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His wit; and resoun overpasseth。
As he which of his lif ne rowhte;
His deth upon himself he sowhte;
So that be nyhte his weie he nam;
Ther wiste non wher he becam; 3550
The nyht was derk; ther schon no Mone;
Tofore the gates he cam sone;
Wher that this yonge Maiden was
And with this wofull word; 〃Helas!〃
Hise dedli pleintes he began
So stille that ther was noman
It herde; and thanne he seide thus:
〃O thou Cupide; o thou Venus;
Fortuned be whos ordinaunce
Of love is every mannes chaunce; 3560
Ye knowen al min hole herte;
That I ne mai your hond asterte;
On you is evere that I crie;
And yit you deigneth noght to plie;
Ne toward me youre Ere encline。
Thus for I se no medicine
To make an ende of mi querele;
My deth schal be in stede of hele。
Ha; thou mi wofull ladi diere;
Which duellest with thi fader hiere 3570
And slepest in thi bedd at ese;
Thou wost nothing of my desese。
Hou thou and I be now unmete。
Ha lord; what swevene schalt thou mete;
What dremes hast thou nou on honde?
Thou slepest there; and I hier stonde。
Thogh I no deth to the deserve;
Hier schal I for thi love sterve;
Hier schal a kinges Sone dye
For love and for no felonie; 3580
Wher thou therof have joie or sorwe;
Hier schalt thou se me ded tomorwe。
O herte hard aboven alle;
This deth; which schal to me befalle
For that thou wolt noght do me grace;
Yit schal be told in many a place;
Hou I am ded for love and trouthe
In thi defalte and in thi slouthe:
Thi Daunger schal to manye mo
Ensample be for everemo; 3590
Whan thei my wofull deth recorde。〃
And with that word he tok a Corde;
With which upon the gate tre
He hyng himself; that was pite。
The morwe cam; the nyht is gon;
Men comen out and syhe anon
Wher that this yonge lord was ded:
Ther was an hous withoute red;
For noman knew the cause why;
Ther was wepinge and ther was cry。 3600
This Maiden; whan that sche it herde;
And sih this thing hou it misferde;
Anon sche wiste what it mente;
And al the cause hou it wente
To al the world sche tolde it oute;
And preith to hem that were aboute
To take of hire the vengance;
For sche was cause of thilke chaunce;
Why that this kinges Sone is split。
Sche takth upon hirself the gilt; 3610
And is al redi to the peine
Which eny man hir wole ordeigne:
And bot if eny other wolde;
Sche seith that sche hirselve scholde
Do wreche with hire oghne hond;
Thurghout the world in every lond
That every lif therof schal speke;
Hou sche hirself i scholde wreke。
Sche wepth; sche crith; sche swouneth ofte;
Sche caste hire yhen up alofte 3620
And seide among ful pitously:
〃A godd; thou wost wel it am I;
For whom Iphis is thus besein:
Ordeine so; that men mai sein
A thousend wynter after this;
Hou such a Maiden dede amis;
And as I dede; do to me:
For I ne dede no pite
To him; which for mi love is lore;
Do no pite to me therfore。〃 3630
And with this word sche fell to grounde
Aswoune; and ther sche lay a stounde。
The goddes; whiche hir pleigntes herde
And syhe hou wofully sche ferde;
Hire lif thei toke awey anon;
And schopen hire into a Ston
After the forme of hire ymage
Of bodi bothe and of visage。
And for the merveile of this thing
Unto the place cam the king 3640
And ek the queene and manye mo;
And whan thei wisten it was so;
As I have told it heir above;
Hou that Iphis was ded for love;
Of that he hadde be refused;
Thei hielden alle men excused
And wondren upon the vengance。
And forto kepe in remembrance;
This faire ymage mayden liche
With compaignie noble and riche 3650
With torche and gret sollempnite。
To Salamyne the Cite
Thei lede; and carie forth withal
The dede corps; and sein it schal
Beside thilke ymage have
His sepulture and be begrave:
This corps and this ymage thus
Into the Cite to Venus;
Wher that goddesse hire temple hadde;
Togedre bothe tuo thei ladde。 3660
This ilke ymage as for miracle
Was set upon an hyh pinacle;
That alle men it mihte knowe;
And under tht thei maden lowe
A tumbe riche for the nones
Of marbre and ek of jaspre stones;
Wherin this Iphis was beloken;
That evermor it schal be spoken。
And for men schal the sothe wite;
Thei have here epitaphe write; 3670
As thing which scholde abide stable:
The lettres graven in a table
Of marbre were and seiden this:
〃Hier lith; which slowh himself; Iphis;
For love of Araxarathen:
And in ensample of tho wommen;
That soffren men to deie so;
Hire forme a man mai sen also;
Hou it is torned fleissh and bon
Into the figure of a Ston: 3680
He was to neysshe and sche to hard。
