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 |)ari0 antj ?Eienne. 
 
 THYSTORYE OF THE NOBLE RYGHT VALYAUNT AND 
 
 WORTHY KNYGHT PARYS/ AND OF THE 
 
 FAYR VYENNE THE DAULPHYNS 
 
 DOUGHTER OF VYENNOYS/ 
 
 i 
 
 FROM THE UNIQUE COPV PRINTED BY WILLIAM CAXTON 
 
 AT WESTMINSTER IN THE YEAR 
 
 M.CCCC.LXXXV. 
 
 WITH A PREFACE, GLOSSARY, AND NOTES. 
 
 PRINTED FOR THE ROXBURGHE LIBRARY, 
 
 M.D.CCCLX.VIII.
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 FOR a bibliographical or literary notice of the romance of Paris 
 AND VrENN-A, here republifhed for the firft time from the moft: 
 ancient Englifh verfion, there are fcarcely any materials. It is iin- 
 mentioned by Fauchet, Ellis, and Dunlop. It is too late in date 
 by a half-century or fo to have found a place in the invaluable 
 Hijiory of French Literature, produced under the aufpices of the 
 Benedidlines of Saint- Maur, and now continued by the French Aca- 
 demy. Our Englifh Warton alludes to it only in the niol^ curfory 
 manner, and had evidently never feen a copy in any language. 
 
 This is much to be regretted, I think, for in the whole compafs of 
 early romantic fi6lion of a chivalric character, I do not remember at 
 any time to have met with a book fo peculiarly fimple and unafFetfled 
 in its ftrufture and ftyle as this. I will fcarcely go fo far as to fav 
 that probability is never violated ; in a work of the kind fuch could 
 not well be expefted to be the cafe ; but, afluredly, there is a free- 
 dom, which muft charm, from many of the vices which befet fuch 
 producftions : extravagance ot conceit, tedioufnefs of digreffion, far- 
 fetched incidents, and turgid phrafeology. On the contrary, the nar- 
 rative is neither involved nor irkfome, and many of the thoughts and 
 turns of expreinon have a naturalnefs, which, in a compofition of the 
 period, is as fafcinating as it is rare. 
 
 b
 
 vi Preface. 
 
 Paris and Vienna is a profe tale of knight-errantry, of Catalonian 
 origin, at a date when the dialedts of Catalonia and Provence were 
 ftill more diftinft from each other than they are at prefent. About 
 1430, it was tranflated from the Catalonian into Provencal proper by 
 fomebody whofe name has not been preferved ; and in 1459, Pierre de 
 la Sippade rendered the romance out of Provencal into French. He, 
 curioufly enough, apologizes for any defedts in his work, ufing the 
 plea that he was not a Frenchman by birth, but was born and bred in 
 the city of Marfeilles. 
 
 From France it feems to have communicated itfelf very rapidly to 
 Italy, Germany, and Holland. From France, however, I apprehend, 
 and not from Holland, it came over to us. My reafon will be given 
 elfewhere. 
 
 The oldeft impreffion hitherto difcovered in any language is an 
 Italian verfion printed at Trevifo in 1482, 4to. This is five years 
 anterior to the earlieft known French copy, publifhed at Antwerp by 
 Gerard Leeu, in 1487, a fmall folio of thirty-nine leaves,' and there 
 can be little or no doubt that the editions printed in France have 
 either difappeared, or, (which is fcarcely probable, however,) remain 
 to be traced. 
 
 Gerard Leeu, who put forth the French verfion in 1487, ventured 
 in the following year upon a tranflation in Dutch, which forms a 
 fmall folio of thirty-fix leaves. Laftly, there is the Englifti volume, 
 
 ' This was reprinted at Antwerp, without date, 4.10., Gothic letter. See Intro- 
 duftion to the modern edition of the French romance, Paris, 1835, 8vo., of which, by 
 the favour of Henry Huth, Efq., I have a copy before me, beautifully printed on 
 vellum. The title of the edition of 1487 is there given in full from the copy in the 
 Bibliotheque Imperiale.
 
 Preface. 
 
 Vll 
 
 which I am now reproducing verbatim, (o far as my ability goes, and 
 of which the only copy hitherto (e.Qn or traced is among the books 
 bequeathed to the Britifh Mufeum by George III. This precious 
 relic was purchafed by the king at the faie of the library of James 
 Weft, Efq., in 1773, for £14; it had moll probably been Lord 
 Oxford's. It is a fmall folio of thirty-five leaves, without any regular 
 title-page, and without paging and catchwords. A facfimile of the 
 firft leaf accompanies the reprint.' 
 
 In the reign of James I., an independent Englifh verfion of Paris 
 and Vienna was executed by a gentleman connected by marriage with 
 the Mynfhulls, but whofe name has not tranfpired. The unknown 
 author of this comparatively modern tranflation has amplified and 
 overlaid his original, to which indeed he has not acknowledged any 
 obligation on the title or in the prefatory matter. Keeping merely 
 the main thread of the ftory in fight, and enlarging and altering the 
 details as he went on at pleafure, the writer, perhaps, felt jufi:ified in 
 withholding from his friends and the public the fad that his plot and 
 chief incidents were borrowed. The firft edition, to the beft of my 
 knowledge, was in 1620, 410., and there are four others."'' 
 
 ' Caxton's verfion is not, as it has been afTumed, a literal one or a true one, except in 
 a fubttantial fenfe. I (liall, in the Notes at the end ot the prefcnt volume, point out 
 fome of his departures from his (as I conjefture) French original, and alfo fome of his 
 omiffions. Brunei, in the latell edition of his Manuel du Libraire, refers to two early 
 Italian poems in ottava rima on the fubjeft. It may be proper to mention that, befides 
 the impreffions of Paris and Vienna already defcribed, there were many of more recent 
 date; it continued to be reprinted, both in France and Italy, till the end of the 
 feventeenth century. 
 
 * Thefe are all fufSciently, perhaps, defcribed in the editor's " Handbook to Early 
 Englifh Literature," in voce.
 
 viii Preface. 
 
 Of Caxton's tranflation, which is far more interefting and valuable 
 to us, as exhibiting the romance in fomething like its priftine fliape 
 and fimplicity, we are led to conjedture, by a fragment exifting among 
 Mr. Douce's books in the Bodleian, that there was a reprint by 
 Caxton's apprentice and fucceflbr, Wynkyn de Worde, about 15 lo. 
 The fragment is noticed by Dibdin in his edition of Herbert's Typo- 
 graphical Antiquities, but he miftook it for Caxton's own impreflion 
 of 1485. 
 
 Certainly, not the leaft remarkable feature, in the literary hiftory of 
 Paris and Vienna, is the honour which it received, in the commence- 
 ment of the fixteenth century, at the hands of Jean de Pino, Bifhop 
 of Rieux, who turned the romance into Latin for the edification of 
 the two fons of the Chancellor Duprat. The bifhop happened to be 
 at Venice about 15 16, in the quality of ambafTador from Francis I. 
 to the Republic, and there he caufed his book to be printed. It is 
 a large 8vo. of fifty-fix leaves, without pagination, and is dedicated 
 to the noble youths whom it was defigned, from its elegant ftyle and 
 wholefome moral, to benefit and inftruft. An early copy was tranf- 
 mitted to Paris, where it was immediately republifhed in the fame 
 form. 
 
 The MSS. of the work are by no means numerous ; nor am I 
 aware of any exifting in England. In the Bibiiotheque Imperiale at 
 Paris, no fewer than five are preferved, all of the fifteenth century, 
 and two of them quite late in that century. It was from one of thefe 
 that M. Alfred de Terre-bafle chiefly derived the text of his edition 
 of Paris, 1835, 8vo. It bears the number 7534, and is a 4to. 
 volume on vellum, in long lines, with one miniature in two compart- 
 ments. It at one time formed part of the fine old library colleded 
 by the earlier kings of France at Blois, and removed to Fontaiiie- 
 bleau by Francis I, and thence by Henry IV. to Paris.
 
 Preface. ix 
 
 This precious MS. is far more corre6l than the printed copies, of 
 which the vaUie entirely confifts in their exceffive rarity, and typo- 
 graphical excellence. 
 
 The only other ficflion connedled with the Viennois — a diftridl of 
 France, part of which formed the moft ancient fettlement made in 
 that kingdom by Italians' — is, fo far as my information extends, a 
 long romance in verfe, by Bertrand Le Clerc, entitled, Le Roman 
 de Girard de Vienne. A fine MS. of this, on vellum, with rich 
 illuminations, is among the Royal MSS. in the Britifh Mufeum. It 
 is written in double columns, in a hand of the thirteenth century.'^ 
 
 Warton, in his Objervations on the Faery ^eene, cites a paflage 
 from Skelton,'^ to (how that Paris and Vienna formed one of the 
 popular tales of chivalry in that poet's time, and if the mention he 
 introduces of our hero and heroine ("hould not be thought perfedly 
 conclufive evidence, the point is fomewhat ftrengthened by the enu- 
 meration of Paris and Vienna in Bifhop Douglas's Palis of Honoure, 
 1553, (but written many years before), among the retinue of Venus.'' 
 
 The prefent legend preferved fufficient notoriety in this country, as 
 late as the reign of Elizabeth, to induce its felecftion for dramatic treat- 
 ment and reprefentation at court. We are indebted to Malone for 
 the fad that Paris and Vienna was fhown on Shrove Tuefday, 157 i, 
 at night, by the children of Weftminfter, before the queen. 
 
 W. C. H. 
 
 Kenfington, Dec. 16, 1867. 
 
 ' Allou, Monumens des DifFerens Ages obferves dans la Haute-Vienne, 1821. 
 " Warton, H. E. P. ed. 1824, i. 149, note a. 
 ■' Phylyp Sparowe, in D)'cc's Skelton, i. 71. 
 ' Dyce's Skelton, ii. 140.
 
 [PROLOGUE OF PIERRE DE LA SIPPADE. 
 
 1459. 
 
 ALANUS who was very fage hath written in the book of his 
 doftrines an axiom [vne audorite] which in Latin exprefTed : 
 Hoc crede quod tibi verum efle videtur, etc. and is as much as to fay, 
 tranflated out of Latin into French : Tu croyras les chofes qui te fem- 
 bleront eftre vraies. And I undertake this theme in the prefent 
 cafe, becaufe I have ail my life taken pleafure in the reading of 
 romances and chronicles of the ancient hiftories, as of the life of 
 Lancelot, of Triftan, of Florimond, of Guy of Warwick, who per- 
 formed many brave ads in their life, according to what I have found 
 in writing, in many particulars, and I have found fome [en ay 
 trouuees] which it is very impoflible to believe. And feveral other 
 books I have feen ; but among them I have felefted a writing in the 
 Provencal tongue, which was drawn from another book written in the 
 Catalan language [dialed], in which was contained the life of a baron, 
 who was called Godfrey Dalen^on, who was Dauphin of Viennc, and 
 had a daughter who was called Vienne, who was a paragon of beauty. 
 And how a knight, who was called Paris, fon of a baron, whom they 
 called MefTire James, was enamoured of the faid Vienne, fo that, to 
 do her honour, he achieved in his life-time many valiant things, as 
 you will hear by-and-bye. And becaufe the matter is reafonable and
 
 xii Prologue. 
 
 tolerably credible, and the ftory is pleafing, for it is very good to 
 relate the brave deeds which our anceftors [les anciens] accomplifhed 
 long ago, I have undertaken to draw the hiftory for you from Pro- 
 vencal into French. I beg to requeft of all thofe who fhall read the 
 faid book, that if they find anything in it written which Is unpolilTied 
 [qui ne foit bien feant], that they will pardon my defeds, and amend 
 them according to their judgment, for my capacity is not fufficient 
 for the proper handling and treating of fuch matters, and alfo, info- 
 much as I am not French by birth, but was born and bred in the city 
 of Marfeilles ; and will you be pleafed to take notice, that I belong 
 to [the parifh of] Saint-Pierre, whence I take the name of La Sippade ; 
 and this book was, at the outfet, written in the year a thoufand iiij" 
 xxxij, the third day of the month of September, as appears from the 
 copy from which this book is taken, which commences by the hand 
 of Guillaume le Moign, the xvi"" day of the month of January, a 
 thoufand iiij° lix. '] 
 
 ' Tranflated from the French edition of 1835. It is omitted by Caxton. Guil- 
 laume Le Moign, or William the Monk, was the copyill employed by Sippade.
 
 Paris and Vienna. 
 
 C Here begymeth thyftorye of the noble ryght vdyaunt ^ worthy knyght 
 Parysj and of the fayr Vyene the daulphyns daughter of vyennoysj 
 the whyche fuffred many aduerjytees bycauje of theyr true hue or 
 they coude enioye the effeSi therof of eche other j 
 
 I 
 
 / 
 
 N the tyme of kynge Charles of Fraunce the yere of our lord Ihefu 
 Cryft M CC Ixxj/ was in the londe of vyennoys a ryche baron 
 daulphyn and lord of the lond that was named fyr Godefroy of alaun- 
 fon & was of the kynges kynrede of fraunce/ the whiche daulphyn 
 was ry5t myghty and a grete lord bothe in hauoyr and in landes/ & 
 was a ryght wyfe man/ in fo moche that for his grete wyfedom he was 
 moche made of/ bothe of the kynge of fraunce & of al the lordes & 
 barons of his courte/ foo that noo thynge was doon in the fayd royame 
 but that he was called therto/ & had to his wyf a moche fayre lady 
 whiche cleped was dame dyane whyche was of fo grete beaulte that 
 fhe was wel worthy & dygne to be named after that fayre fterre J)' men 
 calle dyane that appyereth & {heweth a lytel afore the day/ and alfo 
 (he was replenyffhed of all noblenes & gentylnes that a lady may or 
 ought to haue/ The fayd daulphyn thenne and this noble lady dyane 
 were vij yere to gyder wythoute yflue that moche they defyred to haue/ 
 and prayed our lord bothe nyght & day that they myght haue chyl- 
 dren playfaunt and redy to hys deuyne feruyce/ and our lord thorugh 
 
 B
 
 Paris &> Fu 
 
 tenna. 
 
 hys benygnyte herde theyr prayer/ and after hys playfyr gaf vnto them 
 the viij yere of theyr maryage a ryght fayr doughter for the whyche/ 
 grete gladnes & loye was made thorugh all the daulphyns londe/ and 
 the chylde was baptyfed with grete honour & loye/ & in token of grete 
 loue they named hyr vyenne by caufe the cyte where flie was borne in 
 was called vyenne/ and thys doughter was delyuerd vnto a noble lady 
 for to be nouryffhed wyth hyr/ the whyche lady was of the fayd cyte 
 and had a lytel doughter of the age of vyenne the whyche was named 
 yfabel/ & fo the fayre vyene was nouryffhed wyth the fame yfabel 
 from hyr tender age vnto many yere after/ & foo grete loue was 
 bytwene them bothe that they called eche other fyfters/ & the fayre 
 vyenne grewe and encreaced euer in fouerayn beawte & gentylneffe/ 
 fo that the renomee of hyr excellent beawte flouryffhed not onely 
 thurgh al frauce but alfo thurgh al the Royame of englond & other 
 contrees/ It happed after fhe was xv yere of age that fhe was 
 defyred to maryage of many kny5tes & grete lordes/ & at that tyme 
 was in the daulphyns courte emonge many hys kny5tes/ a noble ma 
 of auncyent lygnage & of fayr londes/ the whiche was wel byloued 
 of the daulphyn & of alle the lordes of the lande and was called fyr 
 lames/ thys noble man had a moche fayr fone that had to name Parys/ 
 & hys fader made hym to be taught in al good cuftommes/ and whan 
 he was xviij yere of age he was adrefled to the dyfcyplyne of armes/ 
 & demened hym felf fo nobly & worthely in al maner dedes of 
 chyualrye that wythin a fhorte tyme after he was doubed knyght by 
 the hande of the fayd lord daulphyn/ C Noo fayte of knyghthode 
 ne none aduenture of chyualrye happed after but that he founde hym 
 felf at it in foo moche that the renommee of hym ranne thurgh al the 
 world & men fayd he was one of the beft kny5tes y myght be founde 
 in ony contree/ & helde hym felf ryght clene in armes and lyued
 
 Paris ^ Vienna. 3 
 
 chaftly & loyefully/ & had euer aboute hym fowles hawkcs and 
 houndes for hys dyfporte to alle maner of huntyng fufFyfiiunt yiiough 
 for a due or for an erle/ and thurgh hys prowefle and hardynes he 
 was acqueynted & knowen of many other grete lordes/ and emonge 
 alle other he was gretely and louyngly acqueynted with a yonge 
 knyght of the cyte of vyenne that hyght Edward/ and were bothe of 
 one age and moche loued eche other/ and as two brethern of armes 
 wente euer to gyder there as they knewe ony louftyng or appertyfe 
 of armes to be had for to gete honour/ C And vvete it vvel that 
 befyde theyr worthynes in armes they were good mufycyens playeng 
 vpon alle maner Inftrumentesof mufyke/ and coude fynge veray wel/ 
 but Parys pafled in al poyntes' his felowe Edward/ Notwythftondyng 
 Edward was amerous al redy of a noble lady of the courte of braban/ 
 but Parys as yet knewe nought of amoroufte but not longe after 
 Venus the goddes of loue fyred his thou3t with the hert vnto a noble 
 yong lady/ that ia to wete the fayre vyenne the daulphyns doughter 
 of vyennoys that was his lyege lord/ & the more he growed toward 
 his flouryng age y more he was efpryfed & brennyng of her loue for 
 the grete beaute y was in hyr/ But Parys thought euer in hys herte 
 that this loue was not wel lykly ne cordable/ C For he was not of 
 fo hyghe lygnage as the noble mayden vyenne was of/ & therfore 
 Parys kept hys loue fecrete that none fhold perceyue it fauf Edward 
 his trufty felowe to whom he brake & fhewed his counceyl And the 
 fayre vyenne perceyued not that parys was amerous of hyr/ nor parys 
 alfo durft neyther fhewe nor fay nothynge to hyr of hyt/ but the 
 more that he fawe hyr the more grewe y fyre of loue within hym 
 felf/ 
 
 ' Caxton has ponytes.
 
 4 Paris ^ Vienna. 
 
 C How Parys and Edward hys felowe played wyth dyuers Inftrumttes 
 by nyght tofore the chambre of vyennej 
 
 PArys thenne & edward wyth one accorde dyfpofed them felf for 
 to gyue fomme melodyous myrthe to the noble mayde vyenne/ 
 and wyth theyr mufycal Inftrumentes/ as recourders/ they yede by 
 nyght tyme to gyder toward that parte of the cartel where as the 
 fayre vyenne laye in hyr chambre/ and there they fange ful fwetely 
 and fowned melodyoufly theyr mufycal Inftrumentes and pypes/ and 
 certeyn the melodye of their fonges and the fowne of theyr Inftrument 
 was fo playfaunt & fo fwete that it pafled al other melodye/ And 
 whan the daulphyn and his wyf & the fayre vyenne theyr doughter 
 herde this fwete and melodyous fowne/ as wel of mas wyces as of 
 dyuers Inftrumetes they had grete loye and took grete playfyr at it 
 & had grete defyre to knowe what they were that fo grete folace and 
 loye made tofore theyr caftel/ and for to wete & knowe what they 
 were the daulphyn aflygned a day of a fefte at the whyche he fente 
 for alle maner mynftrellys in hys londe/ chargyng theym vpon grete 
 payne that they fhold come for to playe before hym and hys barons 
 in hys caftel of vyenne/ & whan they were al come they played and 
 fange in theyr beft wyfe/ but emong them were not foude tho myn- 
 ftrelles that the lord daulphyn fought fore/ wherof he was forouful & 
 defyred more to knowe what they were than he dyd afore/ And whan 
 vyenne herJe alle the mynftrellys of the londe that fowned at y fefte 
 ftie fayd to yfabel hyr damoyfel & preuy felowe/ by my fayth fwete 
 fyfter thefe mynftrellys playen nou3t to the regarde of them that were 
 wonte to come before our chambre/ & me dyfplayfeth moche that I 
 may not knowe them/ for certeynly they come not hyther for nought/ 
 for they loue outher you or me/
 
 Pans &' Fienna. 
 
