| AMADRIDES........1 | |
| KnT 2928 Nymphes, fawnes and amadrides; | 2070 |
| AMAZONES.........1 | |
| KnT 880 Bitwixen Atthenes and Amazones; | 22 |
| AMEN.............1 | |
| KnT 3108 And God save al this faire compaignye! Amen. | 2250 |
| AMENDE...........1 | |
| KnT 3066 And yet they mowe hir lustes nat amende. | 2208 |
| AMENDED..........1 | |
| KnT 910 And telleth me if it may been amended, | 52 |
| AMENDEN..........2 | |
| KnT 2196 Of noon estaat ne koude amenden it. | 1338 |
| KnT 3074 Ther wol we first amenden and bigynne. | 2216 |
| AMONG............3 | |
| KnT 2349 Among the goddes hye it is affermed, | 1490 |
| KnT 2939 Ne how Arcite lay among al this, | 2080 |
| KnT 2972 Among the whiche pointz yspoken was, | 2114 |
| AMOROUSE.........1 | |
| KnT 2861 Ther as he hadde his amorouse desires, | 2002 |
| AMORWE...........1 | |
| KnT 1621 And thus they been departed til amorwe, | 762 |
| AMOUNTETH........1 | |
| KnT 2362 And seyde, " What amounteth this, allas? | 1504 |
| AMPHIOUN.........1 | |
| KnT 1546 The blood roial of Cadme and Amphioun -- | 688 |
| AMYDDES..........1 | |
| KnT 2009 Amyddes of the temple sat Meschaunce, | 1150 |
| AN...............36 | |
| KnT 944 Hath alle the bodyes on an heep ydrawe, | 86 |
| KnT 1055 And as an aungel hevenysshly she soong. | 196 |
| KnT 1065 Was risen and romed in a chambre an heigh, | 206 |
| KnT 1241 And art a knyght, a worthy and an able, | 382 |
| KnT 1262 A dronke man woot wel he hath an hous, | 404 |
| KnT 1388 An hat he werede upon his heris brighte. | 530 |
| KnT 1392 Ther is thee shapen of thy wo an ende. " | 534 |
| KnT 1689 In which ther was an hert, as men hym tolde, | 830 |
| KnT 1702 It semed as it wolde felle an ook. | 844 |
| KnT 1798 Now looketh, is nat that an heigh folye? | 940 |
| KnT 1810 By God, than woot a cokkow or an hare! | 952 |
| KnT 1838 He moot go pipen in an yvy leef; | 980 |
| KnT 1851 Everich of you shal brynge an hundred knyghtes | 992 |
| KnT 1905 Doon make an auter and an oratorie; | 1046 |
| KnT 1905 Doon make an auter and an oratorie; | 1046 |
| KnT 1911 An oratorie, riche for to see, | 1052 |
| KnT 1981 And dounward from an hille, under a bente, | 1122 |
| KnT 2065 Ther saugh I Attheon an hert ymaked, | 1206 |
| KnT 2075 This goddesse on an hert ful hye seet, | 1216 |
| KnT 2096 That everich sholde an hundred knyghtes brynge | 1238 |
| KnT 2099 Hath everich of hem broght an hundred knyghtes, | 1240 |
| KnT 2119 Som wol ben armed in an haubergeoun, | 1260 |
| KnT 2124 And have an ax, and som a mace of steel -- | 1266 |
| KnT 2153 An hundred lordes hadde he in his route, | 1294 |
| KnT 2178 An egle tame, as any lilye whyt. | 1320 |
| KnT 2179 An hundred lordes hadde he with hym there, | 1320 |
| KnT 2213 With hooly herte and with an heigh corage, | 1354 |
| KnT 2347 With bowe in honde, right as an hunteresse, | 1488 |
| KnT 2445 Foond in his olde experience an art | 1586 |
| KnT 2533 An heraud on a scaffold made an " Oo! " | 1674 |
| KnT 2533 An heraud on a scaffold made an " Oo! " | 1674 |
| KnT 2636 Som tyme an ende ther is of every dede. | 1778 |
| KnT 2722 For fallyng nys nat but an aventure, | 1864 |
| KnT 2849 Deeth is an ende of every worldly soore. " | 1990 |
| KnT 2951 Ne how the Grekes, with an huge route, | 2092 |
| KnT 2966 And maken of my longe tale an ende. | 2108 |
| ANCLE............1 | |
| KnT 1660 Up to the ancle foghte they in hir blood. | 802 |
| AND..............911 | |
| KnT 861 Of Atthenes he was lord and governour, | 2 |
| KnT 862 And in his tyme swich a conquerour | 4 |
| KnT 865 What with his wysdom and his chivalrie, | 6 |
| KnT 868 And weddede the queene Ypolita, | 10 |
| KnT 869 And broghte hire hoom with hym in his contree | 10 |
| KnT 870 With muchel glorie and greet solempnytee, | 12 |
| KnT 871 And eek hir yonge suster Emelye. | 12 |
| KnT 872 And thus with victorie and with melodye | 14 |
| KnT 872 And thus with victorie and with melodye | 14 |
| KnT 874 And al his hoost in armes hym bisyde. | 16 |
| KnT 875 And certes, if it nere to long to heere, | 16 |
| KnT 878 By Theseus and by his chivalrye; | 20 |
| KnT 879 And of the grete bataille for the nones | 20 |
| KnT 880 Bitwixen Atthenes and Amazones; | 22 |
| KnT 881 And how asseged was Ypolita, | 22 |
| KnT 883 And of the feste that was at hir weddynge, | 24 |
| KnT 884 And of the tempest at hir hoom-comynge; | 26 |
| KnT 887 And wayke been the oxen in my plough. | 28 |
| KnT 891 And lat se now who shal the soper wynne; | 32 |
| KnT 892 And ther I lefte, I wol ayeyn bigynne. | 34 |
| KnT 895 In al his wele and in his mooste pride, | 36 |
| KnT 898 A compaignye of ladyes, tweye and tweye, | 40 |
| KnT 900 But swich a cry and swich a wo they make | 42 |
| KnT 903 And of this cry they nolde nevere stenten | 44 |
| KnT 908 Of myn honour, that thus compleyne and crye? | 50 |
| KnT 910 And telleth me if it may been amended, | 52 |
| KnT 911 And why that ye been clothed thus in blak. " | 52 |
| KnT 914 That it was routhe for to seen and heere; | 56 |
| KnT 916 Victorie, and as a conqueror to lyven, | 58 |
| KnT 917 Nat greveth us youre glorie and youre honour, | 58 |
| KnT 918 But we biseken mercy and socour. | 60 |
| KnT 919 Have mercy on oure wo and oure distresse! | 60 |
| KnT 925 Thanked be Fortune and hire false wheel, | 66 |
| KnT 927 And certes, lord, to abyden youre presence, | 68 |
| KnT 931 " I, wrecche, which that wepe and wayle thus, | 72 |
| KnT 934 And alle we that been in this array | 76 |
| KnT 935 And maken al this lamentacioun, | 76 |
| KnT 938 And yet now the olde Creon -- weylaway! -- | 80 |
| KnT 940 Fulfild of ire and of iniquitee, | 82 |
| KnT 941 He, for despit and for his tirannye, | 82 |
| KnT 945 And wol nat suffren hem, by noon assent, | 86 |
| KnT 948 And with that word, withouten moore respit, | 90 |
| KnT 949 They fillen gruf and criden pitously, | 90 |
| KnT 951 And lat oure sorwe synken in thyn herte. " | 92 |
| KnT 955 Whan he saugh hem so pitous and so maat, | 96 |
| KnT 957 And in his armes he hem alle up hente, | 98 |
| KnT 958 And hem conforteth in ful good entente, | 100 |
| KnT 959 And swoor his ooth, as he was trewe knyght, | 100 |
| KnT 965 And right anoon, withouten moore abood, | 106 |
| KnT 966 His baner he desplayeth, and forth rood | 108 |
| KnT 967 To Thebes-ward, and al his hoost biside. | 108 |
| KnT 971 And sente anon Ypolita the queene, | 112 |
| KnT 972 And Emelye, hir yonge suster sheene, | 114 |
| KnT 974 And forth he rit; ther is namoore to telle. | 116 |
| KnT 975 The rede statue of Mars, with spere and targe, | 116 |
| KnT 977 That alle the feeldes glyteren up and doun; | 118 |
| KnT 978 And by his baner born is his penoun | 120 |
| KnT 982 And in his hoost of chivalrie the flour, | 124 |
| KnT 983 Til that he cam to Thebes and alighte | 124 |
| KnT 987 He faught, and slough hym manly as a knyght | 128 |
| KnT 988 In pleyn bataille, and putte the folk to flyght; | 130 |
| KnT 989 And by assaut he wan the citee after, | 130 |
| KnT 990 And rente adoun bothe wall and sparre and rafter; | 132 |
| KnT 990 And rente adoun bothe wall and sparre and rafter; | 132 |
| KnT 990 And rente adoun bothe wall and sparre and rafter; | 132 |
| KnT 991 And to the ladyes he restored agayn | 132 |
| KnT 995 The grete clamour and the waymentynge | 136 |
