The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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London,: Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co.,
1868-[1869]
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AT Sarray in þe land of Tartarye [folio 90b] Ther dwelt a king þat werreyed RussyeThurgh which þer deyed many a doughty manThis noble king was cleped kambynskanLine 12 Which in his tyme was of so gret renonThat þer nas nowher in no regionSo excellent a lord in alle þinghim lacked nought þat longed to a kyngLine 16 As of þe secte of which þat he was bornhe kepte his lay to which þat he was swornAnd þerto he was hardy wys and richeAnd pitous and Iust alwey y-licheLine 20 Soþ of his word benigne and honorableOf his corage as eny centre stableyong freissh and strong in armes desirousAs eny bacheler of alle his housLine 24 A fair persone he was and fortunatAnd kepte alway so wel real astatThat þer nas no wher swich anoþer manThis noble king this Tartre KambynskanLine 28 hadde tuo sones in Eltheta his wyfOf which þe eldest highte AlgarsyfThat oþer was y-cleped CamballoA doughter hadde þis worþy king alsoLine 32 That yongest was and highte CanaceBut for to telle you al hire beauteIt lyþ nought in my tonge ne in my konnyngI dar not vndertake so heigh a þing
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[6-text p 480] Line 36 Myn englissch eek is insufficientIt moste ben a Rethor excellentThat couþe his colours longyng for þat artIf he schulde hir discryue in any partLine 40 I am non swich I moot speke as I canAnd so bifelle that whan þis Cambynskanhaþ twenty wynter born his DiademeAs he was wonte fro yeer to yeer I deemeLine 44 he leet þe feste of his natiuite [folio 91a] Don cryen þurgh Sarray his CiteThe laste Idus of March after þe ȝeerPhebus þe sonne Iolif was and cleerLine 48 ffor he was neigh his exaltacionIn martes face and his mansionIn aries þe Colerik þe hote signefful lusty was þe weder and benigneLine 52 ffor which þe foules aȝein þe sonne ssheneWhat for þe seson and þe yonge grenefful loude songe hire affectionshem semed han geten hem protectionsLine 56 Aȝėin þe swerd of wynter keene and coldThis Kambynskan of which I haue ȝou toldIn Real vestiment sit on his deysWith dyademe ful heigh in his paleysLine 60 And halt his feste solempne and so richeThat in þis world ne was þer non it licheOf which if I schal telle al þe arrayThan wold it occupye a someres dayLine 64 And eek it needeþ nat to deuyseAt euery cours þe ordre of here seruiseI wol not tellen of here straunge sewesNe of here swannes ne of here heron-sewesLine 68 Ek in þat lond as tellen knightes oldeTher is som mete þat is ful deynte holdeThat in þis lond men recche but smalTher nys no man þat may reporten al
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[6-text p 481] Line 72 I wol not tarien yow for it is primeAnd for it is no fruyt but los of tymevnto my first purpos I wole haue my recours /And so bifelle þat after þe þridde coursLine 76 Whil þat þis king sit þus in his nobleyeherknyng his menstreles here þinges pleyeBiforn him atte bord deliciouslyIn atte halle dore al sodeinlyLine 80 Ther com a knight vpon a steede of bras [folio 91b] And in his hond a brood Mirour of glasvpon his thombe he hadde of gold a ryngAnd by his syde a naked swerd hangyngLine 84 And vp he rydeþ to þe heihe bordIn alle þe halle ne was þer spoke a wordffor merueille of þis knight him to biholdefful bysyly þey wayten ȝonge and olde /Line 88 This strange knight þat com þus sodeynlyAl armed saue his heed ful richelySalued þe king and queen and lordes alleBy ordre as þey seten in þe halleLine 92 with so heigh reuerence and obeissancesAs wel in speche as in contenancesThat Gawayn with his olde curtesye /Though he com agayn out of fayrie /Line 96 Ne couþe him nought amende wiþ no wordAnd after þis bifore þe heihe bordhe with a manly vois sayde his messageAfter þe forme vsed in his langageLine 100 wiþoute vice of Sillable or of lettreAnd for his tale scholde seme þe bettreAcordant to his wordes was his chere /As techeþ art of speche hem þat it lere /Line 104 Al be it þat I can nat sowne his stileNe can not clymben ouer so heigh a styleyet/ seye I þis þat as to commune ententeThus moche amounteþ al þat euer he mente
