The Cambridge ms (University library, Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.

[PART III. No gap in the MS.]

I trowe men wolde it deme necligence [the lystis] Ȝif I for-ȝete to telle þ^e dispence Of Thesius that goth so besily To makyn vp the listis ryally Line 1884 That swich a noble theatre as it was I dar wel seyn in this world þere nas The Cyrcuyt a myle was aboute [VII. 108.] Wallyd of ston & dychid al with-oute [[no ditch.]] Line 1888 Round was the schap in maner of cumpas

fful of degreis the heyȝte of sexty pas That whan a man was set on a degre [VII. 110.] He lettyth not his felawe for to se Line 1892 Estward þere stod a gate of marbil whit [Porta Marmoris] [VII. 109.] [.i. ėx oposito] Westward swich a noþer in the opposit And schortly for to conclude swich a place Was non in erthe of so lytil space Line 1896 ffor in the lond þere nas no crafty man That iemetrye or arsmetrik can Ne portretour ne keruere of ymagis That Thesyus hym ȝaf mete & wagis Line 1900 The theatre for to makyn & deuyse [folio 158a] And for to don his ryte & sacryfise He est-ward hath vp on the gate a-boue In worschepe of venus goddesse of loue [Venus] Don make an auter & an oratorye Line 1905 And on the westward in memorye Of mars he makyd hat ryȝt swich a noþer [Mars] That coste of gold largely a fother Line 1908 And norward in a toret of the wal Of alabastre whit & red coral An oratorye ryche for to se In worschepe of Diane of chastite [Dyane] Hath Thesius don wrouȝt in noble wise Line 1913 But ȝit hadde I forȝetyn to deuyse The noble keruyng & the portreyture The schap the contenaunce & the fygure Line 1916 That weryn in these oratoryis thre ffyrst in the temple of venus mayst þou se Wrouȝt on the wal ful pitous to be-hold The brokene slepis & the sikys colde Line 1920 The secret terys & þe waymentyng The fery strokys of the desyryng [VII. 59.] That louys seruauntys of this lyf enduren The Cothis that here couenauntys assuryn Line 1924 Plesaunce hope desyr folhardynesse [See VII. 55-6, &c.]

Beute & ȝouthe baudrie richesse Charmys & force lesynge & flaterye [See VII. 56, & 64.] [See VII. 55-6, 59.] Dispence besynesse & Ielousye Line 1928 That werede of ȝelwe flourys a garlond And a cokkow sittynge on hese hand ffestis instrumentis karolys daunsis [See VII. 53, &] lust & aray & alle þe circumstancis Line 1932 Of loue whiche that I reken & rekne schal Be ordere were peyntid on the wal And mo þan I can make of mencyoun ffor sothly al the mount of Cytheroun [VII. 50.] Line 1936 There venus hath hese pryncipal dwellyng [folio 158b] Was schewid in the wal in portreying [

Videvi storie per tutto dipinte. . . . .E'l grand Ercole vide tra costor.o. VII. 62.

] With al the gardyn & the besynesse Not was forȝetyn the portyr ydilnesse ['Richezza' is Porter in the Teseide, VII. 64: the Roman de la Rose is followed here.] Line 1940 Ne narcyus the fayre of ȝore a-gon And ȝit the folye of kyng salamon And ek the grete strenthe of ercules [

Videvi storie per tutto dipinte. . . . .E'l grand Ercole vide tra costor.o. VII. 62.

