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With gret travaile of Scole toke
In sondri forme forto boke;
That we mai take here evidences
Upon the lore of the Sciences;
Of craftes bothe and of clergie;
Among the whiche in Poesie
To the lovers Ovide wrot
And tawhte; if love be to hot;  2670
In what manere it scholde akiele。
Forthi; mi Sone; if that thou fiele
That love wringe thee to sore;
Behold Ovide and take his lore。
My fader; if thei mihte spede
Mi love; I wolde his bokes rede;
And if thei techen to restreigne
Mi love; it were an ydel peine
To lerne a thing which mai noght be。
For lich unto the greene tree;  2680
If that men toke his rote aweie;
Riht so myn herte scholde deie;
If that mi love be withdrawe。
Wherof touchende unto this sawe
There is bot only to poursuie
Mi love; and ydelschipe eschuie。
Mi goode Sone; soth to seie;
If ther be siker eny weie
To love; thou hast seid the beste:
For who that wolde have al his reste  2690
And do no travail at the nede;
It is no resoun that he spede
In loves cause forto winne;
For he which dar nothing beginne;
I not what thing he scholde achieve。
Bot overthis thou schalt believe;
So as it sit thee wel to knowe;
That ther ben othre vices slowe;
Whiche unto love don gret lette;
If thou thin herte upon hem sette。    2700
Toward the Slowe progenie
Ther is yit on of compaignie;
And he is cleped Sompnolence;
Which doth to Slouthe his reverence;
As he which is his Chamberlein;
That many an hundrid time hath lein
To slepe; whan he scholde wake。
He hath with love trewes take;
That wake who so wake wile;
If he mai couche a doun his bile;  2710
He hath al wowed what him list;
That ofte he goth to bedde unkist;
And seith that for no Druerie
He wol noght leve his sluggardie。
For thogh noman it wole allowe;
To slepe levere than to wowe
Is his manere; and thus on nyhtes;
Whan that he seth the lusti knyhtes
Revelen; wher these wommen are;
Awey he skulketh as an hare;    2720
And goth to bedde and leith him softe;
And of his Slouthe he dremeth ofte
Hou that he stiketh in the Myr;
And hou he sitteth be the fyr
And claweth on his bare schanckes;
And hou he clymbeth up the banckes
And falleth into Slades depe。
Bot thanne who so toke kepe;
Whanne he is falle in such a drem;
Riht as a Schip ayein the Strem;   2730
He routeth with a slepi noise;
And brustleth as a monkes froise;
Whanne it is throwe into the Panne。
And otherwhile sielde whanne
That he mai dreme a lusti swevene;
Him thenkth as thogh he were in hevene
And as the world were holi his:
And thanne he spekth of that and this;
And makth his exposicion
After the disposicion  2740
Of that he wolde; and in such wise
He doth to love all his service;
I not what thonk he schal deserve。
Bot; Sone; if thou wolt love serve;
I rede that thou do noght so。
Ha; goode fader; certes no。
I hadde levere be mi trowthe;
Er I were set on such a slouthe
And beere such a slepi snoute;
Bothe yhen of myn hed were oute。   2750
For me were betre fulli die;
Thanne I of such a slugardie
Hadde eny name; god me schilde;
For whan mi moder was with childe;
And I lay in hire wombe clos;
I wolde rathere Atropos;
Which is goddesse of alle deth;
Anon as I hadde eny breth;
Me hadde fro mi Moder cast。
Bot now I am nothing agast;          2760
I thonke godd; for Lachesis;
Ne Cloto; which hire felawe is;
Me schopen no such destine;
Whan thei at mi nativite
My weerdes setten as thei wolde;
Bot thei me schopen that I scholde
Eschuie of slep the truandise;
So that I hope in such a wise
To love forto ben excused;
That I no Sompnolence have used。   2770
For certes; fader Genius;
Yit into nou it hath be thus;
At alle time if it befelle
So that I mihte come and duelle
In place ther my ladi were;
I was noght slow ne slepi there:
For thanne I dar wel undertake;
That whanne hir list on nyhtes wake
In chambre as to carole and daunce;
Me thenkth I mai me more avaunce;  2780
If I mai gon upon hir hond;
Thanne if I wonne a kinges lond。
For whanne I mai hire hand beclippe;
With such gladnesse I daunce and skippe;
Me thenkth I touche noght the flor;
The Ro; which renneth on the Mor;
