"YE MAISTY SWYNE!" "Fy on yow," quod she, "everychoon! Ye maisty1 swyne, ye ydel wrechhes, Ful of roten slowe techches! 2 What? false theves! or ye wolde 65 Be famous good, and nothing nolde 8 He wolde nothinge wete his clowes. Sey, 'These ben that wolden honour This Eolus anoon up sterte, 999 7 As lowde as beloweth wynde in helle. 2 Blotches. 690 700 710 Squeam 1 Fat (Ger. mast, fattened with mast). ish. No sort of. That is, she of the romance of Tristrem. Cf Parlement of Foules, 1. 290. • Refuse. 7 Hand-mill. And eke therwith, sothe to telle, 1 As ever mowes were in apes. And that went al the worlde aboute, Tho come another companye, And that she nolde doon hem no shame, "Nay, wis!" quod she, "hyt were a vice; Al be ther in me no justice, Me ne lyste not doo hyt nowe, Ne this nyl I graunte yowe." Tho come ther lepynge in a route, And gunne choppen al aboute Every man upon the crowne, 720 730 That alle the halle gan to sowne, And seyden, "Lady, leefe and dere, We ben suche folkes as ye mowe here. We ben shrewes* every wyght, And han delyte in wikkednes, 740 1 Mouths, i. e., contortions. So were they deluded. Cf. Can terbury Tales, l. 586, 3143, 6052, 7984; and Troylus and Cryseyde .469.Strike. 4 Rascals. 66 WE BEN SHREWES." As goode folke han in godenes; "I graunte hyt yow," quod she, "ywis. That brende the temple of Ysidis "And wherfor didest thou so?" quod she. I wolde fayn han hadde a fame, for shrewdenesse As goode folke han for godenesse ; 67 750 760 1 Moral qualities. Stripe. * Chaucer seems to refer to the Jurning of the temple of Diana at Ephesus by Herostratus on the night of the birth of Alexander the Great. Diana was the goddess af the moon. Iis was the same in Egypt. Naughty. Now doon our loos be blowed swithe, 66 Gladly," quod she. "Thow Eolus, Herestow not what this folke prayen us?" 66 Madame, yis, ful wel,” quod he, "And I wil trumpen hit, parde!" And toke his blake trumpe faste, And gan to puffen and to blaste, Til hyt was at the worldes ende. With that I gan aboute wende,1 For oon that stoode ryght at my bake, That no wight have my name in honde.2 8 For what I drye or what I thynke, I wil my selfe alle hyt drynke, 4 As ferforthe as I kan myn arte." "But what doost thou here?" quod he. 1 Turn Б Traduce me. * Suffer. Know. 5 Know not 770 780 79c WHERE THAT FAME DUELLED." 69 Tydynges other this or that, Of love, or suche hinges glade. I shulde bothe here and se, "Noo?" quod he. And I answerede, "Noo, parde! For wel I wote ever yit, Sith that first I hadde wit, That somme folke han desired fame Diversly, and loos and name; But certeynly I nyste howe, Ne where that Fame duelled, er nowe; And eke of her descripcioun, Ne also her condicioun, Ne the ordre of her dome,1 Unto the tyme I thidder come." "Why than, loo, be these tydynges, That thou hast herde?" quod he to me; That thou now hider brynges, "But now, no fors; for wel I se 800 810 820 What thou desirest for to lere.2 Come forth, and stonde no lenger here, And I wil the, withouten drede, In suche another place lede, Ther thou shalt here many oon." Tho gan I forthe with hym to goon, 1 Judgment. Learn. |