 WHan the daulphyn vnderftode hys doughtcrs wordes he vvyllyng 
 to playfe hyr fayd vnto hyr that yf it were pofTyblc fhe 
 fhold knowe what they were tliat foo fange euery nyght before hyr 
 chambre/ wherfore he ordeyned x men of amies and commaunded 
 them to hyde them felf pryuely there as the fowne was herde/ & that 
 they fhold brynge to hym other by force or otherwyfe them that 
 made that fvvete melodye/ Now came the nyght that the ij yonge 
 knyghtes Parys & Edward that no thynge knewe of thembuffhement 
 that was layed for them came with theyr Inftrumentes toward the 
 cartel & there they began to fynge & fowned theyr Inftrumentes fo 
 melodyoufly that grete playfyr it was to here/ & whan they had fonge 
 and wold haue retorned thyder as they were come fro/ the x knyghtes 
 lepte&cam forth and fixlewed them curtoyflle fayeng that they nedes 
 muft come wyth them for to fpeke with their lord the daulphyn/ 
 Thenne fayd Parys to them/ Fayr lordes abyde a lytel whyle/ yf it 
 playfe you & of vs ye fhal haue an anfuer Thenne wente Parys & 
 edward a parte and fpake to gyder/ ye fee fayr brother fayd Parys to 
 Edward In what party we be now and I wold not that ye fhold haue 
 by me ony dyfplayfyr nor harme,' but foo moche I telle you that or 1 
 (hold fufFre me to be ledde tofore the daulphyn I had leuer deye/ 
 therfore fayr brother aduyfe we what is befte for to do/ & edward 
 heryng parys wordes fayd/ brother myn haue noo fere of no thynge 
 and lete vs doo as ye wyl/ Thenne fayd they to the x men of armes 
 lordes thurgh your curtofye fufFre vs to retorne thyder as we came 
 fro/ for we be at my lord the daulphyns playfyr & of all the lordes 
 & barons of his courte but in ony maner as for thys tyme we may not 
 fulfylle hys commaundement/
 
 6 Paris &' Vienna. 
 
 WHan the fay d x men of armes faw the ij knyghtes dyfobeyflaunt/ 
 they anfuerd to them ye fhal now come to hym other wyth 
 your wylle or by force/ and bygan to pulle oute theyr fwerdes & came 
 ayenft the two yonge knyghtes that naked were from al armes fauf 
 theyr fwerdes and theyr bowclers/ wherwyth they couerd them and fo 
 manfully defFended theyr bodyees that they hurte & wounded fore 
 al the ten armed men in fo moche that they maad them alle to voyde 
 and flee fro the place whether they wold or not/ C And on the 
 morowe erly the ten men of armes came tofore the daulphyn alle 
 wounded and fore hurt/ And they recounted to hym how two yonge 
 men onely had arayed them fo and how they nedes muft flee for fere 
 of theyr lyues/ 
 
 Wherof the daulphyn was ryght angry to fee them fo fore hurt & 
 took grete dyfplayfyr of it/ and thought wel that the fayd two yonge 
 knyghtes were of grete {Irengthe and vertue/ wherfore he comanded 
 an hondred men to be redy for to efpye & take them the nyght 
 folowyng yf they came ageyn chargyng that none hurte fliold be 
 doon to them/ but after theyr fonge doon/ they flioId be brought 
 vnto hym/ but thys enterpryfe came to none effedt/ for the two yonge 
 knyghtes came not ageyn but kepte alle that they had doon fecrete/ 
 whan the fayre vyene fawe that fhe my5t not knowe what thefe 
 mynftrellys were llie thought they were fomme grete lordes that were 
 amerous of hyr/ & flie & hyr damoyfel yfabel fpake of none other 
 thynge than of thefe mynfl:relles and had grete playfyr to talke of 
 them/ Parys feyng he durfl: not fay nor flievve the grete loue that he 
 had to the fayr vyenne/ thought he wold hyde hys courage from 
 hyr/ wherfore he took acqueyntaunce wyth the bysfhop of Saynt 
 Laurence the whyche lerned hym holy fcrypture/ The daulphyn
 
 Paris ^ Vienna. 7 
 
 thenne feyng hys doughter ful tryfte & penfyfiil for thys that fhe 
 myght not knowe the fayd mynftrelles that fo melodyoufly played 
 tofore hyr chambre/ he ordeyned a louftyng place wythin his cyte of 
 vyenne and made lyftes and fcaffoldes to be fette vp & fente his 
 herauldes in fraunce in Englond and in normandye to anounce & 
 fhewe vnto al kny3tes and gentylmen that wold doo faytes of armes 
 and of chyualrye for loue of al ladyes and damoyfelles/ that the louftes 
 fhold be holden the fyrft day of may/ in the cyte of vyenne/ And 
 he that fhold doo beft in armes/ fhold haue of the Daulphyns 
 doughter a fhelde of cryftalle of grete valurr/ and a garlond wyth 
 rofes and fioures of fyn gold/ And wete ye wel that vyenne the 
 noble and fayr mayden was ryght gladde of the louftes that hyr fader 
 ordeyned for hyr fake/ Fro grete talent and defyre fhe had to knowe 
 hym that was foo amerous of hyr/ and fhe thought he wold be at the 
 fayd fyrfl day of may at vyenne/ 
 
 <E After the meffagers that had pronounced the loufles were comeri 
 ageyn to the cyte of vyenne/ the moofl parte of the knyghtes and 
 gentylmen of the Royame of Fraunce of Englond and of Normandye 
 made them redy for to come to the cyte of Vyenne to the fayd 
 loufles/ C And in efpecyal many noble barons of the royame of 
 Englond & of france that amerous were of the fayre vyenne for the 
 renomme of hyr grete beaulte/ came to the fayd loufles wyth ryche 
 and noble araye/ emonge whome was lohan due of bourbon neuew to 
 the kyng of frauce Edward the kynges fone of englond/ Anthony 
 fone to the erle of prouence/ Gherard the marquys fone of Mount- 
 ferat/ and wyllyam fone to the due of Carnes/ Paris thene knowyng 
 this noble affemble and the louftes that fhold be the fyrft day of May 
 thought in hym felf whether he fhold goo thyder or not/ but the 
 grete loue that he had to the fayre vyenne conftrayned hym therto/
 
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 Neuertheles he took counceyl of Edward his felowe the whyche an- 
 fwerd to hym/ yf ye goo I wyl holde you companye thyder/ but we 
 muft departe fecretly that we be not knowen/ and anone they made 
 redy theyr harnoys & pourueyed theym of good horfes whiche they 
 harneyfed al in whyt/ & none other token they had on them whereby 
 they myght be knowen fauf that they were arayed al in whyt & one 
 lyke that other/ The day of the louftes thene approched & al the 
 lordes & barons afore fayd cam ij dayes before the fefte to y cyte of 
 vyenne where the daulphyn for loue of them dyd doo make a noble 
 fcaffold where as the fayre vyenne was rychely arayed/ & al that fawe 
 hyr were ameruaylled of hyr grete beaute To that fefte came many 
 noble knyghtes & fquyers clothed and arayed rychely after the guyfe 
 of theyr contree/ & there were many mynftrellys playeng vpon al 
 nianer Inftrumentes/ & many good fyngars whyche the noble mayde 
 vyenne herkened ful wel For hyr hert was onely fette to thynke 
 how fhe myght knowe hym that was hyr louer/ parys thenne 
 came thyder and was ordeyned for to ferue at the daulphyns table 
 where vyenne fatte/ & wete ye wel that ful gracyoufly and curtoyfly 
 he ferued and kerued before hyr/ 
 
 C How Parys gate the prys of the louftes in the cyte of Vyenne j 
 
 WHan the day was comen that the lordes knyghtes & getyl- 
 men fhold lufte for loue of the ladyes/ Parys & Edward yede 
 to a fecrete place where they armed them fecretly and fyn came to 
 the lyftes with theyr badges & tokens and were horfed and armed ful 
 rychely and wel/ Alle other knyghtes there were knowen by theyr 
 armes/ but the two whyt knyghtes were vnknowen/ 
 
 The daulphyn thenne commaunded that euery one ftiold muftre
 
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 or the louftyng began alono; the felde toforc the ladyes & damoyfelles/ 
 and foo they moftred rydyng totore the fcafFold of the fayre vycnne & 
 were fo nobly & rychely armed & arayed/ and fo godely men they 
 were that euery one fayd/ the floure of knyghthode may now be feen 
 in thys place/ a emonge al other prynces Edward of Englond vvas 
 mooft amerous of al & ryght renomed in armes/ The pucelle 
 Vyenne feyng alle thefe noble knyghtes/ fayd to hyr damoyfel yfabel/ 
 Fayr fyfter whyche of them al thynke you that mooft dooth for the 
 loue of me/ & yfabel anfuerd/ honourable lady me femeth he that 
 bereth the lyon of gold in his armes dooth more for your loue than 
 the other/ Certes fayd vyenne yonder two whyt knyghtes that here 
 none armes in theyr flieldes are more to my fantafye than ony of the 
 other alwaye ' we fhal fee now what they can doo/ Thcne were the 
 knyghtes redy to do fayte of armes/ And fyrft an hardy & valyaunte 
 knyght that bare in hys armes a crowne of gold bygan the fyrft 
 cours/ & ayenft hyn: ranne the good knyght edward parys felowe & 
 recoutred eche other fo vygoroufly Y they brake bothe theyr fperes/ 
 many other mette eche other fodaynlye gyuyng grete ftrokes fomme 
 were ouerthrowen to the erthe & fomme brake theyr fperes worthely 
 & kept theyr fterops ryght valyauntly/ the other recountred eche 
 other fo manfully that bothe hors and man were cafte to the grounde/ 
 For euery man dyd hys beft to gete worftiyp there/ Edward the 
 kynges fone of englond bare hym ful wel and had the better vpon 
 many a kny3t there/ but the ftrong knyjt parys broched hys hors 
 toward hym/ and mette hym fo vygoroufly that atte ende he ouer- 
 threwe hym & had the better of hym wherof he gate grete worftiyp 
 and was moche prayfed for hys grete prowefle/ Thys louftyng lafted 
 tyl fouper tyme/ & whan j?" euen cam many of them were wery of 
 the loufte & refted them/ but parys dyd thene more of armes fhewyng 
 
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 his meruayllous prowefle than he had doon of al that day in fo moche 
 that none durft approche hym ne withftonde his appertyfe in armes/ 
 & fo moche he dyd that thonour & prys of the louftes refted & abode 
 in hym that day/ 
 
 How the Jhelde of cryftal ^ the garland with fioures of gold were 
 yeuen to Parys as to the heft doer in faytes of armes j 
 
 THe fefte ended/ grete worfhyp & loenge abode to y ij kny3tes 
 with Y whyt armes/ and Parys was ledde vnto the fcafFold 
 there as vyene was the whyche delyuerd hym the flielde of cryftal & 
 the garlond wyth floures of gold that fhe helde in hyr honde/ & 
 thenne parys with Edward his felawe departed thens in the fecreteft 
 wyfe that they coude and wente to vnarme them to Y place where 
 they fyrft armed them felf/ The barons and knyghtes that were 
 there fpake wel of the prowefle & of the chyualrye of the knyghtes 
 with the whyt armes fo that the daulphyn & the other grete lordes 
 had grete defyre to knowe what they were & to haue theyr acqueyn- 
 taunce/ but they departed fo fecretly fro the felde that no man knewe 
 where they were become nor what waye they toke 
 
 AFter al thys was thus doon the knyghtes retorned in to theyr 
 contrees fpekyng euer of the ryal fefte and chere that the 
 daulphyn had doon to them/ & of the prowefle of the whyt knyghtes 
 & of the ryght fouerayn beaute and noblefl'e of vyenne/ And in the 
 mene whyle there moeued a ftryf betwyxte the barons & kny3tes of 
 Frauunce and of Englond For fomme were there that were amerous 
 of the doughter of the due of Normandye/ and fomme were that 
 loued and bare oute the bealute ' of the fyfter of the kyng of Englond/ 
 
 1 Query beaulte.
 
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 fayeng fhe was fayrer than Vyenne was/ and other were there that 
 helde contraryeoppynyon fayeng that the daulphyns doughter vyenne 
 parted in beaute al other wymmen in the world/and for this reafon 
 was grete debate & ftryf betwyxte the kny3tes of fraunce & them of 
 Englond for the beaute of thefe thre damoyfelles/ 
 
 C Euer multeplyed & grewe more the bruyt and the renome of 
 the daulphyn by caufe of the louftes and tournoyment doon in his 
 cyte of vyenne ' wherof he had grete loye for they had be moche 
 honourable and playfaunt to al knyghtes/ And Vyenne euer thought 
 in hyr felf who myght he be that had goten the worfhyp and prys of 
 the louftes and fayd to yfabel/ Neuer trufte me dere fufter but Y 
 kny3t to whom I haue yeuen the fhelde of cryftal and my garlond 
 is he that fo fwetely fange for the loue of me tofore our chambre/ 
 for myn hert gyueth it me/ and by my fayth fyfter he is ful noble 
 and worthy/ & in alle hys dedes ryght curtoys and gentyl as we 
 myght haue feen vvhylere wherfor I fay you my fwete fyfter that in 
 hym I haue putte the rote of myn entyere herte/ my wylle and al my 
 loue/ nor neuer I fhal haue playfyr ne loye vnto y tyme that I 
 knowe what he is/ for my loue is al hys/ & of wliat fo euer eftate 
 he be of I neuer fhal take myn herte fro hym/ C Thenne began 
 fhe to wayle and fyghe for the loue of hym ful tenderly/ for tyl now 
 file had not felte the fparkles of loue that fprange out of hyr hert/ but 
 parys knewe nothyng herof y fhe defyred to haue hym & to knowe 
 what he was/ but he kepte hys loue fecrete in hys hert/ For he durft 
 not fiiewe it vnto hyr wherfore he ledde hys lyf in grete tryftefle and 
 forowe he went euer In the felawfiiyp of the byffhop of faynt Lau- 
 rence & made femblaunte of nothyng And lames the fader of Parys 
 that had feen the noble feeft and the ryal louftes in the cyte of 
 vyenne/ wenyng to hym that hys fone parys had not ben there was
 
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 ful fory & had grete dyfplayfyr of it and fayd/ Fayr fone Parys I am 
 in a grete malencolye & in a thought for you that ye be not fo 
 loveful ne mery as ye were wonte to be/ here afore tyme I fawe you 
 euer redy to the louftes and to al maner faytes of chyualrye for to 
 gete honour ' & I now fee you al chaunged fyn ye took acqueyn- 
 taunce wyth thys byffhop for lothe I were to fee you bycome a man 
 of relygyon as I fere he vvyl brynge you to/ and ryght wrothe I am 
 that ye were not at that noble and ryal tournoyment that hath be 
 holden in vyenne for the fake of alle the ladyes of thys londe/ wher- 
 fore dere fone I praye you to take hede to your felf that ye lefe not 
 your good renommee/ your worfhyp ne the prayfyng alfo that ye gate 
 afore tyme/ and that ye fpende not your yongthe in ydlenefTe/ And 
 Parys heryng alle thys anfuerd noo thyng to hys fader but abode 
 ftylle penfyflull thynkyng on y beaute of vyene/ 
 
 NOw fayth thyftorye that as ye haue herde aboue a grete ftryf 
 befyl emong the knyghtes aforefayd for the loue of the thrc 
 damoyfelles afore fayd/ For the erles fone of Flaundres was gretely 
 wrothe for thys caufe wyth the Due of brennes and had beten & 
 hurte fore eche other fo that none my3t make the pees betwyxte 
 theym/ For eyther of hem mayntened & bare oute the beaute of his 
 lady C It happed thenne that fyue knyghtes hardy and valyaunte 
 came forth the whyche fayd that they were redy to fyght and for to 
 proue by force of armes that Florye the dukes doughter of Normandye 
 was the fayreft damoyfel of alle the world/ And Incontynent ftert 
 vp fyue other knyghtes that faid & mayntened that conftaunce the 
 kynges fyfter of englond was the fayreft/ And forthwyth other v 
 knyghtes rofe vp that mayntened and vphelde the beaute of vyenne 
 aboue alle other wymmen in the world in fo moche that thys debate
 
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 cam to the knowleche of the kyng of Fraunce whiche fayd that herof 
 rhyght growe a grete trouble and dyfcorde emong his barons & other 
 lordes/ Soo fente he worde to them that they fhold come toward 
 hym and that he fhold gyue fuche a fentence vpon theyr ftryf that 
 they al fhold be therof contente/ the whyche mefTage plefed them 
 wel and came alle toward hym afTone as they myght/ And whan 
 they were come tofore the kyng they fpake of theyr ftryf/ But anone 
 the kyng ordeyned a louftes for the loue of the fayd thre ladyes/ & 
 made his maundement that they al fhold come wyth theyr armes and 
 hors for to loufte the viij day of feptembre in the cyte of parys/ and 
 they that fhold do beft in armes at that day they fhold haue the prys 
 & the worfliyp of the fefte and the lady on whos beaute they helde 
 with fhold be reputed and holden for the fayreft damoyfel of alle the 
 world/ The kyng of Fraunce thenne fente worde to the faders of the 
 forfayd thre ladyes prayeng them to come atte fame fefte and that 
 eyther of them fhold brynge wyth hym a prefent of rycheffe the 
 which thre prefentes fhold be yeuen in the worfhyp of their thre 
 doughters to the beft doer in armes in token of vydlorye/ And thus 
 the kyng of englond fyrft fent for hys fyfter Conftaunce a fayre 
 crowne of gold alle fette wyth perlys and precyous ftones of grete 
 value/ The due of Normandye for loue of hys doughter Florye 
 fente a ryght fayre garlond fette wyth dyuers perlys & precyous 
 ftones moche ryche and of grete extymacyon/ And the daulphyn for 
 loue of hys doughter' vyenne fente a moche ryche coler of gold al 
 enuyronned wyth precyous ftones of dyuers colours/ the whiche was 
 worth a ryght grete trefour/ And thefe thre lewellys were delyuerd 
 to the kynge of Fraunce/ The forfayd knyghtes thenne made them 
 redy and apparaylled al thynges accordyng to the louftes/ & in ryche 
 
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 araye came al to the cyte of Parys/ and wete ye wel tha: in Fraunce 
 was not feen afore that day fo grete noblefle of barons nnd knyghtes 
 as were there afTembled/ for there were the mooft hye prynces & 
 barons of englond of Fraunce and of Normandye and eyther of them 
 dyd fette al hys wytte and entendement to vpholde and bere oute 
 that they had purpofed and fayd/ and euery baron gaf hys lyuerey 
 that they fhold be knowen eche fro other/ & the bruyt & renome was 
 that my lady conftaunce fhold haue thonour of that fefte for thys 
 that many a fayre and hardy knyght made them redy to mayntene 
 the quarelle of hyr beaulte/ but neuertheles eyther of thefe thre 
 partyes hoped to haue the worfhyp of the fefte/ & parys that was in 
 vyenne the cyte/ and that wel knewe the grete apparaylle of thys fefte/ 
 took counceyl of Edward hys felawe whether he fhold goo to parys 
 or not/ And Edward counceylled hym to goo thyder/ fo that he 
 wente fecretly/ & fayd yf ye goo thyder fecretly and yf god gyue 
 you grace that ye gete the worfhyp of the fefte/ grete wele & good 
 ftial come to you therby/ and yf ye goo and be knowen the daulphyn 
 and the other lordes flial not preyfe you foo moche as they fliold yf 
 ye were vnknowen for.caufe that ye be not of fo grete lygnage as 
 they be/ another is yf ye goo openly and that my lady vyenne 
 happeth to haue thonour of the fefte by your prowefte/ ftie fhal 
 nought be fette by/ confyderyng the other grete lordes that ftial be 
 there procedyng your degree/ & yf ftie gete the worftiyp of the fefte 
 by a knyght vnknowen the loue and honour ftial growe the more in 
 hyr courage toward hym that thus hath doon for hyr fake/ wherfore I 
 counceyl you to goo thyder in the mooft fecreteft wyfe that ye may/ 
 for my trufte is that ye fliai gete grete worftiyp there/ and but yf ye 
 goo/ trufte me I ftial make my felf redy to goo thyder for you/ For 
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 At thefe wordes graunted Parys to goo to the fayd louftes/ and whan 
 he was redy & had al thynges accordyng to a noble knyght he 
 departed in the fecreteft manere that he myght- toward the cyte of 
 parys where as the kyng of Fraunce maad grete prouyfyon of allc 
 maner metes and of al other thynges neceflarye to fuche a ryal fefte/ 
 And in the myddes of the cyte of parys he ordeyned the place where 
 the knyghtes fhold loufte and dyd doo make many fayre fcaffoldes 
 for the ladyes and damoyfelles to be fette on/ for to beholde the 
 louftyng. Alfo he dyd do make thre baners ful fayre and ryche/ the 
 fyrft baner was whyt/ and there was wryton vpon hit in letters of 
 gold/ vyenne doughter to my lord godfroy of alenfon daulphyn of 
 vyennoys/ the fecond baner was rede/ and was wryton theron in 
 letters of gold/ Conftaunce the kynges fyfter of englond/ The thyrd 
 baner was whyt and in letters of gold was wryton theron/ Florye 
 doughter to the due of normandye/ and thefe iij baners were pyght 
 vp at the thre cornes of the felde/ and wete ye that fo grete prees 
 was there that the peple took theyr place vpon the fcaffoldes ij dayes 
 afore the fefte for to fee the grete peple & the fayr ordynaunce that 
 there was/ 
 
 WHan it was fo that the lordes were redy of alle thynges that 
 were neceflarye/ and were departed fro theyr contrees -they 
 aflembled al at parys the xiiij day of feptembre/ and neuer tofore was 
 feen fo grete a companye of nobles/ For fro alle partyes was comen 
 grete chyualrye/ the fome for to do armes/ and the other for to fee 
 the fefte whyche was moche fumptuous and noble/ & whan the day 
 aflj'gned came of the louftes/ On the mornyng erly he dyd doo fette 
 thefe thre loyaulx or Jewels in the baners/ The whyche ftione and 
 refplendyfftied moche merucilloufly for the nombre of perles & pre-
 
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 cyous ftones that were in the baners/ Now it ftiold be ouerlonge 
 to recyte of the barons and of the knyghtes that were in that lour- 
 neye/ For many were comen thyder fro the royame of fpayne/ of 
 aragon and of many other contrees for to proue their ftrengthe and 
 perfones/ and for to mayntene the barons that mayntened the thre 
 ladyes maydens/ Of whome we fhall reherce of the pryncypalleft 
 here after the fhorteft wyfe we may/ And whan it came in the 
 mornyng that euery man was armed & apparaylled in the felde/ and 
 that the kyng of Fraunce was fette in hys hrete ' fcaffolde/ and began 
 to fay al alowde and moche meruaylloufly/ that alle the people myght 
 here and vnderftonde/ Knyghtes and barons that been here for to do 
 the fayte of armes goo ye eueryche vnder that baner that he wyl 
 mayntene for the loue of hys lady/ and we gyue in comaundement 
 that this felde be of loue and of curtofye/ as it to you apperteyneth/ 
 how be it we wyl wel that eche of you do valyantly hys armes and 
 hys chyualryes for that damoyfell whyche he wyl mayntene/ And he 
 that fhal wynne the felde (hal haue the prys and thonour of the 
 fefte/ and that lady or damoyfel fhal be mayntened and allowed for 
 the mooft fayre damoyfel of the world/ and fhal haue the prys and 
 thonour of them of Englond of Fraunce & of Normandye/ and that 
 to thys noo man be fo hardy to gaynfay vpon the payne to lofe his 
 lyf/ And yet after thys he fayd/ ye fee here a fayre crowne the 
 whyche the quene of Fraunce hath ordeyned/ to thende that it be 
 delyuerd to the fader of the damoyfel that fhal haue the prys and 
 honour of the felde and of the loufles/ And the knyght that fhal 
 gete the prys and thonour of the louftes fhal haue all the thre baners 
 and the thre Jewels that been in them/ & comaunded that the baner 
 
 ' Query grete.
 
