A parallel-text print of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde from the Campsall ms. of Mr. Bacon Frank, copied for Henry V. when Prince of Wales, the Harleian ms. 2280 in the British museum, and the Cambridge university library ms. Gg. 4. 27. Put forth by Frederick J. Furnivall ...

[Out of MS. Gg. 4. 27, University Library, Cambridge, the first 2 leaves of the Troilus have been cut.]

[Cambridge Univ. MS. Gg. 4. 27, vellum, ab. 1425 A. D. leaf 14: leaves 12 and 13 have been cut out.]

(11)

¶ So whan þat kalkas knew be kalkelyng [leaf 14] [ 71] And ek be answere of þis Appollo Þat Grekys schulde swich a pepele bryng Þorow wheche þat troye muste be for-do [ 74] he caste anon out of þ^e toun to go ffor wel woste he be sort þat Troye schulde Dystroyed ben ȝe wolde ho so nolde [ 77]

(12)

.. ffor wich to departyn softely [ 78] Tok purpos ful þis for-knowynge wyse And to þ^e grekys oft ful preuili He stal a-non & þey in curteys wyse [ 81] Hym dedyn boþ^e worschepe & seruyse In trust þat he hath knowynge hem to rede In euery peryl which þat is to drede [ 84]

(13)

¶ þe noyse vp ros whan it was [. . . [ 85] . . . . . no gap in the MS.] spokyn Þat calcas traytour field was & alyed With hem of grece & castyn to ben wrokyn [ 88] On hym þat hade falsely hys feyt so broke And seydyn þat he & al hys kyn atonys Ben worþy to brennyn fel & bonys [ 91]

(14)

..Now hadde calcas lefte in þis myschaunce [ 92] Onwost of þis false & wekede dede Hys doughtyr which þat was in gret penaunce ffor of hyre lyf sche was ful sore in drede [ 95] As sche þat nyste what was best to rede ffor boþ^e a wedewe was sche & alone Of oni frend to whom sche durste hyre mone [ 98]

(15)

¶ Crysseyde was þis ladyis name al ryȝth [ 99] As to myn dom in al Troyis cete Was non so fayr for-passynge euery wyȝt So aungelli was hyre natyf beaute [ 102] Þat lyke a þyng inmortal semede sche As is an heueneliche parfyt creature Þat doun were sent in scornynge of nature [ 105]

(16)

¶ Þis lady whych þat herde alday at ere [leaf 14, back] [ 106] Hyr faderys schame falsenesse & tresoun Wol nyh out of hyre wit for sorwe & fere In wedewys abite blak of samite broun [ 109] On kneis be-fore ector sche fel adoun With petous voys and tenderly wepynge Hys merci bad hyre selue excusynge [ 112]

(17)

..Now was þis ector petous of nature [ 113] And say þat sche was sorwefully begon And þat sche was so fayr a creature Of his goodnesse he gladede hyre a-non [ 116] And seyde let ȝoure faderis tresoun gon fforth with myschaunce & ȝe ȝoure self in ioye Dwellyth with vs whil ȝow good lyste in troye [ 119]

(18)

¶ And al þ^e honour þat men may ȝow don haue [ 120] As fer forth as ȝoure fadyr dwellede here Ȝe ¹ schal haue & men schal youre body save ¹ [[¹-¹ by corrector]] As fer as I may ouȝt enquire or here [ 123] And sche hym þankede with ful vmble chere And oftere wolde ȝif it hadde be his wille And tok hyre leue & hom & held hyre stille [ 126]

(19)

..And in hyre hous sche bod with swych mene [ 127] As to honour nede was to holde And whil sche was dwellynge in þat cete Kept hire estat & boþe of ȝonge & olde [ 130] fful wel belouid & wel men of hire tolde But wheþer sche þat schilderyn hade or non I rede it not þerfore I lete it gon [ 133]

(20)

¶ The þyngis fellin as þey don of werre [ 134] Be-twixe hem of troye and grekys ofte ffor sum day bouȝte þe of Troye so derre And eft þ^e Grekis founden noþyng softe [ 137] Þe folk of Troye & þus fortune onloste And eyþer ost gan hem to weyle boþe Aftyr hyr cours ay whil þey were wroþe [ 140]

(21)

¶ But how þis toun come to distruxioun [leaf 15] [ 141] Ne fallit not to purpos me to telle ffor it were here a long disgrecioun ffor myn matyer & ȝow to longe dwelle [ 144] But þ^e troyan gestis as þey felle In omere or in dares or in dyte ho so can may rede hem as þey wryte [ 147]

..But þow þat grekys hem of troye schentyn [ 148] And here cete besegede al aboute Here olde vsage nolde þey not letten As for to honoure here god ful deuoute [ 151] But aldermost in honour out of doute Þey haddyn a relike hyȝt paladion Þat was here trost a-boue hem euerychon [ 154]

(23)

¶ And so befel whan comyn was þ^e tyme [ 155] Of aperille whan cloþid is þ^e mede With newe grene of lusti ver þ^e prime And swete smelle flouris whyte & rede [ 158] In sundery wyse schewede as I rede Þ^e folk of troye þ^e obseruaunce olde Palas dionis feste for to holde [ 161]

(24)

..And to þ^e temple in al here beste wyse [ 162] Yn general þere wente manye a wyȝt To herkenyn of palladyons seruise And namely so manye a lusty knyȝt [ 165] So many a lady frosch [[h by corrector]] & maydyn bryȝt fful wel arayed boþe meste & leste Ȝe boþe for þ^e sesoun & þ^e feste [ 168]

(25)

¶ Among þese oþere folk was Cresseyde [ 169] In wedewys abite blak but neuere þ^e les Ryȝ as oure fyrst letter is now an .A. In beaute fyrst so stod sche makeles [ 172] Hyre goodeli lokyng gladede al þ^e pres Nas neuer ȝit seyen þyng to be preyse derre Nor vndyr cloude blak so bryȝt a sterre [ 175]

(26)

¶ As was Crisseyde fok seyde euerychone [leaf 15, back] [ 176] Þat hire byhildyn in hyre blake wede And ȝit sche stod ful stylle & lowe alone By-hyndyn oþere folke in lityl brede [ 179] And ney þ^e dore vndir schamys drede Symple of a-tyr & deboner of chere With ful answered lokyng and manere [ 182]

(27)