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[6-text p 482] Line 108 If it so be þat I haue it in my myndehe seyde þe king of Arabie and of IndeMy liege lord on þis solempne daySalueþ ȝou as he best can and mayLine 112 And sendeþ yow in honour of your festeBy me þat am redy at al your heste /This steede of Bras þat esily and welkan in þe space of a day naturelLine 116 This is to seie in .xxiiijti. houres [folio 92a] Wher so yow list in droughte or in schouresBeren youre body in to euery place /To which youre herte wilneth for to paceLine 120 wiþoute wem of ȝou þorugh foul or fairOr if ȝou list to flee as hye in þairAs doþ an Egle whan him list to soreThis same steede schal bere ȝou eueremoreLine 124 wiþouten harm til ye be þer you lesteThough þat ȝe slepen on his bak or resteAnd torne aȝayn wiþ wryþing of a pynhe þat it wroughte couþe ful many a gynLine 128 he waitede many a constellacōnOr he hadde do þis operaciōnAnd knew ful many a seal and many a bondThis Mirour eek þat I haue in myn hondLine 132 haþ such a might that men may in it seewhan þer schal fallen any aduersiteVnto youre regne or to your self alsoAnd openly who is ȝour frend or fooLine 136 And ouer al þis if ony lady brighthaþ set hire herte on any maner wightIf he be fals sche schal his trayson sehis newe loue and al his subtiliteLine 140 So openly þat þer schal no þing hydewherfore ageyn þis lusty somer tydeThis mirour and þis ryng as ye may see /he haþ sent to my lady Canacee
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[6-text p 483] Line 144 youre excellent doughter þat is heereThe vertu of þis ring if ȝe wol heereIs þis. þat if hir list it for to were /vpon hir þombe or in hir purs it bereLine 148 Ther is no foule þat fleigh vnder þe heueneþat she ne schal vnderstonde his steueneAnd knowe his menyng openly and pleynAnd answere him in his langage ageynLine 152 And euery gras þat groweþ vpon a roote / [folio 92b] Sche schal wel knowe and whom it wol do booteAl be his woundes neuer so deepe and wydeThis naked swerd þat hongeth by my sydeLine 156 Swich vertu haþ þat what man so ye smyteThurghout his armour it wole kerue and byteWere it as þikke as is a braunched okeAnd what man þat is wounded wiþ þe strokeLine 160 Schal neuer be hol til þat yow list of graceTo stroke him wiþ þe plat in þilke placeTher he is hurt þis is as moche to saynye moote with þe platte swerd agaynLine 164 Stroke him on þe wounde and it wil closeThis is a verray soth wiþouten gloseIt failleþ nought whiles it is in youre holdAnd whan þis knight haþ þus his tale toldLine 168 he rydeth out of þe halle and doun he lighthis steede which þat schon as sonne brightStant in þe court stille as ony stoonThis knight in to his chambre is lad anoonLine 172 And is vnarmed and to þe mete y-setThe presentes ben ful richely y-fetThis is to sein þe swerd and þe mirourAnd born anon vnto þe hihe tourLine 176 Wiþ certein officers ordeyned þerforeAnd vnto Canacee þe ryng is boreSolempnely þer sche sitt atte tableBut sikerly wiþouten eny fable /
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[6-text p 484] Line 180 The hors of bras þat may nat be remewedIt stant as it were to þe ground y-glewedTher may noman out of þe place it dryueffor non engyn of wyndas or polyue /Line 184 And cause why for þey can nouȝt þe craftAnd þerfore in the place þei han it laftTil þat þe knight haþ taught hem þe maneereTo voyden him as ȝe schal after heereLine 188 Gret was þe prees þat swarmed to and fro [folio 93a] To gauren on þis hors þat stondeþ soffor it so heih was and so brood and longSo wel proporciouned for to be strongLine 192 Right as it were a steede of lumbardyeTher with so horsly and so quyk of yeAs it a gentil poyleys courser wereffor certes fro his