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That stod so faste in his degre;     1320
That I ne stonde more faste
Upon hire love; and mai noght caste
Min herte awey; althogh I wolde。
For god wot; thogh I nevere scholde
Sen hir with yhe after this day;
Yit stant it so that I ne may
Hir love out of my brest remue。
This is a wonder retenue;
That malgre wher sche wole or non
Min herte is everemore in on;     1330
So that I can non other chese;
Bot whether that I winne or lese;
I moste hire loven til I deie;
And thus I breke as be that weie
Hire hestes and hir comandinges;
Bot trewliche in non othre thinges。
Forthi; my fader; what is more
Touchende to this ilke lore
I you beseche; after the forme
That ye pleinly me wolde enforme;    1340
So that I may myn herte reule
In loves cause after the reule。
Toward this vice of which we trete
Ther ben yit tweie of thilke estrete;
Here name is Murmur and Compleignte:
Ther can noman here chiere peinte;
To sette a glad semblant therinne;
For thogh fortune make hem wynne;
Yit grucchen thei; and if thei lese;
Ther is no weie forto chese;   1350
Wherof thei myhten stonde appesed。
So ben thei comunly desesed;
Ther may no welthe ne poverte
Attempren hem to the decerte
Of buxomnesse be no wise:
For ofte time thei despise
The goode fortune as the badde;
As thei no mannes reson hadde;
Thurgh pride; wherof thei be blinde。
And ryht of such a maner kinde   1360
Ther be lovers; that thogh thei have
Of love al that thei wolde crave;
Yit wol thei grucche be som weie;
That thei wol noght to love obeie
Upon the trowthe; as thei do scholde;
And if hem lacketh that thei wolde;
Anon thei falle in such a peine;
That evere unbuxomly thei pleigne
Upon fortune; and curse and crie;
That thei wol noght here hertes plie   1370
To soffre til it betre falle。
Forthi if thou amonges alle
Hast used this condicioun;
Mi Sone; in thi Confessioun
Now tell me pleinly what thou art。
Mi fader; I beknowe a part;
So as ye tolden hier above
Of Murmur and Compleignte of love;
That for I se no sped comende;
Ayein fortune compleignende   1380
I am; as who seith; everemo:
And ek fulofte tyme also;
Whan so is that I se and hiere
Or hevy word or hevy chiere
Of my lady; I grucche anon;
Bot wordes dar I speke non;
Wherof sche myhte be desplesed;
Bot in myn herte I am desesed:
With many a Murmur; god it wot;
Thus drinke I in myn oghne swot;     1390
And thogh I make no semblant;
Min herte is al desobeissant;
And in this wise I me confesse
Of that ye clepe unbuxomnesse。
Now telleth what youre conseil is。
Mi Sone; and I thee rede this;
What so befalle of other weie;
That thou to loves heste obeie
Als ferr as thou it myht suffise:
For ofte sithe in such a wise    1400
Obedience in love availeth;
Wher al a mannes strengthe faileth;
Wherof; if that the list to wite
In a Cronique as it is write;
A gret ensample thou myht fynde;
Which now is come to my mynde。
Ther was whilom be daies olde
A worthi knyht; and as men tolde
He was Nevoeu to themperour
And of his Court a Courteour:    1410
Wifles he was; Florent he hihte;
He was a man that mochel myhte;
Of armes he was desirous;
Chivalerous and amorous;
And for the fame of worldes speche;
Strange aventures forto seche;
He rod the Marches al aboute。
And fell a time; as he was oute;
Fortune; which may every thred
Tobreke and knette of mannes sped;   1420
Schop; as this knyht rod in a pas;
That he be strengthe take was;
And to a Castell thei him ladde;
Wher that he fewe frendes hadde:
For so it fell that ilke stounde
That he hath with a dedly wounde
Feihtende his oghne hondes slain
Branchus; which to the Capitain
Was Sone and Heir; wherof ben wrothe
The fader and the moder bothe。   1430
That knyht Branchus was of his hond
The worthieste of al his lond;
And fain thei wolden do vengance
Upon Florent; bot remembrance
That thei toke of his worthinesse
Of knyhthod and of gentilesse;
And how he stod of cousinage
To themperour; made hem assuage;
And dorsten noght slen him for fere:
In gret desputeisoun thei were   1440
Among hemself; what was the beste。
Ther was a lady; the slyheste
