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That alle thing hath time and stede;
The cherche serveth for the bede;
The chambre is of an other speche。
Bot if thou wistest of the wreche; 7190
Hou Sacrilege it hath aboght;
Thou woldest betre ben bethoght;
And for thou schalt the more amende;
A tale I wole on the despende。
To alle men; as who seith; knowe
It is; and in the world thurgh blowe;
Hou that of Troie Lamedon
To Hercules and to Jasoun;
Whan toward Colchos out of Grece
Be See sailende upon a piece 7200
Of lond of Troie reste preide;…
Bot he hem wrathfulli congeide:
And for thei founde him so vilein;
Whan thei come into Grece ayein;
With pouer that thei gete myhte
Towardes Troie thei hem dyhte;
And ther thei token such vengance;
Wherof stant yit the remembrance;
For thei destruide king and al;
And leften bot the brente wal。 7210
The Grecs of Troiens many slowe
And prisoners thei toke ynowe;
Among the whiche ther was on;
The kinges doughter Lamedon;
Esiona; that faire thing;
Which unto Thelamon the king
Be Hercules and be thassent
Of al the hole parlement
Was at his wille yove and granted。
And thus hath Grece Troie danted; 7220
And hom thei torne in such manere:
Bot after this nou schalt thou hiere
The cause why this tale I telle;
Upon the chances that befelle。
King Lamedon; which deide thus;
He hadde a Sone; on Priamus;
Which was noght thilke time at hom:
Bot whan he herde of this; he com;
And fond hou the Cite was falle;
Which he began anon to walle 7230
And made ther a cite newe;
That thei whiche othre londes knewe
Tho seiden; that of lym and Ston
In al the world so fair was non。
And on that o side of the toun
The king let maken Ylioun;
That hihe Tour; that stronge place;
Which was adrad of no manace
Of quarel nor of non engin;
And thogh men wolde make a Myn; 7240
No mannes craft it mihte aproche;
For it was sett upon a roche。
The walles of the toun aboute;
Hem stod of al the world no doute;
And after the proporcion
Sex gates weren of the toun
Of such a forme; of such entaile;
That hem to se was gret mervaile:
The diches weren brode and depe;
A fewe men it mihte kepe 7250
From al the world; as semeth tho;
Bot if the goddes weren fo。
Gret presse unto that cite drouh;
So that ther was of poeple ynouh;
Of Burgeis that therinne duellen;
Ther mai no mannes tunge tellen
Hou that cite was riche of good。
Whan al was mad and al wel stod;
King Priamus tho him bethoghte
What thei of Grece whilom wroghte; 7260
And what was of her swerd devoured;
And hou his Soster deshonoured
With Thelamon awey was lad:
And so thenkende he wax unglad;
And sette anon a parlement;
To which the lordes were assent。
In many a wise ther was spoke;
Hou that thei mihten ben awroke;
Bot ate laste natheles
Thei seiden alle; 〃Acord and pes。〃 7270
To setten either part in reste
It thoghte hem thanne for the beste
With resonable amendement;
And thus was Anthenor forth sent
To axe Esionam ayein
And witen what thei wolden sein。
So passeth he the See be barge
To Grece forto seie his charge;
The which he seide redely
Unto the lordes by and by: 7280
Bot where he spak in Grece aboute;
He herde noght bot wordes stoute;
And nameliche of Thelamon;
The maiden wolde he noght forgon;
He seide; for no maner thing;
And bad him gon hom to his king;
For there gat he non amende
For oght he couthe do or sende。
This Anthenor ayein goth hom
Unto his king; and whan he com; 7290
He tolde in Grece of that he herde;
And hou that Thelamon ansuerde;
And hou thei were at here above;
That thei wol nouther pes ne love;
Bot every man schal don his beste。
Bot for men sein that nyht hath reste;
The king bethoghte him al that nyht;
And erli; whan the dai was lyht;
He tok conseil of this matiere;
And thei acorde in this manere; 7300
That he withouten eny lette
A certein time scholde sette
Of Parlement to ben avised:
And in the wise it was devised;
Of parlement he sette a day;
And that was in the Monthe of Maii。
This Priamus hadde in his yhte
A wif; and Hecuba sche hyhte;
Be whom that time ek hadde he
Of Sones fyve; and douhtres thre 7310
Besiden hem; and thritty mo;
And weren knyhtes alle tho;
Bot noght upon his wif begete;
Bot elles where he myhte hem gete
Of wommen whiche he hadde knowe;
Such was the world at thilke throwe:
So that he was of children riche;
As therof was noman his liche。
Of Parlement the dai was come;
Ther ben the lordes alle and some; 7320
Tho was pronounced and pourposed;
And al the cause hem was desclosed;
Hou Anthenor in Grece ferde。
Thei seten alle stille and herde;