Is thanne noght so lyht as I:
So mow ye witen wel forthi;
That for the time slep I hate。
And whanne it falleth othergate;   2790
So that hire like noght to daunce;
Bot on the Dees to caste chaunce
Or axe of love som demande;
Or elles that hir list comaunde
To rede and here of Troilus;
Riht as sche wole or so or thus;
I am al redi to consente。
And if so is that I mai hente
Somtime among a good leisir;
So as I dar of mi desir   2800
I telle a part; bot whanne I preie;
Anon sche bidt me go mi weie
And seith it is ferr in the nyht;
And I swere it is even liht。
Bot as it falleth ate laste;
Ther mai no worldes joie laste;
So mot I nedes fro hire wende
And of my wachche make an ende:
And if sche thanne hiede toke;
Hou pitousliche on hire I loke;    2810
Whan that I schal my leve take;
Hire oghte of mercy forto slake
Hire daunger; which seith evere nay。
Bot he seith often; 〃Have good day;〃
That loth is forto take his leve:
Therfore; while I mai beleve;
I tarie forth the nyht along;
For it is noght on me along
To slep that I so sone go;
Til that I mot algate so;    2820
And thanne I bidde godd hire se;
And so doun knelende on mi kne
I take leve; and if I schal;
I kisse hire; and go forth withal。
And otherwhile; if that I dore;
Er I come fulli to the Dore;
I torne ayein and feigne a thing;
As thogh I hadde lost a Ring
Or somwhat elles; for I wolde
Kisse hire eftsones; if I scholde;    2830
Bot selden is that I so spede。
And whanne I se that I mot nede
Departen; I departe; and thanne
With al myn herte I curse and banne
That evere slep was mad for yhe;
For; as me thenkth; I mihte dryhe
Withoute slep to waken evere;
So that I scholde noght dissevere
Fro hire; in whom is al my liht:
And thanne I curse also the nyht   2840
With al the will of mi corage;
And seie; 〃Awey; thou blake ymage;
Which of thi derke cloudy face
Makst al the worldes lyht deface;
And causest unto slep a weie;
Be which I mot nou gon aweie
Out of mi ladi compaignie。
O slepi nyht; I thee defie;
And wolde that thou leye in presse
With Proserpine the goddesse    2850
And with Pluto the helle king:
For til I se the daies spring;
I sette slep noght at a risshe。〃
And with that word I sike and wisshe;
And seie; 〃Ha; whi ne were it day?
For yit mi ladi thanne I may
Beholde; thogh I do nomore。〃
And efte I thenke forthermore;
To som man hou the niht doth ese;
Whan he hath thing that mai him plese    2860
The longe nyhtes be his side;
Where as I faile and go beside。
Bot slep; I not wherof it serveth;
Of which noman his thonk deserveth
To gete him love in eny place;
Bot is an hindrere of his grace
And makth him ded as for a throwe;
Riht as a Stok were overthrowe。
And so; mi fader; in this wise
The slepi nyhtes I despise;  2870
And evere amiddes of mi tale
I thenke upon the nyhtingale;
Which slepeth noght be weie of kinde
For love; in bokes as I finde。
Thus ate laste I go to bedde;
And yit min herte lith to wedde
With hire; wher as I cam fro;
Thogh I departe; he wol noght so;
Ther is no lock mai schette him oute;
Him nedeth noght to gon aboute;    2880
That perce mai the harde wall;
Thus is he with hire overall;
That be hire lief; or be hire loth;
Into hire bedd myn herte goth;
And softly takth hire in his arm
And fieleth hou that sche is warm;
And wissheth that his body were
To fiele that he fieleth there。
And thus miselven I tormente;
Til that the dede slep me hente:   2890
Bot thanne be a thousand score
Welmore than I was tofore
I am tormented in mi slep;
Bot that I dreme is noght of schep;
For I ne thenke noght on wulle;
Bot I am drecched to the fulle
Of love; that I have to kepe;
That nou I lawhe and nou I wepe;
And nou I lese and nou I winne;
And nou I ende and nou beginne。    2900
And otherwhile I dreme and mete
That I al one with hire mete
And that Danger is left behinde;
And thanne in slep such joie I finde;
That I ne bede nevere awake。
Bot after; whanne I hiede take;
And schal arise upon the morwe;
Thanne is al torned into sorwe;
Noght for the cause I schal arise;
Bot for I mette i

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