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{ "en": "As I shall tell you in a word or twain.", "me": "As I reherse shal a word or tweyne." }

{ "en": "I like not on him to labour or to think,", "me": "Me list nat vouche-sauf on him to swinke," }

{ "en": "Nor spend on him a pennyworth of ink,", "me": "Ne spende on him a penne ful of inke," }

{ "en": "For false in love he was, just like his sire.", "me": "For fals in love was he, right as his syre;" }

{ "en": "The devil set their souls both in the fire!", "me": "The devil sette hir soules both a-fyre!" }

{ "en": "But of Phyllis’ letter I will write", "me": "But of the lettre of Phillis wol I wryte" }

{ "en": "A word or two, although it be but slight.", "me": "A word or tweyne, al-thogh hit be but lyte." }

{ "en": "‘Your hostess,’ quoth she, ‘O Demophon,", "me": "\"Thyn hostesse,\" quod she, \"O Demophon," }

{ "en": "Your Phyllis, who is so woebegone,", "me": "Thy Phillis, which that is so wo begon," }

{ "en": "Of Rhodope, of you must now complain,", "me": "Of Rodopeye, upon yow moot compleyne," }

{ "en": "Regarding the time set between us twain,", "me": "Over the terme set betwix us tweyne," }

{ "en": "Which you have not kept to as you said.", "me": "That ye ne holden forward, as ye seyde;" }

{ "en": "Your anchor in our harbour that you laid,", "me": "Your anker, which ye in our haven leyde," }

{ "en": "Gave hope that you would come without doubt", "me": "Highte us, that ye wolde comen, out of doute," }

{ "en": "Before the moon had gone but once about.", "me": "Or that the mone ones wente aboute." }

{ "en": "Yet four times the moon has hid her face", "me": "But tymes foure the mone hath hid her face" }

{ "en": "Since the day you vanished from this place,", "me": "Sin thilke day ye wente fro this place," }

{ "en": "And four times has lit the world again.", "me": "And foure tymes light the world again." }

{ "en": "But for all that, nothing can explain", "me": "But for al that, yif I shal soothly sain," }

{ "en": "Why the Thracian Stream has not brought", "me": "Yit hath the streem of Sitho nat y-broght" }

{ "en": "Your ship from Athens; yet comes it not.", "me": "From Athenes the ship; yit comth hit noght." }

{ "en": "And if the term that we set you would", "me": "And, yif that ye the terme rekne wolde," }

{ "en": "Reckon, as I or any true lover should,", "me": "As I or other trewe lovers sholde," }

{ "en": "I complain not, God knows, before my day.’", "me": "I pleyne not, god wot, beforn my day,\" --" }

{ "en": "But all her letter, point by point, I may", "me": "But al her lettre wryten I ne may" }

{ "en": "Not write: it would be too heavy a charge,", "me": "By ordre, for hit were to me a charge," }

{ "en": "Her letter was long enough, she spoke large;", "me": "Her lettre was right long and ther-to large;" }

{ "en": "But here and there in rhyme I have it made,", "me": "But here and there in ryme I have hit laid," }

{ "en": "Where I think it well what she has said –", "me": "Ther as me thoughte that she wel hath said, --" }

{ "en": "She said: ‘Your sails will not come again,", "me": "She seide, \"thy sailes comen nat again," }

{ "en": "Nor in your words have I faith that’s certain,", "me": "Ne to thy word ther nis no fey certein;" }

{ "en": "And I know why you come not,’ quoth she:", "me": "But I wot why ye come nat,\" quod she;" }

{ "en": "‘Because of my love I was to you so free.", "me": "\"For I was of my love to you so free." }

{ "en": "If the vengeance of the gods you forswore", "me": "And of the goddes that ye han forswore," }

{ "en": "Falls upon your head now therefore,", "me": "Yif that hir vengeance falle on yow therfore," }

{ "en": "You’ll not own the strength to bear that pain.", "me": "Ye be nat suffisaunt to bere the peyne." }

{ "en": "I trusted too much, as I must now complain,", "me": "To moche trusted I, wel may I pleyne," }

{ "en": "In your lineage and in your fair tongue,", "me": "Upon your linage and your faire tonge," }

{ "en": "And in your tears so falsely wrung.", "me": "And on your teres falsly out y-wronge." }

{ "en": "How could you weep so cunningly?’ quoth she;", "me": "How coude ye wepe so by craft?\" quod she;" }

{ "en": "‘May such tears be feigned so readily?", "me": "May ther swiche teres feyned be?" }

{ "en": "Now if you would search your memory", "me": "Now certes, yif ye wolde have in memorie," }

{ "en": "It should prove to you but little glory", "me": "Hit oghte be to yow but litel glorie" }

{ "en": "A guileless maid to have so betrayed!", "me": "To have a sely mayde thus betrayed!" }

{ "en": "To God,’ quoth she, ‘I pray, and oft have prayed,", "me": "To god,\" quod she, \"preye I, and ofte have prayed," }

{ "en": "That it may be the greatest shame of all", "me": "That hit be now the grettest prys of alle," }

{ "en": "The most renown that ever shall you befall!", "me": "And moste honour that ever yow shal befalle!" }

{ "en": "And when your old ancestors depicted be,", "me": "And whan thyne olde auncestres peynted be," }

{ "en": "In whom men would great worthiness see,", "me": "In which men may hir worthinesse see," }