..Þis troylis as he was wone to gide [ 183] Hyse ȝynge knyȝtis lad hem vp & doun In þ^e ilke large temple on euery syde By-holdynge alle þ^e ladyis of þ^e toun [ 186] Now here now þere for non deuocioun Hade he to non / to reuyn him his reste But gan to prisyn / & lakkyn whan hym leste [ 189]

(28)

¶ And in his walk faste he gan to wayten [ 190] Ȝyf kynȝt or squyer of his cumpany Gan for to sykyn or let his eyen baytyn On ony woman þat he coute aspy [ 193] He wolde smyle & holde it foly And seyde him þus god wot sche slepith ful softe ffor loue of þ^e / whan þu turnyst ful ofte [ 196]

(29)

¶ I haue pardeux herd [[herd later]] of ȝoure lyuynge [ 197] Ȝe loueris & ȝoure lewede obseruaunces And which a labour folk han in wynnynge Of þ^e loue & in þ^e kepynge which dotaunce [ 200] And whanne ȝoure pray is lost wo & penaunce Verray folis and blynde be ȝe Þere nys not on þat can war by oþere be [ 203]

(30)

¶ And with þat word he gan caste vp his browe [ 204] Asscauunis [[c corrected]] lo is not þis wel spokyn At whiche þ^e god of loue gan loke rowe Ryȝt for dispit & schop for to ben wrokyn [ 207] He ked a-non his bowe nas not brokyn ffor sodeynly he hit hym at þ^e fulle And ȝit as proud a pekok can he pulle [ 210]

(31)

¶ O blynde world o blynde entencioun [leaf 16] [ 211] How ofte fallyt al þeffecte contrarye O sirquide & foule presumcioun ffor cauȝt is proud & caut is debonoyre [ 214] Þis troylis is clombyn on þ^e steyre And lityl wenyth þat he mot dessendyn But alday faylyt þyngys þat folis wendyn [ 217]

(32)

..As proude bayar^d [[corrected]] gynnyth for to skyppe [ 218] Out of þ^e woye so prykyth hym his corne Tyl a lasche [[corrected]] haue of þ^e longe wyppe Þanne þynkyth he þow I praunce al a-forn [ 221] ffyrst in þ^e trays ful fat & newe schorn Ȝit am I but an hors & horsis lawe Is ffor [[corrected]] tendure and with hyse [[corrected]] ferys drawe [ 224]

(33)

¶ So ferde it by þis ferse & proude knyȝt [ 225] Þow he a worþy kyngis sone were And wende noþyng hadde had swych amyȝt A-ȝens his will þat schulde his herte stere [ 228] Ȝit with a lok his herte wex al fere Þat he þat now was most in pryde aboue Wex sodeynly most subiecht on to loue [ 231]

(34)

..ffor-þy ensaumple takyt of þis man [ 232] Ȝe wise proude & wordely folk alle To skorne loue wheche þat somme can Þ^e fredam of ȝoure hertys to hym þralle [ 235] ffor euere it was & euere it schal be-falle Þat loue is he þat alle þynge may bynde ffor may no man for-do þ^e lawe of kynde [ 238]

(35)

¶ þat þis be soþ hath preuyd & doþ ȝit [ 239] ffor þis trowe I ȝe knowe alle or some Men redyn not þat folk han grettere wyt Þan þey þat most with loue haþ ben nome [ 242] And strengest folk han þerwith ben ouercome Þ^e worþiest & grettest of degre Þis was & is & ȝit men schal it se [ 245]

(36)

¶ And treweliche it seyth wel to be so [leaf 16, back] [ 246] ffor aldyrwysest han þerwith ben plesid And þey þat han ben aldyrmost in woo With loue han ben most confortid & esed [ 249] And ofte it haþ þ^e crewel herte apesid And worþy folk mad worþiere of name And caused most to drede vice & schame [ 252]

(37)

..Now syþe it may not godly be withstonde [ 253] And is a þyng so vertuous & kynde Refuseþ it not to loue for to be bonde Syþe as hymself lest he may ȝow bynde [ 256] Þ^e ȝerde is bet þat bowe wele & wynde Þan þat þat brestyt & þerefore I ȝow rede To folwyn loue / þat so wel can ȝow lede [ 259]

(38)

¶ But for to tellyn forþe in specyal [ 260] Of þis kyngis sone / of whych I tolde And letyn oþere þyngis collatrial Of hym þynke .I. myn tale to holde [ 263] Boþ^e of hise ioyes / & of hise carys colde And al his werk / as touchynge þis matere ffor I it can / wel þerto refere [ 266]

(39)

..With-inne þ^e temple he wente hym forth pleyinge [ 267] Þis Troylis of euery wyȝt aboute On þis ladi & now on þat lokynge Where sche were in toune or with oute [ 270] And vp on cas / fel þat þou•• a route his eyȝen perseydyn / & so depe it wentyn Tyl on cresseide it smot & þere it stente [ 273]

(40)

..And sodeynly he wex þerwith astonyd [ 274] And gan bet hire biholde / in þryfty wyse O merci god þouȝte he / where hast þou wonyd Þat art so fayr & so godli to deuyse [ 277] Þerwyt his herte gan to sprede & ryse And softe he sykyd lest men myȝte hym here And cauȝte a-ȝyn his forme pleynynge chere [ 280]

(41)

¶ Sche was not with þ^e leste of stature [leaf 17] [ 281] But alle hyre lemys so wel answerynge Where to woman-hode þat creature Nas neuere lasse namely in semynge [ 284] And ek þ^e pore wyse of hire menyng Schewede wel þat men myȝtyn in hyre gesse Honour estat wommanly noblesse [ 287]

(42)

..þo troylys wondyr wel with alle [ 288] Gan for to like hyre menynge & hyre chere Wych sumdel deynous was for sche let falle Hyre lok a lytil and seyde in swych manere [ 291] Aschaunis may I not stonde here And aftyr þat hyre lokynge gan sche lyȝth Þat neuere þoughte him sen so good a syȝth [ 294]

(43)

¶ And of hyre lok in hym þere gan to queken [ 295] So gret desyr & swych affeccyoun Þat in his herte boteme gan to quekyn Of hyre his fyx & depe enpressioun [ 298] And þow he erst hade pourede vp & doun He was þ^o glad hise hornys in to schrynke Vnneþe woste he to loke or [[a later to stuck in]] wynke [ 301]

(44)

..Lo hym þat let hym seluen so kunnynge [ 302] And scornede hem þat louys peynys dryen Was ful on-war þat loue hade his dwellynge With-inne þ^e subtyl stremys of hyre eyȝen [ 305] Þat sodeynly hym þouȝte for to deyen Ryȝt with hyre lok þ^e spryt of his herte Blessed be loue þat þus folk can conuerte [ 308]