| KnT 997 Of the bodies, and the grete honour | 138 |
| KnT 1002 Hath Creon slayn and wonne Thebes thus, | 144 |
| KnT 1004 And dide with al the contree as hym leste. | 146 |
| KnT 1006 Hem for to strepe of harneys and of wede, | 148 |
| KnT 1007 The pilours diden bisynesse and cure | 148 |
| KnT 1008 After the bataille and disconfiture. | 150 |
| KnT 1009 And so bifel that in the taas they founde, | 150 |
| KnT 1011 Two yonge knyghtes liggynge by and by, | 152 |
| KnT 1014 And that oother knyght highte Palamon. | 156 |
| KnT 1016 But by hir cote-armures and by hir gere | 158 |
| KnT 1019 Of Thebes, and of sustren two yborn. | 160 |
| KnT 1021 And han hem caried softe unto the tente | 162 |
| KnT 1022 Of Theseus; and he ful soone hem sente | 164 |
| KnT 1025 And whan this worthy duc hath thus ydon, | 166 |
| KnT 1026 He took his hoost, and hoom he rit anon | 168 |
| KnT 1028 And ther he lyveth in joye and in honour | 170 |
| KnT 1028 And ther he lyveth in joye and in honour | 170 |
| KnT 1030 And in a tour, in angwissh and in wo, | 172 |
| KnT 1030 And in a tour, in angwissh and in wo, | 172 |
| KnT 1031 This Palamon and his felawe Arcite | 172 |
| KnT 1033 This passeth yeer by yeer and day by day, | 174 |
| KnT 1037 And fressher than the May with floures newe -- | 178 |
| KnT 1041 She was arisen and al redy dight, | 182 |
| KnT 1044 And maketh it out of his slep to sterte, | 186 |
| KnT 1045 And seith " Arys, and do thyn observaunce. " | 186 |
| KnT 1045 And seith " Arys, and do thyn observaunce. " | 186 |
| KnT 1047 To doon honour to May, and for to ryse. | 188 |
| KnT 1051 And in the gardyn, at the sonne upriste, | 192 |
| KnT 1052 She walketh up and doun, and as hire liste | 194 |
| KnT 1052 She walketh up and doun, and as hire liste | 194 |
| KnT 1053 She gadereth floures, party white and rede, | 194 |
| KnT 1055 And as an aungel hevenysshly she soong. | 196 |
| KnT 1056 The grete tour, that was so thikke and stroong, | 198 |
| KnT 1059 Of which I tolde yow and tellen shal), | 200 |
| KnT 1062 Bright was the sonne and cleer that morwenynge, | 204 |
| KnT 1063 And Palamoun, this woful prisoner, | 204 |
| KnT 1065 Was risen and romed in a chambre an heigh, | 206 |
| KnT 1067 And eek the gardyn, ful of braunches grene, | 208 |
| KnT 1069 Was in hire walk, and romed up and doun. | 210 |
| KnT 1069 Was in hire walk, and romed up and doun. | 210 |
| KnT 1071 Goth in the chambre romynge to and fro | 212 |
| KnT 1072 And to hymself compleynynge of his wo. | 214 |
| KnT 1074 And so bifel, by aventure or cas, | 216 |
| KnT 1076 Of iren greet and square as any sparre, | 218 |
| KnT 1078 And therwithal he bleynte and cride, " A! " | 220 |
| KnT 1078 And therwithal he bleynte and cride, " A! " | 220 |
| KnT 1080 And with that cry Arcite anon up sterte | 222 |
| KnT 1081 And seyde, " Cosyn myn, what eyleth thee, | 222 |
| KnT 1082 That art so pale and deedly on to see? | 224 |
| KnT 1091 We moste endure it; this is the short and playn. " | 232 |
| KnT 1092 This Palamon answerde and seyde agayn, | 234 |
| KnT 1099 Yond in the gardyn romen to and fro | 240 |
| KnT 1100 Is cause of al my criyng and my wo. | 242 |
| KnT 1103 And therwithal on knees doun he fil, | 244 |
| KnT 1104 And seyde, " Venus, if it be thy wil | 246 |
| KnT 1108 And if so be my destynee be shapen | 250 |
| KnT 1112 And with that word Arcite gan espye | 254 |
| KnT 1113 Wher as this lady romed to and fro, | 254 |
| KnT 1114 And with that sighte hir beautee hurte hym so, | 256 |
| KnT 1117 And with a sigh he seyde pitously, | 258 |
| KnT 1120 And but I have hir mercy and hir grace, | 262 |
| KnT 1120 And but I have hir mercy and hir grace, | 262 |
| KnT 1124 Dispitously he looked and answerde, | 266 |
| KnT 1131 To me, that am thy cosyn and thy brother | 272 |
| KnT 1132 Ysworn ful depe, and ech of us til oother, | 274 |
| KnT 1139 This was thyn ooth, and myn also, certeyn; | 280 |
| KnT 1142 And now thow woldest falsly been aboute | 284 |
| KnT 1143 To love my lady, whom I love and serve, | 284 |
| KnT 1144 And evere shal til that myn herte sterve. | 286 |
| KnT 1146 I loved hire first, and tolde thee my wo | 288 |
| KnT 1147 As to my conseil and my brother sworn | 288 |
| KnT 1154 And thou art fals, I telle thee outrely, | 296 |
| KnT 1159 And myn is love as to a creature; | 300 |
| KnT 1161 As to my cosyn and my brother sworn. | 302 |
| KnT 1167 And therfore positif lawe and swich decree | 308 |
| KnT 1167 And therfore positif lawe and swich decree | 308 |
| KnT 1172 And eek it is nat likly al thy lyf | 314 |
| KnT 1175 That thou and I be dampned to prisoun | 316 |
| KnT 1178 They foughte al day, and yet hir part was noon. | 320 |
| KnT 1180 And baar awey the boon bitwixe hem bothe. | 322 |
| KnT 1181 And therfore, at the kynges court, my brother, | 322 |
| KnT 1183 Love, if thee list, for I love and ay shal; | 324 |
| KnT 1184 And soothly, leeve brother, this is al. | 326 |
| KnT 1186 And everich of us take his aventure. " | 328 |
| KnT 1187 Greet was the strif and long bitwix hem tweye, | 328 |
| KnT 1195 And for to pleye as he was wont to do; | 336 |
| KnT 1197 And he loved hym als tendrely agayn. | 338 |
| KnT 1200 His felawe wente and soughte hym doun in helle -- | 342 |
| KnT 1203 And hadde hym knowe at Thebes yeer by yere, | 344 |
| KnT 1204 And finally at requeste and preyere | 346 |
| KnT 1204 And finally at requeste and preyere | 346 |
| KnT 1210 Bitwixen Theseus and hym Arcite: | 352 |
| KnT 1214 And he were caught, it was acorded thus, | 356 |
| KnT 1217 But taketh his leve, and homward he him spedde. | 358 |
| KnT 1230 Thanne hadde I been in blisse and nat in wo. | 372 |
| KnT 1239 That hast the sighte of hire, and I th' absence. | 380 |
| KnT 1241 And art a knyght, a worthy and an able, | 382 |
| KnT 1241 And art a knyght, a worthy and an able, | 382 |
| KnT 1244 But I, that am exiled and bareyne | 386 |
| KnT 1245 Of alle grace, and in so greet dispeir | 386 |
| KnT 1249 Wel oughte I sterve in wanhope and distresse. | 390 |
| KnT 1250 Farwel my lif, my lust, and my gladnesse! | 392 |
| KnT 1257 And som man wolde out of his prisoun fayn, | 398 |
| KnT 1264 And to a dronke man the wey is slider. | 406 |
| KnT 1265 And certes, in this world so faren we; | 406 |
| KnT 1268 Thus may we seyen alle, and namely I, | 410 |
| KnT 1269 That wende and hadde a greet opinioun | 410 |
| KnT 1271 Thanne hadde I been in joye and parfit heele, | 412 |
| KnT 1278 Resouneth of his youlyng and clamour. | 420 |
| KnT 1284 And of my wo thow yevest litel charge. | 426 |
| KnT 1285 Thou mayst, syn thou hast wisdom and manhede, | 426 |
| KnT 1287 And make a werre so sharp on this citee | 428 |
| KnT 1289 Thow mayst have hire to lady and to wyf | 430 |
| KnT 1293 And art a lord, greet is thyn avauntage | 434 |
| KnT 1295 For I moot wepe and wayle, whil I lyve, | 436 |
| KnT 1297 And eek with peyne that love me yeveth also, | 438 |
| KnT 1298 That doubleth al my torment and my wo. " | 440 |
| KnT 1300 Withinne his brest, and hente him by the herte | 442 |
| KnT 1302 The boxtree or the asshen dede and colde. | 444 |
| KnT 1305 And writen in the table of atthamaunt | 446 |
| KnT 1306 Youre parlement and youre eterne graunt, | 448 |
| KnT 1310 And dwelleth eek in prison and arreest, | 452 |
