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‘And shapeth yow his sorwe for to abregge;  925

And nought encresse; leve nece swete;

Beth rather to him cause of flat than egge;

And with som wysdom ye his sorwes bete。

What helpeth it to wepen ful a strete;

Or though ye bothe in salte teres dreynte?  930

Bet is a tyme of cure ay than of pleynte。



‘I mene thus; whan I him hider bringe;

Sin ye ben wyse; and bothe of oon assent;

So shapeth how distourbe your goinge;

Or come ayen; sone after ye be went。  935

Wommen ben wyse in short avysement;

And lat sen how your wit shal now avayle;

And what that I may helpe; it shal not fayle。'



‘Go;' quod Criseyde; ‘and uncle; trewely;

I shal don al my might; me to restreyne  940

From weping in his sighte; and bisily;

Him for to glade; I shal don al my peyne;

And in myn herte seken every veyne;

If to this soor ther may be founden salve;

It shal not lakken; certain; on myn halve。'  945



Goth Pandarus; and Troilus he soughte;

Til in a temple he fond him allone;

As he that of his lyf no lenger roughte;

But to the pitouse goddes everichone

Ful tendrely he preyde; and made his mone;  950

To doon him sone out of this world to pace;

For wel he thoughte ther was non other grace。



And shortly; al the sothe for to seye;

He was so fallen in despeyr that day;

That outrely he shoop him for to deye。  955

For right thus was his argument alwey:

He seyde; he nas but loren; waylawey!

‘For al that comth; comth by necessitee;

Thus to be lorn; it is my destinee。



‘For certaynly; this wot I wel;' he seyde;  960

‘That for…sight of divyne purveyaunce

Hath seyn alwey me to for…gon Criseyde;

Sin god seeth every thing; out of doutaunce;

And hem disponeth; thourgh his ordenaunce;

In hir merytes sothly for to be;  965

As they shul comen by predestinee。



‘But nathelees; allas! Whom shal I leve?

For ther ben grete clerkes many oon;

That destinee thorugh argumentes preve;

And som men seyn that nedely ther is noon;  970

But that free chois is yeven us everichoon。

O; welaway! So sleye arn clerkes olde;

That I not whos opinion I may holde。



‘For som men seyn; if god seth al biforn;

Ne god may not deceyved ben; pardee;  975

Than moot it fallen; though men hadde it sworn;

That purveyaunce hath seyn bifore to be。

Wherfor I seye; that from eterne if he

Hath wist biforn our thought eek as our dede;

We have no free chois; as these clerkes rede。  980



‘For other thought nor other dede also

Might never be; but swich as purveyaunce;

Which may not ben deceyved never…mo;

Hath feled biforn; with…outen ignoraunce。

For if ther mighte been a variaunce  985

To wrythen out fro goddes purveyinge;

Ther nere no prescience of thing cominge;



‘But it were rather an opinioun

Uncerteyn; and no stedfast forseinge;

And certes; that were an abusioun;  990

That god shuld han no parfit cleer witinge

More than we men that han doutous weninge。

But swich an errour up…on god to gesse

Were fals and foul; and wikked corsednesse。



‘Eek this is an opinioun of somme  995

That han hir top ful heighe and smothe y…shore;

They seyn right thus; that thing is not to come

For that the prescience hath seyn bifore

That it shal come; but they seyn that therfore

That it shal come; therfore the purveyaunce  1000

Wot it biforn with…outen ignoraunce;



‘And in this manere this necessitee

Retorneth in his part contrarie agayn。

For needfully bihoveth it not to be

That thilke thinges fallen in certayn  1005

That ben purveyed; but nedely; as they seyn;

Bihoveth it that thinges; whiche that falle;

That they in certayn ben purveyed alle。



‘I mene as though I laboured me in this;

To enqueren which thing cause of which thing be;  1010

As whether that the prescience of god is

The certayn cause of the necessitee

Of thinges that to comen been; pardee;

Or if necessitee of thing cominge

Be cause certeyn of the purveyinge。  1015



‘But now ne enforce I me nat in shewinge

How the ordre of causes stant; but wel wot I;

That it bihoveth that the bifallinge

Of thinges wist biforen certeynly

Be necessarie; al seme it not ther…by  1020

That prescience put falling necessaire

To thing to come; al falle it foule or faire。



‘For if ther sit a man yond on a see;

Than by necessitee bihoveth it

That; certes; thyn opinioun soth be;  1025

That wenest or coniectest that he sit;

And ferther…over now ayenward yit;

Lo; right so it is of the part contrarie;

As thus; (now herkne; for I wol not tarie):



‘I seye; that if the opinioun of thee  1030

Be sooth; for that he sit; than seye I this;

That he mot sitten by necessitee;

And thus necessitee in either is。

For in him nede of sittinge is; y…wis;

And in thee nede of sooth; and thus; forsothe;  1035

Ther moot necessitee ben in yow bothe。



‘But thou mayst seyn; the man sit not therfore;

That thyn opinioun of sitting soth is;

But rather; for the man sit ther bifore;

