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{ "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," }

{ "en": "My fate was shaped, by the Sisters woven,", "me": "Or by the fatal sustren had my dom," }

{ "en": "So near my heart never has any come,", "me": "So ny myn herte never thing me com" }

{ "en": "As you, my Hypermnestra, daughter dear!", "me": "As thou, myn Ypermistra, doghter dere!" }

{ "en": "Take heed what I your father tell you here,", "me": "Tak heed what I thy fader sey thee here," }

{ "en": "And follow after the wiser evermore.", "me": "And werk after thy wyser ever-mo." }

{ "en": "First of all then, daughter, I love you so", "me": "For alderfirste, doghter, I love thee so" }

{ "en": "That all the world’s not half so dear to me;", "me": "That al the world to me nis half so leef;" }

{ "en": "Nor would I cause you any mischief", "me": "Ne I nolde rede thee to thy mischeef" }

{ "en": "For all the wealth under the cold moon.", "me": "For al the gode under the colde mone;" }

{ "en": "What I intend can be said right soon", "me": "And what I mene, hit shal be seid right sone," }

{ "en": "With one condition, and in this wise,", "me": "With protesacioun, as in this wyse," }

{ "en": "That unless you do as I shall devise", "me": "That, but thou do as I shal thee devyse," }

{ "en": "You shall die, by Him that has all wrought!", "me": "Thou shalt be deed, by him that al hath wroght!" }

{ "en": "To state it briefly, you shall escape not", "me": "At shorte wordes, thou nescapest noght" }

{ "en": "Out of my palace, but must die indeed,", "me": "Out of my paleys, or that thou be deed," }

{ "en": "Unless you do consent to pay me heed;", "me": "But thou consente and werke after my reed;" }

{ "en": "Take this last conclusion for your own.’", "me": "Tak this to thee for ful conclusioun.\"" }

{ "en": "Hypermnestra cast her eyes full down,", "me": "This Ypermistra caste her eyen doun," }

{ "en": "And trembled like a leaf of aspen green;", "me": "And quook as dooth the leef of aspe grene;" }

{ "en": "Her hue waxed deathly, and like ash did seem,", "me": "Deed wex her hewe, and lyk as ash to sene," }

{ "en": "She said: ‘Lord and father, all your will", "me": "And seyde, \"lord and fader, al your wille," }

{ "en": "If ‘tis in my power, God knows, I’ll fulfil,", "me": "After my mighte, god wot, I shal fulfille," }

{ "en": "So long as it brings me not to confusion.’", "me": "So hit to me be no confusioun.\"" }

{ "en": "‘I will,’ quoth he, ‘make no exception,’", "me": "\"I nil,\" quod he, \"have noon excepcioun;\"" }

{ "en": "And out he whipped a knife, razor-keen.", "me": "And out he caughte a knyf, as rasour kene;" }

{ "en": "‘Hide this,’ quoth he, ‘so it be not seen;", "me": "\"Hyd this,\" quod he, \"that hit be nat y-sene;" }

{ "en": "And when your husband to his bed does go,", "me": "And, whan thyn husbond is to bedde y-go," }

{ "en": "While he is sleeping slit his throat also.", "me": "Whyl that he slepeth, cut his throte a-two." }

{ "en": "For in my dreams it is foretold me", "me": "For in my dremes hit is warned me" }

{ "en": "One of my nephews my bane shall be,", "me": "How that my nevew shal my bane be," }

{ "en": "But which I know not, and I would be sure.", "me": "But whiche I noot, wherfor I wol be siker." }

{ "en": "If you say no, we two shall be at war,", "me": "Yif thou sey nay, we two shul have a biker" }

{ "en": "As I have said already here, and sworn.’", "me": "As I have seyd, by him that I have sworn.\"" }

{ "en": "Hypermnestra near lost her wits, heart-torn,", "me": "This Ypermistra hath ny her wit forlon;" }

{ "en": "Yet to pass unharmed from that place,", "me": "And, for to passen harmles of that place," }

{ "en": "She must agree; he’d grant no other grace.", "me": "She graunted him; ther was non other grace." }

{ "en": "And therewithal a flask he took and he", "me": "And therwith-al a costrel taketh he," }

{ "en": "Said: ‘Hereof a draught, or two or three", "me": "And seyde, \"herof a draught, or two or three," }

{ "en": "Give him to drink when he goes to rest,", "me": "Yif him to drinke, whan he goth to reste," }

{ "en": "And he shall sleep as soundly as is best,", "me": "And he shal slepe as longe as ever thee leste," }

{ "en": "The narcotics and the opiates are so strong;", "me": "The narcotiks and opies been so stronge:" }

{ "en": "Now go, lest you appear with me too long.’", "me": "And go thy wey, lest that him thinke longe.\"" }

{ "en": "Out came the bride, with sober demeanor", "me": "Out comth the bryd, and with ful sober chere," }

{ "en": "As in maidens is often the manner,", "me": "As is of maidens ofte the manere," }

{ "en": "And to chamber is brought with revel and song,", "me": "To chambre is broght with revel and with songe," }

{ "en": "And briefly, lest this tale appear too long,", "me": "And shortly, lest this tale be to longe," }

{ "en": "Lynceus and she are soon brought to bed,", "me": "This Lino and she ben sone broght to bedde;" }

{ "en": "And everyone out at the door is sped.", "me": "And every wight out at the dore him spedde." }

{ "en": "The night is spent, and he falls asleep,", "me": "The night is wasted, and he fel a-slepe;" }

{ "en": "Full tenderly she begins to weep;", "me": "Ful tenderly beginneth she to wepe." }

{ "en": "She rises up, and fearfully she quakes", "me": "She rist her up, and dredfully she quaketh," }

{ "en": "As does the branch that Zephyrus shakes,", "me": "As doth the braunche that Zephirus shaketh," }

{ "en": "And hushed was all in Argos that city.", "me": "And husht were alle in Argon that citee." }

{ "en": "As cold as any frost now feels she,", "me": "As cold as any frost now wexeth she;" }

{ "en": "For by the heart pity grips her so,", "me": "For pite by the herte her streyneth so," }

{ "en": "And dread of death causes her much woe,", "me": "And dreed of death doth her so moche wo," }

{ "en": "That thrice she falls so overcome with fear.", "me": "That thryes doun she fil in swiche a were." }

{ "en": "She rises up and staggers there and here,", "me": "She rist her up, and shakereth heer and there," }

{ "en": "And on her hands intently looks she.", "me": "And on her handes faste loketh she." }