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Ne; by my trouthe; I kepe nat restreyne

Thee fro thy love; thogh that it were Eleyne;

That is thy brotheres wif; if ich it wiste;

Be what she be; and love hir as thee liste。



‘Therfore; as freend fullich in me assure;  680

And tel me plat what is thyn enchesoun;

And final cause of wo that ye endure;

For douteth no…thing; myn entencioun

Nis nought to yow of reprehencioun;

To speke as now; for no wight may bireve  685

A man to love; til that him list to leve。



‘And witeth wel; that bothe two ben vyces;

Mistrusten alle; or elles alle leve;

But wel I woot; the mene of it no vyce is;

For to trusten sum wight is a preve  690

Of trouthe; and for…thy wolde I fayn remeve

Thy wrong conseyte; and do thee som wight triste;

Thy wo to telle; and tel me; if thee liste。



‘The wyse seyth; 〃Wo him that is allone;

For; and he falle; he hath noon help to ryse;〃  695

And sith thou hast a felawe; tel thy mone;

For this nis not; certeyn; the nexte wyse

To winnen love; as techen us the wyse;

To walwe and wepe as Niobe the quene;

Whos teres yet in marbel been y…sene。  700



‘Lat be thy weping and thi drerinesse;

And lat us lissen wo with other speche;

So may thy woful tyme seme lesse。

Delyte not in wo thy wo to seche;

As doon thise foles that hir sorwes eche  705

With sorwe; whan they han misaventure;

And listen nought to seche hem other cure。



‘Men seyn; 〃To wrecche is consolacioun

To have an…other felawe in his peyne;〃

That oughte wel ben our opinioun;  710

For; bothe thou and I; of love we pleyne;

So ful of sorwe am I; soth for to seyne;

That certeynly no more harde grace

May sitte on me; for…why ther is no space。

‘If god wole thou art not agast of me;  715

Lest I wolde of thy lady thee bigyle;

Thow wost thy…self whom that I love; pardee;

As I best can; gon sithen longe whyle。

And sith thou wost I do it for no wyle;

And sith I am he that thou tristest most;  720

Tel me sumwhat; sin al my wo thou wost。'



Yet Troilus; for al this; no word seyde;

But longe he ley as stille as he ded were;

And after this with sykinge he abreyde;

And to Pandarus voys he lente his ere;  725

And up his eyen caste he; that in fere

Was Pandarus; lest that in frenesye

He sholde falle; or elles sone dye;



And cryde ‘A…wake' ful wonderly and sharpe;

‘What? Slombrestow as in a lytargye?  730

Or artow lyk an asse to the harpe;

That hereth soun; whan men the strenges plye;

But in his minde of that no melodye

May sinken; him to glade; for that he

So dul is of his bestialitee?'  735



And with that; Pandare of his wordes stente;

And Troilus yet him no word answerde;

For…why to telle nas not his entente

To never no man; for whom that he so ferde。

For it is seyd; ‘Man maketh ofte a yerde  740

With which the maker is him…self y…beten

In sondry maner;' as thise wyse treten;



And namely; in his counseyl tellinge

That toucheth love that oughte be secree;

For of him…self it wolde y…nough out…springe;  745

But…if that it the bet governed be。

Eek som…tyme it is craft to seme flee

Fro thing which in effect men hunte faste;

Al this gan Troilus in his herte caste。



But nathelees; whan he had herd him crye  750

‘Awake!' he gan to syke wonder sore;

And seyde; ‘Freend; though that I stille lye;

I am not deef; now pees; and cry no more;

For I have herd thy wordes and thy lore;

But suffre me my mischef to biwayle;  755

For thy proverbes may me nought avayle。



‘Nor other cure canstow noon for me。

Eek I nil not be cured; I wol deye;

What knowe I of the quene Niobe?

Lat be thyne olde ensaumples; I thee preye。'  760

‘No;' quod tho Pandarus; ‘therfore I seye;

Swich is delyt of foles to biwepe

Hir wo; but seken bote they ne kepe。

‘Now knowe I that ther reson in the fayleth。

But tel me; if I wiste what she were  765

For whom that thee al this misaunter ayleth?

Dorstestow that I tolde hir in hir ere

Thy wo; sith thou darst not thy…self for fere;

And hir bisoughte on thee to han som routhe?'

‘Why; nay;' quod he; ‘by god and by my trouthe!'  770



‘What; Not as bisily;' quod Pandarus;

‘As though myn owene lyf lay on this nede?'

‘No; certes; brother;' quod this Troilus;

‘And why?'  ‘For that thou sholdest never spede。'

‘Wostow that wel?'  ‘Ye; that is out of drede;'  775

Quod Troilus; ‘for al that ever ye conne;

She nil to noon swich wrecche as I be wonne。'



Quod Pandarus; ‘Allas! What may this be;

That thou dispeyred art thus causelees?

What? Liveth not thy lady? Benedicite!  780

How wostow so that thou art gracelees?

