292 LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN. MS. Gg. 4. 27, CAMB. Mynne handis ben nat shape for a knyf As for to reue no man fro his lyf What deuyl haue I with the knyf to do And shal I haue myn throte kerue a two And nedis cost this thyng muste haue an ende Or he or I mot nedis lese oure lyf 2692 2695 [leaf 480, back] Now certys quod she syn I am his wif And hath myn feyth 3it is it bet for me 2700 And helpeles so that/ or that she forth wente Hire crewel fadyr dede hire for to hente Allas lyno whi art thow so vnkynde 2716 Why ne haddist thow remembred In thyn mynde To takyn hire & lad hire forth with the 2720 [Unfinisht.] [Here begynyth the parlement of ffoulys.] 294 TRUTH. ADDIT. MS. 10,340. TRUTH. [Balade: esse, -al, -ede.] [Additional MS. 10,340, British Mus., leaf 41, vellum.] (1) Fle fro pe pres & dwelle wip sopefastnesse. Suffise pin owen þing þei it be smal. Reule weel þi self þat oper folk' canst' reede, (2) Tempest' pe nou3t' al croked to redresse (3) 1 4 7 8 11 14 Knowe pi contre loke vp þonk' god of al Holde pe heye weye & lat pi gost' pe lede, Crie hym mercy. pat' of hys hie godnesse 296 THE COMPLEYNT OF VENUS. MS. R. 3. 20. The Compleynt of Venus. [Following the Mars, see Parallel-Texts, p. 121.] [Shirley's MS. R. 3. 20, Trin. Coll., Camb., leaf 139.] And filowing begynneþe· a balade translated out of frenshe in to englisshe/ by Chaucier Geffrey þe frenshe made .sir. Otes de Grauntsome knigħt Savosyen/ (1) (Tern I. 1: -aunce, -esse, -ure = oure, 1. 23) er nys so hye. coumfort / to my plesaunce/ Whane pat .I. am / in any hevynes-e / Of him whos I am / alweys whyle I may dure / ffor he is croppe and roote / of gentylesse (2) (I. 2) 1 4 [from margin] 8 ¶ In him is bountee / wysdam and gouuernaunce / (3) (I. 3) 9 12 [page 140] 16 And nought withstanding / al his souffisaunce 17 His gentyle hert/ is of so gret humblesse / To me in worde in werk · in countenaunce / And me to serue / is al his besynesse / 20 hat I am sette / in verray sikurnesse / Sith pat him list / me serven and honneure / ffor euery wight / preysepe his gentylesse / 24 |