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Bot onli forto slepe and route
Til hyh midday; that he arise。
Bot Cephalus dede otherwise;
As thou; my Sone; hast herd above。
Mi fader; who that hath his love
Abedde naked be his syde;
And wolde thanne hise yhen hyde
With Slep; I not what man is he:
Bot certes as touchende of me; 3280
That fell me nevere yit er this。
Bot otherwhile; whan so is
That I mai cacche Slep on honde
Liggende al one; thanne I fonde
To dreme a merie swevene er day;
And if so falle that I may
Mi thought with such a swevene plese;
Me thenkth I am somdiel in ese;
For I non other confort have。
So nedeth noght that I schal crave 3290
The Sonnes Carte forto tarie;
Ne yit the Mone; that sche carie
Hire cours along upon the hevene;
For I am noght the more in evene
Towardes love in no degree:
Bot in mi slep yit thanne I se
Somwhat in swevene of that me liketh;
Which afterward min herte entriketh;
Whan that I finde it otherwise。
So wot I noght of what servise 3300
That Slep to mannes ese doth。
Mi Sone; certes thou seist soth;
Bot only that it helpeth kinde
Somtyme; in Phisique as I finde;
Whan it is take be mesure:
Bot he which can no Slep mesure
Upon the reule as it belongeth;
Fulofte of sodein chance he fongeth
Such infortune that him grieveth。
Bot who these olde bokes lieveth; 3310
Of Sompnolence hou it is write;
Ther may a man the sothe wite;
If that he wolde ensample take;
That otherwhile is good to wake:
Wherof a tale in Poesie
I thenke forto specefie。
Ovide telleth in his sawes;
How Jupiter be olde dawes
Lay be a Mayde; which Yo
Was cleped; wherof that Juno 3320
His wif was wroth; and the goddesse
Of Yo torneth the liknesse
Into a cow; to gon theroute
The large fieldes al aboute
And gete hire mete upon the griene。
And therupon this hyhe queene
Betok hire Argus forto kepe;
For he was selden wont to slepe;
And yit he hadde an hundred yhen;
And alle alyche wel thei syhen。 3330
Now herkne hou that he was beguiled。
Mercurie; which was al affiled
This Cow to stele; he cam desguised;
And hadde a Pipe wel devised
Upon the notes of Musiqe;
Wherof he mihte hise Eres like。
And over that he hadde affaited
Hise lusti tales; and awaited
His time; and thus into the field
He cam; where Argus he behield 3340
With Yo; which beside him wente。
With that his Pype on honde he hente;
And gan to pipe in his manere
Thing which was slepi forto hiere;
And in his pipinge evere among
He tolde him such a lusti song;
That he the fol hath broght aslepe。
Ther was non yhe mihte kepe
His hed; the which Mercurie of smot;
And forth withal anon fot hot 3350
He stal the Cow which Argus kepte;
And al this fell for that he slepte。
Ensample it was to manye mo;
That mochel Slep doth ofte wo;
Whan it is time forto wake:
For if a man this vice take;
In Sompnolence and him delite;
Men scholde upon his Dore wryte
His epitaphe; as on his grave;
For he to spille and noght to save 3360
Is schape; as thogh he were ded。
Forthi; mi Sone; hold up thin hed;
And let no Slep thin yhe englue;
Bot whanne it is to resoun due。
Mi fader; as touchende of this;
Riht so as I you tolde it is;
That ofte abedde; whanne I scholde;
I mai noght slepe; thogh I wolde;
For love is evere faste byme;
Which takth no hiede of due time。 3370
For whanne I schal myn yhen close;
Anon min herte he wole oppose
And holde his Scole in such a wise;
Til it be day that I arise;
That selde it is whan that I slepe。
And thus fro Sompnolence I kepe
Min yhe: and forthi if ther be
Oght elles more in this degre;
Now axeth forth。 Mi Sone; yis:
For Slowthe; which as Moder is 3380
The forthdrawere and the Norrice
To man of many a dredful vice;
Hath yit an other laste of alle;
Which many a man hath mad to falle;
Wher that he mihte nevere arise;
Wherof for thou thee schalt avise;
Er thou so with thiself misfare;
What vice it is I wol declare。
Whan Slowthe hath don al that he may
To dryve forth the longe day; 3390
Til it be come to the nede;
Thanne ate laste upon the dede
He loketh hou his time is lore;
And is so wo begon therfore;
That he withinne his thoght conceiveth
Tristesce; and so himself deceiveth;
That he wanhope bringeth inne;
Wher is no confort to beginne;
Bot every joie him is deslaied:
So that withinne his herte affraied 3400
A thousend time with o breth
Wepende he wissheth after deth;
Whan he fortune fint adverse。
For thanne he wole his hap reherce;
As thogh his world were al forlore;
And seith; 〃Helas; that I was bore'
Hou schal I live? hou schal I do?