| KnT 1310 And dwelleth eek in prison and arreest, | 452 |
| KnT 1311 And hath siknesse and greet adversitee, | 452 |
| KnT 1311 And hath siknesse and greet adversitee, | 452 |
| KnT 1312 And ofte tymes giltelees, pardee. | 454 |
| KnT 1315 And yet encresseth this al my penaunce, | 456 |
| KnT 1319 And whan a beest is deed he hath no peyne; | 460 |
| KnT 1320 But man after his deeth moot wepe and pleyne, | 462 |
| KnT 1321 Though in this world he have care and wo. | 462 |
| KnT 1327 Goon at his large, and where hym list may turne. | 468 |
| KnT 1329 And eek thurgh Juno, jalous and eek wood, | 470 |
| KnT 1329 And eek thurgh Juno, jalous and eek wood, | 470 |
| KnT 1332 And Venus sleeth me on that oother syde | 474 |
| KnT 1333 For jalousie and fere of hym Arcite. " | 474 |
| KnT 1335 And lete hym in his prisoun stille dwelle, | 476 |
| KnT 1336 And of Arcita forth I wol yow telle. | 478 |
| KnT 1337 The somer passeth, and the nyghtes longe | 478 |
| KnT 1339 Bothe of the lovere and the prisoner. | 480 |
| KnT 1343 In cheynes and in fettres to been deed; | 484 |
| KnT 1344 And Arcite is exiled upon his heed | 486 |
| KnT 1356 Ful ofte a day he swelte and seyde " Allas! " | 498 |
| KnT 1358 And shortly to concluden al his wo, | 500 |
| KnT 1362 That lene he wex and drye as is a shaft; | 504 |
| KnT 1363 His eyen holwe and grisly to biholde, | 504 |
| KnT 1364 His hewe falow and pale as asshen colde, | 506 |
| KnT 1365 And solitarie he was and evere allone, | 506 |
| KnT 1365 And solitarie he was and evere allone, | 506 |
| KnT 1366 And waillynge al the nyght, makynge his mone; | 508 |
| KnT 1367 And if he herde song or instrument, | 508 |
| KnT 1369 So feble eek were his spiritz, and so lowe, | 510 |
| KnT 1370 And chaunged so, that no man koude knowe | 512 |
| KnT 1372 And in his geere for al the world he ferde | 514 |
| KnT 1377 And shortly, turned was al up so doun | 518 |
| KnT 1378 Bothe habit and eek disposicioun | 520 |
| KnT 1382 This crueel torment and this peyne and wo, | 524 |
| KnT 1382 This crueel torment and this peyne and wo, | 524 |
| KnT 1386 Biforn hym stood and bad hym to be murie. | 528 |
| KnT 1391 And seyde hym thus: " To Atthenes shaltou wende, | 532 |
| KnT 1393 And with that word Arcite wook and sterte. | 534 |
| KnT 1393 And with that word Arcite wook and sterte. | 534 |
| KnT 1397 To se my lady, that I love and serve. | 538 |
| KnT 1399 And with that word he caughte a greet mirour, | 540 |
| KnT 1400 And saugh that chaunged was al his colour, | 542 |
| KnT 1401 And saugh his visage al in another kynde. | 542 |
| KnT 1402 And right anon it ran hym in his mynde, | 544 |
| KnT 1407 And seen his lady wel ny day by day. | 548 |
| KnT 1408 And right anon he chaunged his array, | 550 |
| KnT 1409 And cladde hym as a povre laborer, | 550 |
| KnT 1410 And al allone, save oonly a squier | 552 |
| KnT 1411 That knew his privetee and al his cas, | 552 |
| KnT 1414 And to the court he wente upon a day, | 556 |
| KnT 1415 And at the gate he profreth his servyse | 556 |
| KnT 1416 To drugge and drawe, what so men wol devyse. | 558 |
| KnT 1417 And shortly of this matere for to seyn, | 558 |
| KnT 1420 For he was wys and koude soone espye, | 562 |
| KnT 1422 Wel koude he hewen wode, and water bere, | 564 |
| KnT 1423 For he was yong and myghty for the nones, | 564 |
| KnT 1424 And therto he was long and big of bones | 566 |
| KnT 1424 And therto he was long and big of bones | 566 |
| KnT 1428 And Philostrate he seyde that he highte. | 570 |
| KnT 1435 And putten hym in worshipful servyse, | 576 |
| KnT 1437 And thus withinne a while his name is spronge, | 578 |
| KnT 1438 Bothe of his dedes and his goode tonge, | 580 |
| KnT 1441 And gaf hym gold to mayntene his degree. | 582 |
| KnT 1442 And eek men broghte hym out of his contree, | 584 |
| KnT 1444 But honestly and slyly he it spente, | 586 |
| KnT 1446 And thre yeer in this wise his lif he ladde, | 588 |
| KnT 1447 And bar hym so, in pees and eek in werre, | 588 |
| KnT 1447 And bar hym so, in pees and eek in werre, | 588 |
| KnT 1449 And in this blisse lete I now Arcite, | 590 |
| KnT 1450 And speke I wole of Palamon a lite. | 592 |
| KnT 1451 In derknesse and horrible and strong prisoun | 592 |
| KnT 1451 In derknesse and horrible and strong prisoun | 592 |
| KnT 1453 Forpyned, what for wo and for distresse. | 594 |
| KnT 1454 Who feeleth double soor and hevynesse | 596 |
| KnT 1457 And eek therto he is a prisoner | 598 |
| KnT 1469 And fleeth the citee faste as he may go. | 610 |
| KnT 1472 With nercotikes and opie of Thebes fyn, | 614 |
| KnT 1475 And thus he fleeth as faste as evere he may. | 616 |
| KnT 1476 The nyght was short and faste by the day | 618 |
| KnT 1478 And til a grove faste ther bisyde | 620 |
| KnT 1482 And in the nyght thanne wolde he take his way | 624 |
| KnT 1485 And shortly, outher he wolde lese his lif | 626 |
| KnT 1487 This is th' effect and his entente pleyn. | 628 |
| KnT 1493 And firy Phebus riseth up so bright | 634 |
| KnT 1495 And with his stremes dryeth in the greves | 636 |
| KnT 1497 And Arcita, that in the court roial | 638 |
| KnT 1499 Is risen and looketh on the myrie day. | 640 |
| KnT 1500 And for to doon his observaunce to May, | 642 |
| KnT 1505 And to the grove of which that I yow tolde | 646 |
| KnT 1509 And loude he song ayeyn the sonne shene: | 650 |
| KnT 1510 " May, with alle thy floures and thy grene, | 652 |
| KnT 1513 And from his courser, with a lusty herte, | 654 |
| KnT 1515 And in a path he rometh up and doun, | 656 |
| KnT 1515 And in a path he rometh up and doun, | 656 |
| KnT 1522 That " feeld hath eyen and the wode hath eres. " | 664 |
| KnT 1529 And songen al the roundel lustily, | 670 |
| KnT 1541 And sette hym doun withouten any moore. | 682 |
| KnT 1546 The blood roial of Cadme and Amphioun -- | 688 |
| KnT 1549 And of the citee first was crouned kyng. | 690 |
| KnT 1550 Of his lynage am I and his ofspryng | 692 |
| KnT 1552 And now I am so caytyf and so thral, | 694 |
| KnT 1552 And now I am so caytyf and so thral, | 694 |
| KnT 1555 And yet dooth Juno me wel moore shame, | 696 |
| KnT 1561 Save oonly me and wrecched Palamoun, | 702 |
| KnT 1563 And over al this, to sleen me outrely | 704 |
| KnT 1572 And with that word he fil doun in a traunce | 714 |
| KnT 1573 A longe tyme, and after he up sterte. | 714 |
| KnT 1577 And whan that he had herd Arcites tale, | 718 |
| KnT 1578 As he were wood, with face deed and pale, | 720 |
| KnT 1580 And seide: " Arcite, false traytour wikke, | 722 |
| KnT 1582 For whom that I have al this peyne and wo, | 724 |
| KnT 1583 And art my blood, and to my conseil sworn, | 724 |
| KnT 1583 And art my blood, and to my conseil sworn, | 724 |
| KnT 1585 And hast byjaped heere duc Theseus, | 726 |
| KnT 1586 And falsly chaunged hast thy name thus! | 728 |
| KnT 1589 But I wol love hire oonly and namo; | 730 |
| KnT 1591 And though that I no wepene have in this place, | 732 |
| KnT 1597 Whan he hym knew, and hadde his tale herd, | 738 |
| KnT 1599 And seyde thus: " By God that sit above, | 740 |
| KnT 1600 Nere it that thou art sik and wood for love, | 742 |
| KnT 1601 And eek that thow no wepne hast in this place, | 742 |
| KnT 1604 For I defye the seurete and the bond | 746 |
