Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookthee; Thou shalt non harm have, trewely.' 1045 And with this word bothe he and I As nigh the place arryved were As men may casten with a spere. (540) I nistë how, but in a strete He sette me faire on my fete, 1050 And seyde, 'Walke forth a pas, And tak thyn aventure or cas, That thou shalt finde in Fames place.' 'Now,' quod I, 'whyl we han space To speke, or that I go fro thee, 1055 For the love of god, tel me, In sooth, that wil I of thee lere, If this noise that I here (550) Be, as I have herd thee tellen, Of folk that doun in erthe dwellen, 1060 And comth here in the same wyse As I thee herde or this devyse; And that ther lyves body nis In al that hous that yonder is, That maketh al this loude fare?' 1065 'No,' quod he, 'by Seynte Clare, And also wis god rede me! But o thinge I wil warne thee (560) Of the which thou wolt have wonder. Lo, to the House of Fame yonder 1070 Thou wost how cometh every speche, Hit nedeth noght thee eft to teche. But understond now right wel this; Whan any speche y-comen is Up to the paleys, anon-right 1075 Hit wexeth lyk the same wight, Which that the word in erthe spak, Be hit clothed reed or blak; (570) And hath so verray his lyknesse That spak the word, that thou wilt gesse 1080 That hit the same body be, Man or woman, he or she. And is not this a wonder thing?' 'Yis,' quod I tho, 'by hevene king!' And with this worde, 'Farwel,' quod he, 1085 'And here I wol abyden thee; And god of hevene sende thee grace, Som good to lernen in this place.' (580) And I of him took leve anoon, And gan forth to the paleys goon. 1090 EXPLICIT LIBER SECUNDUS. 511. P. listeth; Th. lysteth; F. Cx. listeneth; B. lystneth. 513. _All_ sely; _read_ selly (Willert). 514. Cx. Th. Scipion; F. P. Cipion; B. Cypyon. 516. Th. Alcanore. 533. Cx. Th. P. her; F. B. the. 535. F. B. kynge (_by mistake for_ thing). 536. Cx. Th. P. smyte; F. B. smote. Cx. Th. P. to; F. B. of. 537. Cx. Th. P. brende; F. beende; B. bende. 543. Cx. Th. P. at; F. B. in. 545. F. cryinge (!). 548. Cx. P. cam; F. came. 552. P. Cx. Th. That; F. B. And. F. felynge. 557. Cx. Th. P. agast so (_but read_ so agast); F. B. _omit_ so. 558. Cx. Th. tho; _which_ F. B. P. _omit_. 566. B. Th. nas; F. Cx. was. 570. F. that; _the rest_ tho. 573. _All_ seynt. 575. F. B. _omit_ hit. 592. _All_ made. 603. _All_ do; _read_ done (_gerund_). 618. goddesse _is not in the_ MSS. _The line is obviously too short._ 621. F. Th. lytel; Cx. lytyl; B. litell; P. litil (_all wrong_); _read_ lyte. 622. Cx. P. bookes songes or ditees; Th. bokes songes and ditees; F. B. songes dytees bookys. 635. F. B. and in; _rest_ and. 647. F. frerre (_by mistake_). 650. Cx. Th. dwellen; P. dwelleth; F. B. dwelle. 651. F. ner; B. nor; Cx. Th. P. ne. 653. F. ymade; B. I-made; Cx. made alle thy; Th. made al thy; P. I-made alle thy. 658. Cx. P. daswed; F. B. dasewyd; Th. dased. 673. Cx. Th. comen; F. come. 676. F. sothe sawes; Cx. Th. P. sothsawes. 680. Cx. Th. ben; P. been; F. B. _omit_. 682. fare] Cx. Th. P. welfare. 685. Cx. Th. and; _rest om._ 696. F. B. acordes (!). 705. Cx. she; _rest_ he. 711. P. heren; _rest_ here. 715. F. and erthe; _rest omit_ and. 717. Cx. Th. P. in; F. B. either. 723. or] F. B. or in. 727. Cx. Th. a worthy; P. a wurthy; F. worthe a; B. worth a; _omit_ a. 739, 740. _I add_ e _in_ wighte, highte. 746. Cx. Th. vp; F. B. P. vpwarde. Cx. Th. P. _transpose_ 745, 746. 755. B. it; F. _om._; Cx. Th. P. he. 764. _All_ herke; _see_ l. 725. 