Therfore is thyn opinioun sooth; y…wis。  1040

And I seye; though the cause of sooth of this

Comth of his sitting; yet necessitee

Is entrechaunged; bothe in him and thee。



‘Thus on this same wyse; out of doutaunce;

I may wel maken; as it semeth me;  1045

My resoninge of goddes purveyaunce;

And of the thinges that to comen be;

By whiche reson men may wel y…see;

That thilke thinges that in erthe falle;

That by necessitee they comen alle。  1050



‘For al…though that; for thing shal come; y…wis;

Therfore is it purveyed; certaynly;

Nat that it comth for it purveyed is:

Yet nathelees; bihoveth it nedfully;

That thing to come be purveyed; trewely;  1055

Or elles; thinges that purveyed be;

That they bityden by necessitee。



‘And this suffyseth right y…now; certeyn;

For to destroye our free chois every del。 

But now is this abusion; to seyn;  1060

That fallinge of the thinges temporel

Is cause of goddes prescience eternel。

Now trewely; that is a fals sentence;

That thing to come sholde cause his prescience。



‘What mighte I wene; and I hadde swich a thought;  1065

But that god purveyth thing that is to come

For that it is to come; and elles nought?

So mighte I wene that thinges alle and some;

That whylom been bifalle and over…come;

Ben cause of thilke sovereyn purveyaunce;  1070

That for…wot al with…outen ignoraunce。



‘And over al this; yet seye I more herto;

That right as whan I woot ther is a thing;

Y…wis; that thing mot nedefully be so;

Eek right so; whan I woot a thing coming;  1075

So mot it come; and thus the bifalling

Of thinges that ben wist bifore the tyde;

They mowe not been eschewed on no syde。'



Than seyde he thus; ‘Almighty Iove in trone;

That wost of al this thing the soothfastnesse;  1080

Rewe on my sorwe; or do me deye sone;

Or bring Criseyde and me fro this distresse。'

And whyl he was in al this hevinesse;

Disputinge with him…self in this matere;

Com Pandare in; and seyde as ye may here。  1085



‘O mighty god;' quod Pandarus; ‘in trone;

Ey! Who seigh ever a wys man faren so?

Why; Troilus; what thenkestow to done?

Hastow swich lust to been thyn owene fo?

What; parde; yet is not Criseyde a…go!  1090

Why list thee so thy…self for…doon for drede;

That in thyn heed thyn eyen semen dede?



‘Hastow not lived many a yeer biforn

With…outen hir; and ferd ful wel at ese?

Artow for hir and for non other born?  1095

Hath kinde thee wroughte al…only hir to plese?

Lat be; and thenk right thus in thy disese。

That; in the dees right as ther fallen chaunces;

Right so in love; ther come and goon plesaunces。



‘And yet this is a wonder most of alle;  1100

Why thou thus sorwest; sin thou nost not yit;

Touching hir goinge; how that it shal falle;

Ne if she can hir…self distorben it。

Thou hast not yet assayed al hir wit。

A man may al by tyme his nekke bede  1105

Whan it shal of; and sorwen at the nede。



‘For…thy take hede of that that I shal seye;

I have with hir y…spoke and longe y…be;

So as accorded was bitwixe us tweye。

And ever…mor me thinketh thus; that she  1110

Hath som…what in hir hertes prevetee;

Wher…with she can; if I shal right arede;

Distorbe al this; of which thou art in drede。



‘For which my counseil is; whan it is night;

Thou to hir go; and make of this an ende;  1115

And blisful Iuno; thourgh hir grete mighte;

Shal; as I hope; hir grace un…to us sende。

Myn herte seyth; 〃Certeyn; she shal not wende;〃

And for…thy put thyn herte a whyle in reste;

And hold this purpos; for it is the beste。'  1120



This Troilus answerde; and sighte sore;

‘Thou seyst right wel; and I wil do right so;'

And what him liste; he seyde un…to it more。

And whan that it was tyme for to go;

Ful prevely him…self; with…outen mo;  1125

Un…to hir com; as he was wont to done;

And how they wroughte; I shal yow telle sone。



Soth is; that whan they gonne first to mete;

So gan the peyne hir hertes for to twiste;

That neither of hem other mighte grete;  1130

But hem in armes toke and after kiste。

The lasse wofulle of hem bothe niste

Wher that he was; ne mighte o word out…bringe;

As I seyde erst; for wo and for sobbinge。



Tho woful teres that they leten falle  1135

As bittre weren; out of teres kinde;

For peyne; as is ligne aloes or galle。

So bittre teres weep nought; as I finde;

The woful Myrra through the bark and rinde。

That in this world ther nis so hard an herte;  1140

That nolde han rewed on hir peynes smerte。



But whan hir woful wery gostes tweyne

Retorned been ther…as hem oughte dwelle;

And that som…what to wayken gan the peyne

By lengthe of pleynte; and ebben gan the welle  1145

Of hire teres; and the herte unswelle;

With broken voys; al hoors for…shright; Criseyde

To Troilus thise ilke wordes seyde:



‘O Iove; I deye; and mercy I beseche!

Help; Troilus!' And ther…with…al hir face  1150

Upon his brest she leyde; and loste speche;

Hir woful spirit 
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