| KnT 1607 And I wol love hire maugree al thy myght! | 748 |
| KnT 1609 And wilnest to darreyne hire by bataille, | 750 |
| KnT 1613 And bryngen harneys right ynough for thee; | 754 |
| KnT 1614 And ches the beste, and leef the worste for me. | 756 |
| KnT 1614 And ches the beste, and leef the worste for me. | 756 |
| KnT 1615 And mete and drynke this nyght wol I brynge | 756 |
| KnT 1615 And mete and drynke this nyght wol I brynge | 756 |
| KnT 1616 Ynough for thee, and clothes for thy beddynge. | 758 |
| KnT 1617 And if so be that thou my lady wynne, | 758 |
| KnT 1618 And sle me in this wode ther I am inne, | 760 |
| KnT 1621 And thus they been departed til amorwe, | 762 |
| KnT 1627 Wel fynden that Arcite and Palamoun. | 768 |
| KnT 1629 And on the morwe, er it were dayes light, | 770 |
| KnT 1631 Bothe suffisaunt and mete to darreyne | 772 |
| KnT 1633 And on his hors, allone as he was born, | 774 |
| KnT 1635 And in the grove, at tyme and place yset, | 776 |
| KnT 1635 And in the grove, at tyme and place yset, | 776 |
| KnT 1636 This Arcite and this Palamon ben met. | 778 |
| KnT 1641 And hereth hym come russhyng in the greves, | 782 |
| KnT 1642 And breketh bothe bowes and the leves, | 784 |
| KnT 1642 And breketh bothe bowes and the leves, | 784 |
| KnT 1643 And thynketh, " Heere cometh my mortal enemy! | 784 |
| KnT 1653 And after that, with sharpe speres stronge | 794 |
| KnT 1657 And as a crueel tigre was Arcite; | 798 |
| KnT 1661 And in this wise I lete hem fightyng dwelle, | 802 |
| KnT 1662 And forth I wole of Theseus yow telle. | 804 |
| KnT 1675 And namely at the grete hert in May, | 816 |
| KnT 1677 That he nys clad, and redy for to ryde | 818 |
| KnT 1678 With hunte and horn and houndes hym bisyde. | 820 |
| KnT 1678 With hunte and horn and houndes hym bisyde. | 820 |
| KnT 1680 That it is al his joye and appetit | 822 |
| KnT 1684 And Theseus with alle joye and blis, | 826 |
| KnT 1684 And Theseus with alle joye and blis, | 826 |
| KnT 1686 And Emelye, clothed al in grene, | 828 |
| KnT 1688 And to the grove that stood ful faste by, | 830 |
| KnT 1691 And to the launde he rideth hym ful right, | 832 |
| KnT 1693 And over a brook, and so forth on his weye. | 834 |
| KnT 1693 And over a brook, and so forth on his weye. | 834 |
| KnT 1696 And whan this duc was come unto the launde, | 838 |
| KnT 1697 Under the sonne he looketh, and anon | 838 |
| KnT 1698 He was war of Arcite and Palamon, | 840 |
| KnT 1700 The brighte swerdes wenten to and fro | 842 |
| KnT 1705 And at a stert he was bitwix hem two, | 846 |
| KnT 1706 And pulled out a swerd and cride, " Hoo! | 848 |
| KnT 1706 And pulled out a swerd and cride, " Hoo! | 848 |
| KnT 1715 And seyde, " Sire, what nedeth wordes mo? | 856 |
| KnT 1719 And as thou art a rightful lord and juge, | 860 |
| KnT 1719 And as thou art a rightful lord and juge, | 860 |
| KnT 1728 And seyde that he highte Philostrate. | 870 |
| KnT 1730 And thou hast maked hym thy chief squier; | 872 |
| KnT 1731 And this is he that loveth Emelye. | 872 |
| KnT 1736 I am thy mortal foo, and it am I | 878 |
| KnT 1739 Wherfore I axe deeth and my juwise; | 880 |
| KnT 1743 And seyde, " This is a short conclusioun. | 884 |
| KnT 1745 Hath dampned yow, and I wol it recorde; | 886 |
| KnT 1749 Gan for to wepe, and so dide Emelye, | 890 |
| KnT 1750 And alle the ladyes in the compaignye. | 892 |
| KnT 1754 And no thyng but for love was this debaat; | 896 |
| KnT 1755 And saugh hir blody woundes wyde and soore, | 896 |
| KnT 1755 And saugh hir blody woundes wyde and soore, | 896 |
| KnT 1756 And alle crieden, bothe lasse and moore, | 898 |
| KnT 1756 And alle crieden, bothe lasse and moore, | 898 |
| KnT 1758 And on hir bare knees adoun they falle | 900 |
| KnT 1759 And wolde have kist his feet ther as he stood; | 900 |
| KnT 1762 And though he first for ire quook and sterte, | 904 |
| KnT 1762 And though he first for ire quook and sterte, | 904 |
| KnT 1764 The trespas of hem bothe, and eek the cause, | 906 |
| KnT 1765 And although that his ire hir gilt accused, | 906 |
| KnT 1769 And eek delivere hymself out of prisoun. | 910 |
| KnT 1770 And eek his herte hadde compassioun | 912 |
| KnT 1772 And in his gentil herte he thoughte anon, | 914 |
| KnT 1773 And softe unto hymself he seyde, " Fy | 914 |
| KnT 1775 But been a leon, bothe in word and dede, | 916 |
| KnT 1776 To hem that been in repentaunce and drede, | 918 |
| KnT 1781 But weyeth pride and humblesse after oon. " | 922 |
| KnT 1782 And shortly, whan his ire is thus agoon, | 924 |
| KnT 1784 And spak thise same wordes al on highte: | 926 |
| KnT 1786 How myghty and how greet a lord is he! | 928 |
| KnT 1791 Lo heere this Arcite and this Palamoun, | 932 |
| KnT 1793 And myghte han lyved in Thebes roially, | 934 |
| KnT 1794 And witen I am hir mortal enemy, | 936 |
| KnT 1795 And that hir deth lith in my myght also, | 936 |
| KnT 1796 And yet hath love, maugree hir eyen two, | 938 |
| KnT 1803 Hir wages and hir fees for hir servyse! | 944 |
| KnT 1804 And yet they wenen for to been ful wyse | 946 |
| KnT 1811 But all moot ben assayed, hoot and coold; | 952 |
| KnT 1815 And therfore, syn I knowe of loves peyne | 956 |
| KnT 1816 And woot hou soore it kan a man distreyne, | 958 |
| KnT 1820 And eek of Emelye, my suster deere. | 962 |
| KnT 1821 And ye shul bothe anon unto me swere | 962 |
| KnT 1826 And they hym sworen his axyng faire and weel, | 968 |
| KnT 1826 And they hym sworen his axyng faire and weel, | 968 |
| KnT 1827 And hym of lordshipe and of mercy preyde, | 968 |
| KnT 1827 And hym of lordshipe and of mercy preyde, | 968 |
| KnT 1828 And he hem graunteth grace, and thus he seyde: | 970 |
| KnT 1828 And he hem graunteth grace, and thus he seyde: | 970 |
| KnT 1829 " To speke of roial lynage and richesse, | 970 |
| KnT 1834 For whom ye have this strif and jalousye -- | 976 |
| KnT 1841 And forthy I yow putte in this degree, | 982 |
| KnT 1843 As hym is shape, and herkneth in what wyse; | 984 |
| KnT 1850 And this day fifty wykes, fer ne ner, | 992 |
| KnT 1854 And this bihote I yow withouten faille, | 996 |
| KnT 1855 Upon my trouthe, and as I am a knyght, | 996 |
| KnT 1863 And God so wisly on my soule rewe | 1004 |
| KnT 1864 As I shal evene juge been and trewe. | 1006 |
| KnT 1867 And if yow thynketh this is weel ysayd, | 1008 |
| KnT 1868 Seyeth youre avys, and holdeth you apayd. | 1010 |
| KnT 1869 This is youre ende and youre conclusioun. " | 1010 |
| KnT 1876 And thonked hym with al hir herte and myght, | 1018 |
| KnT 1876 And thonked hym with al hir herte and myght, | 1018 |
| KnT 1877 And namely the Thebans often sithe. | 1018 |
| KnT 1878 And thus with good hope and with herte blithe | 1020 |
| KnT 1878 And thus with good hope and with herte blithe | 1020 |
| KnT 1879 They taken hir leve, and homward gonne they ride | 1020 |
| KnT 1888 Walled of stoon, and dyched al withoute. | 1030 |
| KnT 1895 And shortly to concluden, swich a place | 1036 |
| KnT 1900 That Theseus ne yaf him mete and wages | 1042 |
| KnT 1901 The theatre for to maken and devyse. | 1042 |
| KnT 1902 And for to doon his ryte and sacrifise, | 1044 |
| KnT 1902 And for to doon his ryte and sacrifise, | 1044 |
| KnT 1905 Doon make an auter and an oratorie; | 1046 |