tail vnto his eereLine 196 Nature ne art ne couþe him nought amendeIn no degre as al þe poeple wendeBut euermore here mooste wonder it washow þat it cowde gon and was of BrasLine 200 It was of ffaierye as þe peple semedediuerse folk diuersely han demedeAs many heedes as many wittes þer beenThey murmerede as don a swarm of beenLine 204 And maden skyles after here fantasyesRehersyng of þe olde poetriesAnd seyden it was lik þe PagaseeThe hors þat hadde wynges for to fleeLine 208 Or elles it was þe Grekes hors SynonThat broughte troye to destructionAs men in þise olde gestes reedeMyn herte quod oon is eueremore in dredeLine 212 I trowe som men of armes ben þer InneThat schapen hem þis cite for to wynneIt were right good þat alle swich þing were knoweAnoþer rowned to his felawe lowe
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[6-text p 485] Line 216 And seyde he lyeth for it is raþere likAn apparence y-maad by som magykAs Iogelours pleyen at þese festes grete /Of sondry þoughtes þus þey Iangle and treteLine 220 As lewed peple demeþ communlyOf þinges þat been more maad subtilyThan þey can in here lewednesse comprehende /They demen gladly to þe baddere endeLine 224 And some of hem wondren on þe mirour [folio 93b] That born was vp vnto þe maistre tourhow men might in it suche þinges seAnoþer answerde and seyde it might wel beLine 228 Naturelly by composicionsOf aungels and of sleygh reflexionsAnd seyde þat in Rome was such oonThey speke of alocen and vitilionLine 232 And of aristotle þat writen in here lyuesOf queinte mirours and of perspectyuesAs knowen þey þat han here bookes herdeAnd oþer folk han wondred on þe swerdeLine 236 That wolde perce þurgh euery þingAnd fille in speche of Thelophus þe kingAnd of achilles for his queinte spere /ffor he couþe with it boþe hele and dere /Line 240 Right in swich wise as men may wiþ þe swerdOf which right now ye haue youre seluen herdThey speken of sondry hardyng of metalleAnd speke of medicynes þer wiþalleLine 244 And how and whanne it scholde harded beWhich is vnknowe algate vnto me /Tho speeke þey of Canaces ryngAnd seyden alle þat swich a wonder þingLine 248 Of craft of rynges herde þey neuere nonSaue þat he moyses and king Salomonhadde a name of konnyng in swich artThus seyen þe peple and drawen hem a part
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[6-text p 486] Line 252 But naþeles somme seyde þat it wasWonder to maken of fern aisshen glasAnd ȝit is glas not lik aisshen of fernBut for þey han knowen it so fernLine 256 Therfore ceseþ here Ianglyng and here wonderAs sore wondren some on cause of þonderOn ebbe and flood on gossomer and on myst /And alle þing til þe cause is wist [folio 94a] Line 260 Thus Ianglen þei and demen and deuyseTil þat þe king gan fro his bord arise¶ Phebus haþ laft þe angle meridionalAnd ȝit ascendyng was þe best roialLine 264 The gentil leon wiþ his AldrianWhan þat þis Tartre kyng KambynskanRos from his bord ther as he sat ful hyeBiforn him goþ þe lowde menstralcie /Line 268 Til he com to his chambre of paramentzTher as þey sownen diuerse instrumentzThat is lik an heuene for to heere /Now dauncen lusty venus children deereLine 272 ffor in þe fisshe hir lady sat ful hyeAnd lokeþ on hem with a freendy yheThis noble king is set vp on his trooneThis straunge knight is fet to him ful sone /Line 276 And on þe daunce he goþ with Canaceehere is þe reuel and þe IoliteThat is nat able a dul man to deuyse /he moste han knowe loue and his seruise /Line 280 And ben a festlich man as freisch as mayThat scholde ȝow deuisen such arraywho couþe telle yow þe forme of dauncesSo vncouthe and such freissche continauncesLine 284 Swich subtile lokynges and dissimulyngesffor drede of Ialouseye mennes aperceyuyngesNoman but lancelet and he is deedTherfore I passe ouer al þis lustyhed