] Thenchauntementz of Media / & Circes Line 1944 Ne of Turnes / with the hardy ferce corage The ryche Cresus caytyf in seruage Thus may ȝe sen that wisdam ne rychesse Beute ne sleythe strenthe ne hardynesse Line 1948 Ne may with wenus holde champardye ffor as here lust the world þanne may sche gye Lo alle these folk so cauȝt were in here lase Til they for wo ful ofte seyde allas Line 1952 Suffyseth here ensaumplys on or to And þow I couthe rekene a thousent mo The statue of Venus gloryous for to se [See H. of Fame, 198; and Albricus Philosophus in Staveren's Auctores Mythographi, 1702, vol. ii. p. 903.] [Venus] Was makyd fletynge in the large se Line 1956 And from the nauelle doun al couered was Which was grene & bryȝt as ony glas A Cythole in here ryȝt hand hadde sche And on here hed so semely for to se Line 1960 A rose garlond frosch & wel smellynge

A-boue here hed here dounnys flekerynge By-forn here stod here sone cupido [[a second o added; later]] Vp-on hese schulderys wyngis hadde he to [[a second o added; later]] Line 1964 And blynd he was as it is ofte sene A bowe he bar & arwys bryȝte & kene Whi schulde I not as wel telle ȝow al The portreyture that was vp-on þ^e wal Line 1968 With-inne the wal of myȝty mars the rede [[Mars]] Al peyntid was the wal in lenthe & brede [VII. 36.] Lyk to the Estrys of the gresely place [VII. 29, 30.] That hyȝte the grete temple of Mars in Trace Line 1972 In tylke colde frosty regyoun [folio 159a] Ther as Mars hath hese souereyne mancyoun ffyrst on the wal was peynted a forest [VII. 31.] In whiche þere dwellith neyþer man ne beste [[but a real forest there, not a painted one.]] Line 1976 With knotty knarry bareyne treis olde Of stubbis scharpe and hidous to beholde In whiche þerein ran a rumbil in a swogh As þow a storm schulde brestyn euery bowgh Line 1980 And doun from an hyl vndyr a bente There stod the temple of Mars armypotente [VII. 32.] Wrouȝt al of bornede stel of wheche thentre Was long & stryt and gastely for to se Line 1984 And ther-out come a rage in swich a wese [VII. 33.] That it made al the gate for to rese The northren light In at the dorys shon [ Boccaccio makes the temple lighted by altar-fires, kindled from the flames of plundered cities. VII. 35.] ffor wyndow on the wal was there non Line 1988 Thorw whiche men myghte ony lyth discerne The doris were ale of athamanutȝ eterne [VII. 32.] I-clenchede ouerthwert & endelong With yryn tough & for to make it strong Line 1992 Euery peler the temple to susteyne [VII. 33.] Was tunne gret of yryn bryȝt & schene There saugh I fyrst the derke ymagynyng Of felonye and the compassyng Line 1996 The crewel yre red as ony glede

The pike-purs & the pale drede The smylere with the knyf vndyr the cloke [VII. 33. [not the pickpurse.]] [VII. 34.] The shepne brennynge with the blake smoke Line 2000 The tresoun & the morderyng in the bed The opene werre with woundis al be-bled Contek with blody knyf & scharp manace [VII. 34.] Al ful of chyrkyng was that sory place Line 2004 The sloere of hym self ȝit saw I þere Hese herte blod hath bathed al hese here The nayl I-dreue in the schod a nyȝt The colde deth with mouth gapynge vp ryght Line 2008 In myddis of the temple there sat myschaunce [folio 159b] ['Amyddes of the' place sat 'la virtù tristissima.' VII. 34.] With disconfort & sory cuntenauns Ȝit saw I wodnesse laughynge in hese rage [VII. 35.] Armyd compleynt / outes & fers corage ['La Morte armata vide e lo stupore.' VII. 35.] Line 2012 The careyn in the bosch with throte I-korwe A thousent slayn & not of qualm I-storve The tyraunt with the pray by forse I-raft The toun distroyed there was no þyng laft [VII. 36.] Line 2016 Ȝit saw I brent the schepis hospesterys ['Le navi bellatrici.' VII. 37. Neither Boccaccio, nor yet his prototype Statius, speaks of any ships as burnt, but merely as trophies.] The hunte strangeled with the wilde berys The sowe fretyn the child ryȝt in þ^e cradil The cook I-skaldit for al hese longe ladil Line 2020 Nouȝt was for-ȝetyn by the infortune of marthe The cartere ouyr redyn with hese carte [VII. 37] Vndir the whil ful lowe lay he a-doun There were also of martyrs dyvysioun Line 2024 The labourer the bocher & the smyth That forgith scharpe swerdis on the steyth And al a-boute depeyntid in a tour Saw I conquest sittynge in gret honour Line 2028 With the scharpe swerd ouyr his hed Hangyng by a sotyl twynede thred Depeyntid was the slautre of Iulyus Of grete nero & of antonyus Line 2032 Al be that ilke tyme they were onborn

