Chaucerian and Other Pieces. Various

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СКАЧАТЬ and make fayre al a realme; the nobley of vertue is

      so moche, that her goodnesse overal is commended. Who is it

      that wolde not wayle, but he might suche richesse have at his

      wil? The vertue therof out of this prison may me deliver, and

      naught els. And if I be not ther-thorow holpen, I see my-selfe

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      withouten recovery. Although I might hence voyde, yet wolde

      I not; I wolde abyde the day that destenee hath me ordeyned,

      whiche I suppose is without amendement; so sore is my herte

      bounden, that I may thinken non other. Thus strayte, lady,

      hath sir Daunger laced me in stockes, I leve it be not your wil;

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      and for I see you taken so litel hede, as me thinketh, and wol

      not maken by your might the vertue in mercy of the Margaryte

      on me for to strecche, so as ye mowe wel in case that you liste,

      my blisse and my mirthe arn feld; sicknesse and sorowe ben

      alwaye redy. The cope of tene is wounde aboute al my body,

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      that stonding is me best; unneth may I ligge for pure misesy

      sorowe. And yet al this is litel ynough to be the ernest-silver in

      forwarde of this bargayne; for treble-folde so mokel muste I suffer

      er tyme come of myn ese. For he is worthy no welthe, that may

      no wo suffer. And certes, I am hevy to thinke on these thinges;

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      but who shal yeve me water ynough to drinke, lest myn eyen

      drye, for renning stremes of teres? Who shal waylen with me

      myn owne happy hevinesse? Who shal counsaile me now in

      my lyking tene, and in my goodly harse? I not. For ever the

      more I brenne, the more I coveyte; the more that I sorow, the

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      more thrist I in gladnesse. Who shal than yeve me a contrarious

      drink, to stanche the thurste of my blisful bitternesse? Lo, thus

      I brenne and I drenche; I shiver and I swete. To this reversed

      yvel was never yet ordeyned salve; forsoth al †leches ben unconning,

      save the Margaryte alone, any suche remedye to purveye.'

      Ch. III. 1. gladed; see l. 5. 2. somdele. 5. nowe. comforte. 6. nowe. 7. folke. 9. se. 10. the (twice). 11. light. 13. one. arte.

      15. sene. comforte. 16. puruey. 17. Nowe. comforte. 21. mayste. 25. the. set. 29. howe. 30. leaue. 32. londe-. 33. great. forthe. corne. 35. plentie. lyste. 37. doone. 38. I supply Tho gan I. 39. se. 40. werne. 41. swyne. 43. great. great. 44. gone; read gonne. 45. ware. 46. shypcrafte. 48. catche. 49. a-ferde. 51. lache.

      52. many; read meynee. knewe. 55. sayle. shyppe. 56. wynde. 58. olde. 59. kepte. storme. 61. made. 61, 62. nowe. 62. shyppe. 62, 64. great. 63. wethers; read weders. 64. I supply of. 65. as; read at. 66. catche. 67. thorowe. 69. came. 71. a-lyght. 72. great. disease. 75. shyppe. 76. lad. ware. 77. great. amonge. 79. to-forne came. 82. helde. 83. peace. great. 85. one. 86. nowe. 87. myne.

      88. nowe. 89. Nowe. 91. none. 92. disease. 94. sayne. 95. reasonably. 96. ferre. 97. disease. 103. folke. 106. mouthe. 107. arne. 108. howe. 111. caytife. 112. nowe. helpe. 113. protection. 114. helpe. howe. 115. socoure. 116. maye. 117. se. 119. comforte. 120. gladed. 121. none. hente. 122. lefte. 123. sel.

      126. harde. 127. deytie. 133. weare. 139. ther-thorowe. se. 141. daye. destenye. 143. maye. none. 145. se. 147. stretche. 148. arne. 150. miseasy. 151. ynoughe. 153. ease. maye. 156. teares. 157. myne. nowe. 158. harse (sic); for harme?

      161. drinke. 162. sweate. 163. lyches (for leches). 164. puruey.

      CHAPTER IV.

      And with these wordes I brast out to wepe, that every teere

      of myne eyen, for greetnesse semed they boren out the bal of

      my sight, and that al the water had ben out-ronne. Than thought

      me that Love gan a litel to hevye for miscomfort of my chere;

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      and gan soberly and in esy maner speke, wel avysinge what

      she sayd. Comenly the wyse speken esily and softe for many

      skilles. Oon is, their wordes are the better bileved; and also, in

      esy spekinge, avysement men may cacche, what to putte forth

      and what to holden in. And also, the auctoritè of esy wordes is

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      the more; and eke, they yeven the more understandinge to other

      intencion of the mater. Right so this lady esely and in a softe

      maner gan say these wordes.

      ¶ 'Mervayle,' quod she, 'greet it is, that by no maner of semblaunt,

      as fer as I can espye, thou list not to have any recour;

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      but ever thou playnest and sorowest, and wayes of remedye, for

      folisshe wilfulnesse, thee list not to seche. But enquyre of thy

      next frendes, that is, thyne inwit and me that have ben thy

      maystresse, and the recour and fyne of thy disese; [f]or of disese is

      gladnesse and joy, with a ful †vessel so helded, that it quencheth

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      the felinge of the firste tenes. But thou that were wont not only

      these thinges remembre in thyne herte, but also fooles therof to

      enfourmen, in adnullinge of their errours and distroying of their

      derke opinions, and in comfort of their sere thoughtes; now canst

      thou not ben comfort of thyn owne soule, in thinking of these

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      thinges. O where hast thou be so longe СКАЧАТЬ