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{ "en": "Now if you would search your memory", "me": "Now certes, yif ye wolde have in memorie," }

{ "en": "It should prove to you but little glory", "me": "Hit oghte be to yow but litel glorie" }

{ "en": "A guileless maid to have so betrayed!", "me": "To have a sely mayde thus betrayed!" }

{ "en": "To God,' quoth she, 'I pray, and oft have prayed,", "me": "To god,\" quod she, \"preye I, and ofte have prayed," }

{ "en": "That it may be the greatest shame of all", "me": "That hit be now the grettest prys of alle," }

{ "en": "The most renown that ever shall you befall!", "me": "And moste honour that ever yow shal befalle!" }

{ "en": "And when your old ancestors depicted be,", "me": "And whan thyne olde auncestres peynted be," }

{ "en": "In whom men would great worthiness see,", "me": "In which men may hir worthinesse see," }

{ "en": "Then, I pray God, they picture you also,", "me": "Than, preye I god, thou peynted be also," }

{ "en": "That folk may learn from that as they go,", "me": "That folk may reden, for-by as they go," }

{ "en": "'Lo, this is he that with his flattery", "me": "\"Lo! this is he, that with his flaterye" }

{ "en": "Has betrayed and done her villainy", "me": "Betrayed hath and doon her vilanye" }

{ "en": "Who was his true love in thought and deed!'", "me": "That was his trewe love in thoghte and dede!\"" }

{ "en": "But truly, of one point yet they may read,", "me": "But sothly, of oo point yit may they rede," }

{ "en": "That you were like your father in this,", "me": "That ye ben lyk your fader as in this;" }

{ "en": "For he beguiled Ariadne with a kiss", "me": "For he begyled Adriane, y-wis," }

{ "en": "With such an art and with such subtlety", "me": "With swiche an art and swiche sotelte" }

{ "en": "As you yourself have beguiled me.", "me": "As thou thy-selven hast begyled me." }

{ "en": "And in that point, that's far from fair,", "me": "As in that point, al-thogh hit be nat fayr," }

{ "en": "You follow him for certain, and are his heir.", "me": "Thou folwest him, certein, and art his eyr." }

{ "en": "But since thus sinfully you me beguile,", "me": "But sin thus sinfully ye me begyle," }

{ "en": "My body you will see, in a little while,", "me": "My body mote ye seen, within a whyle," }

{ "en": "Right in the harbour of Athens floating", "me": "Right in the haven of Athenes fletinge," }

{ "en": "Without a sepulchre or a burying,", "me": "With-outen sepulture and buryinge;" }

{ "en": "Though you are harder than is any stone.'", "me": "Thogh ye ben harder then is any stoon.\"" }

{ "en": "And when this letter was sealed and was gone,", "me": "And, whan this lettre was forth sent anoon," }

{ "en": "Knowing how fickle and how false he was,", "me": "And knew how brotel and how fals he was," }

{ "en": "She in despair destroyed herself, alas!", "me": "She for dispeyr for-dide herself, allas!" }

{ "en": "Such sorrow had she for trusting so.", "me": "Swich sorwe hath she, for she besette her so," }

{ "en": "Beware, you women, of your subtle foe,", "me": "Be war, ye women, of your sotil fo," }

{ "en": "Since to this day examples you may see;", "me": "Sin yit this day men may ensample see;" }

{ "en": "And trust, in love, no other man but me.", "me": "And trusteth, as in love, no man but me." }

{ "en": "In Greece there once were brethren two,", "me": "In Grece whylom weren brethren two," }

{ "en": "Of which the one was named Danaus, who", "me": "Of whiche that oon was called Danao," }

{ "en": "Had many a son born of his body too", "me": "That many a sone hath of his body wonne," }

{ "en": "As such false lovers often chance to do.", "me": "As swiche false lovers ofte conne." }

{ "en": "Among all his sons there was one", "me": "Among his sones alle ther was oon" }

{ "en": "The he loved the best of everyone.", "me": "That aldermost he lovede of everichoon." }

{ "en": "And when this child was born, Danaus", "me": "And whan this child was born, this Danao" }

{ "en": "Gave him a name, and called him Lynceus.", "me": "Shoop him a name, and called him Lino." }

{ "en": "The other brother was named Aegyptus, who", "me": "That other brother called was Egiste," }

{ "en": "Was ever in love as false as he did choose,", "me": "That was of love as fals as ever him liste," }

{ "en": "And many a daughter he begat in his life;", "me": "And many a doghter gat he in his lyve;" }

{ "en": "Of whom he begat upon his rightful wife", "me": "Of which he gat upon his righte wyve" }

{ "en": "A daughter dear, and he did her call", "me": "A doghter dere, and dide her for to calle" }

{ "en": "Hypermnestra, youngest of them all;", "me": "Ypermistra, yongest of hem alle;" }

{ "en": "The which child at her nativity", "me": "The whiche child, of her nativitee," }

{ "en": "To all good qualities born was she,", "me": "To alle gode thewes born was she," }

{ "en": "Since it pleased the gods ere she was born", "me": "As lyked to the goddes, or she was born," }

{ "en": "That of the sheaf she should be the corn;", "me": "That of the shefe she sholde be the corn;" }