{ "en": "Then, I pray God, they picture you also,", "me": "Than, preye I god, thou peynted be also," }

{ "en": "That folk may learn from that as they go,", "me": "That folk may reden, for-by as they go," }

{ "en": "‘Lo, this is he that with his flattery", "me": "\"Lo! this is he, that with his flaterye" }

{ "en": "Has betrayed and done her villainy", "me": "Betrayed hath and doon her vilanye" }

{ "en": "Who was his true love in thought and deed!’", "me": "That was his trewe love in thoghte and dede!\"" }

{ "en": "But truly, of one point yet they may read,", "me": "But sothly, of oo point yit may they rede," }

{ "en": "That you were like your father in this,", "me": "That ye ben lyk your fader as in this;" }

{ "en": "For he beguiled Ariadne with a kiss", "me": "For he begyled Adriane, y-wis," }

{ "en": "With such an art and with such subtlety", "me": "With swiche an art and swiche sotelte" }

{ "en": "As you yourself have beguiled me.", "me": "As thou thy-selven hast begyled me." }

{ "en": "And in that point, that’s far from fair,", "me": "As in that point, al-thogh hit be nat fayr," }

{ "en": "You follow him for certain, and are his heir.", "me": "Thou folwest him, certein, and art his eyr." }

{ "en": "But since thus sinfully you me beguile,", "me": "But sin thus sinfully ye me begyle," }

{ "en": "My body you will see, in a little while,", "me": "My body mote ye seen, within a whyle," }

{ "en": "Right in the harbour of Athens floating", "me": "Right in the haven of Athenes fletinge," }

{ "en": "Without a sepulchre or a burying,", "me": "With-outen sepulture and buryinge;" }

{ "en": "Though you are harder than is any stone.’", "me": "Thogh ye ben harder then is any stoon.\"" }

{ "en": "And when this letter was sealed and was gone,", "me": "And, whan this lettre was forth sent anoon," }

{ "en": "Knowing how fickle and how false he was,", "me": "And knew how brotel and how fals he was," }

{ "en": "She in despair destroyed herself, alas!", "me": "She for dispeyr for-dide herself, allas!" }

{ "en": "Such sorrow had she for trusting so.", "me": "Swich sorwe hath she, for she besette her so," }

{ "en": "Beware, you women, of your subtle foe,", "me": "Be war, ye women, of your sotil fo," }

{ "en": "Since to this day examples you may see;", "me": "Sin yit this day men may ensample see;" }

{ "en": "And trust, in love, no other man but me.", "me": "And trusteth, as in love, no man but me." }

{ "en": "In Greece there once were brethren two,", "me": "In Grece whylom weren brethren two," }

{ "en": "Of which the one was named Danaus, who", "me": "Of whiche that oon was called Danao," }

{ "en": "Had many a son born of his body too", "me": "That many a sone hath of his body wonne," }

{ "en": "As such false lovers often chance to do.", "me": "As swiche false lovers ofte conne." }

{ "en": "Among all his sons there was one", "me": "Among his sones alle ther was oon" }

{ "en": "The he loved the best of everyone.", "me": "That aldermost he lovede of everichoon." }

{ "en": "And when this child was born, Danaus", "me": "And whan this child was born, this Danao" }

{ "en": "Gave him a name, and called him Lynceus.", "me": "Shoop him a name, and called him Lino." }

{ "en": "The other brother was named Aegyptus, who", "me": "That other brother called was Egiste," }

{ "en": "Was ever in love as false as he did choose,", "me": "That was of love as fals as ever him liste," }

{ "en": "And many a daughter he begat in his life;", "me": "And many a doghter gat he in his lyve;" }

{ "en": "Of whom he begat upon his rightful wife", "me": "Of which he gat upon his righte wyve" }

{ "en": "A daughter dear, and he did her call", "me": "A doghter dere, and dide her for to calle" }

{ "en": "Hypermnestra, youngest of them all;", "me": "Ypermistra, yongest of hem alle;" }

{ "en": "The which child at her nativity", "me": "The whiche child, of her nativitee," }

{ "en": "To all good qualities born was she,", "me": "To alle gode thewes born was she," }

{ "en": "Since it pleased the gods ere she was born", "me": "As lyked to the goddes, or she was born," }

{ "en": "That of the sheaf she should be the corn;", "me": "That of the shefe she sholde be the corn;" }

{ "en": "The Fates, those whom we call Destiny,", "me": "The Wirdes, that we clepen Destinee," }

{ "en": "Had shaped her so that she would be", "me": "Hath shapen her that she mot nedes be" }

{ "en": "Compassionate, calm, wise and true as steel.", "me": "Pitouse, sadde, wyse, and trewe as steel;" }

{ "en": "And this woman it suited well, I feel,", "me": "And to this woman hit accordeth weel." }

{ "en": "For though Venus granted her great beauty,", "me": "For, though that Venus yaf her greet beautee," }

{ "en": "With Jupiter compounded so was she", "me": "With Iupiter compouned so was she" }

{ "en": "That conscience, truth, and fear of shame,", "me": "That conscience, trouthe, and dreed of shame," }

{ "en": "And of wifehood to keep the good name,", "me": "And of her wyfhood for to kepe her name," }

{ "en": "This she thought, was true felicity here.", "me": "This, thoughte her, was felicitee as here." }