Ȝit was here deth depeyntid þere be-forn By manasynge of mars ryȝt by fygure So was it schewid in that portreture Line 2036 As is depeyntid in the sertres above Who schal be slayn or elle ded for loue Suffiseth on ensaumple in storyis olde I may not rekene hem thow I wolde Line 2040 The statue of mars vp-on a carte stod Armyd & lokede grym as he were wod And ouer hese hed þere schynyn two figurys Of storyis þat ben clepid in scripturys Line 2044 That on puella that othir Rubeus [folio 160a] This god of armys was arayed thus A wolf there stod be-forn hym at hese fet With eyȝyn rede & of a man he et Line 2048 With sotyl pensel was depeyntid þis story In redoutynge of mars & of hese glory Now to the temple of dyane the chaste [Dyane] As schortly as I can I wele me haste Line 2052 To telle ȝow al the discripcioun Depeyntid ben the walle vp & doun Of huntyng & of schamfast schastite Ther saw I how woful Calistope Line 2056 Whan that dyane agreuyd was with here Was turnyd from a woman til a bere And aftyr was sche mad the lode sterre That shynyth in the hevyn / from yow so ferre [[whole line later]] Here sone is ek a sterre as men may se There saw I dane I-turnede til a tre I mene not the goddesse dyane But Pennyus douȝtyr whiche that hyȝte dane Line 2064 There saw I. Attheon / an hert I-makid ffor vengaunce that he saw dyane al nakyd I saw how that hese houndis han hym caut And fretyn hym for that þey knewe hym not Line 2068 Ȝit peyntid was a lityl ferþere more

How atthalaunte huntid þe wilde bore And Melyagre & manye a-noþer mo ffor whiche diane wrouȝte hym care & wo Line 2072 There saw I manye a-noþer wondir story The wheche me lyste not drawe to memory This goddesse on an hart [[art nearly erased]] / wol hye set With smale hundys / al aboute here fet Line 2076 And vndirnethe here fet / sche hadde a mone Waxinge it was & schulde wanye sone In gaude grene here statue clothede was With bowe in hond & arwis in a cas Line 2080 Here eyȝyn caste sche / ful lowe adoun [folio 160b] Ther pluto hath / here derke regioun A woman trauaylynge / hadde sche be-forn But for here child / so longe was on-born Line 2084 fful pitusly lucyane gan sche calle And seyde help for þou mayst best of alle Wel coude he peynte lyfly that it wrouȝte With manye a floreyn / heye it was bouȝte Line 2088 Now ben these lystis / made & thesyus That at hese grete cost arayed þus The temple & the theatre euerydel Whan it was don / it likede hym wondyr wel Line 2092 But stynte I wele of Thesyus a lyte And speke of Palamoun & [of] Arcite The day a-prochith of here returnynge That eueryche schulde an hunderit knyȝtis brynge Line 2096 The batayle to darrayn as I ȝou tolde And to atenys here couenaunt for to holde Hath eueryche of hem brouȝt an hunderit knyȝtis Wel armede for to werre at alle ryȝtis Line 2100 And sekyrly þere trowede manye a man That neuere sithe that the world be-gan [VI. 71.] As for to spe[ke] of knyght-hod of here hond As fer as god hath makyd se & sond Line 2104 Nas of so fewe so noble a cumpany [VI. 71.]

