000

It sholde be your…selven; by my trouthe!



‘I sey not therfore that I wol yow love;

Ne I sey not nay; but in conclusioun;

I mene wel; by god that sit above:' 

And ther…with…al she caste hir eyen doun;  1005

And gan to syke; and seyde; ‘O Troye toun;

Yet bidde I god; in quiete and in reste

I may yow seen; or do myn herte breste。'



But in effect; and shortly for to seye;

This Diomede al freshly newe ayeyn  1010


Gan pressen on; and faste hir mercy preye;

And after this; the sothe for to seyn;

Hir glove he took; of which he was ful fayn。

And fynally; whan it was waxen eve;

And al was wel; he roos and took his leve。  1015



The brighte Venus folwede and ay taughte

The wey; ther brode Phebus doun alighte;

And Cynthea hir char…hors over…raughte

To whirle out of the Lyon; if she mighte;

And Signifer his candelse shewed brighte;  1020

Whan that Criseyde un…to hir bedde wente

In…with hir fadres faire brighte tente。



Retorning in hir soule ay up and doun

The wordes of this sodein Diomede;

His greet estat; and peril of the toun;  1025

And that she was allone and hadde nede

Of freendes help; and thus bigan to brede

The cause why; the sothe for to telle;

That she tok fully purpos for to dwelle。



The morwe com; and goostly for to speke;  1030

This Diomede is come un…to Criseyde;

And shortly; lest that ye my tale breke;

So wel he for him…selve spak and seyde;

That alle hir sykes sore adoun he leyde。

And fynally; the sothe for to seyne;  1035

He refte hir of the grete of al hir peyne。



And after this the story telleth us;

That she him yaf the faire baye stede;

The which he ones wan of Troilus;

And eek a broche (and that was litel nede)  1040

That Troilus was; she yaf this Diomede。

And eek; the bet from sorwe him to releve;

She made him were a pencel of hir sleve。



I finde eek in stories elles…where;

Whan through the body hurt was Diomede  1045

Of Troilus; tho weep she many a tere;

Whan that she saugh his wyde woundes blede;

And that she took to kepen him good hede;

And for to hele him of his sorwes smerte。

Men seyn; I not; that she yaf him hir herte。  1050



But trewely; the story telleth us;

Ther made never womman more wo

Than she; whan that she falsed Troilus。

She seyde; ‘Allas! For now is clene a…go

My name of trouthe in love; for ever…mo!  1055

For I have falsed oon; the gentileste

That ever was; and oon the worthieste!



‘Allas; of me; un…to the worldes ende;

Shal neither been y…writen nor y…songe

No good word; for thise bokes wol me shende。  1060

O; rolled shal I been on many a tonge;

Through…out the world my belle shal be ronge;

And wommen most wol hate me of alle。

Allas; that swich a cas me sholde falle!



‘They wol seyn; in as muche as in me is;  1065

I have hem don dishonour; weylawey!

Al be I not the first that dide amis;

What helpeth that to do my blame awey?

But sin I see there is no bettre way;

And that to late is now for me to rewe;  1070

To Diomede algate I wol be trewe。



‘But Troilus; sin I no better may;

And sin that thus departen ye and I;

Yet preye I god; so yeve yow right good day

As for the gentileste; trewely;  1075

That ever I say; to serven feithfully;

And best can ay his lady honour kepe:' 

And with that word she brast anon to wepe。



‘And certes yow ne haten shal I never;

And freendes love; that shal ye han of me;  1080

And my good word; al mighte I liven ever。

And; trewely; I wolde sory be

For to seen yow in adversitee。

And giltelees; I woot wel; I yow leve;

But al shal passe; and thus take I my leve。'  1085



But trewely; how longe it was bitwene;

That she for…sook him for this Diomede;

Ther is non auctor telleth it; I wene。

Take every man now to his bokes hede;

He shal no terme finden; out of drede。  1090

For though that he bigan to wowe hir sone;

Er he hir wan; yet was ther more to done。



Ne me ne list this sely womman chyde

Ferther than the story wol devyse。

Hir name; allas! Is publisshed so wyde;  1095

That for hir gilt it oughte y…noe suffyse。

And if I mighte excuse hir any wyse;

For she so sory was for hir untrouthe;

Y…wis; I wolde excuse hir yet for routhe。



This Troilus; as I biforn have told;  1100

Thus dryveth forth; as wel as he hath might。

But often was his herte hoot and cold;

And namely; that ilke nynthe night;

Which on the morwe she hadde him byhight

To come ayein: god wot; ful litel reste  1105

Hadde he that night; no…thing to slepe him leste。



The laurer…crouned Phebus; with his hete;

Gan; in his course ay upward as he wente;

To warmen of the est see the wawes wete;

And Nisus doughter song with fresh entente;  1110

Whan Troilus his Pandare after sente;

And on the walles of the toun they pleyde;

To loke if they can seen ought of Criseyde。



Til it was noon; they stoden for to see

Who that ther come; and every maner wight;  1115

That cam fro fer; they seyden it was she;

Til that they coude knowen him a…right。

Now was his herte dul; now was it light;

And thus by…iaped stonden for to stare

Aboute nought; this Troilus and Pandare。  1120



To Pandarus this Troilus tho seyde;

‘For ought I wot; bi…for noon; sikerly;

In…to this toun ne comth nought here Criseyde。

She hath y…now to done; hardily;

To winnen from hir fader; so trowe I;  1125

Hir olde fader wol yet make hir dyne

Er that she go; god yeve his herte pyne!'



Pandare answerde; ‘It may wel be; certeyn;

And for…thy lat us dyne; I thee biseche;

And after noon than maystw thou come ayeyn。'  1130

And hoom they go; with…oute more speche;

And comen ayein; but longe may they seche

Er that they finde that they after cape;

Fortune hem bothe thenketh for to Iape。



Quod Troilus; ‘I see wel now; that she  1135

Is taried with hir olde fader so;

That er she come; it wole neigh even be。

Com forth; I wol un…to the yate go。

Thise portours been unkonninge ever…mo;

And I wol doon hem holden up the yate  1140

As nought ne were; al…though she come late。'



The day goth faste; and after that comth eve;

And yet com nought to Troilus Criseyde。

He loketh forth by hegge; by tree; by greve;

And fer his heed over the wal he leyde。  1145

And at the laste he torned him; and seyde。

‘By god; I woot hir mening now; Pandare!

Al…most; y…wis; al newe was my care。



‘Now douteles; this lady can hir good;

I woot; she meneth ryden prively。  1150

I comende hir wysdom; by myn hood!

She wol not maken peple nycely

Gaure on hir; whan she comth; but softely

By nighte in…to the toun she thenketh ryde。

And; dere brother; thenk not longe to abyde。  1155



‘We han nought elles for to don; y…wis。

And Pandarus; now woltow trowen me?

Have here my trouthe; I see hir! Yond she is。

Heve up thyn eyen; man! Maystow not see?'

Pandare answerde; ‘Nay; so mote I thee!  1160

Al wrong; by god; what seystow; man; wher art?

That I see yond nis but a fare…cart。'



‘Allas; thou seist right sooth;' quod Troilus;

‘But; hardely; it is not al for nought

That in myn herte I now reioyse thus。  1165

It is ayein som good I have a thought。

Noot I not how; but sin that I was wrought;

Ne felte I swich a confort; dar I seye;

She comth to…night; my lyf; that dorste I leye!'



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