Thou shalt answere of two, and nat of oon! Allas! wher shal I, wrecched wight, become ! But shortly to the ende I telle shal. And, in the signe of Taurus, men may see I wol no more speke of this matere; His trewe love. The devil quyte him his whyle! 2215 (331) 2220 2225 (341) VII. THE LEGEND OF PHILOMELA. Incipit Legenda Philomene. Deus dator formarum. THOU yiver of the fòrmes, that hast wroght 2230 Why madest thou, unto the slaundre of man, note. 2213. C. thyn; T. A. thy; rest the. C. I-gon; A. y-gone; rest goon (gone). 2214. C. wreche. 2215. So T.; A. that any bote her come; C. that boot here ne come (wrongly); Tn. F. B. that bote none here come (wrongly); see 2217. C. myn selue; F. my selfe (read my selven); rest my self. 2221. C. T. A. I telle; rest telle I. 2226, 2227. A. omits these lines. 2226. C. T. Th. this false louer; F. Tn. B. these false lovers. 2227. C. Tn. T. Th. His; F. Hyr; B. Her; but all have him. Perhaps him quyte would give a smoother line. TITLE. From F. After which, F. has Deus dator formatorum; B. has Deus dator formarum. Or-al be that hit was not thy doing, As for that fyn to make swiche a thing— Of Trace was he lord, and kin to Marte, The furies three, with alle hir mortel brond. To seen her suster, that she saw nat longe, 2235 (10) 2240 2245 (20) 2250 2255 (30) 2260 2233. C. T. A. fyn; rest fende. 2239. C. A. his; F. Tn. B. this. T. that sorrowfull story. lestyth; T. Th. lasteth. 2241. F. B. laste (error for last); Tn. A. laft (!); C. 2242. C. T. A. it; rest om. C. wele; T. wyll; 2243. B. Th. Tereus; A. Tireus; C. Add. (12524) woll; rest wolde. Therius; T. Thereus; F. Teseus; Tn. Theseus (!). [Of which I tolde = whom I mentioned (1. 2234).] See next line. 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). For goddes love, that she moste ones goon 2265 (40) She preyde him, that he wolde after her sende; 2270 2275 (50) This olde Pandion, this king, gan wepe 2280 But at the laste leve hath she to go. 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, 2277. All but C. T. badly insert I after her. F. B. Tn. for; rest of. 2286. So F. Tn. 2287-92. T. omits. (60) 2290 2295 (70) 2282. T. C. loueth. 2285. Th. B.; C. T. she loueth so; 2291. B. bounte; F. bounde A. twys; Th. to; rest two 2297. A. sche loued so. That bereth the key of al my hertes lyf. The ores pulleth forth the vessel faste, And into Trace arriveth at the laste, 2300 2305 (80) 2310 And, in this derke cave, yif her leste, Or leste noght, he bad her for to reste; 2315 (90) 2320 Yet hit is afered and awhaped Lest hit be hent eft-sones, so sat she. But utterly hit may non other be. By force hath he, this traitour, doon that dede, 2325 Maugree her heed, by strengthe and by his might. (100) 2330 2301. C. Tn. T. er; rest or. 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; F. wepe; T. wepyd. 2319. F. Tn. Or of; B. Or; rest 2324. C. he; rest om. 2325. F. Tn. B. 2329. C. A. and; rest om. 2320. F. Tn. B. om. his. Or as. 2328. F. B. longe; rest loude. For fere lest she sholde his shame crye, And with his swerd her tong of kerveth he, And kepte her to his usage and his store, So that she werken and enbrouden couthe, 2335 (110) 2340 2345 (120) 2350 2355 (130) 2360 2332. F. B. Tn. ferde; A. fered; rest fere. 2334. A. C. kerveth; T. kutteth; rest kerf (kerfe). 2338. So C. T. A.; Th. she ne might (om. him). F. Tn. B. omit this line, and have a spurious line after 2339. 2339. C. 2352. F. Tn. Th. T. A. is; F. Tn. Th. B. is in. 2345. C. say for fond). 2346. F. B. the (for this). 2350. C. T. A. lerned; rest y-lerned. B. om. her. F. Tn. T. Th. B. radeuore (or radenore); C. radyuore (or radynore); A. raduor. 2353. F. wore (error for yore); rest yore. C. T. A. and; rest of. 2355. 2356. C. A. coude; rest kouthe (couthe, couth). P. Tn. Th. B. put and after y-nogh. she; rest she kouthe (couth, coulde). F. (only) om. al. 2357. C. A. coude she; T. couthe 2359. All but T. A. om. 2nd that. |