Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History BookTh. herte; _rest_ hert. 220. F. _omits from_ lisse _to_ tempest _in next line; the rest are right_. 221, 222. F. B. stent, went; Cx. Th. stente, wente. 227. P. Cx. Th. Metten; F. B. Mette. 235. F. P. comfort; _rest_ comforte. 237. P. folk; _rest_ folke; _but_ shulde _is here dissyllabic_. 242. F. tel; B. tell_e_; P. Cx. Th. tellen. 257, 8. _All_ worde, lorde. 260. Th. the; _rest omit_. 270. F. vnknowe; _rest_ vnknowen. 278. Th. Or speche; _rest_ Or (F. Of!) for speche; _read_ For speche. _Lines 280-2 3 are in_ Th. _only, which reads_ some; fayrest; lest; than. 285. Cx. Th. (_3rd_) or; F. B. P. _om._ 290. F. B. therbe (= the herbe); P. Cx. Th. the herbe. 305. Cx. Th. one; P. on; F. B. love. 309, 310. _All_ delyte, profyte. 313. _For_ mette, Cx. Th. _have_ mette dremyng (!). 314. F. auttour = auctour. 315. F. he; _the rest_ she. 320. F. Th. wol; P. will_e_; Cx. wyl. 322. F. ha; P. B. haue; _rest om._ 328. _All_ had. 329. _I insert_ I; _which all omit_. 332. P. hadde; _rest_ had. 334. Cx. telle; P. tellen; F. tel. 340. F. _omits this line; the rest have it_. 347. F. B. al youre; Cx. Th. P. myn (_om._ al). 352. F. B. _om._ be. 353. Th. duren; F. B. dure. 358. Th. done; _rest omit_. 362. _All insert_ But _before_ Al. 363. Cx. Th. P. Certeyn; F. B. Certeynly. 365. Cx. goon; P. gon; F. agoon; B. agon. 366. in] _All_ in to. 370. _All_ Allas (alas); _read_ Eneas. 371. F. B. As; _rest_ And. 375. Cx. Th. P. But; F. B. And. 381. F. And nor hyt were to; Cx. And nere it were to; Th. And nere it to; B. P. And ner it were to. Th. B. to endyte; F. Cx. tendyte. 387. P. thenken; F. B. thynke; Cx. Th. thynken. 391. F. B. _om._ was. 402. Cx. Th. P. And; F. B. _omit_. 410. Th. al; Cx. all; P. alle; F. B. _om._ 426. F. B. _om._ as _and_ us. 428. F. B. _om._ greet. 429. B. Mercure; F. Mercur_e_; _rest om._ 433. F. B. how that; _rest_ how. 434. Cx. P. to saylle; Th. for to sayle; F. B. for to assayle. 446. Th. longe is for; F. B. is longe. Cx. P. whyche no tonge can telle. 451. _For_ tharivaile, F. B. Th. _have_ the aryvayle; Cx. the arryuaylle; P. the arevaille. 458. F. labina; _rest_ Lauyna. 468. Cx. P. seyn; _rest_ seen (sene). 473. F. B. grave; _rest_ grauen. 475. F. B. _omit_ in. 478. Th. sterynge any; _the rest_ any stiryng (sterynge). 486. Cx. Th. P. was but of sonde (sande); F. B. nas but sonde. 491. _I insert_ for. Cx. Th. P. _insert_ I _after_ saw; _but it is in_ l. 489. 496. F. B. _omit_ lo. 504. F. B. _omit lines_ 504-507. COLOPHON AND TITLE. _So in_ Cx.; _the rest omit them_. BOOK II. INCIPIT LIBER SECUNDUS. _Proem._ Now herkneth, every maner man That English understonde can, 510 And listeth of my dreem to lere; For now at erste shul ye here So selly an avisioun, That Isaye, ne Scipioun, Ne king Nabugodonosor, 515 Pharo, Turnus, ne Elcanor, Ne mette swich a dreem as this! Now faire blisful, O Cipris, (10) So be my favour at this tyme! And ye, me to endyte and ryme 520 Helpeth, that on Parnaso dwelle By Elicon the clere welle. O Thought, that wroot al that I mette, And in the tresorie hit shette Of my brayn! now shal men see 525 If any vertu in thee be, To tellen al my dreem aright; Now kythe thyn engyn and might! (20) _The Dream._ This egle, of which I have yow told, That shoon with fethres as of gold, 530 Which that so hyë gan to sore, I gan beholde more and more, To see hir beautee and the wonder; But never was ther dint of thonder, Ne that thing