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{ "en": "That, when Tereus saw her beauty", "me": "That, whan that Tereus saw her beautee," }

{ "en": "And that in her dress she had no match", "me": "And of array that ther was noon her liche," }

{ "en": "And yet in beauty was she twice as rich,", "me": "And yit of bountee was she two so riche," }

{ "en": "He fixed his burning heart upon her so", "me": "He caste his fyry herte upon her so" }

{ "en": "That he would have her, whether yes or no,", "me": "That he wol have her, how so that hit go," }

{ "en": "And in his cunning knelt and so prayed", "me": "And with his wyles kneled and so preyde," }

{ "en": "That at the last Pandion this speech made:", "me": "Til at the laste Pandion thus seyde: --" }

{ "en": "‘Now son,’ quoth he, ‘who are to me so dear,", "me": "\"Now, sone,\" quod he, \"that art to me so dere," }

{ "en": "I trust to you my young daughter here", "me": "I thee betake my yonge doghter here," }

{ "en": "Who bears the key to all my heart’s life.", "me": "That bereth the key of al my hertes lyf." }

{ "en": "Go: greet well my daughter and your wife", "me": "And grete wel my doghter and thy wyf," }

{ "en": "And give her leave sometime here to hie", "me": "And yive her leve somtyme for to pleye," }

{ "en": "That she may see me once more ere I die.", "me": "That she may seen me ones er I deye.\"" }

{ "en": "And truly he prepared him a rich feast,", "me": "And soothly, he hath mad him riche feste," }

{ "en": "And for his folk, the most unto the least,", "me": "And to his folk, the moste and eek the leste," }

{ "en": "That came with him; and of his gifts was free", "me": "That with him com; and yaf him yiftes grete," }

{ "en": "And led him by the main street to the sea,", "me": "And him conveyeth through the maister-strete" }

{ "en": "Through Athens, and to the shore him brought,", "me": "Of Athenes, and to the see him broghte," }

{ "en": "And turned for home; no evil in his thought", "me": "And turneth hoom; no malice he ne thoghte." }

{ "en": "The oars drove the vessel onward fast", "me": "The ores pulleth forth the vessel faste," }

{ "en": "And in Thrace they arrived at last,", "me": "And into Thrace arriveth at the laste," }

{ "en": "And up into a forest he her led,", "me": "And up into a forest he her ledde," }

{ "en": "And to a cave secretly they sped;", "me": "And to a cave privily him spedde;" }

{ "en": "And in this dark cave, whether she wished", "me": "And, in this derke cave yif her leste," }

{ "en": "Or she wished it not, he bade her rest;", "me": "Or leste noghte, he bad her for to reste;" }

{ "en": "At which with trembling heart, she said thus,", "me": "Of whiche her herte agroos, and seyde thus," }

{ "en": "‘Where is my sister, brother Tereus?’", "me": "\"Wher is my suster, brother Tereus?\"" }

{ "en": "And withal she wept so tenderly,", "me": "And therwith-al she wept tenderly," }

{ "en": "And quaked for fear, pale and piteously", "me": "And quook for fere, pale and pitously," }

{ "en": "Just as a lamb that by a wolf is bitten,", "me": "Right as the lamb that of the wolf is biten;" }

{ "en": "Or like a dove that’s by an eagle smitten", "me": "Or as the colver, that of the egle is smiten," }

{ "en": "And has escaped thereafter from its claws", "me": "And is out of his clawes forth escaped," }

{ "en": "And yet is terrified, and stunned the more,", "me": "Yet hit is afered and awhaped" }

{ "en": "Lest it be seized again, so there sat she.", "me": "Lest hit be hent eft-sones, so sat she." }

{ "en": "And yet this was to be her destiny.", "me": "But utterly hti may non other be." }

{ "en": "By force, has he, this traitor, done the deed,", "me": "By force hath he, this traitour, doon that dede," }

{ "en": "And bereft her of her virginity,", "me": "That he hath reft her of her maydenhede," }

{ "en": "Against her will, by strength and by his might.", "me": "Maugree her heed, by strengthe and by his might." }

{ "en": "Lo, here’s a manly deed, done as if by right!", "me": "Lo! here a dede of men, and that a right!" }

{ "en": "She cried: ‘Sister!’ then loud as she could,", "me": "She cryeth \"suster!\" with ful londe stevene," }

{ "en": "And ‘Father dear!’ and ‘Help me, God above!’", "me": "And \"fader dere!\" and \"help me, god in hevene!\"" }

{ "en": "None come to her aid; yet this false thief", "me": "Al helpeth nat; and yet this false theef" }

{ "en": "Has done this lady still a greater mischief,", "me": "Hath doon this lady yet a more mischeef," }

{ "en": "For fear lest she should cry openly", "me": "For fere lest she sholde his shame crye," }

{ "en": "His shame, and declare his villainy,", "me": "And doon him openly a vilanye," }

{ "en": "He has cut out her tongue, and he", "me": "And with his swerd her tong of kerveth he," }

{ "en": "Has shut her in a castle, there to be", "me": "And in a castel made her for to be" }

{ "en": "Held evermore in prison secretly,", "me": "Ful privily in prison evermore," }

{ "en": "And keeps her for his use and property,", "me": "And kepte her to his usage and his store," }

{ "en": "Such that she might nevermore depart.", "me": "So that she mighte him nevermore asterte." }

