Thou shalt be wedded unto on of tho And with that word the arwes in the cas And fayde, What amounteth this, alas! 2355 2360 2365 Diane, and in thy difpofition. And home the goth anon the nexte way. This is the effecte; ther n'is no more to say. The nexte houre of Mars folwing this Arcite unto the temple walked is Of fierce Mars, to don his facrifife With all the rites of his payen wife. With pitous herte and high devotion 2370 V. 2358. Shal thee declaren] This is improper, as the fires have already declared the event of the combat. In the origi nal, as I remember, the appearance of Diana is prior to the omen. . 2372. payen] This Fr. word is constantly used in the beft mff. inftead of pagan. Oftronge god, that in the regnes cold And haft in every regne and every lond * And that my might be worthy for to serve 2375 2380 Thy godhed, that I may ben on of thine, Than praie I thee to rewe upon my pine, 2385 2390 2375. O fronge god] The prayer of Arcite in The The. feida begins in the fame manner; A forte dio, che ne i regni nivoa I am yonge and unkonning as thou woft, For fhe that doth me all this wo endure I mofte with ftrengthe win hire in the place; 2395 2400 2405 Of thee ne may my strengthe not availle; And eke to this avow I wol me bind. V. 2404. Than helpe me] So in The Thefeida; Dunque me ajuta per lo fanto focho, Che te arfe gia, fi come me arde hora. I templi tuoi eterni foneranno De l'armi del mio vinto compagnone, Eterni fochi fempre vi arderano, E la barboa [f. barbale i mei con [f. crin] che offenfione 2410 2415 My berd, my here that hangeth long adoun, Of rafour ne of there I wol thee yeve, And ben thy trewe fervant while I live. 2420 Now, Lord, have reuthe upon my forwes fore; The praier fint of Arcita the ftronge, The ringes on the temple dore that honge, Arcite anon unto his inne is fare As fayn as foul is of the brighte fonne. 2425 2430 2435 And right anon fwiche ftrif ther is begonne 2440 For thilke granting in the heven above Betwixen Venus the goddeffe of Love, And Mars the flerne god Armipotent, That Jupiter was befy it to stent, Volume II. L Til that the Pale Saturnus the Colde, 2445 In elde is bothe wifdom and ufage: 2450 Men may the old out-renne but not out-rede. Al be it that it is again his kind, Saturne anon, to stenten ftrif and drede, Of all this ftrif he gan a remedy find. My dere doughter Venus! quod Saturne, 2455 My cours that hath so wide for to turne Hath more power than wot any man. Min is the drenching in the fee fo wan, Min is the ftrangel and hanging by the throte, 2460 The groyning, and the prive empoyfoning. The falling of the toures and of the walles A flew Sampfon in fhaking the piler. 2465 . 2451. out-rede] Cutwit, furpafs in counfel. The fenfe of this word has been moft ridiculoufly miftaken by Dryden; For this advantage age from youth has won, As not to be outridden though extrun. |