ffor euery wyȝt that louede chyualry And wolde hese þank han a passaunt name Hath preyed that he myȝte ben of that game ['giuoco,' VII. 4.] Line 2108 And wel was hym that þerto schosyn was ffor ȝif there fel to-morwe swich a cas Ȝe knowe wel that euery lusty knyȝt Th[a]t louyth paramouris & hath hese myȝt Line 2112 Were it in yngelond or ellys where They wolden here thankys willyn to be there To fyghtyn for a lady benedicite It were a lusty syȝte for to se Line 2116 And ryȝt so ferdyn þey with Palamoun [folio 161a] With hym þere wentyn knyghtys manye on Some wele ben armede in an habirioun And in a brest plate & in a lyȝt Iopoun Line 2120 And some wele haue a peyre platys large And some wele haue a pruce schild or a targe Some wele ben armyd on hese leggys wel And han an ax & some a mace of stel Line 2124 There is non newe gyse that it nas old Armede were þey as I haue ȝow told Eueryche aftyr hese opynyoun Ther mayst þou sen / comynge with palamoun [[on Arcita's side, Tes.]] Line 2128 Ligurge hym selue / the grete kyng of trace [VI. 14.] Blak was hese berd / & manlyche was hese face [VI. 21. The points marked VI. 21, 22, are taken from the description of 'Aga|memnone.'] The Cerkelys of hese eyen / in hese hed They glowedyn / by-twethyn ȝelw & red Line 2132 And lyk a grefoun lokede he a-boute With kempe herys on hese browys stoute His lemys grete / hese brawnys grete & stronge [VI. 21.] Hese schuderys brode hese armys rounde & longe Line 2136 And as the gyse was in his cuntre fful heye vp on a char of gold stod he [VI. 21.] With foure white bolys in the trays In stede of hese cote armour ouer hese harneys [VI. 22.] Line 2140 With naylys ȝelwe & bryghte as ony gold

He hadde a berys skyn / cole blak for old Hese longe her was kemb be-hynde his bak [VI. 22.] As ony rauenys fedyr it schon for blak Line 2144 A wrethe of gold / arm gret of heuge weighte Vp-on hese hed set ful of stonys bryghte Of fynne rubeis & of dyamauntys A-boute hese char there wente whyȝte Alauntis Line 2148 Twenty & mo as grete as ony ster To huntyn at the lyoun or the der And folwede hym with mosel faste I-bounde Colerid of gold / & torettys fylede rounde Line 2152 An hunderit lordis hadde he in hese route [folio 161b] Armede ful wel with hertis sterne & stoute With arcyta in storyis as men fynde The grete emetreus the kyng of Inde Line 2156 Vp-on a stede bay trappit in stel Couered in cloth of gold diaperyd wel [VI. 29. The points here are from the descriptions of 'Ippodamo' (VI. 29), of 'Peleo' (VI. 17, 16), and of 'Peritoo' (VI. 41).] Come rydynge liik the god of armys mars Hese cote armeure was of cloth of taris Line 2160 Couchede with perlys white & rounde & grete Hese sadil was of brend gold newe bete [VI. 17.] A mantyl vp-on hese schuldyr hangynge [VI. 16.] Bret ful of Rubyis rede &^as fer sparkelynge Line 2164 Hese crispe her lyk ryngis was I-roune And þat was ȝelw / & glederit as the sonne Hese nose was hey hese eyȝyn bryght sitryne Hese lyppis rounde hese colour was sanguyn Line 2168 A fewe frakenys in hese face I-sprend Be-twixe ȝelw / & sumdel blak I-meynd And as a lyoun he hese lokynge caste Of fyue & twenty ȝer / hese age I caste Line 2172 Hese berd was wel begunne for to sprynge Hese voys was as a trumpe thonderynge Vp-on hese hed he werede a laurer grene [VI. 41.] A garlond frosch & lusti for to seene Line 2176 Vp-on hese hond he bar for hes deduyt