(45)

¶ Sche þis in blak lokynge to Troylys [ 309] Ouer alle þynge stod for to behelde Ne his desyr ne war for he [[corrected]] stod þus He neyþer schyr made ne word tolde [ 312] But from affer his maner for to holde On oþer þyng sumtyme his lok he caste And eft on hyre whilys þat seruyse laste [ 315]

(46)

¶ And aftyr þis not fully alle askapide [leaf 17, back] [ 316] Out of þ^e temple al eselyche he wente Repentynge hym þat euere he iapide Of louys folk lest fully þe descente [ 319] Of schorn fel on hym selfe but what he ment Lest hit were wyst on ony manere syde Hys wo he gan dissymylyn & seyde [ 322]

(47)

..whan he was þus from þ^e temple departid [ 323] He styrte a-non vp to þ^e paleys turnyth Ryȝt with hyre lok þour-schotyn & þour-dartyd Al feynyþ he in lust þat þe soiournyth [ 326] And al his chyr & speche also he bornyth And ay of louys seruauntys euery whyle Hym self to wryþe at hym self ganto smyle [ 329]

(48)

¶ And seyde lord so ȝe loue al in [[r corrected]] rest [ 330] Ȝe loueris for þ^e kunnyngest of ȝow Þat seruyth most ententifully & best Hym tyt as ofte harm þerof as prow [ 333] Ȝoure hyre is quyt aȝen god wot how Not wel for þey wil schorne for good seruyse Yn fay ȝoure ordere is rewelyd in good wyse [ 336]

(49)

..In veyn sertayn ben alle ȝoure obseruauncis [ 337] But ȝif it / a fewe poyntis be Ne no þyng askyth so gret intendauncis As doþ ȝoure lay as knowyn alle ȝe [ 340] But is not þ^e werste so mot I þe But tolde I ȝow þ^e werste poynt I leue Al seyde I soþ ȝe wolde at me greue [ 343]

(50)

¶ But þis þat ȝe loueris ofte eschewe [ 344] Or ellis don of good entencioun fful ofte þyn lady wil it mysconstrewe And deme it harm by hyre opinyoun [ 347] And ȝit ȝif sche for oþir entencioun Be wroþ þan / that þou han a groyn a non Now wel is hym þat may ben of ȝow on [ 350]

(51)

¶ But for al þis whan þat he say his tyme [leaf 18] [ 351] He held his pes non oþere bote him gayned ffor loue he gan hyse federis so to lyme Þat wel onneþe on-tyl his folk he faynid [ 354] Þat oþere busy nedis hym destreyned ffor wo was hym þat what to done he nyst But bad hyse folk to gon where hem lyst [ 357]

(52)

..And whan þat he was in chambere a-lone [ 358] He doun vp on his bedis fet hym sette And fryst he gan to sike & eft to grone And þoughte so ay on hire with-oute lette [ 361] Þat as he sat & wok his spyrit mette Þat he hire saw & temple & al þ^e wyse Ryȝt of hire lok & gan it newe avyse [ 364]

(53)

¶ þus gan he make a myrour of his mynde [ 365] In wich he say al holly hire figure And þat wel he coude in his herte fynde It was to hym riȝt a good auenture [ 368] To loue swychon & ȝif he dede his cure To seruyn hyre ȝit myȝte he fallyn in grace Or ellis for on of hyre seruauntis pace [ 371]

(54)

..Imagenynge þat neyþer trauayle nor gaine [ 372] Ne myȝte for so godli on ben lorn As sche ne hym for his desyr ne schame Al were it wyst but in preys & vp born [ 375] Of alle loueris wel more þan by-forn Þus argumentid he in his gynnynge fful on-avised of hise wocomynge [ 378]

(55)

¶ þus tok he purpos louys craft to schewe [ 379] And seyde he wolde worschepe preuyly ffyrst to hydyn his desyr in mewe From euery wyȝt I-born al vttyrly [ 382] But he myȝt ouȝt recouered be þerby Remembrynge hym þat loue to wyde I-blowe Ȝildyth bittere freut þow swete seed be sowe [ 385]

(56)

¶ And oueral þis meche more he þouȝte [leaf 18, back] [ 386] What for to spek & what to heldyn in And what for to artyn hire to loue he souȝte And on a song a-non ryȝt to begyn [ 389] And gan loude on his sorwe towyn ffor whiche good hope he gan fully assente Cresseyde to loue & not forto repente [ 392]

(57)

¶ And of þ^e song not only þ^e sentence [ 393] As wryt myn autour callid lollyous But pleynly saue oure tungis differens I dar wel say in al þat troylys [ 396] Seyde in his song lo euery word riȝt þus As I schal sayn & ho so leste it here Lo next þis vers he may it fynde here [ 399]

(58) (From Petrarch.) Cantus [in margin]

..Ȝif no loue is O god what fele I so [ 400] And ȝif loue is what þyng & which is he Ȝif loue be good from whennys comyt myn wo Ȝif it be / awondyr þynkyth me [ 403] whanne euery turnement & aduersite Þat comyth of hym may to me sauery þynke ffor ay I preste þ^e more þat I drynke [ 406]

(59) (From Petrarch.)

..And ȝit þat at myn owene lust I brenne [ 407] ffrom whenys comyth myn wele & myn pleynte Ȝif harm a-gre me I wherto pleyne þenne I not ne why onwery þat I feynte [ 410] O quyk deþ O swete harm so queynte How may of þ^e in me swych quantite But ȝif þat I consente / þat it be [ 413]

(60) (From Petrarch.)

¶ And ȝif þat I consente / I wrongfully [ 414] Compleyne I-wis þus possed to & fro As stereles wyȝt in a bot am I Amyde þe se be-twexe wyndis too [ 417] Þat in contrayre stondyn euere mo Allas what þis wondyr maladye ffor cold of hete for hete of cold I. deye [ 420]

(End of Troilus's Song from Petrarch's 88th Sonnet.)