For nou fortune is thus mi fo;
I wot wel god me wol noght helpe。
What scholde I thanne of joies yelpe; 3410
Whan ther no bote is of mi care?
So overcast is my welfare;
That I am schapen al to strif。
Helas; that I nere of this lif;
Er I be fulliche overtake'〃
And thus he wol his sorwe make;
As god him mihte noght availe:
Bot yit ne wol he noght travaile
To helpe himself at such a nede;
Bot slowtheth under such a drede; 3420
Which is affermed in his herte;
Riht as he mihte noght asterte
The worldes wo which he is inne。
Also whan he is falle in Sinne;
Him thenkth he is so ferr coupable;
That god wol noght be merciable
So gret a Sinne to foryive;
And thus he leeveth to be schrive。
And if a man in thilke throwe
Wolde him consaile; he wol noght knowe 3430
The sothe; thogh a man it finde:
For Tristesce is of such a kinde;
That forto meintiene his folie;
He hath with him Obstinacie;
Which is withinne of such a Slouthe;
That he forsaketh alle trouthe;
And wole unto no reson bowe;
And yit ne can he noght avowe
His oghne skile bot of hed:
Thus dwyneth he; til he be ded; 3440
In hindringe of his oghne astat。
For where a man is obstinat;
Wanhope folweth ate laste;
Which mai noght after longe laste;
Till Slouthe make of him an ende。
Bot god wot whider he schal wende。
Mi Sone; and riht in such manere
Ther be lovers of hevy chiere;
That sorwen mor than it is ned;
Whan thei be taried of here sped 3450
And conne noght hemselven rede;
Bot lesen hope forto spede
And stinten love to poursewe;
And thus thei faden hyde and hewe;
And lustles in here hertes waxe。
Hierof it is that I wolde axe;
If thou; mi Sone; art on of tho。
Ha; goode fader; it is so;
Outake a point; I am beknowe;
For elles I am overthrowe 3460
In al that evere ye have seid。
Mi sorwe is everemore unteid;
And secheth overal my veines;
Bot forto conseile of mi peines;
I can no bote do therto;
And thus withouten hope I go;
So that mi wittes ben empeired;
And I; as who seith; am despeired
To winne love of thilke swete;
Withoute whom; I you behiete; 3470
Min herte; that is so bestad;
Riht inly nevere mai be glad。
For be my trouthe I schal noght lie;
Of pure sorwe; which I drye
For that sche seith sche wol me noght;
With drecchinge of myn oghne thoght
In such a wanhope I am falle;
That I ne can unethes calle;
As forto speke of eny grace;
Mi ladi merci to pourchace。 3480
Bot yit I seie noght for this
That al in mi defalte it is;
For I cam nevere yit in stede;
Whan time was; that I my bede
Ne seide; and as I dorste tolde:
Bot nevere fond I that sche wolde;
For oght sche knew of min entente;
To speke a goodly word assente。
And natheles this dar I seie;
That if a sinful wolde preie 3490
To god of his foryivenesse
With half so gret a besinesse
As I have do to my ladi;
In lacke of askinge of merci
He scholde nevere come in Helle。
And thus I mai you sothli telle;
Save only that I crie and bidde;
I am in Tristesce al amidde
And fulfild of Desesperance:
And therof yif me mi penance; 3500
Min holi fader; as you liketh。
Mi Sone; of that thin herte siketh
With sorwe; miht thou noght amende;
Til love his grace wol thee sende;
For thou thin oghne cause empeirest
What time as thou thiself despeirest。
I not what other thing availeth;
Of hope whan the herte faileth;
For such a Sor is incurable;
And ek the goddes ben vengable: 3510
And that a man mai riht wel frede;
These olde bokes who so rede;
Of thing which hath befalle er this:
Now hier of what ensample it is。
Whilom be olde daies fer
Of Mese was the king Theucer;
Which hadde a kniht to Sone; Iphis:
Of love and he so maistred is;
That he hath set al his corage;
As to reguard of his lignage; 3520
Upon a Maide of lou astat。
Bot thogh he were a potestat
Of worldes good; he was soubgit
To love; and put in such a plit;
That he excedeth the mesure
Of reson; that himself assure
He can noght; for the more he preide;
The lass love on him sche leide。
He was with love unwys constreigned;
And sche with resoun was restreigned: 3530
The lustes of his herte he suieth;
And sche for dred schame eschuieth;
And as sche scholde; tok good hiede
To save and kepe hir wommanhiede。
And thus the thing stod in debat
Betwen his lust and hire astat:
He yaf; he sende; he spak be mouthe;
Bot yit for oght that evere he couthe
Unto his sped he fond no weie;
So that he caste his hope aweie; 3540
Withinne his herte and gan despeire
Fro dai to dai; and so empeire;
That he hath lost al his delit
Of lust; of Slep; of Appetit;
That he thurgh strengthe of love lasseth
His wit; and resoun overpasseth。
As he which of his lif ne rowhte;
His deth upon