The Canterbury tales and Faerie queene &c., &c., &c., ed. for popular perusal with current illustrations and explanatory notes, by D. Laing Purves.

All-dread Ii first 0to loveini hm in, o r- i - orisvelter-lie, nor craftiyitwritee;
Now w et I -telhere is nopain thereinm."- Beblot it wit thy tears also alite4:Cressida sighs, and asks nigon whether Ad if tho write a go word all soft
there is such bliss among these lovers, as they T hou ghbe g, rehari n
can fair endite; Antigone replies confidently in "For thoughthe beste harper uponlive
the affirmative; and Cressida answers nothing, Would onthe best y-soundedjolly harp'"but every worde which she heard she gan to That ever was, with all his fingers five
printen in her hearte fast." Night draws on: Touch ay one string, or ay one warble harp,'
Were his nailes pointed ne'er so sharp,
The daye's honour, and the heavens eye, Heshouldmaken evrywight
The nighte's fde,-all this call I the Sun,- Tohear his glee and of hisv sroks full
Gan west'ren 2 fast,, and downward for to wry,3
As he that had his daye's course y-run; * X'Nor jompre 18 ekenodiscordantthingy-ferel9
As he that had his day~'s course y-run;
And white thinges gan to waxe dun ysic;
In levi's termis hold of thy mattere
For lack of light, and starres to appear; s terms d o th att re
Then she and all her folk went home in fere. he form alway,anddo that it e like
For if a painter woulde paint a pike
So, when it liked her to go to rest, With ass's feet, and head it as an ape,21
And voided5 were those that voiden ought, It'cordeth not,22 so were it but a jape." 23
She saide, that to sleepe well her lest.6 Troilus writes the letter, and next morning
Her women soon unto her bed her brought; Pandarus bearsit to Cressida. She refuses to
When all was shut, then lay she still and receive "scrip or bill that toucheth such matthought tere;" but he thrusts it into her -bosom, chalOf all these things the manner and the wise; lenging her to throw it away. She retains it,
Rehearse it needeth not, for ye be wise. takes the first opportunity of escaping to her
A nightingale upon a cedar green, chamber to read it, finds it wholly good, and,
Under the chamber wall where as she lay, under her uncle's dictation, endites a reply tellFull loude sang against the moone sheen, ing her lover that she will not make herself
Parauntre,7 in his birda's wise, a lay bound in love; "but as his sister, him to.please,
Of love, that made her hearte fresh and'gay; she would aye fain 2 to do his heart an ease."
Hereat hark'd she so long in good intent, Pandarus, under pretext of inquiring whois the
Till at the last the deade sleep her hent.9 owner of the house opposite, has gone to the
And'as she slept, anon right then her mette o window; Cressidd takes her letter to him there,
How that an eagle, feather'd white as bone, and tells him that she never did a ting with
Under her breast his longe clawes set, more pain than write the words to which he had
Andoutherheartherent, andthatanon, constrained her. As they sit side by side, on
And out her heart he rent., and that anon,
And did n his heart into her breast to go'n, a stone of jasper, on a cushion of beaten gold,
Of which no thing she was abash'd nor.smert; 12 Troilus rides by, in all his goodliness. Cressida
And forth he flew, with hearte left for heart. xe as red as rose," as she sees himsalute
humbly,;" with dreadful cheer, and oft his hues
Leaving Cressida to slegp, the poet returns mue;" 25 she likes "all y-fere, his person, his
to Troilus and his zealous friend-with whose array, his look, his cheer, his goodly manner,
stratagems to bring the two lovers together and hi gentleness;" so that, however she may
the remainder of the Second Book is occupied. have been before, "to goode hope nowhath she
Pandarus counsels Troilus to write a letter to caught a thorn, she shall not pull it out this
his mistress, telling her how he "fares amiss," next week." Pandarus, striking the iron when
and "beseeching her of ruth;" he will bear it is hot, asks his niece to grant Troilus.
the letter to his niece; and, if Troilus will interview; but she strenuously declines, for
ride past Cressida's house, he will find his fr of candal, and because it is all too soon
mistress and his friend sitting at a window. to allow h so great a liberty-her purpose
Saluting Pandarus, and not tarrying, his pass- beingtolove him unknownof all, "andguerdon2
age will give occasion for some talk of him, him with nothing but with sight" Pandarus
which may make his ears glow., With respect has otherintentions; and, while Troilus writes
to the letter, Pandarus gives some shrewd hints incasing love, he contrives
s daily letters with increasing love, he contrives
"Touching thy letter, thou art wise enough, the means of an interview. Seeking out DeiI wot thou n' ilt it dignily endite 13 phobus, the brother of Troilus, he'tells him that
Or make it with these argumentes tough, Cressida ie in danger of violence from Polyphete,
1 Although I feared or hesitated. 15 Alive.:2 Began to west or wester-to decline towards the 16 Always harp one strain.
west; so Milton speaks of the morning star as sloping 17 To grow dill. 18 Jumble.
towards heaven's descent "his westering wheel." 19 Together.
3 Turn, incline. 4 In company. 20 Make it consistent, congruous, throughout.
5 Gone out (of the house). 6 Pleased. 21 This is merely another version of the well known
7 Perchance. 8 Listened. example of incongruity that opens the Ars Poetica
9 Seized, came upon. 10 Dreamed. of Horace.
11 iCaused. 12 Amazed nor hurt. 22 Isnot harmonious. 23 An idle jest.
13 Wilt not write it proudly, haughtily (buti respect- 24 Be glad. 25 lhange.
ful terms). 14 Little. 26 Reward.