(61)

¶ And to þ^e god of loue þus seyde he [leaf 19] [ 421] With petous voyce a lord now ȝoure is Myn spyryt þ^e wheche þat auȝte ȝoure be Ȝow þanke I lord þat broute me to þis [ 424] But wheþer goddes or woman I.-wys I not wych þat ȝe don me serue But as hyre man I wolde ay lyue & sterue [ 427]

(62)

..Ȝe stondyn in hyre eyȝen myȝtily [ 428] As in a place on-to ȝore vertu dygne Wherefore lord ȝif myn seruyse or I May lykyn ȝow so beþ to me benygne [ 431] ffor myn estat / ryal I resyne [[resyne corrected]] In to hyre hond & with ful vmble chere Be-come hyre man as to myn lady dere [ 434]

(63)

¶ In hym ne deyned to spare blod ryal [ 435] Þ^e fyr of loue wherefrom [[corrected]] god me blys Ne hym forbar in no degre of alle Hys vertu or his excellent prowesse [ 438] But helde hym as his þral lowe in distresse And brende hym so / in sundery wyse ay newe Þat sexty tyme a day he loste his hewe [ 441]

(64)

..So mechil day from day his owene þought [ 442] ffor loue to hyre gan quekyn & encrese Þat euery oþer charge he sette at nouȝt ffor-why ful ofte his hote fyre to cece [ 445] To sen hyre goodly lok he gan to prese ffor þerby to ben esed wel he wende ffor ay þ^e ner he was þ^e more he brende [ 448]

(65)

¶ ffor ay þ^e ner þ^e fyer þ^e hattere is [ 449] Þis trowe I knowyth al þis cumpanye But were he fer or ny I dar sey þis Be nyȝt or day / be wisdem of folye [ 452] His herte wich / þat is his brestys eyȝe Was ay on hyre / þat fayrere was to sene Þan euere were elyne / or polexene [ 455]

(66)

¶ Ek of þ^e day þere passede not an oure [leaf 19, back] [ 456] Þat of hym self a þousent syþis seyde God goodly to whom I serue & laboure As I best can now wolde god cresseyde [ 459] Ȝa wolde on me rewe or þat I deyede Myn dere herte allas myn hele & hewe And lyf is lost but ȝe on me rewe [ 462]

(67)

..Alle oþere dredis were from hym fled [ 463] Boþ^e of þ^e asege and his sauacioun Nyn hym desyred non oþer founys bred But argumentis to his conclusion [ 466] Þat sche on hym wolde haue compascioun And he to ben hire man whil þat he may dure Lo here his lyf & from þ^e deþes cure [ 469]

(68)

¶ þ^e scharpe schourris felle of armys proue [ 470] Þat ector or hise oþere breþeren deden Ne madyn hym only þerfore onys moue And ȝit was he where so men wente or ryden [ 473] ffounde on of þ^e beste & lengest tyme abyden Þere peryl was & dede ek swych trauayle In armys þat to þynke it was merauayle [ 476]

(69)

..But for non hate he to þ^e grekys hadde [ 477] Ne also for þ^e rescous of þ^e toun Ne made hym þus in armys for to madde But only lo for þis conclusioun [ 480] To like hyre þ^e bet for his renoun ffrom day to day in armys so he spedde Þat þ^e grekys hym as of þ^e deþ dredde [ 483]

(70)

¶ And from þis forth þo refte hym loue his slep [ 484] And made his mete his fo {punctel} & ek his sorwe Gan multepleye þat who so tok kep It semede in his hewe on euyn & on morwe [ 487] Þerfore a tytele he gan hym for to borwe Of oþere seknesse lest men of hym wende Þat þ^e hote fuyr of loue hym brende [ 490]

(71)

¶ And seyde he hadde a feuere & ferde al amys [leaf 20] [ 491] But hou it was serteyn I can not sey Ȝif þat his lady vndyrstod not þis Or feynede hyre he nyste on of þ^e tweye [ 494] But wel rede I þat be no maner weye Ne semed it þat sche of hym rouȝte Or of his peyne or what so euere he þouȝte [ 497]

(72)

..But þanne fel to þis troylys so meche wo [ 498] Þat he was wol nygh wod. for ay his drede Was þis þat sche / sum wyȝt hade louyd so Þat neuere of hym sche wolde a takyn hede [ 501] ffor þat cause he þouȝte his herte blede Ne of his wo ne durste he not begynne To telle hyre for al þis world to wynne [ 504]

(73)

¶ But whanne he hadde a space from his care [ 505] Þus tyl hym self ful ofte he gan to pleyne He seyde O fol art þou now in þ^e snare Þat whilhom iapedyst at louys peyne [ 508] Now art þou hent now gnaw þyn owen cheyne Þou were ay wonyd eche louere reprehende Of þyng from which þou can þ^e not defende [ 511]

(74)

..What wele now euery louere seyn of þe [ 512] Ȝif þis be wyst / but euere in þyn absence Laughyn in scorne & seyn lo þere goþ he Þat is þ^e man of so gret sapience [ 515] Þat held vs loueris best in reuerence Now þankyd be god he may gon in þ^e daunce Of hem. þat loue lust febly for to auaunce [ 518]

(75)

¶ But O þou woful troylys god wolde [ 519] Seþ. þou muste loue þour þyn destene Þat þou be set where · on swechou · þat schulde Knowe al þyn woo / al lakkede hyre pete [ 522] But also cold in loue towardys þe Þyn lady is as frost in wyntyr mone And þou fordon. as snow in fyre is sone [ 525]

(76)

¶ God wolde I were aryuyd in þ^e porte [leaf 20, back] [ 526] Of deþ þ^e wheche myn sorwe wolde me lede A lord to me it were a gret confort Þanne were I quit of languissyng in drede [ 529] ffor by myn hed sorwe Iblowe on brede I schal beiapid ben a þousent tyme More þan þat fole / of whos foly men ryme [ 532]

(77)

..But now help god / & ȝe swete for whom [ 533] I pleyne. I-kauȝt / ȝe neuere wyȝt so faste O mercy dere herte / & help me from Þ^e deþ {punctel} for I whil myn lyf may laste [ 536] More þan myn selue. wylle loue ȝou to myn laste And with sum frendli lok / gladede me swete Þouȝ neuere noþyng more ȝe me behete [ 539]

(78)

¶ þese wordys / & ful manye anoþer to [ 540] Spak & euere he callyd / in his compleynte Hire name for to tellyn hire his wo Til nyȝ þat he in salte teris drenkte [ 543] Al was for nouȝt sche herde nouȝt his pleynte And whan he þouȝte on þat folye A þousent fold his sorwe gan multeplye [ 546]

(79)

..By-wailyng in his chambir þus a-lone [ 547] A frend of his þat callyd was pandaris Came onys in on-war and herdde hym grone And say his frend in distresse & care [ 550] Allas quod he ho causeþ al þis fare O mercy god what on-hap may þis mene Han now þus sone grekys mad þ^e lene [ 553]

