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Hardy; testif; strong; and chevalrous

Of dedes; lyk his fader Tideus。

And som men seyn; he was of tunge large;

And heir he was of Calidoine and Arge。  805



Criseyde mene was of hir stature;

Ther…to of shap; of face; and eek of chere;

Ther mighte been no fairer creature。

And ofte tyme this was hir manere;

To gon y…tressed with hir heres clere  810

Doun by hir coler at hir bak bihinde;

Which with a threde of gold she wolde binde。



And; save hir browes ioyneden y…fere;

Ther nas no lak; in ought I can espyen;

But for to speken of hir eyen clere;  815

Lo; trewely; they writen that hir syen;

That Paradys stood formed in hir yen。

And with hir riche beautee ever…more

Strof love in hir; ay which of hem was more。



She sobre was; eek simple; and wys with…al;  820

The beste y…norisshed eek that mighte be;

And goodly of hir speche in general;

Charitable; estatliche; lusty; and free;

Ne never…mo ne lakkede hir pitee;

Tendre…herted; slydinge of corage;  825

But trewely; I can not telle hir age。



And Troilus wel waxen was in highte;

And complet formed by proporcioun

So wel; that kinde it not amenden mighte;

Yong; fresshe; strong; and hardy as lyoun;  830

Trewe as steel in ech condicioun;

On of the beste enteched creature;

That is; or shal; whyl that the world may dure。



And certainly in storie it is y…founde;

That Troilus was never un…to no wight;  835

As in his tyme; in no degree secounde

In durring don that longeth to a knight。

Al mighte a geaunt passen him of might;

His herte ay with the firste and with the beste

Stood paregal; to durre don that him leste。  840



But for to tellen forth of Diomede: 

It fil that after; on the tenthe day;

Sin that Criseyde out of the citee yede;

This Diomede; as fresshe as braunche in May;

Com to the tente ther…as Calkas lay;  845

And feyned him with Calkas han to done;

But what he mente; I shal yow telle sone。



Criseyde; at shorte wordes for to telle;

Welcomed him; and doun by hir him sette;

And he was ethe y…nough to maken dwelle。  850

And after this; with…outen longe lette;

The spyces and the wyn men forth hem fette;

And forth they speke of this and that y…fere;

As freendes doon; of which som shal ye here。



He gan first fallen of the werre in speche  855

Bitwixe hem and the folk of Troye toun;

And of thassege he gan hir eek byseche;

To telle him what was hir opinioun。

Fro that demaunde he so descendeth doun

To asken hir; if that hir straunge thoughte  860

The Grekes gyse; and werkes that they wroughte?



And why hir fader tarieth so longe

To wedden hir un…to som worthy wight?

Criseyde; that was in hir peynes stronge

For love of Troilus; hir owene knight;  865

As fer…forth as she conning hadde or might;

Answerde him tho; but; as of his entente;

It semed not she wiste what he mente。



But natheles; this ilke Diomede

Gan in him…self assure; and thus he seyde;  870

‘If ich aright have taken of yow hede;

Me thinketh thus; O lady myn; Criseyde;

That sin I first hond on your brydel leyde;

Whan ye out come of Troye by the morwe;

Ne coude I never seen yow but in sorwe。  875



‘Can I not seyn what may the cause be

But…if for love of som Troyan it were;

The which right sore wolde athinken me

That ye; for any wight that dwelleth there;

Sholden spille a quarter of a tere;  880

Or pitously your…selven so bigyle;

For dredelees; it is nought worth the whyle。



‘The folk of Troye; as who seyth; alle and some

In preson been; as ye your…selven see;

Nor thennes shal not oon on…lyve come  885

For al the gold bitwixen sonne and see。

Trusteth wel; and understondeth me。

Ther shal not oon to mercy goon on…lyve;

Al were he lord of worldes twyes fyve!



