Beute & ȝouthe baudrie richesseCharmys & force lesynge & flaterye [See VII. 56, & 64.][See VII. 55-6, 59.]Dispence besynesse & IelousyeLine 1928 That werede of ȝelwe flourys a garlondAnd a cokkow sittynge on hese handffestis instrumentis karolys daunsis [See VII. 53, &]lust & aray & alle þe circumstancisLine 1932 Of loue whiche that I reken & rekne schalBe ordere were peyntid on the walAnd mo þan I can make of mencyounffor 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 besynesseNot 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-gonAnd ȝit the folye of kyng salamonAnd ek the grete strenthe of ercules [
Videvi storie per tutto dipinte. . . . .E'l grand Ercole vide tra costor.o. VII. 62.
]Thenchauntementz of Media / & CircesLine 1944 Ne of Turnes / with the hardy ferce corageThe ryche Cresus caytyf in seruageThus may ȝe sen that wisdam ne rychesseBeute ne sleythe strenthe ne hardynesseLine 1948 Ne may with wenus holde champardyeffor as here lust the world þanne may sche gyeLo alle these folk so cauȝt were in here laseTil they for wo ful ofte seyde allasLine 1952 Suffyseth here ensaumplys on or toAnd þow I couthe rekene a thousent moThe 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 seLine 1956 And from the nauelle doun al couered wasWhich was grene & bryȝt as ony glasA Cythole in here ryȝt hand hadde scheAnd on here hed so semely for to seLine 1960 A rose garlond frosch & wel smellynge
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