文档介绍：Troilus and Criseyde
Troilus and Criseyde
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Troilus and Criseyde
BOOK I
The double sorwe of Troilus to tellen, 1 That was the king Priamus
sone of Troye, In lovinge, how his aventures fellen Fro wo to wele, and
after out of Ioye, My purpos is, er that I parte fro ye. 5 Thesiphone, thou
help me for tendyte Thise woful vers, that wepen as I wryte!
To thee clepe I, thou goddesse of torment, Thou cruel Furie, sorwing
ever in peyne; Help me, that am the sorwful instrument 10 That helpeth
lovers, as I can, to pleyne! For wel sit it, the sothe for to seyne, A woful
wight to han a drery fere, And, to a sorwful tale, a sory chere.
For I, that god of Loves servaunts serve, 15 Ne dar to Love, for myn
unlyklinesse, Preyen for speed, al sholde I therfor sterve, So fer am I fro
his help in derknesse; But nathelees, if this may doon gladnesse To any
lover, and his cause avayle, 20 Have he my thank, and myn be this
travayle!
But ye loveres, that bathen in gladnesse, If any drope of pitee in yow
be, Remembreth yow on passed hevinesse That ye han felt, and on the
adversitee 25 Of othere folk, and thenketh how that ye Han felt that Love
dorste yow displese; Or ye han wonne hym with to greet an ese.
And preyeth for hem that ben in the cas Of Troilus, as ye may after
here, 30 That love hem bringe in hevene to solas, And eek for me preyeth
to god so dere, That I have might to shewe, in som manere, Swich peyne
and wo as Loves folk endure, In Troilus unsely aventure. 35
And biddeth eek for hem that been despeyred In love, that never nil
recovered be, And eek for hem that falsly been apeyred Thorugh wikked
tonges, be it he or she; Thus biddeth god, for his benignitee, 40 So graunte
hem sone out of this world to pace, That been despeyred out of Loves
grace.
And biddeth eek for hem that been at ese, That god hem graunte ay
good perseveraunce, And sende hem might hir ladies so to plese, 45 That
it to Love be worship and plesaunce. For so hope I my soul