‘Swich wreche on hem; for fecching of Eleyne;  890

Ther shal be take; er that we hennes wende;

That Manes; which that goddes ben of peyne;

Shal been agast that Grekes wol hem shende。

And men shul drede; un…to the worldes ende;

From hennes…forth to ravisshe any quene;  895

So cruel shal our wreche on hem be sene。



‘And but…if Calkas lede us with ambages;

That is to seyn; with double wordes slye;

Swich as men clepe a 〃word with two visages;〃

Ye shal wel knowen that I nought ne lye;  900

And al this thing right seen it with your ye;

And that anoon; ye nil not trowe how sone;

Now taketh heed; for it is for to done。



‘What wene ye your wyse fader wolde

Han yeven Antenor for yow anoon;  905

If he ne wiste that the citee sholde

Destroyed been? Why; nay; so mote I goon!

He knew ful wel ther shal not scapen oon

That Troyan is; and for the grete fere;

He dorste not; ye dwelte lenger there。  910



‘What wole ye more; lufsom lady dere?

Lat Troye and Troyan fro your herte pace!

Dryf out that bittre hope; and make good chere;

And clepe ayein the beautee of your face;

That ye with salte teres so deface。  915

For Troye is brought in swich a Iupartye;

That; it to save; is now no remedye。



‘And thenketh wel; ye shal in Grekes finde;

A more parfit love; er it be night;

Than any Troian is; and more kinde;  920

And bet to serven yow wol doon his might。

And if ye vouche sauf; my lady bright;

I wol ben he to serven yow my…selve;

Yee; lever than he lord of Greces twelve!'



And with that word he gan to waxen reed;  925

And in his speche a litel wight he quook;

And caste a…syde a litel wight his heed;

And stinte a whyle; and afterward awook;

And sobreliche on hir he threw his look;

And seyde; ‘I am; al be it yow no Ioye;  930

As gentil man as any wight in Troye。



‘For if my fader Tydeus;' he seyde;

‘Y…lived hadde; I hadde been; er this;

Of Calidoine and Arge a king; Criseyde!

And so hope I that I shal yet; y…wis。  935

But he was slayn; allas! The more harm is;

Unhappily at Thebes al to rathe;

Polymites and many a man to scathe。



‘But herte myn; sin that I am your man;

And been the ferste of whom I seche grace;  940

To serven you as hertely as I can;

And ever shal; whyl I to live have space;

So; er that I departe out of this place;

Ye wol me graunte; that I may to…morwe;

At bettre leyser; telle yow my sorwe。'  945



What shold I telle his wordes that he seyde?

He spak y…now; for o day at the meste;

It preveth wel; he spak so that Criseyde

Graunted; on the morwe; at his requeste;

For to speken with him at the leste;  950

So that he nolde speke of swich matere;

And thus to him she seyde; as ye may here:



As she that hadde hir herte on Troilus

So faste; that ther may it noon arace;

And straungely she spak; and seyde thus;  955

‘O Diomede; I love that ilke place

Ther I was born; and Ioves; for his grace;

Delivere it sone of al that doth it care!

God; for thy might; so leve it wel to fare!



‘That Grekes wolde hir wraththe on Troye wreke;  960

If that they mighte; I knowe it wel; y…wis。

But it shal not bifallen as ye speke;

And god to…forn; and ferther over this;

I wot my fader wys and redy is;

And that he me hath bought; as ye me tolde;  965

So dere; I am the more un…to him holde。



‘That Grekes been of heigh condicioun;

I woot eek wel; but certein; men shal finde

As worthy folk with…inne Troye toun;

As conning; and as parfit and as kinde;  970

As been bitwixen Orcades and Inde。

And that ye coude wel your lady serve;

I trowe eek wel; hir thank for to deserve。



‘But as to speke of love; y…wis;' she seyde;

‘I hadde a lord; to whom I wedded was;  975

The whos myn herte al was; til that he deyde;

And other love; as helpe me now Pallas;

Ther in myn herte nis; ne nevere was。

And that ye been of noble and heigh kinrede;

I have wel herd it tellen; out of drede。  980



‘And that doth me to han so gret a wonder;

That ye wol scornen any womman so。

Eek; god wot; love and I be fer a…sonder!

I am disposed bet; so mote I go;

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
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