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{ "en": "For they should lack nothing in reason,", "me": "For of socour they shulde no-thing faile," }

{ "en": "As that was utterly the queen’s will.", "me": "For hit was utterly the quenes wille." }

{ "en": "Jason answered meekly standing still,", "me": "Iasoun answerde, mekely and stille," }

{ "en": "‘I thank my lady,’ quoth he, ‘heartily", "me": "\"My lady,\" quod he, \"thanke I hertely" }

{ "en": "For all her goodness; yet we need truly", "me": "Of hir goodnesse; us nedeth, trewely," }

{ "en": "Nothing for now, though we are weary,", "me": "No-thing as now, but that we wery be," }

{ "en": "But come to take our ease from the sea", "me": "And come for to pleye, out of the see," }

{ "en": "Till the wind improves, then we’ll away.’", "me": "Til that the wind be better in our weye.\"" }

{ "en": "The lady wandered by the cliff in play,", "me": "This lady rometh by the clif to pleye," }

{ "en": "With her company, along the strand,", "me": "With her meynee, endelong the stronde," }

{ "en": "And found the two where they did stand,", "me": "And fynt this Iasoun and this other stonde," }

{ "en": "Speaking of this thing, as I have told,", "me": "In spekinge of this thing, as I yow tolde." }

{ "en": "Hercules and Jason did behold", "me": "This Ercules and Iasoun gan beholde" }

{ "en": "The queen, and gave her fair greeting", "me": "How that the quene hit was, and faire her grette" }

{ "en": "Straightaway, at their first meeting,", "me": "Anon-right as they with this lady mette;" }

{ "en": "And she took heed, and knew by their manner,", "me": "And she took heed, and knew, by hir manere," }

{ "en": "By their array, words, and demeanor,", "me": "By hir aray, by wordes and by chere," }

{ "en": "That they were gentlemen of high degree.", "me": "That hit were gentil-men, of greet degree." }

{ "en": "And to the castle with her she does lead", "me": "And to the castel with her ledeth she" }

{ "en": "These unknown folk and does them great honour,", "me": "Thise straunge folk, and doth hem greet honour," }

{ "en": "And asks them of their travail and labour", "me": "And axeth him of travail and labour" }

{ "en": "And how they’d suffered on the salt sea;", "me": "That they han suffred in the salte see;" }

{ "en": "So that within a day or two or three,", "me": "So that, within a day, or two, or three," }

{ "en": "She knew from the folk in his navy", "me": "She knew, by folk that in his shippes be," }

{ "en": "That they were Jason, famous is he,", "me": "That hit was Iasoun, ful of renomee," }

{ "en": "And Hercules, who as renowned is,", "me": "And Ercules, that had the grete los," }

{ "en": "Who sought adventure both at Colchis;", "me": "That soghten the aventures of Colcos;" }

{ "en": "And did them honour greater than before,", "me": "And dide hem honour more then before," }

{ "en": "And had dealings with them more and more,", "me": "And with hem deled ever lenger the more," }

{ "en": "For they were worthy folk, certainly.", "me": "For they ben worthy folk, with-outen lees." }

{ "en": "And especially spoke most with Hercules;", "me": "And namely, most she spak with Ercules;" }

{ "en": "To him her heart she bared, that he must be", "me": "To him her herte bar, he sholde be" }

{ "en": "Steadfast, wise, and true, in words discreet,", "me": "Sad, wys, and trewe, of wordes avisee," }

{ "en": "Without pretending to the affection", "me": "With-outen any other affeccioun" }

{ "en": "Of love, or any false imagination.", "me": "Of love, or evil imaginacioun." }

{ "en": "Hercules so greatly Jason praised", "me": "This Ercules hath so this Iasoun preysed," }

{ "en": "That to the sun he him up-raised,", "me": "That to the sonne he hath him up areysed," }

{ "en": "Saying that half so true a man in love", "me": "That han so trewe a man ther nas of love" }

{ "en": "Lived not beneath the roof of heaven above,", "me": "Under the cope of heven that is above;" }

{ "en": "That he was wise, brave, trustworthy and rich –", "me": "And he was wys, hardy, secree, and riche. --" }

{ "en": "In those qualities no man could him match.", "me": "Of thise three pointes ther nas noon him liche;" }

{ "en": "In generosity and vigour surpassed", "me": "Of freedom passed he, and lustihede," }

{ "en": "All those living, or those of the past;", "me": "Alle tho that liven or ben dede;" }

{ "en": "And a great gentleman indeed was he", "me": "Ther-to so greet a gentil-man was he," }

{ "en": "And likely to be king of Thessaly.", "me": "And of Tessalie lykly king to be." }

{ "en": "He had no failing, except that he feared", "me": "Ther nas no lak, but that he was agast" }

{ "en": "To love, and was ashamed to speak a word.", "me": "To love, and for to speke shamefast." }

{ "en": "He would rather harm himself and die", "me": "He hadde lever him-self to mordre, and dye" }

{ "en": "Than that a lover men in him should spy:", "me": "Than that men shulde a lover him espye: --" }

{ "en": "‘God willing, I would surely give", "me": "\"As wolde almighty god that I had yive" }