{ "en": "O guileless Philomela, woe is your heart;", "me": "O sely Philomene! wo is thyn herte;" }

{ "en": "God avenge you, and send you His boon!", "me": "God wreke thee, and sende thee thy bone!" }

{ "en": "Now it is time I made an end, right soon.", "me": "Now is hit tyme I make an ende sone." }

{ "en": "Tereus, returned, his wife has faced,", "me": "This Tereus is to his wyf y-come," }

{ "en": "And in his arms has his wife embraced,", "me": "And in his armes hath his wyf y-come," }

{ "en": "And piteously he wept and shook his head", "me": "And pitously he weep, and shook his heed," }

{ "en": "And swore to her he found her sister dead;", "me": "And swor her that he fond her suster deed;" }

{ "en": "At which the guileless Procne felt such woe", "me": "For which this sely Progne hath swich wo," }

{ "en": "Her heart near broke in two with it so;", "me": "That ny her sorweful herte brak a-two;" }

{ "en": "And thus in tears I leave Procne to dwell,", "me": "And thus in teres lete I Progne dwelle," }

{ "en": "And of her sister briefly will you tell.", "me": "And of her suster forth I wol yow telle." }

{ "en": "This woeful lady had learned in her youth", "me": "This woful lady lerned had in youthe" }

{ "en": "How to work fabrics and embroider, sooth", "me": "So that she werken and enbrouden couthe," }

{ "en": "To say, and, on a frame, weave a tapestry", "me": "And weven in her stole the radevore" }

{ "en": "As women, long ago, did skilfully.", "me": "As hit of women hath be woned yore." }

{ "en": "And, truth to tell, she still had her fill", "me": "And, shortly for to seyn, she hath her fille" }

{ "en": "Of food and drink and clothing, by his will,", "me": "Of mete and drink, and clothing at her wille," }

{ "en": "And could read too and well enough indite,", "me": "And coude eek rede, and wel y-nogh endyte," }

{ "en": "And though she had no pen with which to write,", "me": "But with a penne coude she nat wryte;" }

{ "en": "Letters could she weave there to and fro,", "me": "But lettres can she weven to and fro," }

{ "en": "So that by the time a year had passed or so,", "me": "So that, by that the yeer was al a-go," }

{ "en": "On a large woollen cloth she had woven", "me": "She had y-woven in a stamin large" }

{ "en": "How she was borne there by boat from Athens,", "me": "How she was broght from Athenes in a barge," }

{ "en": "And how to a cave she had been brought;", "me": "And in a cave how that she was broght;" }

{ "en": "And all the thing that Tereus had wrought,", "me": "And al the thing that Tereus hath wroght," }

{ "en": "She wove it skilfully and wrote above", "me": "She waf hit wel, and wroot the story above," }

{ "en": "How she was served by her sister’s love;", "me": "How she was served for her suster love;" }

{ "en": "And to a boy a ring she gave anon", "me": "And to a knave a ring she yaf anoon," }

{ "en": "And begged him by signs to be gone", "me": "And prayed him, by signes, for to goon" }

{ "en": "Unto the queen, and bear her that cloth,", "me": "Unto the quene, and beren her that clooth," }

{ "en": "And by signs swore him many an oath", "me": "And by signes swor him many an ooth," }

{ "en": "That she would give him whatever she might.", "me": "She sholde him yeve what she geten mighte." }

{ "en": "The lad soon at the palace did alight,", "me": "This knave anoon unto the quene him dighte," }

{ "en": "Gave the queen that cloth, and his tale told.", "me": "And took hit her, and al the maner tolde." }

{ "en": "And when Procne did the thing behold,", "me": "And, whan that Progne hath this thing beholde," }

{ "en": "She spoke no word for sorrow and for rage,", "me": "No work she spak, for sorwe and eek for rage;" }

{ "en": "But feigned that she would go on pilgrimage", "me": "But feyned her to goon on pilgrimage" }

{ "en": "To Bacchus’ temple; and in a while she found", "me": "To Bachus temple; and, in a litel stounde," }

{ "en": "Her mute sister seated on the ground,", "me": "Her dombe suster sitting hath she founde," }

{ "en": "Weeping in the castle all alone.", "me": "Weping in the castel her aloon." }

{ "en": "Alas, the weeping, the complaint and moan", "me": "Allas! the wo, the compleint, and the moon" }

{ "en": "That Procne made for her mute sister’s harm!", "me": "That Progne upon her dombe suster maketh!" }

{ "en": "Each of them takes the other in her arms,", "me": "In armes everich of hem other taketh," }

{ "en": "And thus I’ll let them in their sorrow dwell.", "me": "And thus I lete hem in hir sorwe dwelle." }

{ "en": "The rest is no great matter now to tell,", "me": "The remenant is no charge for to telle," }

{ "en": "For this is all and sum: thus was she served", "me": "For this is al and som, thus was she served," }

{ "en": "Who, innocent, had never harm deserved", "me": "That never harm a-gilte ne deserved" }

{ "en": "From this cruel man, and that she knew.", "me": "Unto this cruel man, that she of wiste." }

{ "en": "Woman beware of man, I say to you.", "me": "Ye may be war of men, yif that yow liste." }

{ "en": "For though he might not for very shame", "me": "For, al be that he wol nat, for his shame," }