Thanne is the floure ageyn the bryghte sonne.
Unneth ys Demophoon to londe ywonne,
Wayke and eke wery, and his folke forpyned
Of werynesse, and also enfamyned,
And to the dethe he was almoste ydreven,
Hys wyse folke conseyle han hym yeven,
To seken helpe and socour of the queene,
And loken what hys grace myghte bene,
And make in that londe somme chevissaunce,
And kepen hym fro woo and fro myschaunce.

2425

2430

2426. unneth, scarcely; ys to londe ywonne, i. e., has gained or reached land.

2427. wayke, weak ;-forpyned, pined, wasted away; for- is here intensive.

"He was not pale as a for-pyned goost.

A fat swan loved he best of eny roost."-C. T. 205.

"In derknes and orrible and strong prisoun

This seven yeer hath seten Palamon,

Forpyned, what for woo and for destresse."-C. T. 1455.

"For-pynede sherewe! wiltow or neltow,

We wol have oure wille of thi flour and of thi flesshe,
Fecche whanne us liketh; and maken us murye thermyde,
Maugree thi chekes."-Piers Ploughman, 4107.

"But, through long anguish and selfe-murd'ring thought,
He was so wasted and forpined quight,

That all his substance was consum'd to nought,

And nothing left but like an aery spright."

2428. enfamyned, famished.

2430. yeven, given.

Faerie Queene, 3, 10, 57.

"It

2433. chevissaunce; an agreement for borrowing money.

appears sometimes to mean gain or booty, and is translated by providencia in Pr. Parv."-Halliwell.

"This marchaund, whan that ended was the faire,

To Seynt Denys he gan for to repeire,

And with his wif he maketh fest and cheere,

And tellith hir that chaffar is so deere,

That needes most he make a chevisaunce,

For he was bounde in a reconisaunce,

To paye twenty thousand scheldes anoon."-C. T. 14740.

For seke he was, and almoste at the dethe;
Unneth myghte he speke, or drawe brethe;
And lyeth in Rhodopeya hym for to reste.

2435

Whanne he may walke, hym thoghte hit was the beste Unto the countree to seken for socoure.

Men knewe hym wele and dide hym honoure;

For at Athenes duke and lorde was he,
As Theseus hys fader hath ybe,
That in hys tyme was grete of renoun,
No man so grete in al hys regioun ;
And lyke hys fader of face and of stature,
And fals of love; hyt come hym of nature,
As dothe the fox Renarde, the foxes sone;
Of kynde he koude hys olde fadres wone
Withoute lore, as kan a drake swymme

2440

2445

Whanne hit ys kaught and caried to the brymme. 2450

"I have lent lordes and ladies my chaffare,

And ben hire brocour after, and bought it myselve;

Eschaunges and chevysaunces with swich chaffare I dele,
And lene folk that lese wole a lippe at every noble."

Piers Ploughman, 2969.

For Spenser's uses of the word, see Shepheards Calender, April, 143, May, 92; Faerie Queene, 2, 9, 8; 3, 7, 45; 3, 11, 24.

2436. unneth, uneasily, with difficulty.

2437. Rhodopeya, Rhodope.

2438. hym thoghte, it seemed to him.

2447. Renarde; "Reynard, which with us is a duplicate for fox, while in the French renard has quite excluded the older volpils, was originally not the name of a kind, but the proper name of the foxhero, the vulpine Ulysses, in that famous beast-epic of the middle ages, Reineke Fuchs; the immense popularity of which we gather from many evidences, from none more clearly than from this. Chanticleer is in like manner the proper name of the cock, and Bruin of the bear in the same poem."- Trench's English Language, Past and Present.

2448. of kynde, by nature, naturally;-koude, past tense of conne, knew-wone, custom, usage.

2449. lore, instruction.

2450. brymme, the water's edgc.

Thys honourable queene doth him chere,
And lyketh wel hys porte and hys manere.
But I am agroted here beforne,

To write of hem that in love ben forsworne,
And eke to haste me in my legende,
Which to performe, God me grace sende!
Therfore I passe shortly in thys wyse.
Ye have wel herde of Theseus the gyse,
In the betraysyng of faire Adriane,
That of hire pitee kepte hym fro hys bane;
At shorte wordes, ryghte so Demophoon,
The same way, the same path hath goon,
That did his fals fader Theseus.

2455

2460

For unto Phillis hath he sworne thus,

To wedden hire, and hire his trouthe plyghte,

2465

And piked of hire al the good he myghte,

Whanne he was hole and sounde, and had hys reste,

And doth with Phillis what so that him leste,

As wel kouthe I, yf that me leste soo,

Tellen al hys doynge, to and fro.