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[6-text p 487] Line 288 I say nomore but in þis IolynesseI lete hem til men to soper hem dresseThe stiward bit spices for to hyeAnd eek þe wyn in al þis melodyeLine 292 The vssheres and þe squyers ben y-gonThe spices and þe wyn is come anonThey eete and dronke and whan þis hadde an endevnto þe temple as resoun was þey wende [folio 94b] ¶ The seruise doon. þey soupen al by dayWhat needeþ you rehersen here arayEch man woot wel þat at/ a kinges festehaþ plente to þe meste and to þe lesteLine 300 And deyntees mo þan ben in my knowyngAnd after souper goþ þis noble kingTo seen þis hors of bras wiþ al a routeOf lordes and of ladyes him abouteLine 304 Swich wondryng was þer on þis hors of brasThat siþþen þe grete seege of Troye wasTher as men wondren on an hors alsoNe was þer swich a wondryng as was þo /Line 308 But finally þe king askeþ þe knightThe vertue of þis courser and þe mightAnd preyde him to telle his gouernanceThe hors anon bigan to trippe and daunceLine 312 Whan þat þis knight layde hond vpon his reyne /And seyde sire þer is namore to seyneBut whan þou list to ryden eny whereye moote trille a pyn stant in his eereLine 316 which I schal telle you bitwen vs tuo /ye moot nempne him to what place alsoOr to what Contre þat yow list to rydeAnd whan ye come þer as yow list tabydeLine 320 Bid him descende and trille anoþer pynffor þer-in liþ þeffect of al þat gynAnd wole doun descende and don your willeAnd in þat place he wol abyde stille
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[6-text p 488] Line 324 þeigh alle þe world hadde þe contrarie sworehe schal not þennes be þrowe ne y-boreOf if yow liste bidde him þennes gonTrille þis pynne and he wil vanyssche anonLine 328 Out of þe sight of euery maner wightAnd come ayein be it day or nightwhan þat yow list to clepen him agaynIn swich a gyse as I schal to yow sayn [folio 95a] Line 332 Bitwixen yow and me and þat ful sooneRyd whan yow list þer is no more to dooneEnformed whan þe kyng was of þe knightAnd haþ conceyued in his witt arightLine 336 The maner and þe forme of alle þis þingfful glad and bliþe þe noble doughty kyngRepeyryng to his reuel as bifornThe brydel is in to þe tour y-bornLine 340 And kept among his Ieweles lief and diereThe hors vanyssht y not in what manereOut of here sight ye gete namore of meBut þus I lete in lust and IoliteLine 344 This Kambynskan his lordes festeyngeTil wel neigh þe day bigan to springe
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¶ The Stag of an hert
¶ The norice of digestion is slepeGan on hem wynke and bad hem take kepeLine 348 That moche mete and labour wol haue reste /And with a galpyng hem alle he keste /And seyde þat it was tyme to lye a dounffor blood was in his dominacionLine 352 Cherissheþ blood natures frend quod heþey þanken him galpynge by tuo by þreAnd euery wight gan drawen him to his resteAs sleep hem bad þey tooke it for þe beste
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[6-text p 489] Line 356 here dremes schulle not mowe be told for mefful were here heedes of fumositeThat causeþ drem of which þer is no charge /They sleepen til it was pryme large /Line 360 The moste part but it were CanaceSche was ful mesurable as wommen beffor of hire fader hadde sche take hir leeueTo go to reste sone after it was eueLine 364 hir list not appalled for to beffor on þe morwe vnfestlich for to see /And slepte hir ferste sleep and awok [folio 95b] ffor swich a ioye sche in hir herte tookLine 368 Boþe of hire queynte ryng and hire mirourThat twenty tyme sche chaungeth hire colourAnd in hire sleep right for impressionOf hire mirour sche hadde a visionLine 372 Wherfore ar þat þe sonne vp gan glydeSche cleped vp on hire maystresse bysydeAnd seyde þat hir liste for to ariseThise olde wommen þat ben gladly wyseLine 376 As is hire maystresse answerde anonAnd seyde ma dame whider wolde ye gonThus erely for folk ben alle in resteI wole quod sche arise for me leste /Line 380 No lengere sleepen but walken aboutehire maistresse clepeþ wommen a gret route /And vp þey risen wel ten or tweluevp riseþ freisshe Canace hir selueLine 384 As rody as bright as þey þe yonge sonneThat in þe Ram. is ten degrees vpronneNon hiher was he whan sche redy wasAnd forth sche walkede eesyly a pasLine 388 Arrayed after þe lusty seson sootelightly for to pleye and walke on footeNat but .v. or .vj. of hire meyneAnd in a trench fer in þe park goþ sche