(80)

¶ Or hast þou sum remors of concience [ 554] And art now falle in sum deuocyoun And waylyst for þyn synne & þyn offence And hast for ferd cauȝt attriciouun [ 557] God saue hem þat han be segit oure toun Þat so cunne leyn oure iolite on presse And brynge oure lusty folk in holynesse [ 560]

(81)

¶ þese wordis seyde he for þe nonys alle [leaf 21] [ 561] Þat with sweche þyngis he myȝte him angery make And with an angyr don his sorwe falle As for þ^e tyme and his corage a-wakyn [ 564] But wel woste he as fer as tungis spakyn Þere nas a man of grettere hardynesse Þan he ne more desirede worþynesse [ 567]

(82)

..What cas quod he or what mysauenture [ 568] Hadde gydit þ^e to se myn languissyng Þat am refus of euery [[or every]] cryature But for þ^e loue of god at myn preying [ 571] So hene awoy for sertys myn deying Wele þe dissese & I mote ² nedys deye ² [[²-² corrector]] Þerfore go awoy þere nys no more to seye [ 574]

(83)

¶ But ȝif þou wene I be þus sek for drede [ 575] It is not so & þerfore skorne me nouȝt Þere is a noþer þyng I take of hede Wel more þan ouȝt þat þ^e grekys han wrouȝt [ 578] Which cause is of myn deþ for sorwe & þouȝt But þow þat I ne tellit þ^e ne lest Be ȝe not wroþ I hyde it for þ^e best [ 581]

(84)

..þis pandare þat wol ner mast for wo & rewthe [ 582] ffull ofte seyde allas what may þis be Now frend quod he ȝif euere loue or treuthe Haþ ben er þis be-tweþe þe & me [ 585] Ne do þou neuere swich a crewelte To hydyn from þyn frend swich a care Wost þou not wel þat it am I Pandare [ 588]

(85)

¶ I wele partyn with þ^e al þyn peyne [ 589] Ȝif it be so I do þ^e non confort As it is frendis ryȝt / soþ for to seyne To interpartyn wo {punctel} as god disport [ 592] I haue & schal / for trowe or fals report In wrong & ryȝt / loued þ^e al myn lyf Hyd not þyn wo from me / but telle it blyue [[Lines 582 to 595 were repeated in the MS. on leaf 21, back, and struck out by the rubricator.]] [ 595]

(86)

¶ þanne gan þis sorweful troylys sike [leaf 21, back] [ 596] And seyde hym þus god leue it be myn best To telle it þ^e / for sythe it may be like Ȝit wele i telle it þ^e þow myn herte brest [ 599] And wele wot I þou mayt do me no rest But lest to deme I truste not to þ^e Now herkene frend for þus it stondith with me [ 602]

(87)

..Loue a-ȝens whiche. who so defendyth [ 603] Hym selue most{punctel} al þere lest auaylyth With disespeyr. so sorweful me offendyth Þat streyt on to þ^e deþ myn herte saylyth [ 606] Þerto desyr so brenynge me assaylyth Þerto ben slayn It were a gret ioye To me{punctel} þan kyng of grece ben & Troye [ 609]

(88)

¶ Suffyseþ þis myn fulle frend Pandare [ 610] Þat I haue seyd / for now hast þou myn wo And for þ^e love of god myn colde care So hyde it wel / for I tolde it neuere to mo [ 613] ffor harmys myȝtyn fallyn mo þan too Ȝif it were wist but be þou in gladnesse And let me sterue / onknowe of myn distresse [ 616]

(89)

¶ How hast þou þus onkendely & longe [leaf 22] [ 617] Hid þis from me / þou fool quod pandaris Parauenture þou mayȝt aftyr swichon longe Þat myn auys a-non may helpyn vs [ 620] Þat were a wondyr þyng quod Troylys Þou coudyst neuere .in loue þyn selue wisse How del mayst þou / bryngyn me to blysse [ 623]

(90)

..Ȝa troylys now herkene / quod pandare [ 624] Þow I be nyse it happyþ ofte so Þat on þat exces doþ ful euele fare By good consayl may kepe his frend þerfro [ 627] I haue myn saelue / sen a blyng man go Þere as he fel þat coude loke wyde A fol may ek a wys man gyde [ 630]

(91)

¶ A weston is non keruyng instrument [ 631] But ȝit it makyth scharpe keruyng tolys And ȝif þou wyst þat I haue ouȝt mys went Excuse þou þat for swich þyng to þ^e skole is [ 634] Þus ofte wyse men / ben war by folys Ȝif þou do so þyn wyte is wel be-waryd By his contrarye is euery þyng declarid [ 637]

(92)

..ffor hou myȝte euere swetnesse a be knowe [ 638] To him þat neuere tastid bittyrnesse Ne no man wot what gladnesse is I trowe Þat neuere was in sorwe or in sum distresse [ 641] Ek whyt by blak be schame ek worþynesse Eche set by oþer more for oþer semyth As men may sen & so þ^e wise demyn [ 644]

(93)

¶ Syþe þus in too contrarijs is on lore [ 645] I þat haue in loue so ofte asayed Greuaunce ouȝte come / & wel þe more Conseyle þ^e of þat þou art a-mayede [ 648] And ek þou not to ben euele payede Þow I desese / with þ^e for to bere Þyn heuy charg / it schal þ^e lasse dere [ 651]

(94)

¶ I wot wel þat it faryth þus by me [leaf 22, back] [ 652] As to þyn broþer Parys & hierdesse Whech ¹ that clepyde was senome ¹ [[¹-¹ corrector]] Wrot in a compleynt of hire heuynesse [ 655] Ȝe say þ^e lettere þat sche wrot I gesse Nay neuere ȝit I-wis ² quod Troylys ² [[²-² corrector]] Now quod Pandaris herkenyt it was þis [ 658]

(95) (Oenone's Letter to Paris. 1 st.)

