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The smale bestes leet he gon bi…syde。

And whan that he com rydinge in…to toun;

Ful ofte his lady; from hir window doun;

As fresh as faucon comen out of muwe;

Ful redy was; him goodly to saluwe。  1785



And most of love and vertu was his speche;

And in despyt hadde alle wrecchednesse;

And doutelees; no nede was him biseche

To honouren hem that hadde worthinesse;

And esen hem that weren in distresse。  1790

And glad was he if any wight wel ferde;

That lover was; whan he it wiste or herde。



For sooth to seyn; he lost held every wight

But…if he were in loves heigh servyse;

I mene folk that oughte it been of right。  1795

And over al this; so wel coude he devyse

Of sentement; and in so unkouth wyse

Al his array; that every lover thoughte;

That al was wel; what…so he seyde or wroughte。



And though that he be come of blood royal;  1800

Him liste of pryde at no wight for to chase;

Benigne he was to ech in general;

For which he gat him thank in every place。

Thus wolde love; y…heried be his grace;

That Pryde; Envye; Ire; and Avaryce  1805

He gan to flee; and every other vyce。



Thou lady bright; the doughter to Dione;

Thy blinde and winged sone eek; daun Cupyde;

Ye sustren nyne eek; that by Elicone

In hil Parnaso listen for to abyde;  1810

That ye thus fer han deyned me to gyde;

I can no more; but sin that ye wol wende;

Ye heried been for ay; with…outen ende!



Thourgh yow have I seyd fully in my song

Theffect and Ioye of Troilus servyse;  1815

Al be that ther was som disese among;

As to myn auctor listeth to devyse。

My thridde book now ende ich in this wyse;

And Troilus in luste and in quiete

Is with Criseyde; his owne herte swete。  1820



Explicit Liber Tercius。







BOOK IV



Prohemium。



  But al to litel; weylaway the whyle;

Lasteth swich Ioye; y…thonked be Fortune!

That semeth trewest; whan she wol bygyle;

And can to foles so hir song entune;

That she hem hent and blent; traytour comune;  5

And whan a wight is from hir wheel y…throwe;

Than laugheth she; and maketh him the mowe。



From Troilus she gan hir brighte face

Awey to wrythe; and took of him non hede;

But caste him clene out of his lady grace;  10

And on hir wheel she sette up Diomede;

For which right now myn herte ginneth blede;

And now my penne; allas! With which I wryte;

Quaketh for drede of that I moot endyte。



For how Criseyde Troilus forsook;  15

Or at the leste; how that she was unkinde;

Mot hennes…forth ben matere of my book;

As wryten folk through which it is in minde。

Allas! That they sholde ever cause finde

To speke hir harm; and if they on hir lye;  20

Y…wis; hem…self sholde han the vilanye。



O ye Herines; Nightes doughtren three;

That endelees compleynen ever in pyne;

Megera; Alete; and eek Thesiphone;

Thou cruel Mars eek; fader to Quiryne;  25

This ilke ferthe book me helpeth fyne;

So that the los of lyf and love y…fere

Of Troilus be fully shewed here。



Explicit prohemium。



Incipit Quartus Liber。



Ligginge in ost; as I have seyd er this;

The Grekes stronge; aboute Troye toun;  30

Bifel that; whan that Phebus shyning is

Up…on the brest of Hercules Lyoun;

That Ector; with ful many a bold baroun;

Caste on a day with Grekes for to fighte;

As he was wont to greve hem what he mighte。  35



Not I how longe or short it was bitwene

This purpos and that day they fighte mente;

But on a day wel armed; bright and shene;

Ector; and many a worthy wight out wente;

With spere in hond and bigge bowes bente;  40

And in the herd; with…oute lenger lette;

Hir fomen in the feld anoon hem mette。



The longe day; with speres sharpe y…grounde;

With arwes; dartes; swerdes; maces felle;

They fighte and bringen hors and man to grounde;  45

And with hir axes out the braynes quelle。

But in the laste shour; sooth for to telle;

The folk of Troye hem…selven so misledden;

That with the worse at night homward they fledden。



At whiche day was taken Antenor;  50

Maugre Polydamas or Monesteo;

Santippe; Sarpedon; Polynestor;

Polyte; or eek the Troian daun Ripheo;

And othere lasse folk; as Phebuseo。

So that; for harm; that day the folk of Troye  55

Dredden to lese a greet part of hir Ioye。



Of Pryamus was yeve; at Greek requeste;

A tyme of trewe; and tho they gonnen trete;

Hir prisoneres to chaungen; moste and leste;

And for the surplus yeven sommes grete。  60

This thing anoon was couth in every strete;