And tho spak every man aboute:
Ther was alegged many a doute;
And many a proud word spoke also;
Bot for the moste part as tho
Thei wisten noght what was the beste;
Or forto werre or forto reste。 7330
Bot he that was withoute fere;
Hector; among the lordes there
His tale tolde in such a wise;
And seide; 〃Lordes; ye ben wise;
Ye knowen this als wel as I;
Above all othre most worthi
Stant nou in Grece the manhode
Of worthinesse and of knihthode;
For who so wole it wel agrope;
To hem belongeth al Europe; 7340
Which is the thridde parti evene
Of al the world under the hevene;
And we be bot of folk a fewe。
So were it reson forto schewe
The peril; er we falle thrinne:
Betre is to leve; than beginne
Thing which as mai noght ben achieved;
He is noght wys that fint him grieved;
And doth so that his grief be more;
For who that loketh al tofore 7350
And wol noght se what is behinde;
He mai fulofte hise harmes finde:
Wicke is to stryve and have the worse。
We have encheson forto corse;
This wot I wel; and forto hate
The Greks; bot er that we debate
With hem that ben of such a myht;
It is ful good that every wiht
Be of himself riht wel bethoght。
Bot as for me this seie I noght; 7360
For while that mi lif wol stonde;
If that ye taken werre on honde;
Falle it to beste or to the werste;
I schal miselven be the ferste
To grieven hem; what evere I may。
I wol noght ones seie nay
To thing which that youre conseil demeth;
For unto me wel more it quemeth
The werre certes than the pes;
Bot this I seie natheles; 7370
As me belongeth forto seie。
Nou schape ye the beste weie。〃
Whan Hector hath seid his avis;
Next after him tho spak Paris;
Which was his brother; and alleide
What him best thoghte; and thus he seide:
〃Strong thing it is to soffre wrong;
And suffre schame is more strong;
Bot we have suffred bothe tuo;
And for al that yit have we do 7380
What so we mihte to reforme
The pes; whan we in such a forme
Sente Anthenor; as ye wel knowe。
And thei here grete wordes blowe
Upon her wrongful dedes eke;
And who that wole himself noght meke
To pes; and list no reson take;
Men sein reson him wol forsake:
For in the multitude of men
Is noght the strengthe; for with ten 7390
It hath be sen in trew querele
Ayein an hundred false dele;
And had the betre of goddes grace。
This hath befalle in many place;
And if it like unto you alle;
I wolde assaie; hou so it falle;
Oure enemis if I mai grieve;
For I have cawht a gret believe
Upon a point I wol declare。
This ender day; as I gan fare 7400
To hunte unto the grete hert;
Which was tofore myn houndes stert;
And every man went on his syde
Him to poursuie; and I to ryde
Began the chace; and soth to seie;
Withinne a while out of mi weie
I rod; and nyste where I was。
And slep me cauhte; and on the gras
Beside a welle I lay me doun
To slepe; and in a visioun 7410
To me the god Mercurie cam;
Goddesses thre with him he nam;
Minerve; Venus and Juno;
And in his hond an Appel tho
He hield of gold with lettres write:
And this he dede me to wite;
Hou that thei putt hem upon me;
That to the faireste of hem thre
Of gold that Appel scholde I yive。
With ech of hem tho was I schrive; 7420
And echon faire me behihte;
Bot Venus seide; if that sche mihte
That Appel of mi yifte gete;
Sche wolde it neveremor foryete;
And seide hou that in Grece lond
Sche wolde bringe unto myn hond
Of al this Erthe the faireste;
So that me thoghte it for the beste;
To hire and yaf that Appel tho。
Thus hope I wel; if that I go; 7430
That sche for me wol so ordeine;
That thei matiere forto pleigne
Schul have; er that I come ayein。
Nou have ye herd that I wol sein:
Sey ye what stant in youre avis。〃
And every man tho seide his;
And sundri causes thei recorde;
Bot ate laste thei acorde
That Paris schal to Grece wende;
And thus the parlement tok ende。 7440
Cassandra; whan sche herde of this;
The which to Paris Soster is;
Anon sche gan to wepe and weile;
And seide; 〃Allas; what mai ous eile?
Fortune with hire blinde whiel
Ne wol noght lete ous stonde wel:
For this I dar wel undertake;
That if Paris his weie take;
As it is seid that he schal do;
We ben for evere thanne undo。〃 7450
This; which Cassandre thanne hihte;
In al the world as it berth sihte;
In bokes as men finde write;
Is that Sibille of whom ye wite;
That alle men yit clepen sage。
Whan that sche wiste of this viage;
Hou Paris schal to Grece fare;
No womman mihte worse fare
Ne sorwe more than sche dede;
And riht so in the same stede 7460
Ferde Helenus; which was hir brother;
Of prophecie and such an other:
And al was