Be war forthi hierafterward;
Ye men and wommen bothe tuo;
Ensampleth you of that was tho:
Lo thus; mi Sone; as I thee seie;
It grieveth be diverse weie
In desepeir a man to falle;
Which is the laste branche of alle
Of Slouthe; as thou hast herd devise。
Wherof that thou thiself avise 3690
Good is; er that thou be deceived;
Wher that the grace of hope is weyved。
Mi fader; hou so that it stonde;
Now have I pleinly understonde
Of Slouthes court the proprete;
Wherof touchende in my degre
For evere I thenke to be war。
Bot overthis; so as I dar;
With al min herte I you beseche;
That ye me wolde enforme and teche 3700
What ther is more of youre aprise
In love als wel as otherwise;
So that I mai me clene schryve。
Mi Sone; whyl thou art alyve
And hast also thi fulle mynde;
Among the vices whiche I finde
Ther is yit on such of the sevene;
Which al this world hath set unevene
And causeth manye thinges wronge;
Where he the cause hath underfonge: 3710
Wherof hierafter thou schalt hiere
The forme bothe and the matiere。
Explicit Liber Quartus。
Incipit Liber Quintus
Obstat auaricia nature legibus; et que
Largus amor poscit; striccius illa vetat。
Omne quod est nimium viciosum dicitur aurum;
Vellera sicut oues; seruat auarus opes。
Non decet vt soli seruabitur es; set amori
Debet homo solam solus habere suam。
Ferst whan the hyhe god began
This world; and that the kinde of man
Was falle into no gret encress;
For worldes good tho was no press;
Bot al was set to the comune。
Thei spieken thanne of no fortune
Or forto lese or forto winne;
Til Avarice broghte it inne;
And that was whan the world was woxe
Of man; of hors; of Schep; of Oxe; 10
And that men knewen the moneie。
Tho wente pes out of the weie
And werre cam on every side;
Which alle love leide aside
And of comun his propre made;
So that in stede of schovele and spade
The scharpe swerd was take on honde;
And in this wise it cam to londe;
Wherof men maden dyches depe
And hyhe walles forto kepe 20
The gold which Avarice encloseth。
Bot al to lytel him supposeth;
Thogh he mihte al the world pourchace;
For what thing that he may embrace
Of gold; of catel or of lond;
He let it nevere out of his hond;
Bot get him more and halt it faste;
As thogh the world scholde evere laste。
So is he lych unto the helle;
For as these olde bokes telle; 30
What comth therinne; lasse or more;
It schal departe neveremore:
Thus whanne he hath his cofre loken;
It schal noght after ben unstoken;
Bot whanne him list to have a syhte
Of gold; hou that it schyneth brihte;
That he ther on mai loke and muse;
For otherwise he dar noght use
To take his part; or lasse or more。
So is he povere; and everemore 40
Him lacketh that he hath ynowh:
An Oxe draweth in the plowh;
Of that himself hath no profit;
A Schep riht in the same plit
His wolle berth; bot on a day
An other takth the flees away:
Thus hath he; that he noght ne hath;
For he therof his part ne tath。
To seie hou such a man hath good;
Who so that reson understod; 50
It is impropreliche seid;
For good hath him and halt him teid;
That he ne gladeth noght withal;
Bot is unto his good a thral;
And as soubgit thus serveth he;
Wher that he scholde maister be:
Such is the kinde of thaverous。
Mi Sone; as thou art amerous;
Tell if thou farst of love so。
Mi fader; as it semeth; no; 60
That averous yit nevere I was;
So as ye setten me the cas:
For as ye tolden here above;
In full possession of love
Yit was I nevere hier tofore;
So that me thenketh wel therfore;
I mai excuse wel my dede。
Bot of mi will withoute drede;
If I that tresor mihte gete;
It scholde nevere be foryete; 70
That I ne wolde it faste holde;
Til god of love himselve wolde
That deth ous scholde part atuo。
For lieveth wel; I love hire so;
That evene with min oghne lif;
If I that swete lusti wif
Mihte ones welden at my wille;
For evere I wolde hire holde stille:
And in this wise; taketh kepe;
If I hire hadde; I wolde hire kepe; 80
And yit no friday wolde I faste;
Thogh I hire kepte and hielde faste。
Fy on the bagges in the kiste!
I hadde ynogh; if I hire kiste。
For certes; if sche were myn;
I hadde hir levere than a Myn
Of Gold; for al this worldesriche
Ne mihte make me so riche
As sche; that is so inly good。
I sette noght of other good; 90
For mihte I gete such a thing;
I hadde a tresor for a king;
And thogh I wolde it faste holde;
I were thanne wel beholde。
Bot I mot pipe nou with lasse;
And suffre that it overpasse;
Noght with mi will; for thus I wolde
Ben averous; if that I scholde。
Bot; fader; I you herde seie
Hou thave