Bothe in thassege; in toune; and every…where;

And with the firste it cam to Calkas ere。



Whan Calkas knew this tretis sholde holde;

In consistorie; among the Grekes; sone  65

He gan in thringe forth; with lordes olde;

And sette him there…as he was wont to done;

And with a chaunged face hem bad a bone;

For love of god; to don that reverence;

To stinte noyse; and yeve him audience。  70



Thanne seyde he thus; ‘Lo! Lordes myne; I was

Troian; as it is knowen out of drede;

And; if that yow remembre; I am Calkas;

That alderfirst yaf comfort to your nede;

And tolde wel how that ye sholden spede。  75

For dredelees; thorugh yow; shal; in a stounde;

Ben Troye y…brend; and beten doun to grounde。



‘And in what forme; or in what maner wyse

This town to shende; and al your lust to acheve;

Ye han er this wel herd it me devyse;  80

This knowe ye; my lordes; as I leve。

And for the Grekes weren me so leve;

I com my…self in my propre persone;

To teche in this how yow was best to done;



‘Havinge un…to my tresour ne my rente  85

Right no resport; to respect of your ese。

Thus al my good I loste and to yow wente;

Wening in this you; lordes; for to plese。

But al that los ne doth me no disese。

I vouche…sauf; as wisly have I Ioye;  90

For you to lese al that I have in Troye;



‘Save of a doughter; that I lafte; allas!

Slepinge at hoom; whanne out of Troye I sterte。

O sterne; O cruel fader that I was!

How mighte I have in that so hard an herte?  95

Allas! I ne hadde y…brought hir in hir sherte!

For sorwe of which I wol not live to morwe;

But…if ye lordes rewe up…on my sorwe。



‘For; by that cause I say no tyme er now

Hir to delivere; I holden have my pees;  100

But now or never; if that it lyke yow;

I may hir have right sone; doutelees。

O help and grace! Amonges al this prees;

Rewe on this olde caitif in destresse;

Sin I through yow have al this hevinesse!  105



‘Ye have now caught and fetered in prisoun

Troians y…nowe; and if your willes be;

My child with oon may have redempcioun。

Now for the love of god and of bountee;

Oon of so fele; allas! So yeve him me。  110

What nede were it this preyere for to werne;

Sin ye shul bothe han folk and toun as yerne?



‘On peril of my lyf; I shal nat lye;

Appollo hath me told it feithfully;

I have eek founde it be astronomye;  115

By sort; and by augurie eek trewely;

And dar wel seye; the tyme is faste by;

That fyr and flaumbe on al the toun shal sprede;

And thus shal Troye turne to asshen dede。



‘For certeyn; Phebus and Neptunus bothe;  120

That makeden the walles of the toun;

Ben with the folk of Troye alwey so wrothe;

That thei wol bringe it to confusioun;

Right in despyt of king Lameadoun。

By…cause he nolde payen hem hir hyre;  125

The toun of Troye shal ben set on…fyre。'



Telling his tale alwey; this olde greye;

Humble in speche; and in his lokinge eke;

The salte teres from his eyen tweye

Ful faste ronnen doun by eyther cheke。  130

So longe he gan of socour hem by…seke

That; for to hele him of his sorwes sore;

They yave him Antenor; with…oute more。



But who was glad y…nough but Calkas tho?

And of this thing ful sone his nedes leyde  135

On hem that sholden for the tretis go;

And hem for Antenor ful ofte preyde

To bringen hoom king Toas and Criseyde;

And whan Pryam his save…garde sente;

Thembassadours to Troye streyght they wente。  140



The cause y…told of hir cominge; the olde

Pryam the king ful sone in general

Let here…upon his parlement to holde;

Of which the effect rehersen yow I shal。

Thembassadours ben answered for fynal;  145

Theschaunge of prisoners and al this nede

Hem lyketh wel; and forth in they procede。



This Troilus was present in the place;

Whan axed was for Antenor Criseyde;

For which ful sone chaungen gan his face;  150

As he that with tho wordes wel neigh deyde。

But nathelees; he no word to it seyde;

Lest men sholde his affeccioun espye;

With mannes herte he gan his sorwes drye。



And ful of anguissh and of grisly drede  155

Abood what lordes wolde un…to it seye;

And if they wolde graunte; as god forbede;

Theschaunge of hir; than thoughte he thinges tweye;

First; how to save hir honour; and what weye

He mighte best theschaunge of hir withstonde;  160

Ful faste he caste how al this mighte stonde。



Love him made al prest to doon hir byde;

And rather dye than she sholde go;

But reso
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