From Pluto fent, at requefle of Saturne, And of another thing they were as fayn, 2690 2695 2700 2705 2710 .2698. corven] Cut out of his harness. I fuppofe to fave the time and trouble of regularly difarming him the laces, c. were cut. Volume II. M To other woundes and to broken armes Som hadden falves and fome hadden charmes; 2715 They dronken, for they wold hir lives have: 2720 2725 Unyolden, and with twenty knightes take, O perfon all alone, withouten mo, And haried forth by armes, foot, and too, And eke his ftede driven forth with staves, With footmen, bothe yemen and eke knaves, 2730 It was aretted him no vilanie; Ther may no man clepen it cowardie. For which anon Duk Thefeus let crie, 2735 . 2715. And fermacies] Pharmacies. I have added the And, which feems as neceffary to the fenfe as to the metre. V. 2735. The gree] The prize, the honour of the day. So in P. P. fol. 98; The gre yet hath he gotten, for al his grete wound. And yave hem giftes after hir degree, And helde a fefte fully dayes three; And conveyed the kinges worthily Out of his toun a journee largely; 2740 And home went every man the righte way; Ther n'as no more but Farewel, Have good day. But fpeke of Palamon and of Arcite. Swelleth the brest of Arcite, and the fore Fro thilke vertue cleped natural, Ne may the venime voiden ne expell; The pipes of his longes gan to fwell, 2745 2750 And in that curious old ballad, The Turnament of Tottenham, ver. 91, [Ancient Poetry, v. ii.;} [To] which of all the bachelery granted is the gree. And again, ver. 186; They gathered Perkin about on every fide, And grant him there the gree, the more was his pride. It was necessary to vindicate this old phrafe, as the editions have difcarded it for they grete. . 2740. a journee] A day's work, or way, Fr. To make this ftill clearer the editions in general read-a dayes journey -and spoil the verse. V. 2748. bouke] The trunk of the body probably, from the Sax. buce, venter. And every lacerte in his breft adoun 2755 2760 And certainly ther nature wol not werche. For which he fendeth after Emelie, And Palamon, that was his cofin dere; 2765 Than fayd he thus, as ye fhulu after here. To you aboven every creature, Sin that my lif ne may no lenger dure. 2770 That I for you have fuffered, and fo longe! 2775 Alas departing of our compagnie! Alas min hertes quene! alas my wif! Min hertes ladie, ender of my lif! What is this world? what axen men to have? Now with his love, now in his colde grave 2780 Alone withouten any compagnie. Farewel my fwete, farewel min Emelie! And fofte take me in your armes twey 2785 To fpeken of a fervant proprely, With alle circumstances trewely, 2790 That is to fayn, trouth, honour, and knighthede, Wisdom, humbleffe, eftat, and high kinrede, Fredom, and all that longeth to that art, So Jupiter have of my foule part, As in this world right now ne know I non 2795 So worthy to be loved as Palamon, That ferveth you, and wol don all his lif; And if that ever ye shal ben a wif Foryete not Palamon, the gentil man. And with that word his fpeche faille began; 28co For from his feet up to his breft was come The cold of deth that had him overnome; And yet moreover in his armes two The vital ftrength is loft and all ago; Only the intellect, withouten more, That dwelled in his herte fike and fore, 2805 . 2802. overnome] Overtaken, from overniman, Sax. E anchor ne le brazza era perduta La vital forza, ful ne lo intelletto |