An egle tame as ony lylye whit An hunderid lordys hadde he with hym there Alle armede sone / here hedis in al here gere Line 2180 fful rychely in alle maner thyngis ffor trustyth wel that dukis erlys kyngis [VI. 65.] Were gaderid in this noble cumpanye ffor loue & for encres of chiwalrye Line 2184 A-bouthe this kyng / there ran on euery part fful manye a tame / lyoun & lebard And in this wise / these lordis alle & some Ben on the soneday / to the sete come Line 2188 Aboute prime & in the toun a-light [folio 162a] This thesyus this deuk this worthi knyght [VI. 65.] Whanne he hadde brouȝt hem in-to hese cete And innede hem / euerych at hese degre Line 2192 He festith hem / & doth so gret labour To esyn hem / & don hem alle honour That ȝit men wenyn / that no mannys wit Of non estat / ne coude amendyn it Line 2196 The menstralcye / the seruyse at the feste [VI. 69-70.] The grete ȝiftys to the meste & leste The ryche aray of thesyus palays Ne ho sat ferst or last vp-on the deys Line 2200 What ladyis fayrest ben or best daunsynge Or whiche of hem can daunsyn best or synge [VI. 70.] Ne who most felyngely / spekyth of loue What haukys syttyn on the perche a-boue [VI. 8.] Line 2204 What houndys liggyn in the flor adoun Of al this make I now no mencyoun But al theffect that þynkyth me the beste Now comyth the poynt / & herkenyth ȝif ȝow lyste Line 2208 The soneday nyȝt er day be-gan to spynge Whan palamoun The larke herde synge Al-þey it were nought / day be ourys to [palamun to venus] Ȝit song the larke / & palamoun also With holy herte & with an hey corage Line 2213

Line 2213 He ros to wendyn / on hese pilgrymage Vn-to the temple blysful Cythera benygne I mene venus honurable & dygne Line 2216 And in here hour he walkith forth a pas Vn-to the lystis there here temple was And doun he knelith & with vmble chere And herte sor / he seyde as ȝe shal here Line 2220 ffayreste of fayre / O lady myn venus Doughtyr to Ioue / & spouse of Vlcanus [VII. 43.] Thow gladere of / the mount of Cytheroun ffor thilke loue / þou haddyst to Adoun Line 2224 Haue pete of myne bittere teris smerte [folio 162b] And tak myn humble preyere at þyn herte Allas I ne haue no langage to telle [VII. 45.] Theffectis ne the turmentis of myn helle Line 2228 Myn herte may myn harm [[arm: later]] not bewreyen I am so confus þat I can not seyen [VII. 45.] But mercy lady brygh that knowyst wel Myn thought & fest what harmys that I fel Line 2232 Considere al this & rew vp-on myn sor As wisely as I schal ȝit eueremor Enforte myn myȝt thi trewe seruaunt be And holdyn werre alwey with chastite Line 2236 That make I myn owene so ȝe me helpe I kepe not of armys for to ȝelpe [VII. 46.] Ne I ne axe not / to morwe to haue victorye Ne renoun in this cas / ne ven glorye Line 2240 Of prys of armys blowyn vp & doun But I wolde haue fully possessioun Of Emelye & deye / in þyn seruyse ffynd þou the maner how & in what wyse [VII. 47.] Line 2244 I reche not but I may betere be To haue victorye of hem & þey of me So that I haue myn lady in myne armys ffor thow so be / that Mars I god of armys Line 2248 Ȝoure vertu is so gret in heuene a-boue

