1202          Duc Perotheus loved wel Arcite,                    Duke Perotheus loved well Arcite, 1203          And hadde hym knowe at Thebes yeer by yere,                    And had known him at Thebes year after year, 1204          And finally at requeste and preyere                    And finally at request and prayer 1205          Of Perotheus, withouten any raunsoun,                    Of Perotheus, without any ransom, 1206          Duc Theseus hym leet out of prisoun                    Duke Theseus let him out of prison 1207          Frely to goon wher that hym liste over al,                    Freely to go all over, wherever he wishes, 1208          In swich a gyse as I you tellen shal. 1231          Oonly the sighte of hire whom that I serve,                    Only the sight of her whom I serve, 1232          Though that I nevere hir grace may deserve,                    Though I never can deserve her grace, 1233          Wolde han suffised right ynough for me. It was the fashion in those times toswear oaths of friendship and brotherhood; and hence, thoughthe fashion has long died out, we still speak of "sworn friends. *little. *worthyAnd in her hour <62> he walketh forth a paceUnto the listes, where her temple was,And down he kneeleth, and with humble cheer* *demeanourAnd hearte sore, he said as ye shall hear. 1587        I wol be deed, or elles thou shalt dye. 3021        "Considereth eek how that the harde stoon                    "Consider also how the hard stone 3022        Under oure feet, on which we trede and goon,                    Under our feet, on which we tread and go, 3023        Yet wasteth it as it lyth by the weye. 3016        This maystow understonde and seen at ye. Thou hast a foolish conception. Are in their happiest state for joy of dan Arcite. 3045        And whoso gruccheth ought, he dooth folye,                    And whoever complains in any way, he does folly, 3046        And rebel is to hym that al may gye. And they fairly and well swore to him (to do) his request. I shall be an impartial and true judge. 1086          Fortune hath yeven us this adversitee. 1637        To chaungen gan the colour in hir face;                    The color in their faces began to change; 1638        Right as the hunters in the regne of Trace,                    Just as the hunters in the reign of Thrace, 1639        That stondeth at the gappe with a spere,                    He who stands at the gap in the forrest with a spear, 1640        Whan hunted is the leon or the bere,                    When the lion or the bear is hunted, 1641        And hereth hym come russhyng in the greves,                    And hears him come rushing in the bushes, 1642        And breketh bothe bowes and the leves,                    And breaks both boughs and the leaves, 1643        And thynketh, "Heere cometh my mortal enemy! In a manuscript in the Harleian Library, it isstated, "Certum est in prora cerebri esse fantasiam, in mediorationem discretionis, in puppi memoriam" (it is certain that inthe front of the brain is imagination, in the middle reason, in theback memory) -- a classification not materially differing fromthat of modern phrenologists. Accept of me my sorrowful sacrifice. Thou shouldest never walk out of this grove. *quenchedAnd if so be thou wilt do me no grace,Or if my destiny be shapen soThat I shall needes have one of them two,So send me him that most desireth me.Behold, goddess of cleane chastity,The bitter tears that on my cheekes fall.Since thou art maid, and keeper of us all,My maidenhead thou keep and well conserve,And, while I live, a maid I will thee serve. And desire to decide the right to her by battle. 3034        Thanne may I seyn that al this thyng moot deye. With all the garden (of Love) and the pleasure. Shapen was my death erst than my shert: My death wasdecreed before my shirt ws shaped -- that is, before any clotheswere made for me, before my birth. * *please. 2031        Depeynted was the slaughtre of Julius,                    Depicted was the slaughter of Julius, 2032        Of grete Nero, and of Antonius;                    Of great Nero, and of Antonius; 2033        Al be that thilke tyme they were unborn,                    Although at that same time they were unborn, 2034        Yet was hir deth depeynted ther-biforn                    Yet was their death depicted before then 2035        By manasynge of Mars, right by figure;                    By menacing of Mars, according to the horoscope; 2036        So was it shewed in that portreiture,                    So was it shown in that portraiture, 2037        As is depeynted in the sterres above                    As is depicted in the stars above 2038        Who shal be slayn or elles deed for love. For love of you, and for my jealousy. 