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 of Normandye fhold fyrft make hys muftre/ & nexte the baner of 
 Conftaunce and thenne that of Vyenne/ 
 
 C And fyrft vnder the baner of Normandye were they that folowe/ 
 that is to wete lohan fone of therle of Flaunders/ Phelyp of bauyers 
 neuew of the kynge of Fraunce/ Edward fone of the duke of bour- 
 goyne/ lohan erle of Armynak/ Balaxe brother of the marquys of 
 Saluce Geffroy due of pycardye/ And after them came many other 
 wel armed & habylled/ After came the baner of Coftaunce/ the 
 whiche accompanyed lohan fone of the due of bremeos/ Gaftamons 
 of gaftre brother of the erle of foyes/ Anthonye alegre fone of the 
 due of Carnes/ Later neuew of the due of bourgoyne/ The honour- 
 able lohan of braban/ Salamon de launfon brother of therle of the 
 marche/ and after them came many other barons and knyghtes/ and 
 thene after came the baner of the fayr vyene/ the whyche accom- 
 panyed hughe fone of tlie due of Bourbon/ Edward fone of the kyng 
 of Englond/ Wylliam fone of the due of barry/ Antonye fone of the 
 counte of prouynce/ Parys fone of fyr laques of vyenne/ Dormando 
 of monferrant fone of the marquys/ thre fones of the due of Carnes/ 
 lohan peryllous due of Normandye/ & after them came many other 
 barons and knyghtes wel armed & wel horfed/ And whan the muftre 
 was made/ euery baner retorned in to hys place/ whyche moche noble 
 and meruayilous thynge was it to fee and to byholde the noblefle of 
 the barons & knyghtes foo wel horfed and armed as they were/ And 
 the daulphyn and fyr laques fader of Parys were comen for to fee the 
 fefte & the louftes/
 
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 C How Parys wan the prys at the loujles in the cyte of Parysj 
 
 WHan thenne it came to the houre of tyerce began the louftes/ 
 and cam in to the felde moche nobly armed lohan fone of 
 therle of flaundres/ & ageyn hym came lohan fone of the duke of 
 brennes & coped to gyder fo fyerfly Y they brake theyr fperes/ and 
 lohan fone of therle of flaunders tombled to therthe vnder hys 
 hors/ & after ayenft lohan de brennes came Edward fone of the duke 
 of bourgoyne/ Thefe ij knyghtes bete doun puyflauntly lohan de 
 brennes/ vnto the tyme j;' there came ayenft hym lohan peryllous 
 due of Normandy e/ whyche fmote hym wyth foo grete force that he 
 Guerthrewe hym vnder hys hors & brake hys arme & put hym in 
 fuche eftate that he wyft not whether it was day or nyght/ and ayenft 
 lohan peryllous came Anthonye alegre fone of the due of carnes/ and 
 dyd fo moche prowefTe wyth his perfone that he conquerd lohan 
 peryllous and v other knyghtes myghty men of his partye whom he 
 fmote to the erthe by force of armes/ After came ageynft anthonie 
 alegre Geffroy of pycardye and fmote anthonie in fuche wyfe that he 
 fyl to the erthe/ & vj other ftronge knyghtes of hys partye/ and 
 after dyd foo meruayllous feates of armes/ that euery man fayd that 
 he had thonour of the felde/ And thene came the free knyght parys 
 ayenft geffroy beryng lowe hys fpere/ & they gaf fo grete ftrokes that 
 the knyghtes and horfes wente al to therthe/ wherfor the kyng fayd/ 
 that fythe bothe two were throwen to the erthe/ that they fhold 
 retorne ageyn to the louftes/ & parys wyth a grete defyre confented/ 
 and foo bothe retorned & came rennyng/ And Parys gaf to geffroy 
 fo grete a ftroke/ that hys hors flode and thenne geftroy ouerthrewe 
 to the erthe/ but by caufe that the hors flode it was fayd that the 
 hors was caufe that he ouerthrewe/ For moche they mayntened
 
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 gefFroy and fayd that he was not vaynquyffhed/ & that it fhold be 
 vvel doon that they (hold lufte ageyn ' And by caufe that Parys was 
 not knowen then was none that mayntened hym ne fufteyned/ neuer- 
 theles the kyng of fraunce knewe wel that geffroy was vaynquyffhed 
 loyally & wel/ For he had wel feen the aduenture/ & wold do no 
 wronge vnto the knvght whvclie was of grete ftrengthe and myght/ 
 and anone fente to hym an heraulde whyche fayd to hym in the name 
 of the kvnge of fraunce/ that the kyng had wel {^zw & wel knewe that 
 Parys had vaynquyffhed hys knyght/ Notwythftondyng yf he wold 
 yet ones retorne to the lufle by hys noblefTe that he fhold do hym 
 felf grete honour And thenne Parys maad hys anfuer fayeng that 
 the beaulte of my lady vyene was fo grete that in al the world was 
 none to hyr lyke/ that yf it pleafed the Kyng I am redy for to 
 furnyffhe the louflcs for hys loue ayenfl the knyght yet another 
 tyme/ and to lufle tyl that gefFroy fhold be vaynquyffhed/ & that 
 was wythoute ony gaynfayeng/ & the heraulde retorned and tolde it 
 to the kyng/ wherof the kyng was wel contente & fayd that the 
 knyght ought to be fomme grete lord/ For he was of grete valoyr 
 and puyffaunce and fpake moche fwetely and curtoyfly/ And after 
 Parys chaunged and took another hors/ whyche Edward hys felowe 
 had made redy for hym & retorned to the luftes & fmote to gyder 
 wyth foo grete myght/ that by veray force gefFroy went to therthe 
 vnder hys hors ryght euyl hurte/ 
 
 THenne whan it came toward euen the loufles were fo grete 
 thycke and flronge that al the thre partyes as wel of one as of 
 other were throwen doun to the erthe/ that there abode no moo of 
 the partye of vyenne but parys allone/ and of the partye of norman- 
 dye thre knyghtes flronge and puyfFaut and they were Balaxo brother
 
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 of the marquys of Saluces/ lohan fone of the erle of Armynack/ and 
 phelyp of bauyere/ & of the partye of conftaunce other thre ftronge 
 & myghty/ that is to wete lohan of braband/ larer neuew of the due 
 of bourgeyn/ and Salamon dalanfon brother of y counte de la marche 
 and they fayd that the luftes fliold abyde tyl on the morne/ for they 
 were moche wery/ and whan parys faw that they wold haue retorned/ 
 he fewtred hys fpere/ and there cam ayenft hym balaxo brother of the 
 marquys of faluces/ And Parys at the fyrft ftroke ftrake hym doun 
 to the erthe vnder hys hors/ and in lyke wyfe dyd to the other v/ 
 and moche nobly & valyauntly he wanne thonour of the luftes and 
 of the felde/ 
 
 C How the kyng commaunded that the thre baners wyth the iij lewellys 
 fliold be gyuen to Parys champyon of vyennej 
 
 THe louftes fynyffhed Parys wanne the beaute of hys lady the 
 fayre vyenne/ and he was ledde to the fcaffolde where as the 
 kynge was/ & the other grete lordes & knyghtes & there were dely- 
 uerd to hym the thre baners & the thre lewellys that were in them/ 
 & Parys fhewed them thurgh all the felde/ in fygne that the fayd 
 vyenne had goten thonour for to be the fayreft damoyfell that was in 
 alle the world by the fame yonge knyght/ and whan Parys had the 
 thre fayr baners and the thre ryche lewellys/ he and Edward hys 
 felowe departed out of the cyte of parys and oute of fraunce the 
 mooft fecrete wyfe that they myght/ & retorned in to dalphyne/ 
 Parys retorned in to the companye of the forfayd byffhop of Saynt 
 Laurence/ as he had not been at the fefte/ & alwaye he demaunded 
 tydynges of the luftes that were made in fraunce/ and who had 
 thonour of the louftes/
 
 Paris ^ Vie?tna. 21 
 
 WHan the fefte was made al the barons & knyghtes that 
 were there had grete defyre to knowe who was he that fo 
 valyauntly & fo nobly had wonne the lourneye & the honour of the 
 luftes for to doo to hym worfhyp/ but they coude neuer knowe 
 hym/ wherof they had grete dyfplayfyr/ & fayd that the knyght was 
 of grete wyfedom/ by caufe he wold not be knowen/ And after this 
 the barons & knyghtes took leue of the kyng/ and retorned in to 
 theyr londes al dyfcomforted/ by caufe they had not goten the honour 
 of the fefte/ and yet were they more angry by caufe they knewe not 
 to whome the honour was gyuen of the fefte ne of the luftes/ The 
 kyng of Fraunce whyche moche loued the dolphyn made to hym 
 grete fefte & moche grete honour/ And the kyng delyuerd to hym the 
 crowne that the quene had gyuen/ for to gyue to hyr that fhold haue 
 the honour of the louftes/ to thende that he ftiold gyue it vnto hys 
 doughter vyenne in fygne & token that ftie was the mooft fayr 
 damoyfel of the world/ & whan al thys was doon/ the dolphyn and 
 the fader of parys retorned in to dolphyne in moche grete honour 
 and grete' loye/ whan vyenne knewe that hyr fader came ftie came 
 and mette hym as ft\e was accuftomed/ Thenne whan the dolphyn 
 fawe hyr/ he kyfled hyr & fette on her hede the crowne whyche the 
 kynge had gyuen hym/ and tolde to hyr how ftie had goton the 
 honour for to be the mooft fayreft damoyfell of the world/ and loo 
 here is the fayr crowne that the quene of fraunce fendeth to you 
 in token that ye haue goten the honour/ Notwythftondyng fayr 
 doughter/ that ye haue had many contrarye therto/ but ye haue had 
 a good defi^endour & ry5t ftronge and hath wel quyted hym in your 
 nede/ For of eche partye were abyden thre knyghtes moche ftronge 
 
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 and puyflaunte/ and on your party e was left but one knyght onely 
 whyche vaynquyffhed al the other/ wythout ony token/ and is de- 
 parted alle fecretly that no man knewe hym ne the kyng of fraunce 
 hath no knowleche of hym/ but he hath borne awaye wyth hym the 
 thre baners & the iij lewellys that were in them & alfo the prys & 
 thonour of the fefte/ wherfore fwete & fayr doughter ye wote neuer 
 to whom to gyue thankynges of fo moche honour as hath be doon 
 for you/ but I praye to god of heuen & to the glorious vyrgyn 
 marye/ that it playfe hym to gyue to hym good & honour/ loye & 
 excellence & in alle his feates vydlorye/ lyke as he is chyef & hede 
 of al honour and of al chyualrye in thys world For I neuer fawe ne 
 herde of knyght that fo gracyoufly and fo curtoyfly bare hym in his 
 armes & in his chyualryes/ And whan vyene herde fpeke of thefe 
 tydynges/ & fawe the grete honour & prys that flie had goten and al 
 was comen by this noble knyght/ (he fayd to yfabeau hyr damoyfel/ 
 My fufter fayd I not to you wel but late/ that I was byloued by the 
 mooft noble and valyaunt knyght of fraunce/ & by my fayth my 
 fwete fufter/ this is he y fo fwetely fonge & that wanne the luftes in 
 this cyte & bare with hym the fhelde of cryftal & my garlonde/ and 
 went his waye fo that noo man myght knowe hym/ aduyfe you wel 
 fayr fufter what honour is comen to me by his proweffe & by his 
 bounte/ I may wel be fory & dolant/ whan I may not knowe who 
 he is/ & myn herte is moche heuy & myn entendement that I neuer 
 can fynde the moyen to fee & knowe hym/ and yet flie fayd/ Certes 
 my fwete fufter yfabeau/ I byleue that my dayes be ftiorte/ & that 
 I ftiall deye of fomme cruel & fals deth for the grete defplayfyr that 
 I haue contynuelly in my herte/ for I can none other thynge doo 
 but wepe & waylle/ & alwaye to contynue in forouful lyf & heuy but 
 none apperceyued it but onely hyr damoyfel yfabeau/
 
 Paris &' Vienfia. 23 
 
 THe fader of parys whyche had ben with the dolphyn in that 
 fefte had not feen there hys fone Parys/ wlierof he had grete 
 forowe in his herte / for he had k&n that he was accuftomed to be in 
 al noble luftes/ but thennc he fawc hym goo with the byffhop of 
 faynt Laurence/ and dyfpofed hym not to doo armes as he was woned/ 
 wherfor he fayd to hym on a day My fone I had hoped to haue had 
 in the grete confolacyon/ but now thou b[r]yngeft me in to grete 
 heuynefle and dyfplayfyr/ whan I fee that thou wylt not departe from 
 thys byffhop wherfor I praye the that ]?" leue hym/ & doo foo that 
 it may be to me playfaunt and to the honnefte/ Parys herde hym 
 wel/ but he gaf not a word to anfuer The fader of Parys feyng thys 
 went to his fecrete felowe Edward and fayd to hym/ I fee wel that 
 the grete amytye & loue that ye haue to my fone/ and knowe ye for 
 certayn that I haue in my hert grete melancolye whan 1 remembre 
 that Parys hath had grete honour & fame of chyualrye/ and now I 
 fee that he gooth al wyth thys byffhop/ and leteth hys hawkes/ his 
 houndes and hors to deye for hongre/ wherfore I praye you that ye 
 wyl gyue me fomme counceyl/ whyche am foo mefchaunt that I deye 
 for forowe/ Arid whan he had fayd thefe wordes/ Edward had pyte 
 of hym/ & comforted hym the befte wyfe he coude/ and departed 
 fro hym/ and wente ftrayte to hys felowe Parys and fayd to hym I 
 knowe wel that loue conftrayneth the fo ftrongely/ that thou hafl: noo 
 power ouer thy felf/ wherfore thy lyf may not longe endure/ And 
 alfo thy fader and thy frendes ben euyl contente ayenft the/ and I fay 
 to the that for to be vertuous and valyaunt it playfeth moche to god/ 
 And for the loue of one woman thou dooft moche defplayfyr to thy 
 fader/ And alfo for noo perfone what fomeuer he or fhe be/ thou 
 oughteft not to lefe the wele & renomee that thou haft of chyualrye/
 
 24 fans c^ Vienna. 
 
 It appyereth not in the/ that thou haft ony vertu or courage/ wher- 
 fore I praye the that thou wylt do fomme thyng that it may be 
 playfaunt to thy fader whych hath defyred & prayed me that I fhold 
 foo fay to the/ whan parys had herde al this/ he anfuerd to edward 
 and fayd to hym/ I knowe wel that thefe thynges that thou haft fayd 
 to me been vertuous & honneft/ but they been to me greuous/ for to 
 put me from the thoughtes in whyche I am contynuelly/ Neuertheles 
 I praye the that thou gyue me counceyl what is befte that I doo/ 
 Thenne fayd edward it ftiold wel playfe me/ yf it were thy playfyr 
 that we ftiold goo in to braband/ For it is vj monethes pafled that I 
 haue not feen my lady/ & there ftiall we do armes/ by which we may 
 gete fame and honour/ & paris agreed therto fayeng that he was 
 contente yf it playfed hym fo to do/ & Incontynent they made redy 
 theyr harnoys & horfes and alle thynges neceflarye to them/ & or 
 Parys departed he put in hys chambre al the thynges & pryfes that 
 he had wone by chyualryes & clofed them faft in his chabre/ & 
 delyuerd the keye to his moder & prayed hir moche derly that flie 
 ftiold not open it/ ne fufire y ony perfone ftiold entre therin/ And 
 after they wente toward Braband/ where as they dyd grete feates of 
 chyualrye & louftes wherof they gate grete honoure and worftiyp/ 
 and were moche prayfed of ladyes and damoyfellys/ And parys made 
 countenaunce for to haue abyden in braband for the loue of edward 
 but hys herte drewe vnto the fayre Vyenne/ whome he fo moche 
 loued in hys herte fecretely/
 
 Paris ^ Vienna. 25 
 
 C How Dyane and vyenne hyr daughter wenten to vyjyte the fader of 
 Parys the whyche was feekj 
 
 NOw It huppeneJ that duryng thys tyme that Parys and Edward 
 duelledeii in Braband/ the fader of Parys fyl in to a fekenelTe 
 of feures or accefle/ And the caufe came of the thought that he had 
 of hys fone Parys/ And he beyng feelc the doulphyn vvente on a day 
 to fee hym/ and demaiinded tlie caufe of hys mahidye/ and comforted 
 hym the beft vvyfe that he coude/ and after retorned home/ and fayd 
 to hys wyf that it were wel doon that (he (hold goo fee and vyfyte 
 meflyre laques whyche was feke/ And forthwyth Incontynent my 
 lady dyane/ hyr doughter \'yenne and yfabeau hyr damoyfel wyth a 
 grete companye wente to the cartel of Syr laques/ and falewed hym 
 moche nobly as it wel apperteyned/ &: the beft wyfe that they myght 
 C And whan they were in the chambre where meflyre laques was and 
 laye/ Dame dyane demaunded hym of his fekeneffe And meffire 
 laques fayd that al hys dyfeafe came for hys fone Parys/ by caufe 
 he lofte fo hys tyme/ and that he went alway wyth the byffliop of 
 Saynt laurence/ wherof I fere me that he flial become a man of rely- 
 gyon/ I haue no moo chyldren but hym/ 1 wote not what I fhall doo 
 wyth the goodes that god hath gyuen to me/ And my lady dyane 
 comforted hym and fayd that hys fone was moche wel byloued of the 
 doulphyn/ & that he had moche grete amytye of many grete lordes/ 
 barons & knyghtes/ & alfo fhe fayd that emong al thynges he fhold 
 ordeyne for hys helthe/ &: after all thys the moder of parys prayed 
 hyr that it myght playfe hyr to come fee the caftel/ and fhe anfuerd 
 that fhe moche defyred it Thenne the moder of parys fhewed hir al 
 the caftel/ & ledde hir in to an halle al ful of armes and abylemens 
 
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 of warre for to fyght in batayll/ After fhe ladde hyr in to another^ halle 
 where as were many hawkes/ faulcens/ and many other fowles of 
 chace/ And after in to many other halles & chambres rychely arayed 
 whyche were ouer longe to reherce/ And after the moder of Parys 
 fhewed vnto hyr the chambre of Parys where that he flepte/ wherin 
 were many abylments/ whyche (hold wel fuffyfe j;" chambre of a grete 
 prynce And in the fayd chambre were two grete ftandardes couerd 
 after the guyfe of Fraunce/ That one was ful of clothe of gold and 
 fylke/ and that other of harnoys and of many other thynges/ Thenne 
 fayd Vyenne to yfabeau/ by my fayth fayr fyfter I haue noo grete 
 meruaylle of thys yonge knyght Parys though of hym be maad grete 
 mencyon/ For thordynaunce of thyfe thynges fhewe wel that he is 
 of grete valure/ And in byholdyng of thefe thynges fhe fawe a couerture 
 of an hors alle whyte/ And hyr femed that it was the fame that the 
 knyght bare that wanne the prys of the louftes that was made in the 
 cyte of Vyenne/ and that had the fhelde of cryftal & the garlond 
 whych fhe tolde to yfabeau And yfabeau anfuerd to hyr/ neuer thynke 
 ye foo/ For all day been made femalable'^ couertures and tokenes 
 whyte/ wherof ye may wel be deceyued/ Vyenne enforced alle waye 
 hyr felf to tuke ^ better hede/ and of the grete loye that fhe had fhe 
 fayd to hyr moder/ Madame I am a lytel crafed and fodeynly taken/ 
 wherfore yf it playfe you I wold fayne refle a lytel in this chambre/ 
 and late me be alle allone wyth my fufter yfabeau/ for I wyl haue 
 none other/ and anone eche body auoyded oute of the chambre/ and 
 yfabeau dyd fhytte the dore that none myght come in/ C Thenne 
 fayd vyenne now we fhal fee yf we may fynde ony thynge that we may 
 haue better knowleche of/ For myn herte fayth yes/ After that they 
 
 ^ Caxton has anothrr. ' Qatry femblnble. '■' Query take.
 