That ȝif þou lyst I schal wel haue myn loue Thyn temple wele I worschepe euere mo [VII. 48.] And on thyn auter where I ryde or go Line 2252 I wele don sacrifyse & ferys bete And ȝif ȝe wele not so myn lady swete [VII. 49.] Thanne prey I the to-morwe with a spere That Arcitha / me þour the herte bere Line 2256 Than rekke I not whan I haue last myn lyf Thow Arcithe / wynne here to hese wyf This is theffect / & ende of myn preyere Ȝyf me myn loue þou blysful lady dere Line 2260 Whan þ^e orysoun was don of palamoun [folio 163a] [VII. 68.] Hese sacrifyse he dede & þat a-non fful pitously with al circumstaunce [Compare also stanza 42, 'con vittime piatose.'] Al telle I not as now hese obseruaunce Line 2264 But at the laste the statwe of Venus schok [Venus] And made a sygne wherby that he tok That hese preyere acceptid was that day ffor though the sygne schewede a delay Line 2268 Þo wiste he wel þat grauntid was hese bone And with glad herte he wente hym hom ful sone The threde hour inequal that Palamoun Be-gan to Venus temple for to gon Line 2272 Vp ros the sunne & vp ros Emalye [Emale] And to the temple of dyane gan hye [Diane] Here maydenys þat sche thidir with her ladde [VII. 71.] fful redyly þ^e fuyr with hem þey hadde Line 2276 Thensens the clothis & the remenaunt al That to the sacrifise longyn schal The hornys ful of mete / as was the gyse [VII. 71.] Ther lakkede not to don here sacryfise Line 2280 Smokynge þ^e temple ful of clothis fayre [VII. 72.] This Emelye with herte debonayre [[a altered from o]] Here body wesch with watyr of a welle [VII. 73.] But how sche dede here ryte / I dar not telle Line 2284 But ȝif it be ony þyng / in general

And ȝit it were a game to here it al To hym that menyth wel / it were no charge But it is good a man be at hese large Line 2288 Here bryghte her was kempt vntrussed al A coroun of a grene ok cerial [VII. 74.] Vp-on her hede was / set / ful fayre & mete Too fyrys on the auter / gan sche bete Line 2292 And dede here thyngis as men may beholde In stace of Thebes & these bokys olde Whan kyndelit was this fuyr with pitous chere [VII. 76.] Vn-to dyane sche spak / as ȝe may here Line 2296 O chaste goddesse of the wodys grene [folio 163b] [VII. 79.] To whom boþe heuene & erthe & se is sene [VII. 77.] Quen of the regne / of pluto dirk and lowe Goddesse of maydenys / þat myn herte hast knowe Line 2300 fful manye a ȝer and wost what I desire So kep me from þyn veniance & þyn yre [VII. 79.] That attheon Aboughte crewelly Chaste godesse wel wost þou that I Line 2304 Desire to ben a maydyn al myn lyf Ne neuere wele I be no loue ne wyf I am þou wost ȝit / of thyn compaygnye [VII. 81.] A mayde & loue huntyng & venery Line 2308 And for to walkyn in the wodys wilde And not to ben a wyf & ben with chylde Not wele I knowe compaynye of man [VII. 81.] Now help lady sithe ȝe may [& [[erasure]] ] can Line 2312 ffor to thre formeste that þou hast in þe And palamoun that hath swich loue to me And ek arcite that louyth me so sore This grace I preie the with-oute more [VII. 84.] Line 2316 And send loue & pes be-twixe hem to And from me turne a-wey here hertis so That alle here hote loue & al here desyr And al here besy turment and here fyr Line 2320 Be queynt & turne in a noþer place