that men calle foudre, 535 That smoot somtyme a tour to poudre, And in his swifte coming brende, That so swythe gan descende, (30) As this foul, whan hit behelde That I a-roume was in the felde; 540 And with his grimme pawes stronge, Within his sharpe nayles longe, Me, fleinge, at a swappe he hente, And with his sours agayn up wente, Me caryinge in his clawes starke 545 As lightly as I were a larke, How high, I can not telle yow, For I cam up, I niste how. (40) For so, astonied and a-sweved Was every vertu in my heved, 550 What with his sours and with my drede, That al my feling gan to dede; For-why hit was to greet affray. Thus I longe in his clawes lay, Til at the laste he to me spak 555 In mannes vois, and seyde, 'Awak! And be not so a-gast, for shame!' And called me tho by my name. (50) And, for I sholde the bet abreyde-- Me mette--'Awak,' to me he seyde, 560 Right in the same vois and stevene That useth oon I coude nevene; And with that vois, soth for to sayn, My minde cam to me agayn; For hit was goodly seyd to me, 565 So nas hit never wont to be. And herwithal I gan to stere, And he me in his feet to bere, (60) Til that he felte that I had hete, And felte eek tho myn herte bete. 570 And tho gan he me to disporte, And with wordes to comforte, And sayde twyës, 'Seynte Marie! Thou art noyous for to carie, And nothing nedeth hit, parde! 575 For al-so wis god helpe me As thou non harm shalt have of this; And this cas, that betid thee is, (70) Is for thy lore and for thy prow;-- Let see! darst thou yet loke now? 580 Be ful assured, boldely, I am thy frend.' And therwith I Gan for to wondren in my minde. 'O god,' thoughte I, 'that madest kinde, Shal I non other weyes dye? 585 Wher Ioves wol me stellifye, Or what thing may this signifye? I neither am Enok, ne Elye, (80) Ne Romulus, ne Ganymede That was y-bore up, as men rede, 590 To hevene with dan Iupiter, And maad the goddes boteler.' Lo! this was tho my fantasye! But he that bar me gan espye That I so thoghte, and seyde this:-- 595 'Thou demest of thy-self amis; For Ioves is not ther-aboute-- I dar wel putte thee out of doute-- (90) To make of thee as yet a sterre. But er I bere thee moche ferre, 600 I wol thee telle what I am, And whider thou shalt, and why I cam To done this, so that thou take Good herte, and not for fere quake.' 'Gladly,' quod I. 'Now wel,' quod he:-- 605 'First I, that in my feet have thee, Of which thou hast a feer and wonder, Am dwelling with the god of thonder, (100) Which that men callen Iupiter, That dooth me flee ful ofte fer 610 To do al his comaundement. And for this cause he hath me sent To thee: now herke, by thy trouthe! Certeyn, he hath of thee routhe, That thou so longe trewely 615 Hast served so ententifly His blinde nevew Cupido, And fair Venus [goddesse] also, (110) Withoute guerdoun ever yit, And nevertheles hast set thy wit-- 620 Although that in thy hede ful lyte is-- To make bokes, songes, dytees, In ryme, or elles in cadence, As thou best canst, in reverence Of Love, and of his servants eke, 625 That have his servise soght, and seke; And peynest thee to preyse his art, Althogh thou haddest never part; (120) Wherfor, al-so god me blesse, Ioves halt hit greet humblesse 630 And vertu eek, that thou wolt make A-night ful ofte thyn heed to ake, In thy studie so thou wrytest, And ever-mo of love endytest, In honour of him and preysinges, 635 And in his folkes furtheringes, And in hir matere al devysest, And no |