| KnT 1906 And on the gate westward, in memorie | 1048 |
| KnT 1909 And northward, in a touret on the wal, | 1050 |
| KnT 1910 Of alabastre whit and reed coral, | 1052 |
| KnT 1915 The noble kervyng and the portreitures, | 1056 |
| KnT 1916 The shap, the contenaunce, and the figures | 1058 |
| KnT 1920 The broken slepes, and the sikes colde, | 1062 |
| KnT 1921 The sacred teeris, and the waymentynge, | 1062 |
| KnT 1925 Plesaunce and Hope, Desir, Foolhardynesse, | 1066 |
| KnT 1926 Beautee and Youthe, Bauderie, Richesse, | 1068 |
| KnT 1927 Charmes and Force, Lesynges, Flaterye, | 1068 |
| KnT 1928 Despense, Bisynesse, and Jalousye, | 1070 |
| KnT 1930 And a cokkow sittynge on hir hand; | 1072 |
| KnT 1932 Lust and array, and alle the circumstaunces | 1074 |
| KnT 1932 Lust and array, and alle the circumstaunces | 1074 |
| KnT 1933 Of love, which that I rekned and rekne shal, | 1074 |
| KnT 1935 And mo than I kan make of mencioun. | 1076 |
| KnT 1939 With al the gardyn and the lustynesse. | 1080 |
| KnT 1944 Th' enchauntementz of Medea and Circes -- | 1086 |
| KnT 1954 And though I koude rekene a thousand mo. | 1096 |
| KnT 1957 And fro the navele doun al covered was | 1098 |
| KnT 1958 With wawes grene, and brighte as any glas. | 1100 |
| KnT 1960 And on hir heed, ful semely for to se, | 1102 |
| KnT 1961 A rose gerland, fressh and wel smellynge; | 1102 |
| KnT 1965 And blynd he was, as it is often seene; | 1106 |
| KnT 1966 A bowe he bar and arwes brighte and kene. | 1108 |
| KnT 1966 A bowe he bar and arwes brighte and kene. | 1108 |
| KnT 1970 Al peynted was the wal, in lengthe and brede, | 1112 |
| KnT 1978 Of stubbes sharpe and hidouse to biholde, | 1120 |
| KnT 1981 And dounward from an hille, under a bente, | 1122 |
| KnT 1984 Was long and streit, and gastly for to see. | 1126 |
| KnT 1984 Was long and streit, and gastly for to see. | 1126 |
| KnT 1985 And therout came a rage and swich a veze | 1126 |
| KnT 1985 And therout came a rage and swich a veze | 1126 |
| KnT 1991 Yclenched overthwart and endelong | 1132 |
| KnT 1992 With iren tough; and for to make it strong, | 1134 |
| KnT 1994 Was tonne-greet, of iren bright and shene. | 1136 |
| KnT 1996 Of Felonye, and al the compassyng; | 1138 |
| KnT 1998 The pykepurs, and eek the pale Drede; | 1140 |
| KnT 2003 Contek, with blody knyf and sharp manace. | 1144 |
| KnT 2010 With disconfort and sory contenaunce. | 1152 |
| KnT 2012 Armed Compleint, Outhees, and fiers Outrage; | 1154 |
| KnT 2014 A thousand slayn, and nat of qualm ystorve; | 1156 |
| KnT 2025 The barbour, and the bocher, and the smyth, | 1166 |
| KnT 2025 The barbour, and the bocher, and the smyth, | 1166 |
| KnT 2027 And al above, depeynted in a tour, | 1168 |
| KnT 2032 Of grete Nero, and of Antonius; | 1174 |
| KnT 2042 Armed, and looked grym as he were wood; | 1184 |
| KnT 2043 And over his heed ther shynen two figures | 1184 |
| KnT 2048 With eyen rede, and of a man he eet; | 1190 |
| KnT 2050 In redoutynge of Mars and of his glorie. | 1192 |
| KnT 2054 Depeynted been the walles up and doun | 1196 |
| KnT 2055 Of huntyng and of shamefast chastitee. | 1196 |
| KnT 2059 And after was she maad the loode-sterre. | 1200 |
| KnT 2068 And freeten hym, for that they knewe hym naught. | 1210 |
| KnT 2071 And Meleagre, and many another mo, | 1212 |
| KnT 2071 And Meleagre, and many another mo, | 1212 |
| KnT 2072 For which Dyane wroghte hym care and wo. | 1214 |
| KnT 2077 And undernethe hir feet she hadde a moone -- | 1218 |
| KnT 2078 Wexynge it was and sholde wanye soone. | 1220 |
| KnT 2080 With bowe in honde and arwes in a cas. | 1222 |
| KnT 2086 And seyde, " Help, for thou mayst best of alle! " | 1228 |
| KnT 2089 Now been thise lystes maad, and Theseus, | 1230 |
| KnT 2091 The temples and the theatre every deel, | 1232 |
| KnT 2094 And speke of Palamon and of Arcite. | 1236 |
| KnT 2094 And speke of Palamon and of Arcite. | 1236 |
| KnT 2098 And til Atthenes, hir covenant for to holde, | 1240 |
| KnT 2101 And sikerly ther trowed many a man | 1242 |
| KnT 2107 And wolde, his thankes, han a passant name, | 1248 |
| KnT 2109 And wel was hym that therto chosen was, | 1250 |
| KnT 2112 That loveth paramours and hath his myght, | 1254 |
| KnT 2117 And right so ferden they with Palamon. | 1258 |
| KnT 2120 And in a brestplate and a light gypoun; | 1262 |
| KnT 2120 And in a brestplate and a light gypoun; | 1262 |
| KnT 2121 And som wol have a paire plates large; | 1262 |
| KnT 2122 And som wol have a Pruce sheeld or a targe; | 1264 |
| KnT 2124 And have an ax, and som a mace of steel -- | 1266 |
| KnT 2124 And have an ax, and som a mace of steel -- | 1266 |
| KnT 2130 Blak was his berd, and manly was his face; | 1272 |
| KnT 2132 They gloweden bitwixen yelow and reed, | 1274 |
| KnT 2133 And lik a grifphon looked he aboute, | 1274 |
| KnT 2135 His lymes grete, his brawnes harde and stronge, | 1276 |
| KnT 2136 His shuldres brode, his armes rounde and longe; | 1278 |
| KnT 2137 And as the gyse was in his contree, | 1278 |
| KnT 2141 With nayles yelewe and brighte as any gold, | 1282 |
| KnT 2147 Of fyne rubyes and of dyamauntz. | 1288 |
| KnT 2149 Twenty and mo, as grete as any steer, | 1290 |
| KnT 2151 And folwed hym with mosel faste ybounde, | 1292 |
| KnT 2152 Colered of gold, and tourettes fyled rounde. | 1294 |
| KnT 2154 Armed ful wel, with hertes stierne and stoute. | 1296 |
| KnT 2161 Couched with perles white and rounde and grete; | 1302 |
| KnT 2161 Couched with perles white and rounde and grete; | 1302 |
| KnT 2166 And that was yelow, and glytered as the sonne. | 1308 |
| KnT 2166 And that was yelow, and glytered as the sonne. | 1308 |
| KnT 2170 Bitwixen yelow and somdel blak ymeynd; | 1312 |
| KnT 2171 And as a leon he his lookyng caste. | 1312 |
| KnT 2172 Of fyve and twenty yeer his age I caste. | 1314 |
| KnT 2176 A gerland, fressh and lusty for to sene. | 1318 |
| KnT 2184 For love and for encrees of chivalrye. | 1326 |
| KnT 2186 Ful many a tame leon and leopart. | 1328 |
| KnT 2187 And in this wise thise lordes, alle and some, | 1328 |
| KnT 2187 And in this wise thise lordes, alle and some, | 1328 |
| KnT 2189 Aboute pryme, and in the toun alight. | 1330 |
| KnT 2192 And inned hem, everich at his degree, | 1334 |
| KnT 2193 He festeth hem, and dooth so greet labour | 1334 |
| KnT 2194 To esen hem and doon hem al honour | 1336 |
| KnT 2198 The grete yiftes to the meeste and leeste, | 1340 |
| KnT 2202 Or which of hem kan dauncen best and synge, | 1344 |
| KnT 2208 Now cometh the point, and herkneth if yow leste. | 1350 |
| KnT 2212 Yet song the larke) and Palamon right tho | 1354 |
| KnT 2213 With hooly herte and with an heigh corage, | 1354 |
| KnT 2216 I mene Venus, honurable and digne. | 1358 |
| KnT 2217 And in hir houre he walketh forth a pas | 1358 |
| KnT 2219 And doun he kneleth, and with humble cheere | 1360 |
| KnT 2219 And doun he kneleth, and with humble cheere | 1360 |
| KnT 2220 And herte soor he seyde as ye shal heere: | 1362 |
| KnT 2222 Doughter to Jove and spouse of Vulcanus, | 1364 |
| KnT 2226 And taak myn humble preyere at thyn herte. | 1368 |
| KnT 2232 My thought and seest what harmes that I feele!' | 1374 |
| KnT 2233 Considere al this and rewe upon my soore, | 1374 |
| KnT 2236 And holden werre alwey with chastitee. | 1378 |