He sayede to hys countree moste hym sayle,
For ther he wolde hire weddyng apparaylle
As fille to hire honour and hys also,

And openly he toke his leve tho,

2453. agroted, cloyed, surfeited.

2470

2458. gyse, same as A. S. wise, Ger. weise; manner, fashion. "Ther nys no newe gyse, that it nas old." C. T. 2127; "as was tho the gyse." C. T. 995; "as the gyse was in his contré." C. T. 2139. In the text the word is used somewhat peculiarly, for conduct in a particular case.

2459. betraysyng, betrayal. 2460. bane, destruction,

2466. piked, stole.

2469. yf that me leste soo, if I so pleased.

2471. moste, used here impersonally; it was necessary for him to sail.

2472. apparaylle, prepare.

2473. fille, past tense of falle, fell, became.

And to hire swore he wolde not sojourne,
But in a moneth ageyn he wolde retourne.
And in that londe let make hys ordynaunce,
As verray lorde, and toke the obeisaunce,
Wel and humbly, and his shippes dyghte,
And home he gooth the next wey he myghte.
For unto Phillis yet come he noghte,

2475

2480

And that hath she so harde and sore yboghte,
Allas, as the story doth us recorde,

She was hire owne dethe with a corde,

2490

Whanne that she segh that Demophoon her trayed. 2485
But firste wrote she to hym, and faste hym prayed
He wolde come and delyver hire of peyne,
As I reherse shal oo worde or tweyne.
Me lyste nat vouche sauf on hym to swynke,
Dispenden on hym a penne ful of ynke,
For fals in love was he ryghte as hys syre;
The Devel set hire soules both on a fire!
But of the letter of Phillis wol I wryte,
A worde or tweyne althogh hit be but lyte.
"Thyn hostesse,' quod she, 'O Demophoon,
Thy Phillis, which that is so woo begon,
Of Rhodopey, upon yow mote compleyne,
Over the terme sette betwix us tweyne,
That ye ne holden forwarde, as ye seyde.

2495

2477. let make hys ordynaunce, cause his arrangements to be

made.

2479. dyghte, dressed, trimmed for sailing.

2480. next, nearest.

2482. yboghte, past part. of bie, borne, suffered.

2485. segh, past tense of se, saw; see note on saugh, v. 16;—

trayed, betrayed.

2489. swynke, to labour. See note on swynke, v. 2039. 2494. lyte, little.

2499. forwarde, a promise, an engagement.

"obedient

2497. mote, must.

To kepe his forward by his fre assent."-C. T. 854.
"To breke forward is not myn entent."-C. T. 4460.
"Tell us a tale, as was thy forward yore."-C. T. 14388.

Your anker, which ye in oure haven leyde,

2500

Hyghte us that ye wolde comen out of doute,
Or that the moone ones went aboute;

But tymes foure, the moone hath hid hire face
Syn thilke day ye went fro this place;
And foure tymes lyghte the worlde ageyne.

2505

But for al that, yet I shal soothly seyne,

Yet hath the streme of Scython nat broght

From Athenes the shippe; yet come hit noght.

And yf that ye the terme rekne wolde,

As I or other trewe loveres sholde,

2510

I pleyne not, God wot! beforne my day.'
But al hire letter writen I ne may

By ordre, for hit were to me a charge;

Hire letter was ryghte longe, and therto large.
But here and there, in ryme I have hyt layde
There as me thoght that she hath wel sayde.

2515

She seyde, 'The saylles cometh nat ageyn,
Ne to the worde there nys no fey certeyn,
But I wote why ye come not,' quod she;
'For I was of my love to yow so fre.
And of the goddys that ye han forswore,
That hire vengeaunce fal on yow therfore,
Ye be nat suffisaunt to bere the peyne.
To moche trusted I, wel may I seyne,
Upon youre lynage and youre faire tonge,

2520

2525

And on youre teres falsly oute wronge.

How couthe ye wepe so be crafte?' quod she;

'May ther suche teres feynede be?

2501. hyghte, promised.

2502. or, ere.

2504. syn thilke, since that same.

2507. Yet hath the streme of Scython, etc.: "Nec vehit Actæas

Sithonis unda rates."-Heroides, ii. 6.

2511. I pleyne not, God wot, beforne my day: "Non venit ante

suam nostra querela diem."-Heroides, ii. 8.

2518. fey, faith.

2519. wote, know.