{ "en": "My flesh and blood, if that I might live,", "me": "My blood and flesh, so that I mighte live," }

{ "en": "If only somewhere he might find a wife", "me": "With the nones that he hadde o-wher a wyf" }

{ "en": "Of his degree: for such a joyful life", "me": "For his estat; for swich a lusty lyf" }

{ "en": "She would lead with this lusty knight!’", "me": "She sholde lede with this lusty knight!\"" }

{ "en": "And all this had been planned in the night", "me": "And al this was compassed on the night" }

{ "en": "Between Jason and this Hercules.", "me": "Betwixe him Iasoun and this Ercules." }

{ "en": "A wicked lie it was, devised by these,", "me": "Of thise two heer was mad a shrewed lees" }

{ "en": "In order to seduce an innocent.", "me": "To come to hous upon an innocent;" }

{ "en": "To dupe her they both gave their assent.", "me": "For to be-dote this queen was hir assent." }

{ "en": "And Jason is as coy as a maid,", "me": "And Iasoun is as coy as is a maide," }

{ "en": "He looks woeful, but naught has said,", "me": "He loketh pitously, but noght he saide," }

{ "en": "Yet freely gives to her counsellors", "me": "But frely yaf he to her conseileres" }

{ "en": "Great gifts, and to all her officers.", "me": "Yiftes grete, and to her officeres." }

{ "en": "Would God I had the leisure and the time", "me": "As wolde god I leiser hadde, and tyme," }

{ "en": "Step by step his wooing for to rhyme.", "me": "By proces al his wowing for to ryme." }

{ "en": "But if, among you all, false lover be,", "me": "But in this hous if any fals lover be," }

{ "en": "Just as he himself does, well, so did he,", "me": "Right as him-self now doth, right so dide he," }

{ "en": "With feigning, and with every crafty deed.", "me": "With feyning and with every sotil dede." }

{ "en": "No more of me here, but you may read", "me": "Ye gete no more of me, but ye wil rede" }

{ "en": "The original that tells the tale, alas.", "me": "Thoriginal, that telleth al the cas." }

{ "en": "The sum is this: that Jason wedded was", "me": "The somme is this, that Iasoun wedded was" }

{ "en": "Unto the queen and took, as I relate,", "me": "Unto this quene, and took of her substaunce" }

{ "en": "Whatever he wished of her estate,", "me": "What-so him liste, unto his purveyaunce;" }

{ "en": "And he begat two children upon her,", "me": "And upon her begat he children two," }

{ "en": "Then hoisted sail sail, and left forever.", "me": "And drow his sail, and saw her never-mo." }

{ "en": "A letter she sent to him, ‘tis certain,", "me": "A lettre sente she to him certein," }

{ "en": "Which is too long to set down here again,", "me": "Which were to long to wryten and to sein," }

{ "en": "That reproved him for his great untruth,", "me": "And him repreveth of his grete untrouthe," }

{ "en": "And begged him to have some pity too.", "me": "And preyeth him on her to have som routhe." }

{ "en": "And of his children two, she said this:", "me": "And of his children two, she seide him this," }

{ "en": "They were alike in every way there is", "me": "That they be lyke, of alle thing, y-wis," }

{ "en": "To Jason, save they lacked his guile,", "me": "To Iasoun, save they coude nat begyle;" }

{ "en": "And prayed God, before a long while,", "me": "And preyed god, or hit were longe whyle," }

{ "en": "That she who had his heart stolen so", "me": "That she, that had his herte y-raft her fro," }

{ "en": "Might find him untrue to her also,", "me": "Moste finden him to her untrewe al-so," }

{ "en": "And that she would both her children kill,", "me": "And that she moste bothe her children spille," }

{ "en": "And all those who let him do his will.", "me": "And alle tho that suffreth him his wille." }

{ "en": "And true to Jason was she all her life,", "me": "And trew to Iasoun was she al her lyf," }

{ "en": "And ever chaste as befits a wife;", "me": "And ever kepte her chast, as for his wyf;" }

{ "en": "Nor never had she joy in her heart,", "me": "Ne never had she Ioye at her herte," }

{ "en": "But died for his love of sorrow’s smart.", "me": "But dyed, for his love, of sorwes smerte." }

{ "en": "To Colchis has come the Lord Jason,", "me": "To Colcos comen is this duk Iasoun," }

{ "en": "Who is of love devourer and dragon.", "me": "That is of love devourer and dragoun." }

{ "en": "As matter has desire for form always", "me": "As matere appetyteth forme al-wey," }

{ "en": "And from form to form may make its way,", "me": "And from forme in-to forme hit passen may," }

{ "en": "Or like a well whose depths we cannot see,", "me": "Or as a welle that were botomlees," }

{ "en": "Right so can false Jason find no peace,", "me": "Right so can fals Iasoun have no pees." }

{ "en": "For his desire, due to appetite,", "me": "For, to desyren, through his appetyt," }

{ "en": "To take with noble women his delight;", "me": "To doon with gentil wommen his delyt," }

{ "en": "This is his joy, and his felicity.", "me": "This is his lust and his felicitee." }