| KnT 2241 Of pris of armes blowen up and doun; | 1382 |
| KnT 2243 Of Emelye, and dye in thy servyse. | 1384 |
| KnT 2244 Fynd thow the manere hou and in what wyse: | 1386 |
| KnT 2252 And on thyn auter, where I ride or go, | 1394 |
| KnT 2253 I wol doon sacrifice and fires beete. | 1394 |
| KnT 2254 And if ye wol nat so, my lady sweete, | 1396 |
| KnT 2259 This is th' effect and ende of my preyere: | 1400 |
| KnT 2262 His sacrifice he dide, and that anon, | 1404 |
| KnT 2266 And made a signe, wherby that he took | 1408 |
| KnT 2270 And with glad herte he wente hym hoom ful soone. | 1412 |
| KnT 2273 Up roos the sonne, and up roos Emelye | 1414 |
| KnT 2274 And to the temple of Dyane gan hye. | 1416 |
| KnT 2277 Th' encens, the clothes, and the remenant al | 1418 |
| KnT 2286 And yet it were a game to heeren al. | 1428 |
| KnT 2291 Upon hir heed was set ful fair and meete. | 1432 |
| KnT 2293 And dide hir thynges, as men may biholde | 1434 |
| KnT 2294 In Stace of Thebes and thise bookes olde. | 1436 |
| KnT 2298 To whom bothe hevene and erthe and see is sene, | 1440 |
| KnT 2298 To whom bothe hevene and erthe and see is sene, | 1440 |
| KnT 2299 Queene of the regne of Pluto derk and lowe, | 1440 |
| KnT 2301 Ful many a yeer, and woost what I desire, | 1442 |
| KnT 2302 As keepe me fro thy vengeaunce and thyn ire, | 1444 |
| KnT 2308 A mayde, and love huntynge and venerye, | 1450 |
| KnT 2308 A mayde, and love huntynge and venerye, | 1450 |
| KnT 2309 And for to walken in the wodes wilde, | 1450 |
| KnT 2310 And noght to ben a wyf and be with childe. | 1452 |
| KnT 2310 And noght to ben a wyf and be with childe. | 1452 |
| KnT 2312 Now help me, lady, sith ye may and kan, | 1454 |
| KnT 2314 And Palamon, that hath swich love to me, | 1456 |
| KnT 2315 And eek Arcite, that loveth me so soore, | 1456 |
| KnT 2317 As sende love and pees bitwixe hem two, | 1458 |
| KnT 2318 And fro me turne awey hir hertes so | 1460 |
| KnT 2319 That al hire hoote love and hir desir, | 1460 |
| KnT 2320 And al hir bisy torment, and hir fir | 1462 |
| KnT 2320 And al hir bisy torment, and hir fir | 1462 |
| KnT 2322 And if so be thou wolt nat do me grace, | 1464 |
| KnT 2328 Syn thou art mayde and kepere of us alle, | 1470 |
| KnT 2329 My maydenhede thou kepe and wel conserve, | 1470 |
| KnT 2330 And whil I lyve, a mayde I wol thee serve. " | 1472 |
| KnT 2335 And quyked agayn, and after that anon | 1476 |
| KnT 2335 And quyked agayn, and after that anon | 1476 |
| KnT 2336 That oother fyr was queynt and al agon; | 1478 |
| KnT 2337 And as it queynte it made a whistelynge, | 1478 |
| KnT 2339 And at the brondes ende out ran anon | 1480 |
| KnT 2342 That she was wel ny mad and gan to crye, | 1484 |
| KnT 2345 And weep that it was pitee for to heere. | 1486 |
| KnT 2346 And therwithal Dyane gan appeere, | 1488 |
| KnT 2348 And seyde, " Doghter, stynt thyn hevynesse. | 1490 |
| KnT 2350 And by eterne word writen and confermed, | 1492 |
| KnT 2350 And by eterne word writen and confermed, | 1492 |
| KnT 2352 That han for thee so muchel care and wo, | 1494 |
| KnT 2358 And with that word, the arwes in the caas | 1500 |
| KnT 2359 Of the goddesse clateren faste and rynge, | 1500 |
| KnT 2360 And forth she wente and made a vanysshynge; | 1502 |
| KnT 2360 And forth she wente and made a vanysshynge; | 1502 |
| KnT 2362 And seyde, " What amounteth this, allas? | 1504 |
| KnT 2364 Dyane, and in thy disposicioun. " | 1506 |
| KnT 2365 And hoom she goth anon the nexte weye. | 1506 |
| KnT 2371 With pitous herte and heigh devocioun, | 1512 |
| KnT 2374 Of Trace honoured art and lord yholde, | 1516 |
| KnT 2375 And hast in every regne and every lond | 1516 |
| KnT 2375 And hast in every regne and every lond | 1516 |
| KnT 2377 And hem fortunest as thee lyst devyse, | 1518 |
| KnT 2380 And that my myght be worthy for to serve | 1522 |
| KnT 2383 For thilke peyne and thilke hoote fir | 1524 |
| KnT 2387 And haddest hire in armes at thy wille -- | 1528 |
| KnT 2390 And foond thee liggynge by his wyf, allas! -- | 1532 |
| KnT 2393 I am yong and unkonnynge, as thow woost, | 1534 |
| KnT 2394 And, as I trowe, with love offended moost | 1536 |
| KnT 2398 And wel I woot, er she me mercy heete, | 1540 |
| KnT 2400 And wel I woot, withouten help or grace | 1542 |
| KnT 2405 And do that I tomorwe have victorie. | 1546 |
| KnT 2406 Myn be the travaille, and thyn be the glorie! | 1548 |
| KnT 2408 Of any place, and alwey moost labouren | 1550 |
| KnT 2409 In thy plesaunce and in thy craftes stronge, | 1550 |
| KnT 2410 And in thy temple I wol my baner honge | 1552 |
| KnT 2411 And alle the armes of my compaignye, | 1552 |
| KnT 2412 And everemo, unto that day I dye, | 1554 |
| KnT 2414 And eek to this avow I wol me bynde: | 1556 |
| KnT 2418 And ben thy trewe servant whil I lyve. | 1560 |
| KnT 2423 And eek the dores, clatereden ful faste, | 1564 |
| KnT 2428 And Arcita anon his hand up haf, | 1570 |
| KnT 2429 And moore encens into the fyr he caste, | 1570 |
| KnT 2430 With othere rytes mo; and atte laste | 1572 |
| KnT 2432 And with that soun he herde a murmurynge | 1574 |
| KnT 2433 Ful lowe and dym, and seyde thus, " Victorie! " | 1574 |
| KnT 2433 Ful lowe and dym, and seyde thus, " Victorie! " | 1574 |
| KnT 2434 For which he yaf to Mars honour and glorie. | 1576 |
| KnT 2435 And thus with joye and hope wel to fare | 1576 |
| KnT 2435 And thus with joye and hope wel to fare | 1576 |
| KnT 2438 And right anon swich strif ther is bigonne, | 1580 |
| KnT 2441 And Mars, the stierne god armypotente, | 1582 |
| KnT 2448 In elde is bothe wysdom and usage; | 1590 |
| KnT 2449 Men may the olde atrenne and noght atrede. | 1590 |
| KnT 2450 Saturne anon, to stynten strif and drede, | 1592 |
| KnT 2458 Myn is the stranglyng and hangyng by the throte, | 1600 |
| KnT 2459 The murmure and the cherles rebellyng, | 1600 |
| KnT 2460 The groynynge, and the pryvee empoysonyng; | 1602 |
| KnT 2461 I do vengeance and pleyn correccioun, | 1602 |
| KnT 2464 The fallynge of the toures and of the walles | 1606 |
| KnT 2467 And myne be the maladyes colde, | 1608 |
| KnT 2468 The derke tresons, and the castes olde; | 1610 |
| KnT 2480 Of Mars, and of Venus, goddesse of love, | 1622 |
| KnT 2481 And telle yow as pleynly as I kan | 1622 |
| KnT 2484 And eek the lusty seson of that May | 1626 |
| KnT 2486 That al that Monday justen they and daunce, | 1628 |
| KnT 2487 And spenden it in Venus heigh servyse. | 1628 |
| KnT 2491 And on the morwe, whan that day gan sprynge, | 1632 |
| KnT 2492 Of hors and harneys noyse and claterynge | 1634 |
| KnT 2492 Of hors and harneys noyse and claterynge | 1634 |
| KnT 2494 And to the paleys rood ther many a route | 1636 |
| KnT 2495 Of lordes upon steedes and palfreys. | 1636 |
| KnT 2497 So unkouth and so riche, and wroght so weel | 1638 |
| KnT 2497 So unkouth and so riche, and wroght so weel | 1638 |
| KnT 2498 Of goldsmythrye, of browdynge, and of steel; | 1640 |
| KnT 2499 The sheeldes brighte, testeres, and trappures, | 1640 |
| KnT 2502 Knyghtes of retenue, and eek squieres | 1644 |
| KnT 2503 Nailynge the speres, and helmes bokelynge; | 1644 |
| KnT 2507 Gnawynge, and faste the armurers also | 1648 |
| KnT 2508 With fyle and hamer prikynge to and fro; | 1650 |