2669        Mars hath his wille, his knyght hath al his boone,                    Mars has his will, his knight has all his request, 2670        And, by myn heed, thow shalt been esed soone." 1534        Right as the Friday, soothly for to telle,                    Exactly like the Friday, truly for to tell, 1535        Now it shyneth, now it reyneth faste,                    Now it shines, now it rains hard, 1536        Right so kan geery Venus overcaste                    Just so can fickle Venus sadden 1537        The hertes of hir folk; right as hir day                    The hearts of her folk; just as her day 1538        Is gereful, right so chaungeth she array. And (flee) over a brook, and so forth on his way. Freely to go all over, wherever he wishes. To do obsequies, as was then the custom. Whether she be maid, or widow, or else wife. "Sayest thou this in earnest or in play?" 9. I can not recount them all even if I desired to. By process and by length of certain yearsAll stinted* is the mourning and the tears *endedOf Greekes, by one general assent.Then seemed me there was a parlementAt Athens, upon certain points and cas*: *casesAmonge the which points y-spoken wasTo have with certain countries alliance,And have of Thebans full obeisance.For which this noble Theseus anonLet* send after the gentle Palamon, *causedUnwist* of him what was the cause and why: *unknownBut in his blacke clothes sorrowfullyHe came at his commandment *on hie*; *in haste*Then sente Theseus for Emily.When they were set*, and hush'd was all the place *seatedAnd Theseus abided* had a space *waitedEre any word came from his wise breast*His eyen set he there as was his lest*, *he cast his eyesAnd with a sad visage he sighed still, wherever he pleased*And after that right thus he said his will. Swooning, and carried her away from the corpse. And therefore, since I know of love's pain. That she was well nigh mad and began to cry. It happened on a day, 1190          To telle it yow as shortly as I may,                    To tell it to you as briefly as I can, 1191          A worthy duc that highte Perotheus,                    A worthy duke that was called Perotheus, 1192          That felawe was unto duc Theseus                    Who was a friend to duke Theseus 1193          Syn thilke day that they were children lite,                    Since that same time that they were little children, 1194          Was come to Atthenes his felawe to visite,                    Had come to Athens to visit his friend, 1195          And for to pleye as he was wont to do;                    And to amuse himself as he was accustomed to do; 1196          For in this world he loved no man so,                    For in this world he loved no man so (much), 1197          And he loved hym als tendrely agayn. This line, perhaps, refers to the deed of Jael. Of the welfare of him, who loved them so well? 909        Or who hath yow mysboden or offended? Two young knights lying together, side by side, And of those two Arcita was the one,(110) The other knight was known as Palamon. 73. And ever has done so since you first knew him. Swooning, and carried her away from the corpse. The beginning of last month he bought a slave, a Paphlagonian tanner, an arrant rogue, the incarnation of calumny. It happened that in the seventh year, of May, As, when a thing is pre-ordained, it must be --, With the help of a friend, broke out of his prison. That one of you, whether he likes it or not. This is the substance and goal of my prayer: Give me my love, thou blessed dear lady.". That torments guiltless innocence? Corrupts, and is left in the trunk of his body. For in the thicket he sits now very still. 1802        Thus hath hir lord, the god of love, ypayed                    Thus has their lord, the god of love, paid 1803        Hir wages and hir fees for hir servyse! With all the woe that prison may give me. 2379        If so be that my youthe may deserve,                    If it so be that my youth may deserve, 2380        And that my myght be worthy for to serve                    And that my power be worthy to serve 2381        Thy godhede, that I may been oon of thyne,                    Thy godhead, so that I may be one of thine, 2382        Thanne preye I thee to rewe upon my pyne.