 Pa?- is &' Fienna. 27 
 
 had ferched and vyfyted alle the chambre/ they cam on a fyde of the 
 chambre where they fonde a lytel dore/ of whyche henge a lytel keye 
 by a thwonge/ and anone they opened the dore and entred therin 
 And there was a lytel chambre whyche was xij foot longe/ and was 
 an oratorye/ where as was the magefte of our Lord Ihefu Cryft vpon 
 a lytel aulter and at eche corner was a can[del]ftyke of fykier/ and 
 thyder cam Parys for to make hys facrefyfe whan he aroos/ and 
 whan he wente to hys bedde/ 
 
 C And there were the thre baners that the noble knyght Parys 
 had wonne in the cyte of Parys/ And the thre lewellys of the 
 thre damoyfelles aforefayd/ And in the fime place was alfo the 
 Ihelde of Cryftal and the garlond that Vyenne delyiierd to hym 
 whan he wane the prys at the louftes in the cyte of vyenne/ And all 
 thefe he kepte fecrete in that place/ And whan vyenne fawe thefe 
 thynges/ fhe was fure that Parys was he whome fhe had fo moche 
 defyred to knowe/ and that foo moche honour had doon to hyr/ 
 and for the grete loye that fhe had/ fhe fette hyr doun on the 
 grounde/ and there abode a grete whyle/ and coude not fpeke a word/ 
 And after fhe fpake to yfabeau/ & fayd my fwete fyfter/ blefTyd and 
 preyfed be our lord of thys good lourney/ For me thynketh I fhold 
 neuer departe oute of thys chambre/ Alas I haue fo longe abyden to 
 knowe/ who he was that fo fwetely played in his Inftrumentes fo 
 nygh vnto me/ and now he is fo ferre/ & thenne yfabeau began to 
 repreue hyr and fayd to hyr/ Swete lady I praye you that ye fay ne 
 do ony thyng whiche myght torne you to folye/ and be ye ruled by 
 wyfedom and reafon/ For not wythftondyng that parys haue fo moche 
 good & vertues/ yet ye ought to confyder that he is not egal to you 
 in lygnage ne in eftate/ For I knowe wel that many noble & puyflaunt 
 lordes haue demaunded you in maryage/ & loue you & do grete
 
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 thynges for you/ and alfo thonour of Parys whyche is your vayflal 
 and fubget is not egall ne worthy vnto you/ C Thenne vyenne 
 was moche angry on yfabeau and began to fay/ A veray god I am 
 wel dyfcomforted and deceyued by the/ that thus agayn fayeft me 
 of hym that I fo longe haue defyred to knowe/ Alas I had fuppofed 
 that in noo thyng ye wold haue dyfplayfed me/ And in good fayth 
 I fay to the/ that this man I wyl loue and dem.aunde/ and I promyfe 
 the in good fayth/ that yf thou ony more gaynfaye me I fhal flee my 
 felf/ and thenne thou fhalt be caufe of my deth/ For I wyl not lefe 
 hym that I haue fo longe loued/ but I fay to the for trouthe/ that yf 
 thou euer fay to me fuche wordes of my frende parys/ that thou {halt 
 neuer after haue fpace to fay them ageyn another tyme/ for yf thou 
 confydereft wel hys noble condycyons and cuftommes/ thou flioldeft 
 preyfe hym better than thou doofl:/ And knowefl: thou not wel that 
 the kyng of frauce wold that it had cofl:e hym half hys Royame that 
 hys fone Lowys were as valyaunte as parys is/ C And alfo there 
 be many notable lordes that defyre to knowe his name/ and to haue 
 hys amytye/ 
 
 C Thenne take hede and byholde by my fayth yf euer thou fawe man 
 that myght be compared to hym/ certaynly alle vertues been in hym/ 
 And fythe that fortune hath brought me to hys loue/ he is worthy to 
 haue my loue/ and yet mere than is in me/ And haue I not reafon 
 & caufe thene to loue hym/ whyche hath doon to me fo grete good 
 and honour and doubtyng noo peryl of hys perfone/ and is it not wel 
 grete worfhyp to my fader to haue for vaiflal and fubget the befl:e 
 knyght that is in all the world For in alle the world is noo knyght 
 that I wold forfake parys fore/ ne oone that hath doon fo moche for 
 me/ And thus to fpeke of the feates of Parys flie doude' not ftynte/ 
 
 ' Query coude.
 
 Paris &' Fiemia. 29 
 
 € Thenne came two damoyfclles knockyng at the chambre dore 
 fayeng/ Vyenne ye muft come to my lady/ And yfabeau fprange 
 oute fayeng that Hie fliold come anone / And vyene feyng that fhe 
 muft nedes departe fro thens fiiyd to yHibeau/ My fufter fyth we 
 muft departe hens late vs take fomme of thefe lewellys/ and we ihal 
 kepe them fecretly tyl that Ptrys' be comen and we fliai fee what 
 countenaunce he fhal make in hym felf C Thenne they took the 
 coiyer and the whyte baner of vyenne and other lewellys and hydde 
 them vnder theyr clothes/ and wente in to the chambre of meftyre 
 laques/ but vyenne defyred gretely to fpeke with paris and thought 
 longe or he came home/ And in the mene whyle mefTire laques re- 
 couerd of his maladye and bycam alle hool wherof Vyenne had grete 
 loye but fhe durft not ftiewe it/ 
 
 C How Parys and Edward retorned oute of brabandj 
 
 AFter certeyn tyme that Parys had be in Braband wyth hys 
 felowe Edward/ he defyred ftrongely to fee the fayr vyenne/ 
 For the loue of hyr deftrayned hym moche ftrongly/ C Neuertheles 
 he durft not telle it to hys felowe/ to thende that he ftiold take noo 
 dyfplayfyr of hys departyng/ And fone after the fpace of v dayes 
 Parys receyued a letter that hys fader was feek & thcne he fayd to 
 Edward/ Ryght dere brother & felowe/ plefeth it you to wete that 
 my fader is fore feke/ & me femeth it were good that we departed 
 yf ye confente but I praye you that ye take noo defplayfyr'^ in thys 
 departyng/ for yf it playfe god we ftial fone retorne/ And edward 
 feyng the lufte reafon of Parys and hys good wylle/ fayd to hym that 
 
 ' Query Paryj, ^ Caxton has defplayryr.
 
 30 Paris ^ Vie7ina. 
 
 he was wel content & plefyd/ wherfore Incontynente they departed 
 oute of braband and came in to the cyte of vyenne/ of whos comyng 
 meflyr laques had fouerayn playfyr fpecyally/ by caufe he had herde 
 that Parys hys fone had doon valyauntly feates of armes/ C Now 
 it happed that whan Parys was arryued at home wyth hys fader lyke 
 as he was accuftomed/ Allewaye tofore or he wente to hys bedde/ he 
 wente to make hys oryfons and prayers/ and after he aduyfed yf he 
 lacked ony thynge/ and fonde that tho thynges that he loued befte 
 were taken awaye/ wherof he was moche angry/ and quafi half in 
 defpayr in fuche wyfe that alle the nyght he coude not flepe And 
 whan it came in the mornyng he came to hys moder and fayd/ Moder 
 how is it that ye haue not kepte my chabre cloos and fhytte/ For I 
 lacke certayn thynges whyche I wold not gladly lefe/ and haue for 
 them grete dyfplayfir/ To whom hys moder anfuerd/ My fone by 
 my fayth there neuer entred therin perfone/ but on a tyme whan 
 your fader was feek came my lady dyane and hyr doughter vyenne/ 
 and whan they had vyfyted your fader/ they wente al aboute for to 
 fee thys cartel/ and thenne they entred in to your chambre/ But I can 
 not thynke that they took ony thyng for they taryed not longe/ fauf 
 onely vyenne whyche taryed onely allone fauf hyr damoyfel/ by caufe 
 (lie was euyl at eafe at hyr hert/ wherfore my fone I praye you to 
 take noo dyfplayfyr/ And thenne Parys fayd to hym felf/ yf none 
 other theef haue taken it fauf fhe I fhal not be dyfcouerd/ Neuer- 
 theles I wote neuer yf Vyenne hath taken it awaye for ony thynge/ 
 C And after he arayed hym felf and cladde hym moche nobly/ & 
 wente to do the reuerence to the daulphyn/ and to dame Dyane/ 
 And after to Vyenne theyr doughter/ And the dolphyn receyued 
 hym moche curtoyfly/ C And the daulphyn demaunded hym 
 tydynges and of many other thynges/
 
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 C And whan the fayre lady Vyenne fawe parys of the grete defyre 
 that flie had to fee hym/ and of the grete loue that fhe bare to hym/ 
 alle hyr chere was coloured lyke a freffhe rofe in the monthe of 
 Maye/ and coude not be contcnte ne fylled to beholde hyr fayre loue 
 and frende Parys/ And the more flie byhelde hym/ the more grewe 
 and encreaced hyr loue toward hym C And Parys beyng tofore the 
 dolphyn on his knee moche humbly durft: not loke on Vyenne/ But 
 in hys herte he had grete payne/ And who had wel byholden hym/ 
 had wel feen in his vyfage hys thought/ And after that the dolphyn 
 had demaunded hym of that it plafed hym Parys took leue of the 
 dolphyn and of my lady dyane & of vyenne theyr doughter & retorned 
 home to hys faders hous/ 
 
 AFter a fewe dayes Vyenne in fuche wyfe as loue deftrayned hyr 
 faid to hyr damoyfel yfabeau/ my fufter knowe ye for trouth 
 that me femeth that parys is moche penfyf/ and I byleue that it is for 
 hys thynges whyche he fyndeth not in his oratorye/ me femeth it is 
 befte that we lete hym haue knowleche that we haue them/ Ifabeau 
 anfijerd/ it were wel doon foo/ but that it be doon honeftly and 
 fecretely/ Thenne fayd vyenne I fhal aduyfe the manere After 
 certeyn dayes vyenne fayd to hyr moder/ Madame I lete you wete 
 that I am a lytel charged In my confcyence/ & I wold fayn confefle 
 me to fomme good perfone/ And it is tolde me that the byffhop of 
 faynt laurence is a moche honeft man & deuoute/ wherfore madame 
 I praye you to fende for hym Y I myght fpeke wyth hym/ And my 
 lady dyane feyng the good wylle of hyr doughter fente for to fetche 
 the byffhop/ And vyenne confeflyd hyr to hym moche deuoutely 
 fpekyng alwaye of our lord & of hys commaundementes/ & after that 
 fhe was confeffyd/ fhe prayed ]>" byffhop that he wold come ageyn
 
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 on the morne/ for fhe fonde grete comforte in his wordes/ & that {he 
 wold telle hym fomme thynges in grete fecrete/ And on the morne 
 the byffhop came ageyn to vyenne/ & vyene fayd to hym thus/ 
 My ghooftly fader fomme thynges haue been taken away in a place/ 
 the whiche longen to parys fone of meffyre laques/ And the perfone 
 that hath them hath therof confcyence/ And therfore I praye you as 
 moche as I may/ that by your benygnyte ye fay to hym that yf he 
 may/ he come to morne hyther wyth you/ & the byffhop whyche 
 aduyfed hym noo thyng of thentencyon and thought of vyene faid 
 that he fhold brynge hym wythoute faute/ 
 
 C How vyenne dyfcouuerd hyr courage to Parys 
 
 ON the morne the byffliop came moche dylygently & brought 
 parys wyth hym/ And vyenne falewed parys wythoute to 
 make ony femblaunte of loue/ and parys rendred hys falewes 
 ageyn moche humbly/ And thenne Vyenne wythdrewe hyr fro the 
 byffhop and the other/ and faid to parys It is not longe fythe ye 
 were goon in to braband/ and that I accompany ed my lady my 
 moder for to goo vyfyte your fader whyche thenne was feek/ & we 
 fawe and byhelde al the cartel vntyl we came to your oratorye & 
 there I fawe certayn lewellys whyche moche wel pleafed me and I 
 took them & haue kepte them vntyl thys prefent tyme/ And I (hal 
 now rendre them to you ageyn/ & therfor I praye you that yf I haue 
 doon ony dyfplayfyr or maad ony defaulte that ye wyl pardonne me/ 
 for I promyfe to you by my fayth that I haue doon it for none euyl/ 
 To whome parys anfwerd humbly and wyth grete reuerence & fayd 
 moche curtoyfly/ Madame by your curtofye ye came to vyfyte my 
 fader/ of whyche vyfytacyon not onely my fader/ but alle our frendes
 
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 haiie receyued grete & fouerayn honour/ wherfore myn excellent 
 lady/ my fader/ my moder/ and I been alle youres/ and alle that we 
 haue alfo/ And yf by adiienture your lady/hyp had ony playfyr to 
 take of my lewellys/ I enfure you by my fayth/ that myn hert hath 
 therin moche gretter playfyr thu hert of man may thynke and yet 
 more fhold haue yf the fayd lewellys were better the half than they 
 be/ Soo thenne I praye you ryght honourable damoyfel that ye wyl 
 pardone me For not al onely thefe lewelles whyche been of lytel 
 valewe but my fader my moder and I been al youres/ and al redy to 
 obeye to your feruyce/ and knowe ye verayly that it is not longe 
 fythen/ that the fayd Jewels were by a frenfihe knyght gyuen to me/ 
 
 THenne fayd Vyenne ye nede not to- fay to me fro whens thefe 
 Jewels ben comen/ For I knowe them as wel as ye/ And 
 vyenne fayd/ I meruaylle me gretely how ye fo longe haue hydde 
 your loue fro me/ I praye you as moche as I may/ and by the fayth 
 that ye haue toward me that ye fay to me the trouthe of that whyche 
 I fhal demaunde you/ for moche I defyre it to knowe/ C Thenne 
 fayd Parys ryght honourable damoyfel/ ye ought not to praye me/ 
 where ye haue power to commaunde me/ For alle that/ your ladv- 
 fhyp fhal plefe to demaunde me/ I fhal fay to you the trouth wyth 
 good hert & good wylle/ Thenne fayd vyenne I wyl fyrft that ye fay 
 the trouthe/ that yf ye were he/ that in fuche a yere cam euery nyght 
 fyngyng and fownyng Inftrumentes fo fwetely tofore my chambre/ 
 After I wyl that ye telle me yf ye wane the luftes that were made the 
 fyrft day of may in this cyte/ And yf ye bare awaye the ftielde of 
 cryftal and the chapelet whyche I haue feen in your oratorye/ After 
 1 wyl that ye fay to me/ yf ye wanne the luftes the xviij day of 
 feptembre whyche were made in the cyte of parys/ where as were fo 
 
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 many noble knyghtes & barons/ & yf ye had goten there the iij 
 baners whyche I haue feen in your oratorye/ & I praye you that ye 
 telle to me/ yf ye haue doon to me fuche feruyce/ for fuche thynges 
 ye ought not to hyde/ And yf by aduenture ye haue doon them for 
 the loue of my fader or of hys courte/ we be moche holden to you & 
 be bouden to thanke you/ And yf by aduenture for ony lady or for the 
 loue of me ye haue doon it/ I thanke you as moche as I may/ and it 
 is wel reafon that ye therfore be rewarded/ And yet fayd Vyenne to 
 Parys/ knowe ye for trouthe/ that it is long fythe that I haue defyred 
 to knowe/ & yet defyre ftrongely to knowe it/ wherfore yf ye wyl do 
 me ony playfyr/ I praye you that ye fay to me the trouthe/ wythout 
 leuyng of ony onely thynge or word/ 
 
 THene fayd parys moche humbly with grete (hamefaftnes that 
 he had to vtter the folye that he had enterpryfed/ Ryght 
 honourable and fayr lady I am not worthy to be named hym whiche 
 hath doon thys/ whyche it hath pleafed you to demaunde of me/ but 
 notwythftondyng that I be a man of lytel eftate I humbly fupplye you 
 that in caas ye fhal fynde dyfplayfyr in my wordes that it playfe you 
 to pardonne me/ and that ye take noo dyfplayfyr in that I {hal fay/ 
 for your noblefle (hal not be the lafTe in valure/ For my caas enfor- 
 ceth me to fay that/ whyche is to me folye to thynke/ Thenne Parys 
 al fhamefaft and in grete reuerence knelyng vpon hys knee fayd/ 
 Ryght worfhypful damoyfel parys your Indigne feruaunt is he of 
 whome ye haue fpoken & demaunded/ & fhal to you obeye and 
 ferue in al thynges that ye haue me demaunded/ For fythe that I 
 haue had ony rememberaunce/ my wylle & my thought hath be fub- 
 myfed to your perfone and fhal be as longe as I fhal lyue/ Thenne 
 fayd vyenne/ Parys my fwete frende it is not now tyme that I make
 
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 anfuer to your wordes/ for it fhold be ouerlonge to recounte/ But 
 that not wythftondyng I wyl wel that ye knowe that your loue 
 deftrayneth me fo ftrongely/ that there is no thynge in the world 
 thnt I loue foo moche as you/ wherfore abyde in good hope 
 loyoufly/ for yf it playfe god ye fhal fee that thys whyche I fay Hial 
 be trewe/ Thenne fayd parys/ Madame who may thynke the loyoufte 
 in whyche I am by your anfuer whiche is to me ryght fwete/ For I 
 neuer fuppofed to haue had fo fwete an anfuer of you/ but for to haue 
 endured in payne & in languyffhyng/ For not onely to me/ but vnto 
 a kyng fhold be ouer moche to haue your loue/ & I praye god that 
 I may doo fuche thynges as may be to you playfaunt/ and that I 
 neuer lyue to do to you thynge that fhold defplayfe you/ ne torne 
 you to melancolye/ & thus departed that one fro that other in gretter 
 loue than tofore/ and took terme to fee eche other ageyn as haftely 
 as they myght/ and vyenne retorned more loyoufly than fhe fhewed/ 
 and wente in to hyr moders chambre/ and after the byffhop departed/ 
 & parys accompanyed hym vnto his paleys and took leue of hym/ 
 & retorned home vnto hys faders lodgyng/ & after tolde to edward 
 hys felowe/ alle the parlament that he had had wyth vyenne/ & 
 Edward fayd to hym/ fayre brother and frende/ herein is no lape ne 
 truffes/ but I praye you that ye do your thynges fccretly for there 
 ben many falfe tonges And Vyenne was moche more Joyous than 
 (he had ben accuftomed/ and Parys alfo/ And the fayd Parys & 
 edward hys felowe made grete chyualryes & dyd grete armes/ whyche 
 were moche playfaunt to the fayre vyenne/ Thenne it happed that 
 after certeyn tyme feyng the dolphyn that hys doughter was come to 
 XV yere of age/ treated for to gyue to hyr an hufbond/ And many 
 tymes he had ben requyred of many noble prynces but by caufe he 
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 confente And in treatyng thus of maryage Parys herde fomme 
 thynges vvherof lie was fore ennoyed in hym felf/ and thought/ why 
 thynke not I to haue this noble lady whyche is fo moche defyred of 
 fo many noble prynces & barons/ and fore bewaylled hym felf/ and 
 dyd foo moche that he fpake to vyenne and fayd/ O fwete Vyenne/ 
 where is your fayr and agreable promeffe that ye made to me whan 
 I departed fro you/ and how may it be/ that your fader fpeketh for 
 to marye you/ 
 