..Phebus þat fyrst found art of medicynys [ 659] Quod sche & curere [[corrected]] in euery wyȝtis care Remedye & red by herkis he knyt fyne Ȝit to hym self his cunnyng is ful bare [ 662] ffor loue hadde so boundyn in a snare As for þ^e douȝtyr of kyng Amete Þat al his craft ne coude [[corrected]] his sorwe bete [ 665]

(96)

¶ Ryȝt so fare I onhaply for me [ 666] I loue on best & þat me smertyth sore And ȝit parauenture can I rede þ^e And nouȝt myn self repreue me no more [ 669] I haue no cause I wot wel for to sore [[next line in MS. scratcht out, then, l. 671] As doþ an hauk þat lestyþ for to pleye But to þat helpe sumwhat I can seye [ 672]

(97)

..And of on þyng ryt sekyr mayt þou be [ 673] Þat certeyn for to deyen in þ^e peyne Þat I schal neuere more discouere þe Ne be myn trouthe I kepe not restreyne [ 676] Þ^e from þyn loue þow It were Elyne Þat is þyn broþeris wyf ȝif ich it wiste Be what sche be & loue hire as þou lyste [ 679]

(98)

¶ þerfore as frend fullych in me assure [ 680] And telle me plat what is þyn entencioun And finially cause of wo þat þ^e endure ffor doutyth no þyng myn entencioun [ 683] Ne is not to ȝow of reprehencioun To speke as now for nowyȝt may bereue A man to loue til hym luste to leue [ 686]

(99)

¶ And þerfore wetyth wel þat boþ^e to ben vicis [leaf 23] [ 687] Mistrostyn al or eɫɫ [[elles]] al leue But wel I wot þat it no vice is ffor forto trostene sum wyȝt is a preue [ 690] ffor-þi of treuthe / wolde I fayn remeue Þyn wrong confort & do þ^e sum wyȝt truste Þyn wo to telle & tel me ȝif þou lyste [ 693]

(100)

..þ^e wise seyeth wo is hym þat is a lone [ 694] ffor and he falle he ne haþ non helpe to ryse And syþ^e þou hast a felawe tel þyn mone ffor þis nys not certeyn þ^e nexte wyse [ 697] To women loue as cechyn vs þ^e wysse To walwe & wepe as I Nyob þ^e quene Whos teris ȝit in marbil ben sene [ 700]

(101)

¶ Let ben þyn wepynge & þyn drerynesse [ 701] And let vs wisse with oure speche So may þyn woful tyme seme lesse Delite not in wo þy wo to steche [[or sceche]] [ 704] As don þese folis þat here sorwys eche With sorwe whan þey han mys auenture And liste not to seche hem oþer cure [ 707]

(102)

..Men seyn to wreche is consolacioun [ 708] To han a noþer felawe in his peyne Þat auȝte wel to ben oure opinyoun ffor boþ^e þou & I of loue we pleyne [ 711] So ful of sorwe am I soþ for to seyne Þat certeynly no more harde grace May sittyn on me for why þere nys non space [ 714]

(103)

¶ Ȝyf god wil þou art not agast of me [ 715] Lest I wolde of þyn lady þe begile Þou wost þyn self hom þat I loue parde As I best kan gon [[corrected]] sithe longe while [ 718] And sey þou wilt it do for no gyle And seyst þou þat I am he þat þou trostyst most Tel me sumwhat syþyn al myn wo þou wyst [ 721]

(104)

¶ Ȝit troylis for al þis no word seyde [leaf 23, back] [ 722] But longe he lay as stylle & he dede where And aftyr with sykynge he a-breyde And to pandarys voys he bente his ere [ 725] And vp hise eyen caste he þat in fere Was pandaris lest þat in frenesye He schulde falle or eɫɫ sone deye [ 728]

(105)

..He cryede a-wake ful wondyrliche & scharpe [ 729] What slomberyst þou as in lytargye Or art þou lyk an asse to þ^e harpe Þat heryth soun whan men þ^e stryngis pleye [ 732] But in his mynde of þat no melodye May synkyn hym to gladdyn for þat he So dul is of his bestialte [ 735]

(106)

¶ And why þat pandarys of hise wordys stente [ 736] And troylys ȝyt hym non word answeryd ffor why to tellyn was not his entent To neuere no man for whom þat he so ferde [ 739] ffor it is seyd men makyth ofte a ȝerde With whiche þ^e makere is hym self I-bete In sundery maner as þese clerkis trete [ 742]

(107)

..And nameliche in his conseyl tellyng [ 743] Þat touche loue þat auȝte to be secre ffor of hym self it wele Inow out sprynge But ȝif þat it þ^e bettyr gouerned be [ 746] Ek it is a craft for summe / sumtyme to fle ffor þyng which in effecte men hunte faste Al þis gan troylys in his herte caste [ 749]

(108)

¶ But neuere þe les whan he hadde herd hym cry [ 750] A-wake he gan to sike wondyr sore And seyde frend þow I stille lye I nam not def / lye stylle & crye no more [ 753] ffor I haue herd þyne wordis & þyn lore But suffere me myn myschif to be-waylyn ffor þyne prouerbis moun me not auaylyn [ 756]

(109)

¶ ffor oþer cure canst þou non for me [leaf 24] [ 757] Ek I wele not ben cured I wele deye What knowe I of þ^e quene Neoble Let ben þyne olde examplys I þe preye [ 760] No quod pandarys þerfore I seye Swich is delyt of folys to be-wepyn Here wo but sychen bote þey ne kepyn [ 763]

(110)

..Now I knowe þat þere resoun in þ^e faylyth [ 764] But telle me ȝif I wyste wych sche were ffor whom al þis auenture mys-aylyth Durstyst þou þat I told hyre in hyre ere [ 767] Þyn wo syþe þou darst not for fere And hyre be-southe on þe to han sum reuthe Why nay quod he by god & by myn treuthe [ 770]

(111)

¶ What not as busily quod pandarys [ 771] As þow myn owene lyf laye on þis nede No certys broþer quod þis tr[o]ylys And why / for þat þou schuldyst neuere spede [ 774] Wost þou þat wel{punctel} ȝa þat is out of drede quod troylys for al þat euere ȝe cunne Sche wele to non swich wreche as I ben wonne [ 777]

(112)

..Quod pandaris allas what may þis be [ 778] Þat þou dispeyred art þus causeles What lyuyth not þyn lady benediste How wost þou so þat þou art graceles [ 781] Swych euyl is not alwoy boteles Why put not impossible þus þyn cure Swich þyng to come is ofte in auenture [ 784]

(113)

¶ I graunte wel þat þou enduryst wo [ 785] As scharpe as doþ he which is in helle Whois stomak foulys tyryn euere & oo Þat hyȝte wulturnus as bokys telle [ 788] But I may not endure þat þou dwelle In so onskylful opynyoun Þat of þe wo is non curacyoun [ 791]

(114)

¶ But onys nylt þou for þyn coward herte [leaf 24, back] [ 792] And for þyn yre & foly wilfulnesse ffor wantrost tellyn of þynne sorwis smerte Ne to þyn owene hele don besynesse [ 795] As meche as specke a resoun more or lesse But lych as he þat leste of no þyng reche What woman coude loue swich a wreche [ 798]