| KnT 2508 With fyle and hamer prikynge to and fro; | 1650 |
| KnT 2509 Yemen on foote, and communes many oon | 1650 |
| KnT 2513 The paleys ful of peple up and doun, | 1654 |
| KnT 2519 Somme seyde he looked grymme, and he wolde fighte: | 1660 |
| KnT 2524 With mynstralcie and noyse that was maked, | 1666 |
| KnT 2531 Hym for to seen, and doon heigh reverence, | 1672 |
| KnT 2532 And eek to herkne his heste and his sentence. | 1674 |
| KnT 2532 And eek to herkne his heste and his sentence. | 1674 |
| KnT 2535 And whan he saugh the peple of noyse al stille, | 1676 |
| KnT 2551 And he that is at meschief shal be take | 1692 |
| KnT 2552 And noght slayn, but be broght unto the stake | 1694 |
| KnT 2554 But thider he shal by force, and there abyde. | 1696 |
| KnT 2555 And if so falle the chieftayn be take | 1696 |
| KnT 2558 God spede you! Gooth forth and ley on faste! | 1700 |
| KnT 2559 With long swerd and with mace fighteth youre fille. | 1700 |
| KnT 2565 Up goon the trompes and the melodye, | 1706 |
| KnT 2566 And to the lystes rit the compaignye, | 1708 |
| KnT 2568 Hanged with clooth of gold, and nat with sarge. | 1710 |
| KnT 2571 And after rood the queene and Emelye, | 1712 |
| KnT 2571 And after rood the queene and Emelye, | 1712 |
| KnT 2572 And after that another compaignye | 1714 |
| KnT 2573 Of oon and oother, after hir degree. | 1714 |
| KnT 2574 And thus they passen thurghout the citee, | 1716 |
| KnT 2575 And to the lystes come they by tyme. | 1716 |
| KnT 2577 Whan set was Theseus ful riche and hye, | 1718 |
| KnT 2578 Ypolita the queene, and Emelye, | 1720 |
| KnT 2579 And othere ladys in degrees aboute. | 1720 |
| KnT 2581 And westward, thurgh the gates under Marte, | 1722 |
| KnT 2582 Arcite, and eek the hondred of his parte, | 1724 |
| KnT 2584 And in that selve moment Palamon | 1726 |
| KnT 2586 With baner whyt and hardy chiere and face. | 1728 |
| KnT 2586 With baner whyt and hardy chiere and face. | 1728 |
| KnT 2587 In al the world, to seken up and doun, | 1728 |
| KnT 2594 And in two renges faire they hem dresse. | 1736 |
| KnT 2597 Tho were the gates shet, and cried was loude: | 1738 |
| KnT 2599 The heraudes lefte hir prikyng up and doun; | 1740 |
| KnT 2600 Now ryngen trompes loude and clarioun. | 1742 |
| KnT 2601 Ther is namoore to seyn, but west and est | 1742 |
| KnT 2604 Ther seen men who kan juste and who kan ryde; | 1746 |
| KnT 2609 The helmes they tohewen and toshrede; | 1750 |
| KnT 2613 Ther stomblen steedes stronge, and doun gooth al, | 1754 |
| KnT 2616 And he hym hurtleth with his hors adoun; | 1758 |
| KnT 2617 He thurgh the body is hurt and sithen ytake, | 1758 |
| KnT 2618 Maugree his heed, and broght unto the stake; | 1760 |
| KnT 2621 And some tyme dooth hem Theseus to reste, | 1762 |
| KnT 2622 Hem to refresshe and drynken, if hem leste. | 1764 |
| KnT 2624 Togydre ymet, and wroght his felawe wo; | 1766 |
| KnT 2640 And made his swerd depe in his flessh to byte, | 1782 |
| KnT 2641 And by the force of twenty is he take | 1782 |
| KnT 2642 Unyolden, and ydrawen to the stake. | 1784 |
| KnT 2643 And in the rescus of this Palamoun | 1784 |
| KnT 2645 And kyng Emetreus, for al his strengthe, | 1786 |
| KnT 2651 By force and eek by composicioun. | 1792 |
| KnT 2654 And whan that Theseus hadde seyn this sighte, | 1796 |
| KnT 2657 I wol be trewe juge, and no partie. | 1798 |
| KnT 2661 For joye of this, so loude and heighe withalle | 1802 |
| KnT 2670 And, by myn heed, thow shalt been esed soone. " | 1812 |
| KnT 2672 The heraudes, that ful loude yelle and crie, | 1814 |
| KnT 2674 But herkneth me, and stynteth noyse a lite, | 1816 |
| KnT 2677 And on a courser, for to shewe his face, | 1818 |
| KnT 2680 And she agayn hym caste a freendlich ye | 1822 |
| KnT 2683 And was al his chiere, as in his herte. | 1824 |
| KnT 2687 And leep aside, and foundred as he leep; | 1828 |
| KnT 2687 And leep aside, and foundred as he leep; | 1828 |
| KnT 2688 And er that Arcite may taken keep, | 1830 |
| KnT 2697 And in a bed ybrought ful faire and blyve, | 1838 |
| KnT 2697 And in a bed ybrought ful faire and blyve, | 1838 |
| KnT 2698 For he was yet in memorie and alyve, | 1840 |
| KnT 2699 And alwey criynge after Emelye. | 1840 |
| KnT 2702 With alle blisse and greet solempnitee. | 1844 |
| KnT 2707 And of another thyng they weren as fayn, | 1848 |
| KnT 2709 Al were they soore yhurt, and namely oon, | 1850 |
| KnT 2711 To othere woundes and to broken armes | 1852 |
| KnT 2712 Somme hadden salves, and somme hadden charmes; | 1854 |
| KnT 2713 Fermacies of herbes, and eek save | 1854 |
| KnT 2716 Conforteth and honoureth every man, | 1858 |
| KnT 2717 And made revel al the longe nyght | 1858 |
| KnT 2724 Unyolden, and with twenty knyghtes take, | 1866 |
| KnT 2726 And haryed forth by arme, foot, and too, | 1868 |
| KnT 2726 And haryed forth by arme, foot, and too, | 1868 |
| KnT 2727 And eke his steede dryven forth with staves | 1868 |
| KnT 2728 With footmen, bothe yemen and eek knaves -- | 1870 |
| KnT 2732 To stynten alle rancour and envye, | 1874 |
| KnT 2734 And eyther syde ylik as ootheres brother; | 1876 |
| KnT 2735 And yaf hem yiftes after hir degree, | 1876 |
| KnT 2736 And fully heeld a feeste dayes three, | 1878 |
| KnT 2737 And conveyed the kynges worthily | 1878 |
| KnT 2739 And hoom wente every man the righte way. | 1880 |
| KnT 2742 But speke of Palamon and of Arcite. | 1884 |
| KnT 2743 Swelleth the brest of Arcite, and the soore | 1884 |
| KnT 2744 Encreesseth at his herte moore and moore. | 1886 |
| KnT 2746 Corrupteth, and is in his bouk ylaft, | 1888 |
| KnT 2753 And every lacerte in his brest adoun | 1894 |
| KnT 2754 Is shent with venym and corrupcioun. | 1896 |
| KnT 2759 And certeinly, ther Nature wol nat wirche, | 1900 |
| KnT 2761 This al and som, that Arcita moot dye; | 1902 |
| KnT 2763 And Palamon, that was his cosyn deere. | 1904 |
| KnT 2772 That I for yow have suffred, and so longe! | 1914 |
| KnT 2781 And softe taak me in youre armes tweye, | 1922 |
| KnT 2782 For love of God, and herkneth what I seye. | 1924 |
| KnT 2784 Had strif and rancour many a day agon | 1926 |
| KnT 2785 For love of yow, and for my jalousye. | 1926 |
| KnT 2786 And Juppiter so wys my soule gye, | 1928 |
| KnT 2790 Wysdom, humblesse, estaat, and heigh kynrede, | 1932 |
| KnT 2791 Fredom, and al that longeth to that art -- | 1932 |
| KnT 2795 That serveth yow, and wol doon al his lyf. | 1936 |
| KnT 2796 And if that evere ye shul ben a wyf, | 1938 |
| KnT 2798 And with that word his speche faille gan, | 1940 |
| KnT 2801 And yet mooreover, for in his armes two | 1942 |
| KnT 2802 The vital strengthe is lost and al ago. | 1944 |
| KnT 2804 That dwelled in his herte syk and soore, | 1946 |
| KnT 2806 Dusked his eyen two, and failled breeth, | 1948 |
| KnT 2809 His spirit chaunged hous and wente ther, | 1950 |
| KnT 2817 Shrighte Emelye, and howleth Palamon, | 1958 |
| KnT 2818 And Theseus his suster took anon | 1960 |
| KnT 2819 Swownynge, and baar hire fro the corps away. | 1960 |
| KnT 2821 To tellen how she weep bothe eve and morwe? | 1962 |
| KnT 2827 Infinite been the sorwes and the teeres | 1968 |
| KnT 2828 Of olde folk and folk of tendre yeeres | 1970 |
| KnT 2830 For hym ther wepeth bothe child and man; | 1972 |