766. Cx. Th. spoken; P. poken (!); F. B. yspoken. 773. Cx. Th. P. As; F. B. Of (_copied from_ l. 772). 780. Cx. Th. P. And ryght so brekyth it; F. B. _omit this line_. 789. F. Thorwe; B. P. Throw; Cx. Th. Threwe. 794. F. Th. B. whele sercle (_for 1st_ wheel); Cx. P. _omit the line_. (Sercle _is a gloss upon_ wheel). 798. F. B. this; _rest_ thus. F. B. _om._ to. 800. Cx. Th. P. Causeth. 803. F. Tyl; _rest_ That. 804. F. _om._ thogh. 805. F. B. _om._ alway. 810. F. B. yspoken. 817. F. B. _om._ in. _Read_ another (Willert). 821. Cx. Th. P. at the. 823. Cx. Th. P. thou haue; F. B. ye haue in. 827. F. And that sum place stide; B. And that som styde; Th. And that some stede; Cx. P. _omit_ ll. 827-864. _read_ And that the mansioun (_see_ ll. 754, 831). 830. _For_ That _read_ Than? 838. MSS. a wey, away. 839. F. Th. B. haue before; Cx. P. _omit the line_. 853. Th. B. this; F. thus. 859. Th. of; F. B. or. 860. _All_ ought. 866. P. to a lewde; Cx. Th. vnto a lewde; F. t_re_alwed (!); B. talwyd (!). 872. _All omit_ Quod he; cf. ll. 700, 701. 873. P. Cx. Th. I; F. B. he. F. B. me (_for_ be). 886. P. Cx. speken; _rest_ speke. 896. Cx. Th. gan to; _rest_ to (!). 899. F. B. P. _om._ and. 911. F. B. _omit this line; for_ Seestow, Cx. Th. P. _have_ Seest thou. _For_ toun, _all have_ token; _see_ l. 890. 912. _From_ P.; F. B. _omit this line_. Cx. Or ought that in the world is of spoken; Th. Or aught that in this worlde is of spoken; _see_ l. 889. 913. F. B. _om._ I seyde. 932. F. B. _om._ the. 951. Cx. P. lete (= leet); F. B. lat. 955. F. Cx. Iubiter. 956. F. B. fer fro; P. Cx. Th. _om._ fer. 957. Cx. P. grete; Th. great; F. mochil; B. mochill. 961. Cx. Th. P. alway vpper; F. B. vpper alway for. Cf. l. 884. 964. F. Th. B. _ins._ to _bef._ loken. 969. P. Cx. And; _rest om._ 973. Cx. Th. wryteth; F. writ. F. B. of (_for_ a). 978. _So_ P. Cx.; _rest ins._ and erthe _bef._ and. 984. F. B. Nas (_om._ he me); Th. Nas me; Cx. P. Nadde he me. 998. to] F. B. ther-to. 999. F. B. _insert_ and _before_ No. 1003. F. B. Briddes; P. Brid; Cx. Byrd; Th. Byrde. 1007. F. Cx. Th. B. Athalantes (-ys); P. athlauntres; _see_ note. 1014. Cx. Th. P. As; F. Alle; B. Al. 1015. Cx. P. they shynen; F. Th. B. thy seluen (!). 1029. F. _inserts_ that _before_ soth. 1030. Cx. Herkne; P. Th. Herken; F. B. Herke. 1034. F. B. P. _om._ lyk. 1040. Cx. Th. P. the; F. P. a. Cx. Th. P. a; F. B. oo. 1044. F. P. beten; Th. B. byten; Cx. greue. 1056. Th. tel; P. tell; _rest_ telle. 1057. Cx. Th. P. I wyl; F. B. wil I. 1063. F. B. _om._ And. 1071. F. B. _ins._ now _bef._ how. 1072. Th. the efte; Cx. the more; F. B. eft the; P. the. 1079. Cx. Th. hath so very; P. hath so verrey; F. B. so were (!). 1080. Cx. P. That; F. B. Th. And (!). 1088. F. Cx. Th. lerne; _read_ lernen. COLOPHON.--_From_ Cx. Th. BOOK III. INCIPIT LIBER TERCIUS. _Invocation._ O god of science and of light, Apollo, through thy grete might, This litel laste book thou gye! Nat that I wilne, for maistrye, Here art poetical be shewed; 1095 But, for the rym is light and lewed, Yit make hit sumwhat agreable, Though som vers faile in a sillable; And that I do no diligence To shewe craft, but o sentence. (10) 1100 And if, divyne vertu, thou Wilt helpe me to shewe now That in myn hede y-marked is-- Lo, that is for to menen this, The Hous of Fame to descryve-- 1105 Thou shalt see me go, as blyve, Unto the nexte laure I see, And kisse hit, for hit is thy tree; Now entreth in my breste anoon!-- _The Dream._ Whan I was fro |