(115)

..What may sche demyn / ouȝt of þyn deþ [ 799] Ȝif þou þus deye & sche not why it is But þerfore fere is ȝuldyn vp þyn breþ ffor Grekys han besegit vs I-wis [ 802] Lord wych a þank schuldyst þou han of þis Þus wil sche say & al þe toun at onys Þe wreche is ded þe deuyl haue hyse bony[s] [ 805]

(116)

¶ þu mayȝt a-lone [[a-boue corrected]] hire wepe crye & knele [ 806] But loue a woman þat sche wote it not And sche wele quite it þat þou schalt not fele Vn-knowe on-kyst & lost þat is on-souȝt [ 809] What manye a man haþ loue ful dere abouȝt Twenty wyntyr þat his lady not wyst Þat neuere ȝit his ladyis mouth he ne kyst [ 812]

(117)

..What schulde he perfore falle in dispeyr [ 813] Or ben recreaunt for his owene tene Or slen hym selfe al by his lady fayre Nay nay but euere in on boþe frossche & grene [ 816] To leuyn & to seruyn his dere lady quene And þynkyn it is a gerdoun hyre to seruyn A þousent fold more þan he can deseruyn [ 819]

(118)

¶ And of þys word tok hed troylys [ 820] And þouȝte a non what foly he was inne And hou þat soþ hym seyde pandaris Þat for to slen hym he myȝte not wynne [ 823] Boþe to don on-manhod & a gret synne And of his deþ his lady not to wyte ffor of hys wo god wot sche k[n]ew but lyte [ 826]

(119)

¶ And with þat þouȝt he gan ful sore syke [leaf 25] [ 827] And seyde allas what is me best to do To whom pandare answerde ȝyf þ^e lyke Þ^e beste is þat þou telle me þyn wo [ 830] And haue myn treuthe but þou fynde it so I be þyn bote or þat it be ful longe To pecys do me drawe & sythe me honge [ 833]

(120)

..Ȝa so seyst þou quod Troylys þo & allas [ 834] But god wot it is not þe raþere so fful harde it were to helpyn in þis cas ffor wel fynde I þat fortune is myn fo [ 837] Ne alle þe men þat ryde cunne or go May of hyre whel / þe harm wel with-stonde ffor as hyre lust sche pleyeþ with fre & bonde [ 840]

(121)

¶ Qud pandaris þanne blamyst þou fortune [ 841] ffor þou art wroþ now / ȝa [[other letters scratcht out]] at [[other letters scratcht out]] e [[other letters scratcht out]] I see Wost þou not wel þat fortune is comune To euery maner wyȝt in sum de-gre [ 844] And ȝit þou hast þis confort lo parde Þat as hyre ioye motyn ouergon So motyn hire sorwys passyn euerychon [ 847]

(122)

..ffor ȝif hire whelys styntyn ony þyng to turne [ 848] Þanne sesed sche / anon fortune to be Now sythe hire whel ne may in no woye soiourne What wyst þou ȝyf hire mutabilitie [ 851] Ryȝt as hire self lust wele don by þe Or þat sche be now [[now, overline, later]] fer from þyn helpynge Perauenture þou hast cause for to synge [ 854]

(123)

¶ And þerfore wost þou I þ^e be-seche [ 855] Let be þyn wo / & turnynge to þe ground ffor ho so lyst [[lyst, overline, later]] haue helpyng of his leche To hym by-houyth fyrst onwrye his wounde [ 858] To serberus in helle ay be I bounde Were it for myn sustyr al þyn sorwe By myn wil [sche] schulde be þyn to-morwe [ 861]

(124)

¶ Loke vp I say & tel me what sche is [leaf 25, back] [ 862] A-non þat I may gon a-bout þyn nede Knowe I hire ouȝt for myn loue tel me þis Þat wolde I hope raþere for to spede [ 865] Þo gan þ^e veyne of Troylis for to blede ffor he was hurt & wex al red for schame A .a. quod Pandarys here be-gynnyth game [ 868]

(125)

..And with þat word he gan hym for to schake [ 869] And seyde [Ȝ scratcht out]] if þou schalt hire name telle But þo gan sely troylis for to quake As þow men schulde han hym in to helle [ 872] And seyde allas of al myn wo þe welle Þanne is myn swete fo callyd Crisseyde And wol ner with þe word for fer he deyede [ 875]

(126)

¶ And whan þat pandarys herde hyre name nemene [ 876] Lord he was glad & seyde frend so dere Now fare a ryȝt for iouys name in heuene Loue þou hast be-set wel / be of good chere [ 879] ffor of good name / wisdom & manere Sche haþ I-now / & ek of gentillesse Ȝyf sche be fayr / þou wyst þyn self I gesse [ 882]

(127)

..Ne neuere ne say a more / bountyuous [ 883] Of hire estat / non / gladere ne of speche A frendelyere / ne non more gracious ffor to don wel ne lasse hadde nede to seche [ 886] What for to don & al þis bet to eche In honour to as fer as sche may streche A kyngis herte semyth bi hire awreche [ 889]

(128)

¶ And also þyng & þerwith gladde þe [ 890] Þat sythyn þyn lady vertyuous is al So folwyþ it / þat þere is sum pete A-mong alle þese oþere / in general [ 893] And for þis se pat þow in specyal Requere nat þat is a-ȝens hire name ffor vertu strechith nouȝt hym self to schame [ 896]

(129)

¶ But wel is me þat euere þat I was born [leaf 26] [ 897] Þat þou be-set art / in so good a place ffor myn trouthe in lyue / I durst a sworn Þere schulde neuere in loue / han tyd þus fayr a grace [ 900] ffor wost þou why / þou were wone to chase At loue on skorn / & for dispit hym calle Seynt ideot / lord of folis alle [ 903]

(130)

..How ofte hast þou mad / þyne nyse iapis [ 904] And seyd þat louys seruantis / euerychon Of nycete ben but very gydde apis And some wolde frete / meche here mone alon [ 907] Lyinge in bedde / & make hem for to gron And some þou seydist / hade / a blaunche feuere And preyedist to god / he schulde neuere keuere [ 910]

(131)

¶ And some of hem tok on hem for þe cold [ 911] More þan I-now / so seydist þou ful ofte And some han feyned / ofte tyme & told How þat þey wake / whan þey slepe softe [ 914] And þus wolde a brouȝt hem self a lofte And neuer þe les weryn vndyr at þ^e laste Þus seydist þou / & iapedist ful faste [ 917]