 WHan vyenne herde Parys fpeke in thys manere/ fhe fayd to 
 hym parys yf my fader fpeke to me of maryage/ it is noo 
 grete meruaylle/ for I may not deifende hym/ Neuertheles I haue 
 not confented to ony maryage/ And ye knowe wel that maryage is 
 nothyng worth/ wythout the confentyng of bothe partyes/ wherfore 
 I praye you to be contente/ for I promyfe to you that I flial neuer 
 haue man in mariage but you/ and I wold that it fhold be fliortly 
 accomplyfflied yf it pleafed god/ honeftly & luftly and not in fynne 
 ne in ordure/ Therfore I wyl that ye aflaye one thynge/ which 
 fhal be moche dyffycyle to doo and ryght peryllous/ but neuertheles 
 it byhoueth that it be doon/ thene fayd Parys/ honourable lady/ that 
 whyche rtial playfe you to commaunde me/ I fhal accompliffhe it 
 with good hert though I fhold deye/ & thenne fayd Vyenne/ I wyl 
 that Incontynent ye fay to your fader/ that he goo to my lord mv 
 fader/ and requyre hym that he gyue me in maryage to you/ and 
 that herein ther be no defFaute/ & whan Parys herde the wylle & 
 defyre of vyenne/ he was quafi al abaffhed & fayd/ Ryght honourable 
 lady & how/ wyl ye that I deye thus/ I praye you yf it playfe you/ 
 that it be not doo/ Thenne vyene fayd fette ye fo lytel by me/ that 
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 it muft nedes be doon/ Jncontynent Parys anfuerd/ worfliypfull 
 lady/ fythe it playfeth you/ I fhal accotnplyfflie your comandement 
 though I fhold deye therfore an hondred thoufand tymes & thus took 
 leue of vyenne and wente to hys fader Incontynent and fayd to hym/ 
 Dere fader alwaye ye haue fhewed to me grete loue/ wherfore I by- 
 feche almy5ty god that he rewarde you lyke as I defyre/ Dere & 
 honourable fader I wold praye you of one thynge/ and by caufe it is 
 doubtous I wyl that ye promyfe it to me tofore I fay it to you/ for 
 ellys I wyl not fay it vnto you/ & hys fader fayd to hym/ My fone 
 there is nothyng in the world that I may doo for the/ but I flial 
 accomplyfflie it by the grace of god/ therfor fay to me thy playfyr 
 & wylle/ & thenne parys tolde to hys fader a parte of the pryuete 
 and promeffe that he had wyth vyenne/ by caufe he fhold wyth the 
 better wylle doo that/ whyche he wold requyre hym/ Thenne fayd 
 parys to his fader/ the prayer that I praye & requyre you is/ that it 
 playfe you to fay to the dolphyn/ that he gyue to me hys doughter 
 to wyf and in maryage/ And I humbly byfeche you that herein ye 
 wyl not faylle me/ & meffire laques heryng hys fone thus fpeke/ 
 almooft he was fro hym felf for the grete folye j?' he fayd to hym/ & 
 he fayd in repreuyng hym that he neuer (hold fpeke more of that 
 fayte/ for he wold not deye for hys doughter/ and that he fhold de- 
 maunde of hym fomme other thynge/ for it were grete folye to fpeke 
 to hym of fuche a thynge/ And parys fayd worfhypful fader/ as 
 moche peryllous is it to me as to you/ therfor I am not abaffhed 
 thugh ye reffufed to doo it/ But loue enforceth and conftreyneth me 
 fo ftrongely/ that I am half confufed/ and am as wel contente that he 
 do it not/ as to doo it/ but that ye do your deuoyr onely/ and fo 
 longe parys prayed hys fader/ that he ' promyfed hym to doo it/ 
 
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 C How mejfire laques demanded of the doulphyn hys daughter vyetfne 
 in maryage for hys f one Parys/ 
 
 THenne went meffire laques to the dolphyn all chaunged of 
 colour and fayd to hym/ My ryght redoubted and fouerayn 
 lord a certeyn requefte is made to me/ whyche I muft fay vnto you/ 
 the whiche me femeth is of paffyng lytel reafon/ and therfore it muft 
 be at your mercy/ and in caas ye fynde therin dyfplayfyr/ that ye 
 pardonne me/ and to take noo regarde to my grete folye/ The doul- 
 phyn truftyng in the grete wyfedom of meffire laques grauted hym 
 to fay what fomeuer he wold/ Thenne fayd meffire laques/ Myn hye 
 and fouerayn lord/ Parys my fone hath prayed me fo moche that I 
 fhold requyre of you vyenne your doughter to be hys wyf/ the 
 whiche thynge is not onely to fay/ but alfo to thynke grete prefump- 
 fyon and grete folye/ but the loue of my fone conftrayneth me foo 
 ftrongely/ that by force I muft fay it to you/ And fodeynly the 
 doulphyn was moeued in grete felonnye/ and wold not fuffre hym to 
 ende hys wordes/ but repreued hym moche hardly fayeng/ vylayne 
 & vaflal that thou arte/ how kepeft thou my worfhyp/ by god I ftial 
 wel chaftyfe you/ that ye ftial neuer thynke fuche thynges/ and co- 
 maunded hym that Incontynent he fhold departe thens/ and that 
 neuer he ne hys fone fhold come in hys fyght/ wherfore meffire 
 laques departed thens moche rebuked holdyng doun hys heed/ and 
 retorned in to hys hous/ & tolde to hys fone Parys al that had be fayd 
 and doon bytwene hym & the Doulphyn/ wherof Parys thanked 
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 THe doiilphyn wente in grete thou3t thurgh the paleys hauyng 
 grete Indygnacyon and alle angry in foo moche that none durft 
 fpeke to hym ne come in his waye/ and he beyng thus in thys manere 
 he fente for his doughter vyene & made hyr to come to hym/ and 
 fayd to hyr/ we haue had wordes of grete dyfplayfyr/ Thys vyllayne 
 meiTyre laques hath fayd to vs that we fhold gyue you to wyf and in 
 maryage to hys fone Parys/ Aduyfe you what wyfedom it were/ by 
 god or that I fhold do it/ I wold rather make you a nonne or a 
 menchon/ & it (hai not be longe to/ but that ye fhal be hyely 
 maryed/ fo that ye fhal holde you contente/ & here I fwere to you 
 that yf it were not for the grete feruyces that he hath doon to me 
 Incontynent 1 fhold do fmyte of hys hede/ & whan vyenne fawe hyr 
 fader in fo grete angre ayenft meflyre laques & hys fone/ flie fente 
 for to feche Edward for to come fpeke to hyr/ & whan Edward was 
 come Vyenne fayd to hym/ Edward it is foo that my fader is moche 
 angry ayenfl: meflire laques & ayenft parys wherof I haue grete dyf- 
 playfyr & haue grete doubte that my fader wyl do fomme harme to 
 Parys/ & therfore I wyl that ye fay to hym/ that he kepe hym felf 
 in the mooft fecreteft wyfe that he may/ and I fhal alfo fee the 
 manere yf I may appeafe his felonnye and angre/ Thenne edward 
 Incontynent took leue of vyenne/ & went & fayd to paris all that 
 vyenne had fayd to hym & fayd fayr brother/ me femeth that it were 
 good that ye departed oute of this contrey for to abfente you for a 
 fpace of tyme For it may be that to the doulphyn ftial longe endure 
 hys angre/ as I vnderftonde by that whyche vyenne hath fayd to me/ 
 Thenne anfuerd Parys/ fythe that ye haue counccylled me foo I ftial 
 fo do/ not wythftondyng that it fhal be to me a forouful & an heuy 
 departyng/ but er I departe I fhal take leue of Vyenne thougli I 
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 THenne Parys dyd foo moche that he fpake vnto vyenne on a 
 derke nyght at a lowe wyndowe/ where as they myght wel fay 
 what they wold/ I am certeyn fayd vyenne that my fader hath wylle 
 to hurte you/ wherof I lyue in grete melancolye/ For in al the world 
 is no thynge that I loue fo moche as you/ & yf by aduenture ye 
 deye I wyl not lyue/ Thenne fayd parys/ honourable ^ lady it femeth 
 me befte that I departe fro hens a certeyn tyme tyl my lord your fader 
 be more peafed & hath pafled hys euyll wylle/ how be it/ that it fhal 
 be to me a moche forouful thynge to wythdrawe me fro you/ For 
 my lyf flial be moche heuy/ Neuertheles I fhal accomplyffhe your 
 wylle in alle that ye fliall commaunde me/ what fomeuer come therof/ 
 And vyene feyng the good wylle of parys after many wordes (he fayd 
 to hym/ Parys my frende I knowe well the grete loue that ye here to 
 me/ & fythe it fo is/ I fwere to you by my fayth/ that ye fhal neuer 
 departe fro thys cyte wythoute that I goo wyth you/ For it is my 
 wylle/ wherfore afTone as ye may/ make you redy of al thynges 
 neceffarye/ and fynde ye the manere that we may efcape oute of the 
 royame of fraunce/ and that we may goo in to fomme other lord- 
 fhyppe/ where as we may lyue loyoufly and furely Neuertheles 
 tofore or we departe from hens I wyl that ye promyfe two thynges/ 
 The fyrfl is/ that ye touche not my body vnto the tyme that we be 
 lawfully maryed/ The fecond is that yfabeau parte in al the goodes that 
 we fhal haue/ and other thynge wyl I not as for thys prefent tyme/ 
 but that onely our departyng may be fhortely/ and I fhal pourueye 
 fomme lewels & money for our neceflyte/ and al thys Parys pro- 
 myfed to hyr/ and eche departed fro other for tadrefTe fuche thynges 
 as to them fhold be neceffarye/ 
 
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 WHan Parys was departed fro vyenne he wente to a man named 
 CTeorge and fayd to hym/ George my frende alwaye I haue 
 trufted in you/ and haue alwaye loued you/ wherfore I praye you 
 now that to thys that I fiial fay you ye faylle me not/ for I pro- 
 myfe you ye Hial not lefe therby/ and George promyfed to liym 
 to doo al that fhal be to hym pofTyble wyth ryght good hert/ 
 & thenne Parys fayd to hym/ knowe ye for cartayn that I haue 
 wrath t^ rancour to a man of thys toune for certayn defplayfyr 
 that he hath doon to me wherfor I wyl flee hym/ and Incon- 
 tynent as I haue flayne hym/ I wyl departe out of the royame 
 of Fraunce/ wherfore I praye you Y ye wyl goo to Aygues 
 mortes ' & that ye there make redy a galeye furnyffKed of al thynges 
 neceffarye tyl that we be arryued there as we wold be/ And alfo I 
 praye you that ye doo ordeyne fro hens to aygues mortes fro v myle 
 to V mvie alwaye good horfes redy to thende that we may furely re- 
 freffhe vs yf it be nede/ & alfo I wyl that ye do thys as fecretly as 
 ye may' and loo here is money ynough for to furnyffhe thefe fayd 
 thynges/ George fayd/ I flial doo al thys gladly/ And Incontynent 
 made hym redy/ & whan he came to aygues mortes he hyred a 
 galeye/ and eftabliffhed al the paflages and dyd wel al that parys 
 had charged hym/ & came ageyn/ and tolde to parys how he had 
 pourueyed al that he had charged hym/ wherof parys was moche 
 loyous/ & anone parys wente and tolde to Vyenne that alle thynges 
 that fhe had comaunded were doon And thene they concluded 
 that the nexte nyght folowyng that at a certeyn houre eche of them 
 (hold be redy/ thene he took leue of hyr and wente home/ and bad 
 George to take two hors out of hys ftable/ and that he (hold fadle 
 them and abvde hym wythoute the cyte in a certayn place tyl he fhold 
 
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 come/ & Edward the felowe of Parys wyfte noo thynge of alle thys/ 
 wherof he was moche abaffhed and meruaylloufly angry whan that 
 he knewe it/ 
 
 C How parys ladde awaye vyenne and yjabeau by nyghtj 
 
 WHan Parys was pourueyed of money and of al other thynges 
 beyng to them neceflarye/ he wente allone the fecreteft wyfe 
 Y he my3t and came to the place empryfed at the houre taken/ and 
 he made a tokene whiche vyenne knewe And anone vyenne and 
 yfabeau cladde them in mannes araye & lepen oute of y caftel by 
 a fauce porte/ and fo came thefe two damoyfelles to the place 
 where as parys was allone/ whyche awayted vpon theyr comyng/ & 
 Incontynent they departed and went where as theyr horfes were 
 whom they took & rode as fafte as they myght/ and george rode 
 alwaye tofore by caufe to knowe wel the waye/ and whyles they thus 
 rode/ aroos a ftorme wyth a grete rayne whyche endured tyl on the 
 morne at nyght/ and thenne they arryued nygh vnto a lytel towne/ 
 but they entred not by caufe they wold not be knowen/ and wente & 
 lodged them in a lytel chyrche nygh vnto the toun/ where they 
 fonde a chapelayn whiche receyued them gladly the beft wyfe he 
 myght/ & thenne whan the nyoht came Parys and the chapelayn 
 flepte in a lytel hous loynyng to the chyrche/ George and parys 
 feruaunte flepten in the ftable with the beftes/ And vyenne and 
 yfabeau flepten in the chyrche/ and in the mornyng erly they wente 
 lyghtly to horfback/ & rode tyl they came nyghe vnto a ryuer/ 
 whyche was ryfen hye by caufe of the rayne that had fallen/ Thenne 
 parys was moche angry by caufe he fawe wel that it was moche 
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 good place where they myght pafTe ouer/ & george wythdrewe hym 
 a lytel from them/ and chaas a place whic'e thought hym good/ and 
 took the ryuer wryth hys hors ' And whan he was in the myddes of 
 the ftreme hys hors faylled hym that he was drowned and hys hors 
 alfo/ C Parys feyng that george was drowned was moche fore 
 abaffhed and durft make noo femblaunte/ by caiife that fayre vyenne 
 fhold haue noo melancolye/ And after Vyenne demaunded of Parys 
 where george was bycomen/ and parys anfwerd to hyr/ that he had 
 fent hym for to ferche fomme good paflage/ and they wold torne in 
 to the chyrche ageyn tyl George were comen/ And vyenne anfuerd 
 to hym that it playfed to hyr wel foo to doo/ For Hie had grete 
 doubte and fere for to pafTe the water/ C And whan they were in 
 the chyrche/ Parys was moche aferde to abyde longe in that place/ for 
 he fawe that it was not fure/ wherfore he demaunded the chapelayn/ 
 yf they myght in ony wyfe pafle that water/ And the chapelayn fayd 
 not in thre dayes tyl the water were decreced and aualed/ 
 
 C And parys fayd to hym that he fhold goo in to the towne to 
 feche and fee yf he myght fynde ony men that wold make a brydge 
 foo that they my3t pafTe And that he (hold fpare for no money/ 
 For I fhal paye to them as moche as they wyl haue/ & the chapelayn 
 fayd that he fhold doo hys befte/ Thus dyd Parys noo thynge but 
 thynke how they myght pafTe the ryuer/ Now leue we Parys and 
 torne we to the doulphyn/ whych had loft his fayre doughter vyenne/ 
 
 C How the doulp\Ji\yn dyd doo ferche and feche vyenne by hysferuauntes/ 
 
 ON the morne that vyene was lofte & departed fro the hous of 
 hyr fader/ & that the doulphyn knewe it/ he fuppofed to 
 haue goon oute of hye wytte/ & al the courte was troubled/ & fente
 
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 haftely men on hor{back & a fote by dyuers partyes the mooft 
 fecretely that he myght/ & prayed them that they fhold brynge 
 home to hym vyenne quyck or dede/ It happed by adueture that 
 one of his men a fote that was fente to feche Vyenne came in to the 
 towne where as the chapelayn was comen to feche men to make the 
 brydge/ The foteman demaunded euery man yf they had feen two 
 damoyfelles whyche were fiedde fro the doulphyns courte/ Thene 
 the chapelayn faid to hym that it was not longe fyth fuche tweyne 
 departed wyth other men C And the man fuppofed that the fayd 
 chapelayn had fayd it in lape or in mockyng/ And fayd that the 
 Doulphyn was moche angry/ and had fworne that yf ony ma or 
 woman knewe where they were and fhewed it not/ that he fhold 
 make them to lofe theyr hedes/ And whan the chapelayn herde thefe 
 wordes he remembred hym of them that were hyd in hys hous/ And 
 in grete drede fayd to hym/ that he fhold tarye there a lytel/ & that 
 for the loue of my lord doulphyn he wold gladly feche for them/ 
 and afTone as he myght fynde tydynges of them he fhold lete hym 
 wyte/ And fo departed fro thens/ and retorned home ageyn/ and 
 tolde al thys to parys/ and what he had herde in the toune/ fayeng 
 alfo that he doubted that it was for them of hys companye/ wherfore 
 he fayd to hym ferthermore/ fyr I praye you that ye departe from 
 hens/ and fuffre not that I lefe my lyf/ but take ye the befte coun- 
 ceyl ye can/ For there ben fyfty men on horfback that feche you/ 
 whan Parys herde hym fay this it nedeth not to demaunde yf he 
 were heuy and melancolyous/ and for the grete forowe that he had 
 he chaunged al his colour/ And he fayd to the chapelayn/ I praye 
 you that ye tarye a lytel & I fhal make you an anfuer/ & thenne 
 Parys went to vyenne/ for to telle to hir al thys feat/ And whan 
 vyenne fawe hym entre/ and fo chaunged in hys colour fayd to paris/
 
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 what tydynges brynge ye whychc are fo pale and your colour 
 chaiinged/ I pra) e you as hertely as I can that it playfe you to telle 
 me/ Thenne Parys fayd to hyr The tydynges that I brynge ben euyl 
 for you and for me/ For fliortly fhal be accompliffhed our aduen- 
 ture/ and therfore I wyl flee my felf/ and alfo he faid complaynyng/ 
 O god how mv lyf is forowful and heuy to haue brought thys excel- 
 lent lady as ye ar in fuche daunger/ O good god why gaf thou not 
 to me the deth tofore or that I fette hir out of hyr faders hous/ O 
 alas my fader and my moder what fhal befalle of you/ whan the 
 doulphyn fhal knowe/ that I haue flolen from hym hys doughter/ 
 C O my good felowe Edward why counceylled not I wyth the tofore 
 or I had doon thys folye And after he retorned to vyene fayeng/ and 
 what fhal falle of you my lady/ whan your fader fhal fee you/ Certes I 
 thynke that how cruel that he be/ whan he fhal fee your noble perfone/ 
 his hert fhal not fuffre to do you ony harme/ O god almyghty do to 
 me that grace jj' I onely may here the payn of this fayt & none other/ 
 O lady vnhappy was that day for you and for me whan fyrfl ye had 
 acqueyntaunce of me/ And whan Parys had fynyffhed hys com- 
 playnte/ he tolde to Vyenne al that the chapelayn had fayd to hym/ 
 And forthwyth as a perfone defpayred/ took hys fwerde and wold 
 haue ryuen it thurgh hys body/ And Vyenne as vertuoufe and valy- 
 aunte took to hyr hert/ and took the fwerde fro hym and comforted 
 hym and fayd/ C O free knyght/ my loye/ my lyf/ and my folace/ 
 what wyl ye doo/ knowe ye not wel/ that who that fleeth hym felf 
 wytyngly/ fleeth the foule and the body/ and yf ye deye/ I afTure 
 you I fhal deye alfo/ and fo fhal ye be caufe of my deth as wel as of 
 your owne O Parys where is your wyfedom and your proweffe/ Now 
 whan ye fhold haue mofte ftrengthe & mooft vertuous courage ye be 
 aferde/ O my knyght thys is noo newe thynge that the perfones that
 