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[6-text p 490] Line 392 The vapour which þat fro þe erþe gloodmakeþ þe sonne to seeme rody and broodBut naþeles it was so fair a sightThat it made alle here hertes for to lightLine 396 What for þe sesoun and þe morwenyngeAnd for þe foules þat sche herde syngeffor right anon sche wiste what þey menteRight by here song and knew alle here ententeLine 400 // The knotte why þat euery tale is toldIf it be taryed til lust be coldOf hem þat han it herkned after yore [folio 96a] The sauour passeþ euer lenger þe moreLine 404 ffor fulsomnesse of prolixiteAnd by þis same resoun þenkeþ meI scholde to þe knotte condescendeAnd maken of hire walkyng sone an endeLine 408 ¶ Amydde a tree for-drye as whit as chalk/As Canacee was pleyng in hire walkTher sat a ffaukon ouer hir heed ful hyeThat with a pitous voys so gan to cryeLine 412 That al þe woode resede of hire cryeAnd beten hadde hire self so pitously /With boþen hire wynges til þe reede bloodRan endelong/ þe tree þer as sche stoodLine 416 And euer in oon sche cryed alwey and schrighteAnd with hire beek hir seluen so sche pighteThat þer ne was tygre ne cruel besteThat duelleþ eyþer in woode or in foresteLine 420 þat nolde han wept if þat he wepe couþeffor sorwe of hire sche schright alwey so louþeffor þer nas neuere yit/ no man on lyueIf þat I couþe a fawkon wel descryueLine 424 That herde of such anoþer of fayrnesseAs wel of plumage as of gentilnesseOf schap of al þat mighte rekened beA fawkon peregryn þanne semed sche
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[6-text p 491] Line 428 Of fremde londe and euermore as sche stoodSche swounede now and now for lak of bloodTil wel neigh is sche fallen fro þe treeThis faire kinges doughter þis kanaceeLine 432 That on hir fynger bar þe queynte ryngþurgh which sche vnderstood wel euery þingThat any foul may in his ledne saynAnd kowde answere him in his ledne agaynLine 436 haþ vnderstande þat þis fawkon saydeAnd wel neigh for þe rouþe almost sche deydeAnd to þe tree sche goþ ful hastily [folio 96b] And on þis fawkon lokeþ pitouslyLine 440 And held hire lappe abrood for wel sche wiste /The fawkon moste falle from þe twyste /whan þat it swownede next for lakke of bloodA long while to wayte hire sche stoodLine 444 Til atte laste sche spak in þis maneereVnto þe hauk as ȝe schal after heerewhat is þe cause if it be for to telleThat ye ben in þis furial peyne of helleLine 448 Quod Canacee vnto þis hawk aboueIs þis for sorwe of deth or los of loueffor as I trowe þise beþ causes tuoThat causen moost a gentil herte wooLine 452 Of oþer harm it redeþ nought/ to spekeffor þi your self vpon your self yow wrekewhich þat proueþ wel þat eyþer Ire or dredeMoot ben encheson of youre cruel dedeLine 456 Syn þat I se non oþer wight yow chaceffor loue of god so doþ your selue graceOr what may be your help for west nor estNe saugh I neuer er now no bryd ne bestLine 460 That ferde with himself so pitouslyye slee me with youre sorwe verraylyI haue of yow so gret compassiounffor goddes loue com fro þe tree a doun
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[6-text p 492] Line 464 And as I am a kinges doughter treweIf þat I verraily þe causes kneweOf youre disease if it lay in my mightI wolde amende it or þat it were nightLine 468 Als wisly help me grete god of kyndeAnd herbes schal I right ynowe fyndeTo hele wiþ ȝour hurtes hastilyTho schrighte þis faukon yet more pitouslyLine 472 Than euer sche dide and fil to grounde anonAnd liþ on swowne deed as ony stoonTil Canacee haþ in hir lappe hire take [folio 97a] vnto þat tyme sche gan of swowne awake /Line 476 And after þat sche of swowne gan abreideRight in hir hawkes leodne þus sche seydeThat pite renneth sone in gentil