And ȝif so be þou wilt not do me grace Or ȝif myn destene be schapen so [VII. 85.] That I schal nedys han on of hem to Line 2324 As send me hym that most desyryth me Be-hold goddesse of clene chastite The bittere terys that on myne che-kys falle [VII. 78.] Syn þou art maydyn & kepere of vs alle Line 2328 My maydynhed þou kepe & wel conserue And whil I leue / a mayde I wele þ^e serue The fyrys brenne vp on the auter clere [VII. 88.] Whyl Emalye was þus in here preyere Line 2332 But sodeynly sche sey a seyghte queynte [folio 164a] ffor ryght a-non [on] of the ferys queynte [VII. 91.] And quekede a-geyn & aftyr that anon That othyr fer was queynt & al a-gon Line 2336 And as it queynte it made a whistelyng As don the wete brondis in here brennyng [VII. 92.] Ant at the brondis ende out ran a-non As it were blodi dropis many on Line 2340 ffor which so sore agast was emalye That sche was wol nygh mad & gan to crye ffor sche nyste what it sygnefyed [VII. 92.] But only for the fer þus hath sche cryed Line 2344 And wep þat it was pete for to here And þerwithal diane gan apere [VII. 88.] With bowe in hond rygh as an hunteresse And seyde doughtir stynt þyn heuynesse Line 2348 Among the goddys hye it is afermyd [VII. 89.] And by eterne world wretyn and confermyd [['con eterna pa|rola,' VII. 85.]] Thow schalt ben weddit vn-to on of two [VII. 89.] That han for the so meche care & wo Line 2352 But vn-to whiche of hem I can not telle [VII. 89.] ffarwel for I ne may no lengere dwelle The furys whiche þat on myn auter brenne [VII. 89.] Schul the declaryn or that þou go henne Line 2356 Thyn auenture / of loue as in this cas

And with þat word / þe arwis in the cas Of the goddesse clateryn faste & rynge [VII. 90.] And forthe sche wente & made auanysschynge Line 2360 ffor wich / this emaly / a-stonyd was And seyde what amountyth this allas I putte me in thyn proteccioun Dyane & in thyn dispocycyoun Line 2364 And hom sche goth anon the nexte weye [VII. 93.] This is theffect þere is no more to seye The nexte hour of Mars folwynge this [Arcite . Mars] Arcite vn-to the temple walked is Line 2368 Of ferse Mars / to don his sacrifyse [folio 164b] With al his rygh / of hese poyn devise With pitous herte & hey deuocyoun [VII. 23.] Rygh þus to Mars he seyde hese orysoun Line 2372 O stronge god / that in the regnys colde [VII. 24.] Of trace honoured art & lord I-holde And hast in euery regne and euery lond Of armys al the bridil in þyn hond Line 2376 And hem fortunyst as the lyste deuyse Accepte of me myn pitous sacrifyse Ȝif it so be that myn ȝouthe may disserue [VII. 25.] And that myn myght be worthi for to serve Line 2380 Thyn godhed that I may ben on of thyne Thanne preye I the / to rewe vp-on myn pyne ffor thylke pyne & thylke hote fuyr In whiche whilhom þou brentist for desyr Line 2384 Whan that þou vsedest the beute [VII. 25.] Of fayre ȝouthe frossche venus fre And haddist here in armys at þyn wille Al-though the onys on a tyme mysfylle Line 2388 Whan vlcanus hadde caught þ^e in hese las [VII. 25.] And fond the lyggynge by his wife allas ffor thilkee sorwe / that was in thyn herte Haue routhe as wel vp-on myne peynys smerte Line 2392 I am ȝong / and oncunnynge as þou wyst [VII. 26.]