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 lyuen in thys world haue trybulacyons/ of what fomeuer lygnage they 
 be/ Certes thys is not the courage of one fo valyaunte knyght as ye 
 be/ For now whome that ye ought to comforte/ fhe muft now com- 
 forte you/ And therfor my fayr brother and frende I praye you as 
 moche as ye may/ that Incontynente ye departe fro hens/ and that ye 
 goo your waye/ and yf ye do not fo I fhal flee my felf wyth your 
 fwerde/ For your departyng is as greuous to me/ as myn fhal be to 
 you/ but it byhoueth to efchewe of two euyls the werfe/ And alfo ye 
 ought to confydere one thyng/ that not wythflondyng the grete faulte 
 and trefpaas that I haue made to my fader/ yet therfore he fhal not 
 put me to deth/ confydered the grete loue that he hath alway had 
 toward me/ and yf ye were taken/ I wote wel that ye and I fhold bothe 
 deye/ And yet I haue good hope/ that myn entencyon fhal come 
 vnto a good ende/ For be ye fure though he neuer pardonne me/ I 
 fhal neuer haue other hufbond but you and that I promyfe you by 
 my fayth/ But alle waye of one thyng I praye you/ that for none 
 other lady ye forgete not me/ And whan ye fhal be in another con- 
 treye wryte vnto me of your aduenture/ And to thende that ye the 
 better remembre me loo here is a rynge of gold wyth a dyamonde/ 
 the which I praye you that ye wyl kepe for the loue of me 
 
 C How Parys departed from Vyennej and lefte hyr in the chyrchej 
 
 AFter moche other langage paris kyffed vyene wyth grete fyghes 
 and thoughtes/ and fhe comforted hym the befl wyfe fhe 
 myght/ in prayeng our lord Ihefu Cryfle that in fhort tyme fhe 
 myght fee hym/ lyke as hyr herte defyred moofl of ony thynge that 
 was in the world/ And thenne Parys departed fro Vyenne wyth 
 grete forowe and heuynefle/ And took his waye wyth hys feruaunte
 
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 tyl he came to the ryuer where they coude not toforc haiie pafTed/ 
 and as defpayred doubted noo thynge but' entied therin/ and the 
 water was foo aualed that they pafled wythoute ony peryl/ And they 
 rode two dayes wythoute ony mete for they durlt: not pafle thurgh 
 ony toun/ And they pafled tyl they came to aygues mortes/ And 
 there he founde the galeye tliat george had hyred/ whyche anone he 
 took/ and fo longe fay lied and rowed tyl that they arryued at Gene/ 
 Parys made meruayllous countenaunces in the galeye/ that alle they 
 that were therin/ had fuppofed he had be a fool/ for allewaye he 
 was penfyf/ and ymagynatyf/ and vnnethe wold fpeke ne fay a word/ 
 C Thenne whan he was at gene he hyred hym a lodgyng & lyued 
 there in grete heuynefle & forowe/ Now leue we to fpeke of Parys 
 and retorne we to wenne whyche abode in the chapelayns hous 
 
 C How vyenne ■was founde in the chyrche by a fotemanj and how 
 JJie was brought ageyn to hyr fader j 
 
 WHan Parys was departed fro vyenne fhe abode allone wyth 
 yfabeau makyng the gretteft forowe of the world that it was 
 a grete pyte to byholde/ lyke as fhe had as leef to dcye as to lyue' 
 And whan fhe was wel wery of wepyng/ and that it was force that 
 fhe muft retorne to the mercy of iiyr fader the doulphyn/ fhe ap- 
 peafed hyr felf/ And anone the chapelayn went for to feche the 
 foteman and brought hym in to the chyrche/ And whan Vyenne 
 fawe hym/ fhe knewe hym wel/ For fhe had oftymes feen hym in hyr 
 faders hows/ And thys man fayd to hyr alle hys charge/ & that many 
 knyghtes were oute for to feche hyr/ And Vyenne fayd to hym goo 
 & telle them that thou hafl founden me here/ & brynge them hyther/ 
 Thenne the man wente & fonde the knyghtes that thenne were
 
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 comen in to the towne/ and tolde to them how he had fouden hyr/ & 
 that they fhold come with hym & he wold brynge them to the place 
 where fhe was/ whan y kny5tes herde thefe tydynges anon eche 
 made grete hafte tyl they cam to hyr/ thene wha they were tofore 
 vyenne they falewed hyr and fayd to hyr that the doulphyn had doo 
 feche hyr in dyuers contreyes/ and after they comforted hyr/ and 
 fayd that fhe Hiold not be aferde of hyr fader/ for he wold doo to hyr 
 noo defplayfyr/ for he' flial haue fo grete loye/ whan he fhall fee 
 you/ that he fhal pardonne you and appeafe hys yre/ 
 
 C And than Incontynent they wente to horfbacke/ and brought 
 forth the chapelayn wyth hyr to thende that he fhold excufe hyr 
 tofore hyr fader/ and tolde how fhe was pure and clene of hyr body/ 
 
 NOw fayth thyfhory that whan Vyenne was comen tofore hyr 
 fader the doulphyn/ he made toward hyr heuy and euyll 
 chere/ But not wythftondyng Vyenne kneled doun on bothe hyr 
 knees to the erthe fayeng and in wepyng/ Redoubted fader I fee wel 
 and knowe in my felf that I haue mefpryfed and faylled toward you/ 
 wherof I haue grete defplayfyr/ Neuertheles folyffhe loue hath en- 
 forced me to loue hym/ whyche is wel worthy to be byloued of the 
 mooft gretteft lady of the Royame of fraunce allewaye (&en the 
 noblenes that is in hym/ For I wene that in alle the world is none to 
 hym lyke ne pareylle/ C And alfo I thynke that I am not the firft 
 that haue trefpaced by femblable reafons/ wherfore redoubted fader I 
 am in your mercy/ and take of me vengeaunce/ fuche as fhal playfe 
 you/ and to me chaflyfement/ and example to other Neuertheles I 
 wyl wel that ye knowe and that I fwere by my foule/ that I am as 
 
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 pure and dene of my body as I w.is that day tliat I departed fro hens/ 
 And loo here is the chapelayn whyche can fay to you the trouthe/ 
 And thenne the chapelayn tolde how flie came wyth iij men of whom 
 that one was a moche fayre knyght yonge & curtoys the whyche I 
 byleue is drowned in pafTyng a ryuer/ And they were in myn hous/ 
 and the two damoyfelles flept to gyder in the chyrche/ and the 
 knyght flepte wyth me/ And the other two Hepte in the ftable with 
 the horfes/ Thenne whan the doulphyn herde thefe tydynges he had 
 ry3t grete playfyr/ of which he made noo femblaunte/ and gaf to the 
 chapelayn moche money & grete yeftes/ and bad hym retorne/ 
 C After the doulphyn took vyenne by the hande/ in repreuyng hyr 
 moche gretely/ and lad hyr in to hyr moders chambre wyth yfabeau/ 
 for hir moder was feke of the grete forowe that fhe had for hyr 
 doughter/ and there the moder blamed them bothe two/ And yfabeau 
 fayd that vyenne was as pure and dene of hyr body as fhe was the 
 day that fhe departed ' Alas fayd the doulphyn/ thou haft put vs in 
 the mooft gretteft fhame of p'' world And I promyfe that alle they 
 that haue confented therto fhal be wel punyffhed/ and in efpecyal 
 that euyl traytre Parys whych is caufe of al thys fayte and yf euer f 
 may haue hym I ftial make dogges deuoure hym and alfo bothe ye 
 tweyne fhal fufFre therfore grete penytence/ Thenne fayd vyenne 
 wepyng/ I fee wel and knowe that ye haue entencion to do to me 
 moche gryef and harm/ and I fee wel that my lyf ilial not longe en- 
 dure/ Therfore I fwcre to you in good fayth/ that there is noo man 
 in the world that I fo moche loue as I doo hym whom ye fo menace 
 and thretene/ For in hym I haue my thought & courage wythoute 
 euer to faylle hym/ and yf ye fhortly gyue to me my penaunce/ fo 
 moche fhortly fhal be my deth/ And yf ye fufFre me to endure it 
 longe/ fo moche more fhal I bere it/ and my foule fhal be the more 
 
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 fure tofore almyghty god/ & knowe ye for certayn that for hym and 
 hys loue I am redy to deye/ 
 
 Thene the doulphyn yflued out of the chambre in grete Indygna- 
 cyon/ and commaunded that the fader of Parys fhold be put in an 
 euyl pryfon/ And that al hys goodes (hold be taken fro hym/ And 
 alfo that vyenne & yfabeau fhold be enclofed in a chambre/ and that 
 wel lytell mete fhold be gyuen to them/ and moche he menaced and 
 thretened them/ and thus they abode a longe tyme in that chambre/ 
 and contynuelly Vyenne dremed of Parys/ 
 
 C And whan (he myght haue ony fpace to fpeke to Edward felowe 
 of Parys/ fhe requyred hym that he fhold ferche yf he myght haue 
 ony tydynges of parys/ and that he fhold lete hyr knowe therof/ 
 C In thys maner vyenne pafTed hyr tyme in grete forowe & in grete 
 thought alle waye defyryng for to here fonime tydynges of that noble 
 knyght Parys/ 
 
 WHan Vyenne had ben a grete tyme in thys manere/ The 
 doulphyn bythought hym that thenne hys doughter Vyenne 
 had been wel chaftyfed/ 
 
 C And thenne the Doulphyn fader of Vyenne ordeyned that fhe 
 came oute of pryfon/ And thene he purpofed to gyue to hyr an 
 hufbond/ and fette hyr in hyr fyrfl eflate/ wherof alle the courte was 
 moche loyous/ and in efpecyal Edward felowe of Parys/ C And 
 after certayn tyme the doulphyn wrote to the Erie of Flaunders that 
 he wold doo marye hys doughter vyene wherupon he requyred hym 
 that he wold gyue to hym counceyll in thys mater/ For it was vnto 
 hym chargeable/ And duryng the tyme that vyenne was oute of 
 pryfon hyr herte was neuer in refle/ but euer fhe was heuy and fo- 
 rouful for hyr fwete and faythful frende parys/ whome fhe myght
 
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 not fee/ and kiiewc not whether he were dede or a lyuc/' And whan 
 the doulphyn fawe hyr fo heuy/ On a day he fayd to hyr/ My fwete 
 doughter wherfore be ye fo forouful/ gyue your felf to playfyr/ For 
 as to me I remembre nomore the thynges pafled/ And there is noo 
 thynge in the world that ye demaunde me but I fhal doo it for you/ 
 And thenne vycne whyche had not forgeten Parys fayd to hym/ 
 Honourable fader yf I were fure of the thynges pafTed that they were 
 forgoten by you/ I fliold be more fure than I am but I byleue 
 fermely/ that ye haue them yet in your remembraunce/ For ye holde 
 alwaye meflyre laques in pryfon the fader of Parys/ whyche is not 
 culpable of ony parte of thys dede ne caufe/ And yf ye wold do to 
 me foo moche grace that ye wold pardonne hym and rendre to hym 
 al hys goodes & thynges I fhold be moche loyous/ And the doul- 
 phyn for the playfyr of hys doughter fayd to hyr/ that it wel playfed 
 to hym and Incontyn[en]r the doulphyn dyddo delyuer meflyre laques 
 out of pryfon/ and dyd do retorne to hym al hys goodes and thynges 
 that had be taken from hym/ wherof meflyre laques had grete 
 playfyr/ for yf he had abyden lenger in pryfon he had be dede 
 for hungre/ for there was none that comforted hym but edward/ 
 whiche comforted hym the befl: wyfe he myght/ & gaf to hym dayly 
 that whyche was neceflarye for hys lyf/ whan vyenne knewe that 
 meflyre laques was oute of pryfon/ flie was moche loyeful and had 
 grete playfyr/ Neuertheles al the confolacyon of vyenne was whan 
 fhe myght fpeke wyth edward of hyr loue Parys/ And thus flie 
 pafl^ed hyr tyme in ryght grete payne and heuyneflb the befte wyfe 
 flie myght/ 
 
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 Han the Erie of flaunders had redde the letters of the doul- 
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 whych was of the age of xv yere/ he trayted that fhe fhold haue of 
 two barons that one/ that is to wete the fone of the kyng of englond/ 
 or the fone of the duke of bourgoyne/ whyche thenne had grete 
 renommee in fraunce/ and that was for the grete prowefTe that was in 
 hym/ and the fayd erie made thys fayd traytye/ & fente word vnto 
 the doulphyn/ that hym femed beft that the fone of the due of bour- 
 goyn were befte for hyr/ by caufe that it fhold be grete playfyr to 
 the Kynge of fraunce/ and that he was a noble knyght and of grete 
 prowefle/ and whan the doulphyn had receyued thefe letters fro therle 
 of Flaunders/ he fente to the kyng of fraunce to wyte of hym whyche 
 fhold beft playfe hym of thefe two prynces aforefayd that fhold haue 
 his doughter/ For whome that he wold fhold haue hyr/ wherof Y 
 kyng had grete playfyr/ and reputed it to hym grete honour/ And 
 he fente to hym worde/ that it fhold playfe hym beft that he maryed 
 wyth the fone of the due of bourgoyn hys neuew/ and in fo doyng 
 he ftiold doo to hym ryght grete playfyr/ and wold do as moche for 
 hym whan tyme and place requyreth/ And fcyng the doulphyn the 
 wylle of the kyng of fraunce fente worde to therle of flaunders/ that 
 he had counfeylled wyth hys barons/ & alfo that it was the wylle of 
 the kyng of fraunce that his doughter ftiold be maryed to the fone ot 
 the due of bourgoyne/ And thenne therle laboured fo moche in thys 
 mater that he made the fayd fone of the due to agree as for hys 
 partye/ 
 
 C How Parys fente a letter to hys felowe Edward j 
 
 NOw late vs leue to fpeke of thys mater/ and retorne we vnto 
 Parys whyche abode in the cyte of gene moche heuy/ and 
 whyles thys maryage was in trayty Parys dwelled in gene oute of al
 
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 loyes and playfaunfes worldly/ & al for the loue that he had to the 
 fayr vyenne whome he had Too moche at his hert/ And abode alwaye 
 in hys lodgyng ailone/ and bycame fo deuoute and Too humble toward 
 god that it was grete meruaylle/ and alfo for the good countenaunces 
 that he made/ he was mochc wel byloued of al the peple of the cyte 
 and they helde hym for a noble man ' and fayd he muft nedes be the 
 fone of a grete lord/ And Parys beyng in thys manere had grete 
 defyre to haue tydynges of vyenne/ and what was hyr aduenture/ 
 And anone ordeyned two letters/ that one to hys fader/ & that other 
 to hys felawe Edward/ Of whyche the letter to hys fader fayd in 
 thys manere/ 
 
 RYght dere & honourable fyr and fader phiyfe it you to wete 
 that I am moche forouful and heuy of my cruel aduenture/ 
 and alfo I endure grete heuynes/ forowe and afflycftyon/ doubtyng 
 that for me ye haue fuffred grete payne and trybulacyon/ and I late 
 you wete that I am at genes/ & dwelle in a lodgyng ailone depofed 
 fro al loyes and confolacyons mondayne/ Por myn entcndement is 
 to ferue gcd and our lady fro hens forth & purpofe that ye fhal fee 
 me nomore/ for I wyl departe & goo thurgh the world to feche holy 
 pylgrymages/ And yf by aduenture I fhal deye tofore that ye flial 
 fee me/ I praye you that ir may playfe you that I deye not in your 
 euyi wylle/ but humb[l]y byfeche you that it playfe you to pardonne 
 me/ and to gyue to me your benedydlyon/ Alfo dere fyr and fader I 
 praye you & fupplye that my dere brother and felowe Edward ye 
 wyl take in my name and place/ and that he be recommaunded as 
 your ione in flede of me as wel in your herytage as in other thynges/ 
 and the grace of the holy ghooft be wyth you/ Recomaunde me to 
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 DEre and fpecyal brother and fynguler frende edward the peryl 
 of paris and of hys aduenture is pourfyewed of alle euyl and 
 cruel fortune/ I comaunde me to you as moche as I may fay or thynlc 
 Neuertheles lyke as we haue ben accuftomed to wryte letters of loue 
 and of chyualrye/ Now I muft wryte letters anguyf/hous of forowe 
 and of euyl fortune/ for alas I am vnhappy al allone in a ftrange 
 contre/ & exyjed fro al loyes and fro alle playfyr/ and out of al 
 worldly playfaunce thynkyng nyght & day on the bele vyenne/ the 
 whyche I thynke that for me hath fuffred mortal forowe/ and I fay to 
 you that yf I knewe that for me fhe fuffred payne and forowe I fliold 
 be in defpayr/ for I am worthy for to be punyffhed cruelly for that 
 fayte & none other wherfore I praye god and alle hys fayntes that 
 fhe may be kepte from al euyl/ and gyue hyr grace to profpere in 
 al good and honour lyke as fhe is worthy and myn herte defyreth/ 
 
 <[ My dere broder & felowe the mooft dere thynges that I loue in 
 thys world is fyrft the fayr and fwete vyenne/ & next you to whom 
 I praye you yf it may be in ony wyfe that ye wyl fay to hyr in my 
 name/ how that I am lyuyng in genes/ Paffyng my lyf moche heuy 
 and forouful for thabfence of hyr noble perfone/ and for the cruel & 
 euyl fortune that hath pourfyewed me/ and alfo fay ye to hyr that I 
 crye hyr mercy/ & that it may playfe hyr to pardonne me/ yf by me 
 fhe haue ony dyfplayfyr and god knovveth myn entencyon/ & in what 
 trybulacio I lyue And fyth that it hath not playfed to our lord/ 
 that we accomplyffhe not our defyre & wylle/ we ought to here it 
 pacyently/ And alfo ye ihal fay to hyr/ that I praye and fupplye her 
 as moche as I may that fhe yet take no hufbond/ vnto the tyme that 
 fhe fhal fee thende of our aduenture/ & after thys I praye you dere 
 broder of the confolacyon of my fader & my moder/ and that ye be 
 to them as a fone/ For feyng the loue that alwaye we haue had to
 
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 gyder/ I haue wrytoii to my fader that in the (Icdc of mc he take 
 you for hys fone/ and that after hys lyf he wyl leue to you hys 
 herytage/ for fo moche broder & fclowe I praye & byfeche you that 
 ye be to theym humble and obeyfraunt/ & the better parte (hal be 
 youres/ and yf by aduenture ye wryte to me ony letter late the letter 
 be kepte in my faders hous ' Y holy ghooft haue you in hys kepyng/ 
 And he delyuerd thys letter to a courrour whyche wythin fewe dayes 
 was at vyenne/ and fecretely delyuerd hys letters to edward the good 
 knyght/ whan Edward had receyued thefe letters and knewe that 
 paris was a Ivue/ he had ryght as grete loye as ony man coude thynke 
 or byleue, Neuertheles he helde Y courrour fecretely in his hous to 
 thende that the dolphyn fliold not knowe therof/ and whan he had 
 herde the letters/ he went to the hous of meffyre laques the fader of 
 the noble parys & fayd to hym/ C Medyre laques I brynge to you 
 thys letter/ And whan meffyre laques had redde the letter/ he coude 
 not be facyat of redyng/ he took fo grete playfyr therin/ C After 
 that he had redde it at his playfyr/ he prayed Edward to wryte to 
 hym an anfuer wel at large of alle that was byfallen fyth hys depart- 
 yng/ & thys doon edward departed fro hym/ & wente vnto beale 
 vyenne/ whome he fonde moche heuy and forouful for hir ioue and 
 frende parys/ and Edward fayd/ honourable lady/ & how is if/ that 
 ye be thus heuy/ and vyenne fayd to hym/ alas fayr broder Edward 
 I haue good reafon and caufe to be heuy For myn herte abydeth 
 thynkyng day & nyght on my good knyght Parys/ and I knowe not 
 whether he be al\ue or dcde/ of whvche thynge I moche defy re to 
 knowe/ For yf he be deed I am caufe therof/ And certes yf he be 
 dede I may not lyue after hym/ yf our lord wold doo foo moche 
 grace that he be a lyue/ fayn wold I knowe in what londe he is/ to 
 thende that I my3t fende to hym a lytel money/ foo that he haue
 
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 noo necefTyte for hys perfone/ And edward fayd to hyr/ Madame 
 what wyll ye gyue me/ yf I telle te you good tydynges and fure 
 of hym/ 
 