herteffeelyng his similitude in peynes smerte /Line 480 Is proued alday as men may it seeAs wel by werk as by auctoriteffor gentil herte kepeþ gentillesseI se wel þat ye han of my distresseLine 484 Compassion my faire Canace /Of verray wommanly benignite /That nature in youre principles haþ setBut for non hope for to fare þe betLine 488 But for to obeye vnto youre herte fre /And for to maken oþer be war by me /As by þe whelp chastised is þe leonRight for þat cause and for þat conclusionLine 492 Whil þat I haue a leyser and a spaceMyn harm I wol confessen er I paceAnd euer whil sche can hir sorwe toldeThat oþer wepte as sche to water woldeLine 496 Til þat þe fawkon bad hir to be stille /And with a sike þus sche seyde hire tilleTher I was bred allas þat ilke dayAnd fostred in a roche of marbul gray
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[6-text p 493] Line 500 So tendrely þat noþing eylede meI ne wiste nought what was aduersiteTil I couþe flee ful hye vnder þe skyþo dwelte a tercelet me faste byLine 504 That semede welle of alle gentilnesseAl were he ful of treson and falsnesse /It is wrapped vnder humble cheereAnd vnder hiew of trouþe and in swich manereLine 508 Vnder plesance and vnder bysy peyneThat no wight couþe han wende he coude feyneSo deepe in greyn he dyed his colours [folio 97b] Right as a serpent hit him vnder floursLine 512 Til he may se his tyme for to byteRight so þis god of loues ypocriteDoþ so his cerymonijs obeissancesAnd kepte in semblant alle his obseruancesLine 516 That sowneþ in to gentilesse of loueAs in a tombe is al þe faire aboueAnd vnder is þe corps swich as ȝe wootSwich was þis ypocrite boþe cold and hootLine 520 And in þis wise he serued his ententeThat saue þe feende non wiste what he menteTil he so longe hadde wopen and compleynedAnd many a yeer his seruise to me feynedLine 524 Til þat myn herte to pitous and to nyceAl Innocent of his crowned maliceffor-fered of his deþ as þoughte mevpon his oþes and his seurteLine 528 Grauntede him loue vpon þis condicionThat euer mo myn honour & renoūnwere saued boþe preuy and apertThis is to sein þat after his dissertLine 532 I yaf him al myn herte and my þoughtGod woot and he þat oþer wise noughtAnd tok his herte in chaunge of myn for ayBut soþ is seyd go sethen many a day
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[6-text p 494] Line 536 A trewe wight and a þeef þenkeþ nat oonAnd whan he saugh þe þing so fer y-gonThat I grauntede him fully my loue /In swich a gyse as I haue sayd aboue /Line 540 And yeuen him my trewe herte as fre /As he swore he yaf his herte to me /Anon þis Tygre ful of doublenesseffil on his knees wiþ so deuoute humblesseLine 544 wiþ hye reuerence and as by his cheere /So lik a gentil louere of manere /So rauysshed as it semede for þe ioye [folio 98a] That neuere Iason ne paris of TroyeLine 548 Iason certes ne non oþer manSyn lameth was þat Aldirfirst byganTo louen tuo as writen folk bifornNe neuer siþþe þe firste man was bornLine 552 Ne couþe man by twenty þousand partCountrefete þe sophimes of his artNe were worþi to vnbokele his galocheTher doublenesse or feynyng scholde aprocheLine 556 Ne so couþe þanke a wight as he dide me /his manere was an heuene for to seTil eny womman were sche neuer so wysSo peynted he and kembeþ at poynt devysLine 560 As wel his wordes as his continanceAnd I so loued him for his obeissanceAnd for þe trouþe I demed in his herteThat if so were þat any þing him smerteLine 564 Al were it neuer so lite and I it wisteMe þoughte I felte deþ at myn herte twisteAnd schortly so ferforth þis þing wentThat my wille has his willes InstrumentLine 568 This is to sein my wille obeyede his willeIn alle þing as fer as reson filleKepyng þe boundes of my worschipe euereNe neuer hadde I þing so leef ne leuere