| KnT 2836 " And haddest gold ynough, and Emelye? " | 1978 |
| KnT 2836 " And haddest gold ynough, and Emelye? " | 1978 |
| KnT 2840 As he hadde seyn it chaunge bothe up and doun, | 1982 |
| KnT 2841 Joye after wo, and wo after gladnesse, | 1982 |
| KnT 2842 And shewed hem ensamples and liknesse. | 1984 |
| KnT 2842 And shewed hem ensamples and liknesse. | 1984 |
| KnT 2848 And we been pilgrymes, passynge to and fro. | 1990 |
| KnT 2848 And we been pilgrymes, passynge to and fro. | 1990 |
| KnT 2850 And over al this yet seyde he muchel moore | 1992 |
| KnT 2856 And eek moost honurable in his degree. | 1998 |
| KnT 2857 And at the laste he took conclusioun | 1998 |
| KnT 2858 That ther as first Arcite and Palamoun | 2000 |
| KnT 2860 That in that selve grove, swoote and grene, | 2002 |
| KnT 2862 His compleynte, and for love his hoote fires, | 2004 |
| KnT 2865 And leet comande anon to hakke and hewe | 2006 |
| KnT 2865 And leet comande anon to hakke and hewe | 2006 |
| KnT 2866 The okes olde, and leye hem on a rewe | 2008 |
| KnT 2869 And ryde anon at his comandement. | 2010 |
| KnT 2870 And after this, Theseus hath ysent | 2012 |
| KnT 2871 After a beere, and it al overspradde | 2012 |
| KnT 2873 And of the same suyte he cladde Arcite; | 2014 |
| KnT 2876 And in his hond a swerd ful bright and kene. | 2018 |
| KnT 2876 And in his hond a swerd ful bright and kene. | 2018 |
| KnT 2879 And for the peple sholde seen hym alle, | 2020 |
| KnT 2881 That roreth of the criyng and the soun. | 2022 |
| KnT 2883 With flotery berd and ruggy, asshy heeres, | 2024 |
| KnT 2885 And, passynge othere of wepynge, Emelye, | 2026 |
| KnT 2888 The moore noble and riche in his degree, | 2030 |
| KnT 2891 And covered with the armes of daun Arcite. | 2032 |
| KnT 2892 Upon thise steedes, that weren grete and white, | 2034 |
| KnT 2896 (Of brend gold was the caas and eek the harneys); | 2038 |
| KnT 2897 And riden forth a paas with sorweful cheere | 2038 |
| KnT 2901 With slakke paas and eyen rede and wete, | 2042 |
| KnT 2901 With slakke paas and eyen rede and wete, | 2042 |
| KnT 2903 That sprad was al with blak, and wonder hye | 2044 |
| KnT 2906 And on that oother syde duc Theseus, | 2048 |
| KnT 2908 Al ful of hony, milk, and blood, and wyn; | 2050 |
| KnT 2908 Al ful of hony, milk, and blood, and wyn; | 2050 |
| KnT 2910 And after that cam woful Emelye, | 2052 |
| KnT 2913 Heigh labour and ful greet apparaillynge | 2054 |
| KnT 2914 Was at the service and the fyr-makynge, | 2056 |
| KnT 2916 And twenty fadme of brede the armes straughte -- | 2058 |
| KnT 2925 Ne hou the goddes ronnen up and doun, | 2066 |
| KnT 2927 In which they woneden in reste and pees, | 2068 |
| KnT 2928 Nymphes, fawnes and amadrides; | 2070 |
| KnT 2929 Ne hou the beestes and the briddes alle | 2070 |
| KnT 2934 And thanne with drye stikkes cloven a thre, | 2076 |
| KnT 2935 And thanne with grene wode and spicerye, | 2076 |
| KnT 2935 And thanne with grene wode and spicerye, | 2076 |
| KnT 2936 And thanne with clooth of gold and with perrye, | 2078 |
| KnT 2936 And thanne with clooth of gold and with perrye, | 2078 |
| KnT 2937 And gerlandes, hangynge with ful many a flour; | 2078 |
| KnT 2946 Whan that the fyr was greet and brente faste; | 2088 |
| KnT 2947 Ne how somme caste hir sheeld, and somme hir spere, | 2088 |
| KnT 2948 And of hire vestimentz, whiche that they were, | 2090 |
| KnT 2949 And coppes fulle of wyn, and milk, and blood, | 2090 |
| KnT 2949 And coppes fulle of wyn, and milk, and blood, | 2090 |
| KnT 2949 And coppes fulle of wyn, and milk, and blood, | 2090 |
| KnT 2954 And thries with hir speres claterynge; | 2096 |
| KnT 2955 And thries how the ladyes gonne crye; | 2096 |
| KnT 2956 And how that lad was homward Emelye; | 2098 |
| KnT 2966 And maken of my longe tale an ende. | 2108 |
| KnT 2967 By processe and by lengthe of certeyn yeres, | 2108 |
| KnT 2968 Al stynted is the moornynge and the teres | 2110 |
| KnT 2971 At Atthenes, upon certein pointz and caas; | 2112 |
| KnT 2974 And have fully of Thebans obeisaunce. | 2116 |
| KnT 2977 Unwist of hym what was the cause and why, | 2118 |
| KnT 2981 Whan they were set, and hust was al the place, | 2122 |
| KnT 2982 And Theseus abiden hadde a space | 2124 |
| KnT 2985 And with a sad visage he siked stille, | 2126 |
| KnT 2986 And after that right thus he seyde his wille: | 2128 |
| KnT 2989 Greet was th' effect, and heigh was his entente. | 2130 |
| KnT 2990 Wel wiste he why, and what thereof he mente, | 2132 |
| KnT 2992 The fyr, the eyr, the water, and the lond | 2134 |
| KnT 2994 That same Prince and that Moevere, " quod he, | 2136 |
| KnT 2996 Certeyne dayes and duracioun | 2138 |
| KnT 3004 That thilke Moevere stable is and eterne. | 2146 |
| KnT 3009 But of a thyng that parfit is and stable, | 2150 |
| KnT 3011 And therfore, of his wise purveiaunce, | 2152 |
| KnT 3013 That speces of thynges and progressiouns | 2154 |
| KnT 3015 And nat eterne, withouten any lye. | 2156 |
| KnT 3016 This maystow understonde and seen at ye. | 2158 |
| KnT 3019 And hath so long a lif, as we may see, | 2160 |
| KnT 3022 Under oure feet, on which we trede and goon, | 2164 |
| KnT 3025 The grete tounes se we wane and wende. | 2166 |
| KnT 3027 " Of man and womman seen we wel also | 2168 |
| KnT 3036 That is prince and cause of alle thyng, | 2178 |
| KnT 3039 And heer-agayns no creature on lyve, | 2180 |
| KnT 3043 And take it weel that we may nat eschue, | 2184 |
| KnT 3044 And namely that to us alle is due. | 2186 |
| KnT 3045 And whoso gruccheth ought, he dooth folye, | 2186 |
| KnT 3046 And rebel is to hym that al may gye. | 2188 |
| KnT 3047 And certeinly a man hath moost honour | 2188 |
| KnT 3048 To dyen in his excellence and flour, | 2190 |
| KnT 3051 And gladder oghte his freend been of his deeth, | 2192 |
| KnT 3060 Departed is with duetee and honour | 2202 |
| KnT 3062 Why grucchen heere his cosyn and his wyf | 2204 |
| KnT 3065 That both his soule and eek hemself offende, | 2206 |
| KnT 3066 And yet they mowe hir lustes nat amende. | 2208 |
| KnT 3069 And thanken Juppiter of al his grace? | 2210 |
| KnT 3070 And er that we departen from this place | 2212 |
| KnT 3073 And looketh now, wher moost sorwe is herinne, | 2214 |
| KnT 3074 Ther wol we first amenden and bigynne. | 2216 |
| KnT 3078 That serveth yow with wille, herte, and myght, | 2220 |
| KnT 3079 And ever hath doon syn ye first hym knewe, | 2220 |
| KnT 3081 And taken hym for housbonde and for lord. | 2222 |
| KnT 3081 And taken hym for housbonde and for lord. | 2222 |
| KnT 3085 And though he were a povre bacheler, | 2226 |
| KnT 3087 And had for yow so greet adversitee, | 2228 |
| KnT 3093 Com neer, and taak youre lady by the hond. " | 2234 |
| KnT 3096 By al the conseil and the baronage. | 2238 |
| KnT 3097 And thus with alle blisse and melodye | 2238 |
| KnT 3097 And thus with alle blisse and melodye | 2238 |
| KnT 3099 And God, that al this wyde world hath wroght, | 2240 |
| KnT 3102 Lyvynge in blisse, in richesse, and in heele, | 2244 |
| KnT 3103 And Emelye hym loveth so tendrely, | 2244 |
| KnT 3104 And he hire serveth so gentilly, | 2246 |
| KnT 3107 Thus endeth Palamon and Emelye; | 2248 |
| KnT 3108 And God save al this faire compaignye! Amen. | 2250 |