 C Thenne fayd Vyenne/ by my fayth there is noo thyng that I 
 haue in thys world/ whyche I may gyue wyth myn honour/ but that 
 I fhal gyue it to you Thenne fayd Edward/ loo here is a letter 
 whyche he hath fente to me/ and whan vyenne fawe the letter fhe 
 opened it and redde it al allonge/ & whan flie had redde it {he had 
 foo grete loye/ that hyr femed god had appyered to hyr/ and the 
 loye that fhe had in hyr hert fhewed wel in hyr vyfage/ For 
 fythe that fhe departed fro parys fhe had not fo good vyfage ne chere 
 as fhe had thene & whan the folace had ynough endured Edward 
 fayd to hyr Madame gyue to me ageyn my letter/ that I may make 
 to hym an anfuer/ And Vyenne fayd it plefeth me moche that ye 
 make to Parys my fwete frende an anfuer/ but furely the letter iTial 
 remayne wyth me/ Thenne he fayd/ Madame haue ye not promyfed 
 to gyue to me that thyng that I fhal demaunde you/ yes fayd fhe/ 
 Thenne edward fayd I defyre ne wyll haue none other thynge/ but 
 that ye gyue to me my letter/ for afTone fhal I gyue to you my lyf/ 
 but and yf ye wyl demaunde ony other thynge/ I wyl wel/ Thene 
 fayd Edward I am contente that the letter abyde wyth you/ & after 
 he ordeyned another letter to Parys which fayd in this manere/ 
 
 C How Edward Jente anfuer of his letter to Parys/ whyche abode 
 in the cyte of genes/ 
 
 RYght dere brother frende and felowe parys/ your fader and 
 your moder grete you wel/ the whiche haue fuffred for you 
 moche dyfeafe/ payne and defplayfyr/ and in efpecyal your fader
 
 Paris ^ Vie?ina. 57 
 
 vvhiche hath longe been in pryfon/ & alle hys goodes were taken fro 
 hym/ and alfo I certefye you that by the grace of god and at the 
 requeft and prayer of Vyenne/ the doulphyn hath pardonned hym 
 alle hys euyl vvylle/ and delyuerd hym oute of pryfon & reftored to 
 hym alle hys goodes ageyn/ And plefe it you to wete fayre brother 
 that vyenne hath had fo moche loye and fo grete playfyr whan fhe 
 had knowleche that ye were a lyue/ that it is wonder to byleue/ 
 For al hyr confolacyon was for to haue tydynges of you/ & flie re- 
 commaundeth hyr to you as moche as (he may/ & hath moche grete 
 defyre to fee you & alfo prayeth you not to wythdrawe you fro hyr 
 ne fro that contreye/ but that ye wryte ofte to hyr of your eftate/ 
 And fhe fendeth to you an efchaunge of thre thoufand floryns/ of 
 whiche Hie wyl that ye take your playfyr & loye/ for a! hyr hope is 
 in you/ Alfo ye fhal vnderftonde that fhe hath be kepte in pryfon a 
 certayn tyme/' but thanked be god fhe is now oute/ Alfo I haue 
 fhewed to hyr your letter/ whyche fhe reteyneth/ and after that fhe 
 had redde it/ I myght neuer haue it ageyn/ but fhe fayd/ that fhe 
 had leuer to lefe al that fhe had/ than the faid letter & ye fhal knowe 
 that the doulphyn treateth a maryage for hyr the which is the fone 
 of the due of bourgoyn/ & he hopeth fro day to day/ that it fhal be 
 accomplyffhed/ Neuertheles I trufte foo moche in vyenne/ feyng y 
 whiche fhe hath fayd to me/ that fhe wyi neuer haue other hufbond 
 but you/ wherfore lyue ye forth loyodfly in hope/ Dere brother I 
 thanke you as I can or may for the prefentacjron that ye haue doon 
 for me/ your foule be wyth god/ to whome I praye that he kepe you 
 in hys holy warde & protecflyon &c ' whan thys letter was wry ten he 
 delyuerd it to the courrour/ whyche made hafty lourneyes fo that he 
 arryued at genes/ where as the good kny5t Parys dwelled and abode/
 
 58 Paris &' Vienna. 
 
 WHan the noble paris had redde the letter/ & knewe that 
 vyenne had been in pryfon/ almooft for forowe he was oute 
 of his wytte curfyng his euyl fortune/ & after he curfed the day that 
 he was borne & moche dyfcomforted hym felf/ & alfo he curfed the 
 doulphyn fayeng/ O cruel fader and vnconnyng/ how may your hert 
 fufFre to put in pryfon hyr that is foo noble a creature/ whyche is ful 
 of al vertues/ that is the fayre vyenne/ whyche is noo thynge caufe of 
 thys fayte/ For I my felf onely haue doon it/ & ought to here allone 
 the penaunce/ alas & wherfore dyd not god to me fo moche grace/ 
 that I had be taken in ftede of hyr/ O fayre vyenne what haue I 
 doo for you/ whyche haue fuffred foo moche payne for me/ Thus he 
 made a grete whyle hys forowe in wepyng ftrongely/ After Parys 
 fawe that the fayr vyenne was retorned in to hyr fyrft eftate/ wherof 
 he was moche loyous/ & whan he had receyued the efchaunge that 
 vyenne had fente hym he hyred a moche fayr hous & cladde hym 
 honeftly & rychely & took acqueyntaunce & amytye wyth the gretteft 
 & befte of the cyte/ in fo moche they dyd hym moche good and 
 honour/ & thus duellyd parys a grete whyle/ alway remembryng in 
 hys hert the loue of vyenne/ for alleway hys loue encreaced/ And 
 euery moneth they wrote letters eche to other/ of whyche here is 
 made noo mencyon/ for it fliold be ouer longe to reherce/ & torne 
 we here in to flaunders for the fayte of the maryage of the excellent 
 vyenne/ 
 
 NOW fayth thyftorye that whan therle of Flaunders had accorded 
 the maryage with the due of bourgoyn he made redy hys fone 
 and apparaylled hym of companye and of horfes/ and lete it be 
 knowen to the doulphyn/ that he fhold make redy al thynge necef-
 
 a?'is 
 
 Vienna. 59 
 
 farye/ & that he fhold haftely fende to hym his lone/ whan the doul- 
 phyn herde thefe tydynges/ that he/ whome he fo moche defyred 
 fhold come he was moche loyous/ and Incontynent dyd doo make 
 redy many grete & meruayllous feftes/ & duryng the fame dyd doo 
 make redy hys fone the due of bourgoyne/ horfes and peple for to 
 accompanye hym whiche was a fayre thynge to fee/ C And after 
 fent hym to therle of flauders/ whyche receyued hym wyth grete 
 loye & wyth grete honour & fefted hym two dayes/ and delyuerd to 
 hvm hvs fone in his companye/ and fente hym to the doulphyn/ & 
 whan the doulphyn knewe theyr comyng/ he dyd do make redy to 
 receyue hym/ and whan they were by a day lourneye nygh vnto 
 vyenne/ he rode oute wyth moche grete chyualrye/ & receyued them 
 with moche grete loye and piayfyr/ & eche made grete fefte to other 
 whyche were ouer longe to recounte/ Neuertheles tofore that the 
 doulphyn came to the fone of the' due of bourgoyn/ hee & hys wyf 
 entred in to the chambre of vyenne to whome the doulphyn fayd/ 
 Fayr doughter it was the piayfyr of god that I & your moder were 
 to gyder vij yere wythoute hauyng ony chylde/ and in the viij yere 
 our lord comforted vs wyth you/ in whom we haue al our affedyon/ 
 For we haue neyther fone ne doughter but onely you/ ne fuppofe 
 neuer to haue/ fo we trufte that by you we haue one/ It is trewe 
 that* fo as god wyl and hath ordeyned we wyl affemble you to a 
 moche honou[ra]ble maryage/ the whiche to vs playfeth moche/ for I 
 enfure you the doughter of the Kynge of Fraunce hath moche de- 
 fyred to haue hym/ that ye fhal haue/ for god hath endowed hym 
 with fo moche good & honour as hert of knyght may haue/ thus to 
 the piayfyr of god/ & of the vyrgyn marye/ we haue made the 
 maryage of the fone of the duke of bourgoyne & of you/ wherfor we 
 
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 6o Paris &' Vienna. 
 
 praye you/ that therto ye wyl gyue your good wylle & playfyr/ and 
 alfo that ye wyl haue the maryage agreable/ Thenne vyenne anfuerd 
 to hyr fader/ Honourable fader & lord I wote wel that thys that ye 
 entende is for my wele & proufFyt/ But not wythftondyng that I be 
 in age for to marye/ & that in thys maryage I (hold receyue honour 
 more than I am worthy/ Neuertheles I flial not yet be maryed for 
 yf we haue not thys man/ yf it playfe god we flial haue another as 
 good or better/ And thynke ye not myn honourable lord/ that I fay 
 thys for ony excufacyon/ but it is fythen xv dayes that I haue be 
 euyl dyfpofed of my perfone/ & the maladye that I haue caufeth me 
 to take noo playfyr for to be maryed/ For I haue auowed vnto god 
 neuer to be maryed to thys man ne to none other/ as longe as I fhal 
 be in thys maladye/ C Thenne thought the dolphyn that vyenne 
 fayd it for (hamefaftnes/ Neuertheles he trauaylled hyr euery day 
 wyth fayre wordes that fhe fliold confente to thys maryage/ but it 
 auaylled nothyng all that he dyd/ for the wylle of hir was more in 
 parys than in ony man of the world/ 
 
 THenne on the morne the fone of the due of bourgoyne/ & the 
 fone of the erle of Flaunders entred in to the cyte of vyenne/ 
 wherof the doulphyn had grete loye & playfyr/ and thys felle en- 
 dured wel fyftene dayes/ that they dyd no thynge/ but daunce/ 
 fynge/ and dyd other dyuers playfyrs/ and duryng thys fefte the 
 doulphyn fayd to the fone of the duke of bourgoyn to thende that he 
 fhold thynke none euyl by caufe he abode fo longe or he myght 
 efpoufe hys doughter/ C Fayr fone I praye you & byfeche that ye 
 take you to playfyr and loye/ And gryeue you noo thynge of thys 
 longe abydyng here/ for certayn my doughter is fo feke/ that vn- 
 nethe fhe may fpeke/ whyche doth to hyr grete defplayfyr and fhame/
 
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 Vieniia. 6 1 
 
 for fayn flie wold he out of hyr chambre/ And thenne the fone of 
 the due of bourgoyii as he that' mente but good fayth/ byleued it 
 lyghtly/ Neuertheles the doulphyii dyd nothyng ny3t ne day/ but 
 admonefted hys doughter one tyme \\\ fayr wordes/ and another tyme 
 in menaces/ but in no wyfe he coude make hys doughter to confente/ 
 And comaunded that fhe fhold nothyng haue but brede & water and 
 vyenne abode one day foo in thys manere/ and al thys dyd the doul- 
 phyn/ to thende that fhe (hold confente to the maryage/ and alwaye 
 he dyd to hyr more harme & payne/ & vyenne was alwaye more 
 harde/ and ferther fro hys defyre/ wherof the doulphyn had moche 
 grete dyfplayfyr/ and not wythoute caufe/ & feyng the Doulphyn 
 that hys doughter was foo Indurate/ he thought that by fomme good 
 moyen he wold fende home ageyn the fone of the due of bourgoyn 
 for he doubted that yf he abode longe/ that this feat myght be dyf- 
 couerd/ and he gaf to hym fayr lewellys/ and after fayd to hym/ 
 Fayre fone I wyl that ye take noo defplayfyr in that I fhal fay to you/ 
 Me femeth wel that at thys tyme this maryage may not goo forth of 
 you and of my doughter/ for after that I fee/ & as me femethe the 
 wylle of god is ferther than I wold at thys tyme/ For he wyl not 
 that the maryage of you and of my doughter take now effedte/ wher- 
 fore I haue ryght grete defplayfyr in my hert onely for the loue of 
 you/ Thenne the fone of the due of bourgoyne feyng that at that 
 tyme he myght doo noo thyng/ toke leue of the Doulphyn and re- 
 torned in to his contree by caufe that Vyenne was not in helthe/ and 
 promyfed that aflbne as he myght knowe that fhe fhold be hool/ he 
 wold retorne for to accomplyffhe the mariage lyke as the doulphyn 
 had promyfed to hym/ 
 
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 62 Paris ^ Vienna. 
 
 C How the doulphyn dyd doo enpryjonne vytne by cauje that Jhe wold 
 not conjente to the maryage to the /one of the duke of hourgoynej 
 
 AFter certayn dayes that the fone of the Duke of bourgoyn was 
 departed fro the cyte of vyenne/ the doulphyn for grete def- 
 playfyr that he had dyd do come tofore hym the mayfter layler of 
 hys pryfon/ and dyd doo make wythin hys paleys a lytel pryfon 
 derke and obfcure/ and he dyd do put vyenne and yfabeau in to 
 that pryfon/ and commaunded that they fhold haue nothyng to 
 ete but brede and water/ and one damoyfel in whome the dolphyn 
 trufted fhold brynge it to them And in thys manere vyenne & 
 yfabeau paflyd theyr tyme in grete forowe/ And thynke not that for 
 thys pryfon/ the hert of vyenne wold in ony wyfe confente to the 
 wylle of hyr fader/ but alway encreaced wyth hyr y wylle toward hir 
 fwete frende Parys/ and wyth fwete wordes fhe comforted yfabeau 
 fayeng/ My dere fufter abafflie you not for thys derkenes/ for I haue 
 confydence in god/ that ye fhal haue yet moche welthe/ For my fayr 
 fufter/ It is a moche ryghtful thyng that for the good kny3t parys 
 whyche for me fuffreth fo moche payne/ that I fufFre thys for hym/ 
 and alfo I fay to you that al the paynes of this world be nothyng 
 greuous to me whan I thynke on hys fwete vyfage/ And in thys 
 manere that one comforted that other/ in fpekyng alle day of the 
 valyaunte knyght Parys/ 
 
 C How the fone of the due of bourgoyn departed fro hys contreye for to 
 come fee the fay re lady Vyenne/ 
 
 WHan the fone of the due of bourgoyne had abyden longe tyme 
 in hys contree/ On a day he had grete thought of vyenne/
 
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 & that was for the grete beaute of hyr and it dyfplefed hym moche 
 that at hys beyng there he had not feen hyr/ and fo conckfded to goo 
 & fee hyr/ and it was not longe after that he cam to the dolphyn 
 and the doulphyn receyued hyni moche gladly and with grete honour/ 
 Thenne prayed he the dolphyn that it myght plefe hym to fhewe 
 to hym vyenne alfo feke as fhe was/ For in the world was nothyng 
 that he foo m che defyred to fee as hyr, And the doulphyn feyng 
 the wyile & defyre of hym wold noo lenger hyde hys courage/ but 
 fayd to hym/ My fayr fone by the fayth that I owe to god/ I haue 
 had grete defyre that thys maryage fhold be made/ but my doughter 
 for thys prefent tyme wyl take noo hufbond ne be maryed whcrfore 
 I haue grete defplayfyr and that for the loue of you/ & to thende 
 that ye knowe/ that it holdeth not on me/ I fwere to you that fythe 
 ye departed fro thys toun/ I haue doon hyr to be kepte in a pryfon 
 derke and obfcure/ and hath eten nothyng but brede and water onely/ 
 and haue fworn that (he fhal not goo oute of pryfon tyl flie flial con- 
 fente to haue you in maryage/ And thus 1 praye you that ye take 
 noo defplayfyr/ yf at thys tyme ye fee hyr not/ for ye may not faylle 
 to haue grete maryage/ in caas that this faylle you and thenne he 
 anfuerd/ honourable fyr I praye you moche hertely/ fyth that it is fo/ 
 that er I retorne I may fpeke to hyr/ and I fhal praye hyr as moche 
 as I (hal mowe and fhal fee yf by ony manere I may conuerte hyr 
 fro hyr wylle/ thenne fayd the doulphyn he was contente/ 
 
 Thenne he fente to his doughter clothyng and veflymentes for to 
 clothe hyr/ and alfo mete for to ete/ For in two monethes fhe had 
 eten but brede and water/ wherof fhe was moche feble/ and that 
 fhewed wel in her vyfage/ & thus he dyd by caufe ihe fhold confente 
 to the maryage/ And thenne it was concluded/ that the fone of the 
 due of bourgoyn fhold come fee hyr & fpeke with hyr/ and tiienne
 
 64 Paris ^ Vientta. 
 
 whan Vyenne fawe thys and had receyued all & knewe that the Tone 
 of the due of bourgoyn fhuld come & fpeke wyth hyr fhe faid to 
 yfabeau hir damoyfel/ fayr fufler beholde how my fader & moder 
 wene by thefe veftymentes & thys henne that I fliold ete to deceyue 
 me and put me fro my purpoos/ but god forbede that I fhold do fo/ 
 & thenne fhe took the henne/ & fayd to hyr that brought it/ fyth it 
 playfeth to the fone of the duke to come & fpeke to me/ fay ye to 
 hym that he may not come thefe iij dayes/ & whan he cometh that 
 he brynge with hym the byffhop of Saynt laurens/ She that had 
 brought to hyr the henne fayd alle thys vnto the doulphyn and to 
 dame dyane hir moder/ C Thenne vyenne took the two quarters of 
 the henne and put them vnder hyr arme hooles/ and helde them there 
 fo longe/ that they ftonken moche ilrongely/ C And whan it came 
 to the thyrd day/ the byffhop of Saynt Laurence and the fone of the 
 Duke of Bourgoyne camen for to fee vyenne/ and or they entred they 
 opened a treylle whyche gaf lyght in to the pryfon/ 
 
 C Thenne whan the fone of the due fawe Vyenne in the pryfon he 
 fayd to hir by grete pyte that he had/ Noble vyenne how wyl ye 
 deye thus for hungre foo folyly by your owne defaulte/ C And 
 knowe ye not we! that your fader hath gyuen you to me to haue to 
 my wyf/ wherfore I lyue in grete payne/ and in moche grete forowe 
 for the durefle of your courage/ wherof ye doo ryght grete fynne/ 
 And doubte ye not that god punyffheth you for thynobedyence that 
 ye doo to your fader and to your moder/ wherfore I praye you fayre 
 Vyenne to telle to me for what caufe ye wyl not haue me in maryage 
 to your hufbond/ Doubte ye that whan ye fhall be wyth me/ that 
 ye may not ferue god as wel as ye now do that fuffre thys payne/ I 
 promy(e you by my fayth ]?' ye fhal haue playfaunces and lybertees 
 in al the maners that ye fhal conne demaunde/ Thenne I praye you
 
 Paris &' Vie?t?7a. 65 
 
 that ye wyl not here deye fo doloroufly / and yf ye wyl not doo it for 
 the loue of me/ yet at the lefte do it for the loue of your fader and of 
 your moder whyche lyue for you in grete forowe and in grete heuy- 
 nefle/ wherfore ye ought to haue pyte on them/ 
 
 WHan Vyenne had herde thefe wordes fhe was quafi abaffhed 
 and fayd fyr fauyng your honour I am maryed/ how be it ye 
 knowe hym not whome I haue in myn hert/ And alfo I knowe and 
 graunte ryght wel that ye be worthy to haue one moche gretter and 
 more hye a lady than I am/ and I late you wete that for hym that I 
 defyre I fhold fuffre more payne than I fele/ And therfore I praye 
 you that fro hens forth ye fpeke to me no more of thys mater/ And 
 alfo I am fo euyl dyfpofed in my perfone that yf it endure in me/ my 
 iyf fhal not be longe/ and yf it were honefte I (hold fhewe it you and 
 than fhold ye fee how it ftondeth wyth me/ Neuertheles approche ye 
 ner to me/ & ye fhall the better byleue me/ And the fone of the 
 duke of bourgoyne & the byffhop of faynt laurence approuched vnto 
 vyenne/ fro whom yflued foo grete a ftenche/ that vnnethe they myght 
 fuffre and endure it/ whiche fauour came fro vnder hyr arme holes of 
 the two quarters of the henne/ whiche were roten/ And whan vyenne 
 fawe that they had felte ynough of the flenche fhe fiiyd to them/ 
 lordes ye may now knowe ynough in what aduenture I am dyfpofed/ 
 Thenne they took leue hauyng grete compafTyon on hyr/ And they 
 fayd to the dolphyn that vyenne was thene half roten and that fhe 
 flanke/ and demed in them felf that fhe myght not lyue longe/ and 
 that it fhold be grete damage of hyr deth for the fouerayn beaute 
 that was in hyr/ And Incontyncnt the fone of the due of bourgoyn 
 took hys leue of the doulphyn/ and retorned in to hys contrey/ and
 