Swich yvel is nat alwey botelees。

Why; put not impossible thus thy cure;

Sin thing to come is ofte in aventure。



‘I graunte wel that thou endurest wo  785

As sharp as doth he; Ticius; in helle;

Whos stomak foules tyren ever…mo

That highte volturis; as bokes telle。

But I may not endure that thou dwelle

In so unskilful an opinioun  790

That of thy wo is no curacioun。



‘But ones niltow; for thy coward herte;

And for thyn ire and folish wilfulnesse;

For wantrust; tellen of thy sorwes smerte;

Ne to thyn owene help do bisinesse  795

As muche as speke a resoun more or lesse;

But lyest as he that list of no…thing recche。

What womman coude love swich a wrecche?



‘What may she demen other of thy deeth;

If thou thus deye; and she not why it is;  800

But that for fere is yolden up thy breeth;

For Grekes han biseged us; y…wis?

Lord; which a thank than shaltow han of this!

Thus wol she seyn; and al the toun at ones;

〃The wrecche is deed; the devel have his bones!〃  805



‘Thou mayst allone here wepe and crye and knele;

But; love a woman that she woot it nought;

And she wol quyte that thou shalt not fele;

Unknowe; unkist; and lost that is un…sought。

What! Many a man hath love ful dere y…bought  810

Twenty winter that his lady wiste;

That never yet his lady mouth he kiste。

‘What? Shulde be therfor fallen in despeyr;

Or be recreaunt for his owene tene;

Or sleen him…self; al be his lady fayr?  815

Nay; nay; but ever in oon be fresh and grene

To serve and love his dere hertes quene;

And thenke it is a guerdoun hir to serve

A thousand…fold more than he can deserve。'



Of that word took hede Troilus;  820

And thoughte anoon what folye he was inne;

And how that sooth him seyde Pandarus;

That for to sleen him…self mighte he not winne;

But bothe doon unmanhod and a sinne;

And of his deeth his lady nought to wyte;  825

For of his wo; god woot; she knew ful lyte。



And with that thought he gan ful sore syke;

And seyde; ‘Allas! What is me best to do?'

To whom Pandare answered; ‘If thee lyke;

The best is that thou telle me thy wo;  830

And have my trouthe; but thou it finde so;

I be thy bote; or that it be ful longe;

To peces do me drawe; and sithen honge!'



‘Ye; so thou seyst;' quod Troilus tho; ‘allas!

But; god wot; it is not the rather so;  835

Ful hard were it to helpen in this cas;

For wel finde I that Fortune is my fo;

Ne alle the men that ryden conne or go

May of hir cruel wheel the harm withstonde;

For; as hir list; she pleyeth with free and bonde。'  840



Quod Pandarus; ‘Than blamestow Fortune

For thou art wrooth; ye; now at erst I see;

Wostow nat wel that Fortune is commune

To every maner wight in som degree?

And yet thou hast this comfort; lo; pardee!  845

That; as hir Ioyes moten over…goon;

So mote hir sorwes passen everichoon。



‘For if hir wheel stinte any…thing to torne;

Than cessed she Fortune anoon to be:

Now; sith hir wheel by no wey may soiorne;  850

What wostow if hir mutabilitee

Right as thy…selven list; wol doon by thee;

Or that she be not fer fro thyn helpinge?

Paraunter; thou hast cause for to singe!



‘And therfor wostow what I thee beseche?  855

Lat be thy wo and turning to the grounde;

For who…so list have helping of his leche;

To him bihoveth first unwrye his wounde。

To Cerberus in helle ay be I bounde;

Were it for my suster; al thy sorwe;  860

By my wil; she sholde al be thyn to…morwe。

‘Loke up; I seye; and tel me what she is

Anoon; that I may goon aboute thy nede;

Knowe ich hir ought? For my love; tel me this;

Than wolde I hopen rather for to spede。'  865

Tho gan the veyne of Troilus to blede;

For he was hit; and wex al reed for shame;

‘A ha!' quod Pandare; ‘Here biginneth game!'

And with that word he gan him for to shake;

And seyde; ‘Theef; thou shalt hir name telle。'  870

But tho gan sely Troilus for to quake

As though men sholde han led him in…to helle;

And seyde; ‘Allas! Of al my wo the welle;

Than is my swete fo called Criseyde!'

And wel nigh with the word for fere he deyde。  875



And whan that Pandare herde hir name nevene;

Lord; he was glad; and seyde; ‘Freend so dere;

Now fare a…right; for Ioves name in hevene;

Love hath biset the wel; be of good chere;

For of good name and wysdom and manere  880

She hath y…nough; and eek of gentilesse;

If she be fayr; thou wost thy…self; I gesse;



‘Ne I never saw a more bountevous

Of hir estat; ne a gladder; ne of speche

A freendlier; ne a more gracious  885

For to do wel; ne lasse hadde nede to seche

What for to doon; and al this bet to eche;

In honour; to as fer as she may strecche;

A kinges herte semeth by hirs a wrecche。



‘And for…thy loke of good comfort thou be;  890

For certeinly; the firste poynt is this

Of noble corage and wel ordeyne;

A man to have pees with him…self; y…wis;

So oughtest thou; for nought but good it is

To loven wel; and in a worthy place;  895

Thee oghte not to clepe it hap; but grace。



‘And also thenk; and ther…with glade thee;

That sith thy lady vertuous is al;

So folweth it that ther is som pitee

Amonges alle thise othere in general;  900

And for…thy see that thou; in special;

Requere nought that is ayein hir name;

For vertue streccheth not him…self to shame。



‘But wel is me that ever that I
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