And as I trowe with loue offendit most That euere was ony / lyuys cryature [VII. 26.] ffor sche that doth me al this wo endure Line 2396 Ne rechith neuere whedyr I synke or fleete And wel I wot er sche me mercy hete I mot with strenthe wynne here in the place And wel I wot / with-oute helpe or grace [VII. 26.] Line 2400 Of the; ne may myn strenthe not a-vayle Than help me lord to morwe in myn batayle [VII. 27.] ffor thilke fuyr that whilhom brente the As wel as thilke fer / now brennyth me Line 2404 And do þat I to morwe haue victorie [folio 165a] Myn be þ^e trauayle & thyn the glorye ['Io il diletto, e tu n' abbia l' onore.' VII. 27.] Thyn souereyn templ wel I muste honoure Of ony place & alwey most laboure Line 2408 In thyn pleasaunce & in thi craftys stronge And in thi temple I mowe myn baner honge [VII. 28.] And alle the armys of myn cumpanye And euere mo vn-to þat day I deye Line 2412 Eterne fuyr I wele be-fore the fynde [VII. 28.] And ek to this a-wow I wele me bynde Myn berd myn her that hangith long adoun [VII. 28.] That neuere ȝit me felte offencyoun Line 2416 Of rasour ne of schere I wele the ȝeue And ben thyn trewe seruaunt whil I leue Now lord haue routhe vp on mynne sorwis sore Ȝif me the victorie I aske the no more Line 2420 The preyer stynte of arcita the stronge The ryngis on the temple dore that henge And ek the doris clateredyn ful faste [VII. 39.] Of which arcita sum-what hym gaste Line 2424 The fuyres brende vp on the autyr bryȝt [VII. 40.] That it gan al the temple for to lyȝt A swete smel a-non the ground vp ȝaf And arcita anon hese hond vp haf [See VII. 40.] Line 2428 And more ensens in to the fuyr he [[c altered from st]] caste

With othere ryȝtys mo and at the laste The statue of mars be-gan hese hauberk rynge [VII. 40.] And with that soun he herde a murmurynge Line 2432 fful lowe & dym þat seyde þus victorye ffor which he ȝaf / to Mars¹. the glorye¹ [[^1-1 over victorye erased]] And þus with Ioye & and hope wel to fare [VII. 41.] Arcita anon vn-to his in is fare Line 2436 As fayn as foul is of the bryȝte sunne And ryȝt anon þere is swich stryf be-gunne [Murmur] [VII. 67.] ffor thilke grauntynge in the heuene aboue Be-twixe venus the goddesse of loue Line 2440 And mars the sterne god Armypotent [folio 165b] That Iupiter was besi it to stynte Til that þe pale saturne the colde That knowith so manye of auentouris olde Line 2444 ffond in hese old experience an art That he ful sone hath plesid euery part As soth is seyd elde hat gret auauntage In elde is bothe wisdam & vsage Line 2448 Men may the elde at-renne & not at-rede Saturne a-non to stynte stryf & drede Al be it þat it is ageyn hese kynde Of al this stryf he gan remedie fynde Line 2452 Myn dere douȝtyr venus quod saturne Myn course þat hath so wyde for to turne Hath more power than wit ony man Myn is the drenchyng in the se so wan Line 2456 Myn is the prisoun in the derke cote Myn is the strangelyng & hangynge bi the throte The murmur & the cherle rebellynge The groynynge & the priue enpoysounynge Line 2460 I do veniaunce and pleyn coreccioun Whyl I dwelle in the sygne of the lyoun Myn is the ruyne of the heye hallys The fallynge of the tourys & of the wallys Line 2464 Vp-on the mynour or the carpenter

I slow Samson schakynge þ^e piller And myne ben the maladijs colde The darke tresounnys & the castis olde Line 2468 Myn lokynge is þe fadir of pestelence Now wep no more I schal don diligence That Palamoun that is þyn owene knyȝt Schal han hese lady as þou hast hym hyȝt Line 2472 Though Mars schal helpe hese knyȝt ȝit neuertheles Be-twixen ȝow there may ben sumtyme pes Alle be ȝe not of on complexioun That causeth al day swich dyuysioun Line 2476 I am thyn aiel redi at thyn wille [folio 166a] Wep now no more I wil þyn lust fulfylle Now wil I stynte of the goddis aboue Mars & venus goddesse of loue Line 2480 And tellyn ȝow as goodly as I can The grete effect for whiche þat I began