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[6-text p 495] Line 572 As him god woot ne neuere schal no moThis laste lengere þan a yer or tuo¶ That I supposed of him no þing but goodBut fynally þus atte laste it stoodLine 576 That fortune wolde þat he moste twynneOut of þat place which þat I was InneWher me was wo it is no questionI kan not make of it discripcionLine 580 ffor o þing dar I telle boldelyI knowe what is þe peyne of deþ þer bySuch harm I felte for he ne mighte beleue [folio 98a] So on a day of me he tok his leue /Line 584 So sorwfully eek I wende verraylyThat he hadde feeled as moche harm as IWhan þat I herde him speke and sawe his hewe /But naþeles I þoughte he was so trewe/Line 588 And eek þat he repaire scholde agaynWiþinne a litel while soþ to saynAnd reson wolde eek þat he moste goffor his honour as ofte happeþ soLine 592 That I made vertu of necessite /& took it wel syn þat it / moste beAs I best mighte I hidde from him my sorweAnd took him by þe hond seint Iohn to borweLine 596 And seyde þus lo I am youres alBeþ swich as I haue be to yow and schalWhat he answerde it needeþ nat reherseWho can seyn bet þan he who can do werseLine 600 Whan he haþ al wel seyd þan haþ he doonTherfore byhoueþ him a wel long spoonThat schal eten wiþ a feend þus herde I seye /So atte laste he moot forþ his weyeLine 604 And forth he fleþ til he com þer him lesteWhan it com him to purpos for to reste /I trowe he hadde þilke text in mynde /That alle þing repeyryng to his kynde /
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[6-text p 496] Line 608 Gladeþ himself / þus seyn men as I gesse /Men louen of propre kynde newfangilnesse /As briddes doon þat men in cages feede /ffor þeigh þou night & day take of hem heede /Line 612 And strawe here cages faire as softe as silkAnd yeue hem sucre hony bred and mylkYet right anon as þat his dore is vppehe wiþ his feet wil sporne doun his cuppeLine 616 And to þe woode he wole and wormes eteSo newefangel ben þei of here meteAnd louen noueleries of propre kynde [folio 99a] No gentilesse of blood may hem byndeLine 620 So ferde þis tercelet allas þe dayThough he were gentil born fressche and gayAnd goodly for to seen and humble and frehe saugh vpon a tyme a kyte fleeLine 624 And sodeinly he loued þe kyte soThat alle his loue is clene fro me goAnd haþ his trouþe falsed in þis wyseThus haþ þe kite my loue in hire seruiseLine 628 And I am lorn wiþoute remedyeAnd wiþ þat word þis faukon gan to cryeAnd swouned eft/ in Canacees barmGret was þe sorwe for þe haukes harmLine 632 That Canacee and alle hire wommen maadeThey nyste how þey mighte þe fawkon gladeBut Canacee home bereþ hire in hire lappeAnd softely in plastres gan hire wrappeLine 636 Ther as sche with hir beek haþ hurt hir selueNow kan not Canace but herbes delueOut of þe grounde and maken salues neweOf herbes preciouses and fyn of heweLine 640 To helen wiþ þe hauk fro day to nyghtSche doþ hir besynesse and alle hire myghtAnd by hire beddes heed sche made a muweAnd couered it with veluettes bluwe
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[6-text p 497] Line 644 In signe of trouþe þat is in wommen seeneAnd alle wiþoute þe muwe is peynted greeneIn which were peynted alle þese false fowlesAs ben þise tydifs tercelettes and owlesLine 648 Right for þe spyte were peynted hem bysydePyes on hem for to crye and chydeThus leet I Canacee hire hawk keepingI wole nomore as now speke of hire ryngLine 652 Til it come eft to purpos for to seynhow þat þis ffaukon gat hire loue ageynRepentant as þe storie telleþ vs [folio 99b] By mediacion of CamballusLine 656 The kinges sone of which I yow tolde /But hennes forth I wol proces holdeTo speke of auentures and of bataillesThat yet was neuer herde so gret meruaillesLine 660 ffirst wil I telle yow of KambynskanThat in his tyme many a cite wanAnd after wol I speke of Algarsifhow þat he wan Theodora to his wyfLine 664 ffor whan ful ofte in gret peril he wasNe hadde he ben holpen by þe hors of brasAnd after wol I speken of CamballoThat faught in listes with þe breþeren tuoLine 668 ffor Canacee er þat he might hir wynneAnd þer I lefte I wol ageyn bygynneAppolo whirleth vp his char so hyeTil þat þe god mercurius hous þe slye /