The proynid 'hem and madin 'hem right gay,
And daunsidin, and leptin on the spray,
And evirmore were two and two in fere,
Right so as they had chosin 'hem to yere,
In Feverere, on saint Valentine's day.
And the rivir whiche that I sat upon,
It madin soche a noise, as it ron,
Accordaunt with the birdis armony,
The thought that it was the best melody
That migtin ben yherde of any mon....
For love and it hath do me mochil wo.—
—Ye hath it? use (quod she) this medicine,
Every day this maie or that thou dine
Go lokin upon the freshe Daisie,
And though thou be for woe in poinct to die,
That shall full gretly lessen the of thy pine.
And loke alwaie that thou be gode and true,
And I woll sing one of the songis newe,
For love of the, as loude as I may crie,
And then the began this songe full hie:
«I shrewe all 'hem that ben of love untrue.»
[196]: Stendhal, de l'Amour: différence de l'amour-goût et de l'amour-passion.
[197]: Son nom aujourd'hui en Angleterre désigne la respectable maison de commerce Bonneau et Cie.
[198]: And gode thrift (Troïlus) had full oft.
[199]: The Court of Love, vers 1353 et suiv. Voy. aussi le Testament de l'Amour.
[200]: Le Poirier, le Berceau sont parmi les Contes de Cantorbéry.