Of alle that men knewe tho;
So old sche myhte unethes go;
And was grantdame unto the dede:
And sche with that began to rede;
And seide how sche wol bringe him inne;
That sche schal him to dethe winne
Al only of his oghne grant;
Thurgh strengthe of verray covenant    1450
Withoute blame of eny wiht。
Anon sche sende for this kniht;
And of hire Sone sche alleide
The deth; and thus to him sche seide:
〃Florent; how so thou be to wyte
Of Branchus deth; men schal respite
As now to take vengement;
Be so thou stonde in juggement
Upon certein condicioun;
That thou unto a questioun    1460
Which I schal axe schalt ansuere;
And over this thou schalt ek swere;
That if thou of the sothe faile;
Ther schal non other thing availe;
That thou ne schalt thi deth receive。
And for men schal thee noght deceive;
That thou therof myht ben avised;
Thou schalt have day and tyme assised
And leve saufly forto wende;
Be so that at thi daies ende     1470
Thou come ayein with thin avys。
This knyht; which worthi was and wys;
This lady preith that he may wite;
And have it under Seales write;
What questioun it scholde be
For which he schal in that degree
Stonde of his lif in jeupartie。
With that sche feigneth compaignie;
And seith: 〃Florent; on love it hongeth
Al that to myn axinge longeth:   1480
What alle wommen most desire
This wole I axe; and in thempire
Wher as thou hast most knowlechinge
Tak conseil upon this axinge。〃
Florent this thing hath undertake;
The day was set; the time take;
Under his seal he wrot his oth;
In such a wise and forth he goth
Hom to his Emes court ayein;
To whom his aventure plein    1490
He tolde; of that him is befalle。
And upon that thei weren alle
The wiseste of the lond asent;
Bot natheles of on assent
Thei myhte noght acorde plat;
On seide this; an othre that。
After the disposicioun
Of naturel complexioun
To som womman it is plesance;
That to an other is grevance;    1500
Bot such a thing in special;
Which to hem alle in general
Is most plesant; and most desired
Above alle othre and most conspired;
Such o thing conne thei noght finde
Be Constellacion ne kinde:
And thus Florent withoute cure
Mot stonde upon his aventure;
And is al schape unto the lere;
As in defalte of his answere。    1510
This knyht hath levere forto dye
Than breke his trowthe and forto lye
In place ther as he was swore;
And schapth him gon ayein therfore。
Whan time cam he tok his leve;
That lengere wolde he noght beleve;
And preith his Em he be noght wroth;
For that is a point of his oth;
He seith; that noman schal him wreke;
Thogh afterward men hiere speke     1520
That he par aventure deie。
And thus he wente forth his weie
Alone as knyht aventurous;
And in his thoght was curious
To wite what was best to do:
And as he rod al one so;
And cam nyh ther he wolde be;
In a forest under a tre
He syh wher sat a creature;
A lothly wommannysch figure;   1530
That forto speke of fleisch and bon
So foul yit syh he nevere non。
This knyht behield hir redely;
And as he wolde have passed by;
Sche cleped him and bad abide;
And he his horse heved aside
Tho torneth; and to hire he rod;
And there he hoveth and abod;
To wite what sche wolde mene。
And sche began him to bemene;     1540
And seide: 〃Florent be thi name;
Thou hast on honde such a game;
That bot thou be the betre avised;
Thi deth is schapen and devised;
That al the world ne mai the save;
Bot if that thou my conseil have。〃
Florent; whan he this tale herde;
Unto this olde wyht answerde
And of hir conseil he hir preide。
And sche ayein to him thus seide:   1550
〃Florent; if I for the so schape;
That thou thurgh me thi deth ascape
And take worschipe of thi dede;
What schal I have to my mede?〃
〃What thing;〃 quod he; 〃that thou wolt axe。〃
〃I bidde nevere a betre taxe;〃
Quod sche; 〃bot ferst; er thou be sped;
Thou schalt me leve such a wedd;
That I wol have thi trowthe in honde
That thou schalt be myn housebonde。〃   1560
〃Nay;〃 seith Florent; 〃that may noght be。〃
〃Ryd thanne forth thi wey;〃 quod sche;
〃And if thou go withoute red;
Thou schalt be

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