Thou shalt answere of two, and nat of oon! What shal I telle more her compleining? But shortly to the ende I telle shal. The goddes have her holpen, for pitee; I wol no more speke of this matere; But thus this false lover can begyle His trewe love. The devil quyte him his whyle! Explicit Legenda Adriane de Athenes. 2215 (331) 2220 2225 (341) 2213. C. thyn; T. A. thy; rest the. C. I-gon; A. y-gone; rest goon (gone). 2214. C. wreche. her come; C. that boot here ne come none here come (wrongly); see note. selfe (read my selven); rest my self. telle I. 2215. So T.; A. that any bote (wrongly); Tn. F. B. that bote 2217. C. myn selue; F. my 2221. C. T. A. I telle; rest 2226. C. T. Th. this 2227. C. Tn. T. Th. His; Perhaps him quyte would give a 2226, 2227. A. omits these lines. false louer; F. Tn. B. these false lovers. F. Hyr; B. Her; but all have him. smoother line. VII. THE LEGEND OF PHILOMELA. Incipit Legenda Philomene. Deus dator formarum. THOU yiver of the formes, that hast wroght Why madest thou, unto the slaundre of man, As for that fyn to make swiche a thing-- 2230 2235 (10) 2240 Of Trace was he lord, and kin to Marte, The cruel god that stant with blody darte; 2245 TITLE. From F. After which, F. has Deus dator formatorum; B. T. that sorrowfull story. 2239. C. A. his; F. Tn. B. this. 2241. F. B. laste (error for last); Tn. 2242. C. T. A. it; rest 2243. B. Th. Tereus ; A. laft (!); C. lestyth; T. Th. lasteth. om. C. wele; T. wyll; rest wolde; read wol. A. Tireus; C. Therius; T. Thereus; F. Teseus; Tn. Theseus (!). [Of which I tolde = whom I mentioned (1. 2234).] See next line. And wedded had he, with a blisful chere, The furies three, with alle hir mortel brond. To seen her suster, that she saw nat longe, (20) 2250 2255 (30) 2260 2265 (40) 2270 2275 2246. C. T. A. a; rest om. 2249. C. T. A. lyst; Th. lyste; F. Tn. B. baste (!). 2252, 2253. C. Tn. A. brond, wond; rest bronde, wonde. 2256. A. Lestith; rest Laste (Last). 'And she shal come to yow again anoon. This olde Pandion, this king, gan wepe (50) 2280 For Philomene, with salte teres eke, 2285 To seen her suster, that her longeth so; 'Now, sone,' quod he, 'that art to me so dere, I thee betake my yonge doghter here, (60) 2290 2295 (70) 2300 2277. All but C. T. badly insert I after her. 2285. F. B. Tn. for; rest of. loueth so; A. sche loued so. 2282. T. C. loueth. 2286. So F. Tn. Th. B.; C. T. she 2287-92. T. omits. 2291. B. bounte; F. bounde (error for bounte); rest beaute (but see 1. 2289). Th. to (rightly); A. twys (!); rest two or twoo (!) 2294. C. wilis he so fayre hire preyede. 2297. C. T. A. here; rest repeat dere. 2301. C. Tn. T. er; rest or. That with him com; and yaf him yiftes grete, And into Trace arriveth at the laste, Or leste noght, he bad her for to reste; 2305 (80) 2310 2315 (90) 2320 Lest hit be hent eft-sones, so sat she. But utterly hit may non other be. She cryeth 'suster!' with ful loude stevene, And 'fader dere!' and 'help me, god in hevene!' Al helpeth nat; and yet this false theef (101) 2330 Hath doon this lady yet a more mischeef, For fere lest she sholde his shame crye, And doon him openly a vilanye, And with his swerd her tong of kerveth he, And in a castel made her for to be 2335 2311. F. T. in-to; rest to. 2314. Tn. a-groos; A. agros; Th. agrose; F. agrosse; T. agrysyd; C. aros (!). 2316. C. Tn. Th. B. wepte; wepe; T. wepyd. 2319. F. Tn. Or of; B. Or; rest Or as. Tn. B. om. his. 2320. F. 2328. F. B. longe; rest loude. 2329. C. A. and; rest om. 2332. F. B. Tn. ferde; A. fered; rest fere. A. C. kerveth; T. kutteth; rest kerf (kerfe). 2334. |