(132)

..Ȝit seydist þou þat for þ^e more part [ 918] Þese louerys wolde speke in general And þouȝtyn þat it was a sekyr art ffor failyng to a-sayen oueral [ 921] Now may I iapyn of þ^e ȝif þat I schal But neuer-þeles þow I schulde deye Þat þou art non of þo I durste seye [ 924]

(133)

¶ Now bete þyn brest & sey to god of loue [ 925] Þyn grace lord for now I me repente Ȝif I mys spak / for now myn self I loue Þus say with al þyn herte in good entent [ 928] Quod Troylis a lord I me consent And prey to þ^e myne iapis þou for-ȝeue And neuere more wele iape whil I leue [ 931]

(134)

¶ Þow sest wel quod pandarys & now I hope [lf 26, bk] [ 932] Þat þou þe goddesse wrethe hast a-pesed And syþe þat þou hast wepyn manye a drope And seyd swych þyng wherwith þyn god is plesed [ 935] Now wolde neuere god but þou were esid And þynke wel sche / of whom ryseþ al þyn wo Here aftyr may þyn confort ben also [ 938]

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// ffor þynke ground þat beryth þ^e wedis wikke [ 939] Beryth ek þese holsome erbis / as ful ofte Noþer [[Noyeþ corrected]] þ^e foule nettyl row & þekke Þ^e rose wexit swete sauery & softe [ 942] And next þ^e valy is þ^e hil on lofte And next þ^e derke [[corrected]] nyȝt þ^e gladde morwe And alse þ^e ioye is next þ^e fyn of sorwe [ 945]

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¶ Now loke þat atempere wel þyn brydil [ 946] And for þ^e beste ay suffere to þ^e [[f scratcht out]] yde Or ellis al oure labour is in ydil He hastyth wel þat wisely can abide [ 949] Be diligent & trewe & ay wel hide Fe lusty fre perseuere in þyn seruyse And al is wel ȝif þou were in þis wyse [ 952]

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// But he þat partyd is in euery a place [ 953] Is nowher hol as wryte clerkys wise What wondyr ist þow swich on haue no grace Ek wost þou how it faryth of sum seruyse [ 956] As plante a tre or erbe in sundery wise And on þ^e morwe felle it as blyue Now wondyr ist þow it may neuere þryue [ 959]

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¶ And siþe god of loue haþ þ^e be-stowyd [ 960] In place digne on to þyn worþynes Stond faste for to good port hast þou rowid And of þyn self for ony heuynesse [ 963] Hope slwoy wel þat but ȝif dreurynesse Or for euere hast þou oure boþis labour schende I hope of þis to make a good ende [ 966]

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¶ And wost þou wel whi I am þ^e lasse aferyd [leaf 27] [ 967] Of þys matyr with myn nece trete ffor þis haue I herd seyd of leryd [[ryd, corrector]] Was neuere non woman ȝit be-gete [ 970] Þat was on-hapi to soffere louys hete Celestial or ellys loue of kynde ffor-þy sum grace / I hope in hyre fynde [ 973]

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// And for to speke of hyre in specyal [ 974] Hyre beaute to be-heldyn & hyre ȝouþe It sit hire not to be celestial As ȝit þat hire lyste boþe & couþe [ 977] But trewely it sat hire wel riȝt nouþe A worþy knyȝt to loue & cherice And but sche do I holde it for a vice [ 980]

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¶ Þerfore I am & wele be al redy [ 981] To peyne me to don þis seruyse ffor boþe ȝow to plese þis hope I Here aftyrward for þe ben boþe wyse [ 984] And cunne conseyle & kepe in swich a wyse Þat no man schal þ^e wysere of it be And so we may be gladit alle þre [ 987]

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// And be myn treuthe I haue ryȝt now of þe [ 988] A good conseyt in myn wit as I gesse And what it is I wele now þat þou se I þynke to sey þat loue of his goodnesse [ 991] Hath þ^e conuertyd out of þyn wekedenesse Þat þou schal be þe beste post I leue Of al his lay & most his fois greue [ 994]

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¶ On-saumpele why se now þese grete clerkys [ 995] Þat arn aldyr most a-ȝen a lawe And ben conuertyd from alle here wekede werkys Þour grace of god þat lyste hem to hym drawe [ 998] Þanne are þey folk þat han god most in awe And strengest fichid ben I vndyr-stonde And cunnyn an erour aldyr best withstonde [ 1001]

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¶ Whan Troylis hadde herd Pandaris assentyd [lf 27 bk] [ 1002] To ben his helpe in louynge of crysseyde Wex of his wo as ho sey onturnementyd But hottere wex his loue & þanne he seyde [ 1005] With sobre chere as þow his herte pleyede Now blysful venus help er þan I sterue Of þ^e Pandare I may sum þank deserue [ 1008]

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// But dere frend how schal myn wo ben lessed [ 1009] Tyl þis be don & goode ek telle þou me þis How wilt þow seyn of me & myn distresse Lest sche be wroþ þis drede I most I-wis [ 1012] Or nyl not heryn or trowyn how it is Al þis dred I ek for þ^e manere Of þe hyre em / sche wyl no swich þyng here [ 1015]

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¶ Quod pandaris þu hast a wol gret care [ 1016] Lest þat þe cherl / may falle out of þ^e mone Whe lord I hate of þ^e / þyn nyse fare Why entermetyst þ^e / of þyng þou hast not to done [ 1019] ffor goddys loue / I bidde þ^e a bone So let me a lone & it schal be þyn best Why frend qud he now do ryȝt as þou lest [ 1022]

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// But herke Pandare o word for ¹ I ne wolde ¹ [[¹-¹ corrected]] [ 1023] Þat þou in me wendyst so gret folye Þat myn lady. I desyryn schulde Þat touchith harm or ony velenye [ 1026] ffor dredles me were leuere deþe Þat sche of me ouȝt ellis vndyrstode But þat þat myȝte sounyn in to goode [ 1029]

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¶ Þo low þis pandarys & a-non answerde [ 1030] And I þyn borw nonwyt doþ but soo I rouȝte not þow sche stod & herde How þat þou seyst but fare wel I wele goo [ 1033] Adew be glad god spede vs boþe too Ȝif me þis labour & þis besinesse And of myn sped be þyn al þ^e swetnesse [ 1036]

[Leaves 28 and 29 have been cut out of this MS.]