{ "en": "The Fates, those whom we call Destiny,", "me": "The Wirdes, that we clepen Destinee," }

{ "en": "Had shaped her so that she would be", "me": "Hath shapen her that she mot nedes be" }

{ "en": "Compassionate, calm, wise and true as steel.", "me": "Pitouse, sadde, wyse, and trewe as steel;" }

{ "en": "And this woman it suited well, I feel,", "me": "And to this woman hit accordeth weel." }

{ "en": "For though Venus granted her great beauty,", "me": "For, though that Venus yaf her greet beautee," }

{ "en": "With Jupiter compounded so was she", "me": "With Iupiter compouned so was she" }

{ "en": "That conscience, truth, and fear of shame,", "me": "That conscience, trouthe, and dreed of shame," }

{ "en": "And of wifehood to keep the good name,", "me": "And of her wyfhood for to kepe her name," }

{ "en": "This she thought, was true felicity here.", "me": "This, thoughte her, was felicitee as here." }

{ "en": "And red Mars was at that time of year", "me": "And rede Mars was, that tyme of the yere," }

{ "en": "So feeble that small malice did he have;", "me": "So feble, that his malice is him raft," }

{ "en": "Repressed had Venus his cruel craft.", "me": "Repressed hath Venus his cruel craft;" }

{ "en": "What with Venus and the other oppression", "me": "What with Venus and other oppressioun" }

{ "en": "Of the Houses, Mars' dark venom is so gone,", "me": "Of houses, Mars his venim is adoun," }

{ "en": "That Hypermnestra cannot handle a knife", "me": "That Ypermistra dar nat handle a knyf" }

{ "en": "In malice, though she stand to lose her life.", "me": "In malice, thogh she sholde lese her lyf." }

{ "en": "But nonetheless as the heavens did turn", "me": "But natheles, as heven gan tho turne," }

{ "en": "Towards the bad, aspects had she of Saturn", "me": "To badde aspectes hath she of Saturne," }

{ "en": "That had destined her to die in prison,", "me": "That made her for to deyen in prisoun," }

{ "en": "As I shall afterwards make mention.", "me": "As I shal after make mencioun." }

{ "en": "As to Danaus, and Aegyptus also,", "me": "To Danao and Egistes also --" }

{ "en": "Although they were brothers, even so –", "me": "Al-thogh so be that they were brethren two," }

{ "en": "Since at that time so did every lineage –", "me": "For thilke tyme nas spared no linage --" }

{ "en": "It pleased them both to join in marriage", "me": "Hit lyked hem to maken mariage" }

{ "en": "Hypermnestra and that Lynceus,", "me": "Betwix Ypermistra and him Lino," }

{ "en": "And planned a certain day for it thus,", "me": "And casten swiche a day hit shal be so;" }

{ "en": "And it was all agreed, utterly, say I:", "me": "And ful acorded was hit witterly;" }

{ "en": "The arrangements wrought, the time fast by.", "me": "The array is wroght, the tyme is faste by." }

{ "en": "And thus Lynceus has of his father's brother", "me": "And thus Lino hath of his fadres brother" }

{ "en": "The daughter wedded, and each has the other.", "me": "The doghter wedded, and eche of him hath other." }

{ "en": "The torches burn and the lamps are bright,", "me": "The torches brennen and the lampes brighte," }

{ "en": "The sacrifices ready as is right;", "me": "The sacrifices been ful redy dighte;" }

{ "en": "The incense from the fire smokes, the fruit,", "me": "Thencena out of the fyre reketh sote," }

{ "en": "The flower, the leaf are rent up by the root", "me": "The flour, the leef is rent up by the rote" }

{ "en": "To make high crowns, garlands and wreaths;", "me": "To marken garlands and corounes hye;" }

{ "en": "Full is the place with the sound of minstrelsy,", "me": "Ful is the place of soun of minstralcye," }

{ "en": "With sounds of amorous songs of marriage", "me": "Of songes amorous of mariage," }

{ "en": "As at that time were in widespread usage.", "me": "As thilke tyme was the pleyn usage." }

{ "en": "And this was in the palace of Aegyptus,", "me": "And this ws in the paleys of Egiste," }

{ "en": "Who was lord as he wished in his house.", "me": "That in his hous was lord, right as him liste;" }

{ "en": "And thus the day they pass till its end;", "me": "And thus the day they dryven to an ende;" }

{ "en": "The friends take leave and home they wend", "me": "The frendes taken leve, and hoom they wende." }

{ "en": "The night is come, the bride shall go to bed;", "me": "The night is come, the bryd shal go to bedde;" }

{ "en": "Aegyptus to his chamber fast him sped,", "me": "Egiste to his chambre faste him spedde," }

{ "en": "And secretly he did his daughter call.", "me": "And privily he let his doghter calle." }

{ "en": "When the house was empty of them all,", "me": "Whan that the hous was voided of hem alle," }

{ "en": "He looked on his daughter with glad cheer,", "me": "He loked on his doghter with glad chere," }

{ "en": "And spoke to her as you shall shortly hear:", "me": "And to her spak, as ye shul after here." }

{ "en": "'My own daughter, treasure of my heart,", "me": "\"My righte doghter, tresor of myn herte!" }

{ "en": "Since that day when at the very start", "me": "Sin first that day that shapen was my sherte," }