 66 Paris &* Vienna. 
 
 recounted to hys fader the lyf of vyeiine/ wherof alle they that herde 
 hym had grete pyte in theyr herte/ 
 
 WHan the doulphyn fawe that the maryage was broken/ by 
 the defFauIte of his doughter Vyene/ he fware that fhe fliold 
 neuer departe fro thens/ but yf flie wold confente to hys wylle/ 
 
 And fo fhe abode longe tyme in that pryfon where fhe had grete 
 thought and forowe for hyr fwete and trewe frende parys/ & hyr 
 defyre was on noo thyng but for to here tydynges of parys hyr loue/ 
 But in the eftate that fhe was in/ no man myght brynge hyr tyd- 
 ynges/ And Edward the felowe of Parys feyng that Vyenne abode 
 in foo grete payne/ and that none durft fpeke to hyr/ he had in his 
 herte grete forowe/ & was moche moeued of grete pyte/ and alfo 
 for the grete loue that he had to parys/ And concluded to 
 •make a chapel in the chyrche that touched the palays of the dol- 
 phyn and in a corner he dyd do dygge fo depe that it was nyghe 
 to the foundement of the pryfon/ wherein vyenne was/ and by 
 caufe he wold not haue the thyng dyfclofed/ he wold that they 
 fhold dygge no ferther/ and whan the chapel was achyeued and fyn- 
 yfflied/ Edward alle allone dygged hym felf fo ferre/ that he made 
 an hole/ by whyche he fpake to vyenne whan he wold whyche caue 
 was made fo fecretly that no man my3t apperceyue it/ Soo it happed 
 on a day Edward byhelde vyene thurgh this hole/ & falewed hyr/ & 
 thenne whan vyenne herd hym & knewe hym/ fhe had fo grete loye 
 & confolacyon/ that flie femed that fhe was ryfen fro deth to lyf/ & 
 the fyrft tydynges that Vyenne demaunded of hym were yf he knewe 
 ony tydynges of parys & edward tolde to hir that it was not longe 
 fyth/ that he had receyued a letter fro hym/ wry ton at genes/ Thenne 
 faid vyene al wepyng to hym/ alas whan fhal y day come that I fhal
 
 Paris ^ Fie? 177 a. 67 
 
 fee hym/ & that doon I wold be cotente that god fhold do his wylle of 
 me ' for none other thyng I defy re in this world/ Alas fayr brother 
 what femeth you of my lyf & of this fayr -chambre in whyche I 
 dwelle in/ certeynly I byleue veryly/ that yf parys knewe it/ Y for 
 his loue I fufFre thus moche forowe/ that the hert of hym /hold fw^lte 
 for forowe/ and after fhe tolde to Edward the parlament that fhe had 
 with the fone of the due of bourgoyne/ & alfo of the henne/ & 
 prayed hym b' he wold fende worde of al thys to parys & that fhe 
 recommaunded hyr to hym/ & alfo that fhe had none other hope in 
 thys world but in hym/ Edward brought to hyr euery day fro thene 
 forthon mete & drynke/ & al that was neceflarye to hyr/ for hyr lyf/ 
 Si. comforted hyr with fayr wordes the bed: wyfe he myght/ & 
 Edward wrote al playnly to parys/ how for hungre fhe fhold haue 
 been dede/ ne had he ben/ whyche dayly pourueyed for hyr al that 
 was to hym neceffarye/ and he wrote to hym alle the manere that 
 Vyenne had holden wyth the fone of the Duke of Bourgoyne And 
 that thys fayre lady Vyenne defyred noo thynge in this world but for 
 to fee hym onely And alfo that fhe prayed hym that he fhold not 
 departe oute of the contree that he was in/ 
 
 WHan the noble Parys had receyued the letter fro Edward and 
 knewe that vyenne abode in pryfon/ it is no nede to de- 
 maunde yf he had grete defp[I]ayfyr/ & almoofl was in fuche caas/ as 
 to lefe his wytte for forowe/ And on that other parte he had grete 
 drede that fhe fhold be maryed in efchewyng of the grete harme & 
 payne that fhe fuffred/ and herein he was penfyf nyght and day/ 
 fayeng to hym felf/ I fee wel that I may not efcape but that vyenne 
 mufl nedes be maryed/ and by that moyen hyr loue and myn fhal 
 faylle/ Alas now fee I wel that now me byhoueth noohoope ne trufle/
 
 68 Paris ^ Vienna. 
 
 Alas caytyf and vnhappy what fhal byfalle of me/ I fhal goo fo 
 ferre/ that fro hyr I may neuer here tydynges/ ne alfo fhe fro me/ 
 and after this he bygan ageyn hys complaynte fayeng/ O veray god 
 of heuen wherfore haft thou not doon to me foo moche grace/ that in 
 the ftede of hyr I myght fuffre the payne that fhe fuffreth for me/ 
 C O cruel fortune ful of cruel tormente/ and what hath vyene doon 
 or made that fhe muft fuffre fo greuous penaunce/ Alas were it not 
 more reafon/ luftyce and caufe that I whyche haue doon alle thys 
 euyl here the punycyon/ certes yes/ 
 
 C How Parys Jente a letter to Edward hys felowe/ 
 
 AFter that he had made hys cdplaynte/ he wrote a letter vnto 
 Edward/ doyng hym to wyte how he had fouerayn forowe for 
 vyene whiche was in pryfon/ and he thanked hym of the goodnes and 
 dylygence that he had doon toward hyr/ in prayeng hym that he 
 neuer wold faylle hyr/ but contynuelly ayde and helpe hyr/ C And 
 after he wrote to hym how for veray dyfplayfyr and melancolye he 
 wold goo in to fomme ftraunge contreye/ And that fro than forthon 
 he fhold fende to hym noo moo letters/ And that he neuer retche for 
 to here moo tydynges fro hym/ nomore than of a deed perfone/ 
 C Thenne whan Edward had receyued thefe letters fro Paris and 
 knewe that he wold eftraunge hym fro that contree of genes/ and 
 wold goo in to a ftrange contreye he was moche wroth and fore 
 agryeued/ 
 
 C And thenne Incontynent parys' wente and tolde it to the fader 
 and moder of Parys/ wherof they toke fo grete forowe that they fup- 
 pofed to haue lofte theyr wytte/ And after edward wente and tolde 
 
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 it alfo to vyenne/ wherof it nedeth not to demaunde the grete forowe 
 that fhe had/ for it was (o grete and ouermoche/ that yf edward had 
 not comforted hyr/ fhe had been dede/ And thenne (he complayned 
 to yfabeau fayeng that fythen fhe neuer entended to here tydynges of 
 hyr loue Parys fhe was ryght wel contente to deye and that fhe wold 
 neuer more haue playfyr of no thynge that was in thys world/ and 
 that thenne fhe wold that fhe were dede/ And yfabeau comforted 
 hyr alwaye 
 
 C How parys wente to fliyppe at venyjej for to goo to the holy 
 fepulcre in Iheru/alem/ 
 
 AFter that paris had fent the letter to Edward Incontynent he 
 departed fro genes wyth hys feruaunte/ and wente to venyfe 
 where he took fhyppyng/ and faylled fo ferre that he cam to alexan- 
 drye/ where he abode a fpace of tyme/ & after in that contrey he 
 enformed hym & lerned the waye to the moute of caluarye and of 
 Iherufalem/ and how he myght pafTe furely/ And afterward Parys 
 concluded to goo in to that contrey a pylgrymage/ but tofore or he 
 took hys waye/ he lerned for to fpeke the langage of moores/ And 
 whan Parys coude wel fpeke mouryfke/ he and his varlet took the 
 waye toward ynde/ Ande fo ferre laboured by theyr lourneyes/ that 
 they arryued in the londe of prefler lohan/ In whyche he dwelled a 
 longe tyme And in that whyle hys berde grewe longe/ and after he 
 took the habyte of a more/ and alfo lerned alle the cuftommes and 
 maners of the contree/ And he had alle waye faflie byleue in o»r 
 lord Ihefu Cryfle/ and in the gloryous vyrgyn marye hys fwete 
 moder/ And thus abydyng in thys maner he had grete wylle to goo 
 to Iherufalem to the holy fepulture/ for to fee the holy fayntuarycs/ 
 & for taccomplyffhe the holy pylgremage/ Thene whan he was in
 
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 Iherufalem/ he fette al his courage in deuocyon/ & bycam fo deuoute 
 that it was meruaylle/ and prayed contynuelly our lord that by the 
 meryte of his paflyon he wold gyue to hym faluacyon of hys foule/ 
 & confolacyon for his body & alfo for fayr vyenne/ & after he de- 
 parted fro thens and wente in to Egypte/ and arryued in the contree 
 of the foudan/ & hys money bygan to faylle/ & hyred hym a litel 
 hous wherin he dwellyd moche heuy and forouful for hys Infortune/ 
 And alfo he had grete defplayfyr whan he fawe other tryumphe and 
 wexe lordes/ Now it happed on a day that parys wente to playe and 
 dyfporte hym out of the toun in the feldes/ and there mette with the 
 faulconners of the foudan/ whyche came fro hawkyng/ and emonge 
 them was one fawcon moche feke/ and that fawcon the fowdan loued 
 befte of alle the other/ Thenne demaunded Parys of the fawconner 
 what fekenefle the fawcon had/ And the fawconner fayd to hym that 
 he wyft not/ Thenne fayd paris truly yf he contynue in the maladye 
 that he hath he fliall not lyue thre dayes/ but yf ye doo that I fhal 
 fay to you/ and yf he be not hole therwyth he fhal neuer be hole/ 
 Thenne fayd y fawlconner to hym/ I praye you that ye wyl telle me 
 what I flial do for I enfure you faythfully/ that yf ye may make hym 
 hole/ it fhal mowe auaylle you and me alfo and that I promyfe you/ for 
 the fouldan had leuer lofe the befle cyte that he hath than this fawcon/ 
 Thenne Parys wente and fought certayn herbes/ and gaf them to the 
 fawlconner and bad hym to bynde them to the feet of the fawcon/ 
 and fo he dyd/ and fone after the fawlcon amended and becam as 
 hole as euer he had be tofore/ wherof y fouldan was moche loyous/ 
 and for loue of thys faulcon/ tlie fouldan made the fawlconner a grete 
 ferd ' in hys courte/ Thenne the faulconner feyng that by the moyen 
 
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 of parys he had goten thys lordfhyp/ he dyd to hym moche playfyr/ 
 & fhewed to hym as grete amytye and frendfhyp as he ' had ben hys 
 brother/ & brought hym in the grace of the fouldan/ and was re- 
 ceyued in to hys courte/ & the fouldan loued hym foo wel/ that he 
 gaf to hym grete ofFyce/ and mayntened hym in grete honour/ ye 
 (hal vnderftonde that in thys tyme regned a moclie holy pope/ the 
 whych was named Innocent/ and was a moche holy perfone & de- 
 uoute/ And it plefed foo hym that he gaf oute a croyfee/ ayenft the 
 fals myfcreauntes & hethen men/ to the ende that the name of our lord 
 Ihefu cryft were more fayntefyed and enhaunced thurgh out al cryf- 
 tyente/ And therfore was maad a grete counceyl emonge the car- 
 dynals and prelates/ & was concluded by theyr parlament that thys 
 croyfee fhold be wryton to the kyng of fraunce/ and to other kynges 
 cryften/ dukes/ Erles and other grete lordes/ and fo was it doon/ 
 
 w 
 
 C How the doulphyn came toward the kyng of Fraunce j 
 
 ^Han the kyng of france had receyued the letters fro the 
 pope/ Incontynct he fente for the doulphyn of vyennoys/ that 
 he {hold come and fpeke wyth hym/ the whiche Incontynent came at 
 his commaundement/ Thenne the kynge fayd to hym/ Syr Godefroy/ 
 we haue made you to come hy ther/ for ye be one of y mooft wyfeft of 
 our courte/ & alfo ye be of our lygnage/ And we late you wete that 
 our holy fader the pope hath wryton to vs that he hatli yeuen a 
 croyfee ayenft the mefcreautes wherfore we for the loue and reuerence 
 of god entede for to goo thyder/ Neuertheles we haue aduyfed/ that 
 ye ftiold goo fyrft in to thoo partyes/ & we praye you for the loue 
 
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 and reuerence of god that ye take on you the charge for to efpye the 
 contrees and alfo the paflages/ Thenne the doulphyn fayd/ I am redy 
 & apparaylled to do your comaundement wyth good wylle/ But how 
 flial I mowe doo it for to pafle furely emonge the hethen peple/ 
 For yf they apperceyue in ony wyfe that I goo for to efpye theyr 
 contree/ I fhal not conne efcape/ but that I muft deye by cruel deth 
 yf god kepe me not/ Thenne fayd the kyng ye may goo and your 
 companye furely clothed in habyte of pylgryms/ for ye knowe wel 
 that thys is not the fyrft tyme/ that many cryften men haue been in 
 the holy londe/ wherfor I praye you yet eft ones that in y name of 
 Ihefu cryft that ye make you redy for to goo thyder/ and take wyth 
 you of our knyghtes as meny as it fhal playfe you/ 
 
 C Thenne the doulphyn feyng the wylle of the kyng/ and that 
 Incontynent he muft departe/ he fente letters to hys wyf/ that he 
 wold goo in to the holy londe to feche the holy fayntuaryes & pyl- 
 grymages/ and prayed hyr that fhe moche wyfely fhold gouerne hys 
 londe/ & that vyenne hys doughter fhold not efcape oute of pryfon 
 tyl he retourned for in fhorte tyme he wold come ageyn/ 
 
 C How the Doulphyn took hys JJiyppyng for to goo in to Iherujalemj 
 
 AFter that the doulphyn had taken hys fhyppe/ & pafTed in to 
 Surrye and damafke/ to Iherufalem and in many other places/ 
 &• had aduyfed and efpyed moche wyfely and wel alle the contree/ 
 And enquyred of the cryften men that dwellyd there many thynges/ 
 without dyfcoueryng his wylle and entente/ Neuertheles fomme euyl 
 cryften men for to gete money tolde it vnto the fouldan of babylone/ 
 C Thenne whan the fouldan knewe it/ he maad noo femblaunte/ but 
 Incontynent he made all the paflages to be kept where as the pyl-
 
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 gryms went by in fuche manere as the doulphyn was taken & alle 
 hys companye wyth hym in a place called Ramon not ferre fro Iheru- 
 falem whyclie was brought tofore the fouldan/ and he ordeyned that 
 the doulphyn fhold be tormented and pyned/ The doulphyn feyng 
 hym felf in fuche a poynte fayd that they {hold not tormente hym/ 
 and he wold fay to them the trouthe/ & thus he recounted to the 
 fouldan how the Pope had gyuen oute a croyfee ayenft them/ & how 
 he was comen to efpye the contreye/ whan the fouldan fawe thys/ he 
 fayd that he wold aduyfe hym of what deth he wold do hym to deth/ 
 in maner that al other fhold take enfaumple/ And commaunded that 
 anone he fhold be ledde in to alyfandrye/ & there to be put in to an 
 harde pryfon/ and alfo that none fliold gyue to hym but brede and 
 water/ Thenne the doulphyn was brought in to Alyfandrye/ & was 
 put in to an hard and ftronge toure/ & there he fuffred a myferable 
 lyf/ and had kepars that kept hym ny3t and day/ Thus was the doul- 
 phyn in grete forowe/ thynkyng neuer to yflue out of j?" pryfon but 
 dede/ Neuertheles the Pope and the kyng of Fraunce dyd ofte tymes 
 grete payne to haue hym out by fynaunces/ but they myght not haue 
 hym/ C For the fouldan fayd that he fhold do on hym fuche puny- 
 cyon/ that al other fhold take enfaumple/ Now late vs leue to fpeke 
 of the doulphyn/ and retorne we to Parys that knewe no thynge of 
 thefe tydynges 
 
 NOw recounteth thyftorye that parys was in babylone lyke as ye 
 haue tofore herde/ whyche knewe noo thynge of thys fayte/ 
 So it happed that by aduenture ij freres relygyous fought thyndul- 
 gences of the holy lande & aryueden in babylone/ where they wold 
 fee the feygnorye & the puyfTaunce of the fowdan/ For thenne the 
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 two freres were of thefe partyes/ whyche beyng in tho partyes it 
 happed as they wente in the towne parys fonde them/ Thenne parys 
 falewed them & demaunded of thefe partyes and fayd to them in 
 thys manere/ After that I haue herde fay emonge you cryften men 
 ye haue a Pope/ the whyche is moche flironge & puyflaunt/ And 
 alfo ye haue many kynges/ & grete lordes/ & fo grete townes cytees 
 and caftellys/ that I haue merueyll how ye fufFre that we that be not 
 of your lawe haue the feygnorye of the holy lande whiche ought to 
 apperteyne to you as ye fay/ And whan the freres had herde Parys 
 thus fpeke/ they were fore aferde/ And one of them anfuerd in the 
 langage of moure/ For they wyft none other but parys was a moure/ 
 &: fo dyd al they of the contrey/ & he fayd to hym/ Syr I byleue wel 
 that ye haue herd fay/ that in our partyes been aflembled grete compa- 
 nyes of peple & men of warre for to come in to thyfe partyes/ by caufe 
 that our holy fader the Pope/ hath graunted oute a croyfee/ and in 
 the tyme whyles our men of warre aflembled/ the kynge of fraunce 
 whiche is the gretteft of cryftyente/ fente a noble baron whyche is 
 named the doulphyn of vyennoys for to vyfyte and efpye thefe 
 partyes/ Thenne he beyng in thefe partyes/ the fouldan fette men in 
 fuche places where as the pylgryms were accuftomed to pafl*e/ And 
 fodeynly he dyd do take hym in a cyte named Ramon/ and after 
 fente hym in to Alyfandrye/ and there fette hym in an euyl pryfon/ 
 wherein I fuppofe that he be dede/ and thus for thys caufe/ the fayt 
 was dyfcouerd/ Thenne fayd Parys how is that lord named/ Thenne 
 fayd the frere/ he is named godefroy of Allaunfon doulphyn of 
 vyennoys/ And whan parys herde thys he was moche abafflied/ but 
 he made noo femblaunter/ And thought in hys hert/ that hys ad- 
 uenture myght yet come to good and efFede/ Thenne he demaunded 
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 to them another tyme/ and demaunded them where they were lodged/ 
 and they tolde hym more for drede than for loue/ for they thought 
 he wold haue doon to them fomme harme/ 
 
 WHan Parys was departed fro the freres/ he was moche penfyf 
 how and in what maner he myght goo in to Alexandrye for 
 to fee the doulphyn/ & how he myght gete hym oute of pryfon/ and 
 fo moche he thought on his fayte/ that he purpofed to goo to the 
 hoftry where the freres were lodged/ and foo wente thyder/ & whan 
 the freres fawe hym/ they were fore aferde Thenne parys took them 
 by the handes/ and ladde them to folace thurgh ^ ^Y^^ fpekyng of 
 many thynges alwaye in the langage of moure/ & fayd to them/ I 
 haue grete defyre to fee that cryften knyght whiche is in alexandrye 
 For I haue alwaye had good wylle to the cryften men/ peraduenture 
 I myght yet wel helpe hym/ & yf ye wyl come with me I promyfe 
 you by my lawe/ that I fhal make you good chere/ & doubte ye 
 nothyng/ and thenne whan the freres herde hym thus fpeke they 
 wyft not what to anfuer/ they had fo grete fere/ Neuertheles they 
 truftyng in the mercy of god/ they promyfed hym/ that they fliold 
 goo wyth hym/ though they fhold deye/ & prayden god in theyr 
 courage that he wold graunte grace that he myght come oute of 
 pryfon/ Thenne Parys had grete playfyr of the anfuer of the freres 
 & wende neuer to fee y houre/ that he myght be wyth the doulphyn 
 for to fee the ende of his aduenture/ and fo departed fro the freres/ 
 and wente ftrayte to the faulconner of the fouldan wyth whom he had 
 grete knowleche/ & fayd to hym/ Seynour I thanke you of the grete 
 honour/ curtofye & gentylnes that ye haue do to me/ & playfe it 
 you to wyte that I wyl departe fro hens in to alyfandrye/ and I pro- 
 myfe to you that for your loue I fhall not tarye longe/ but that I
 
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 fhal retorne hyther ageyn/ And by caufe I am there vnknowen/ and 
 that I neuer was there/ I praye you ryght humbly/ that I my3t haue 
 a maundement of the fouldan/ that he commaunde to the gouernours 
 that I may goo thorugh alle hys londe furely/ For ye knowe wel that 
 one may not kepe hym ouer wel fro euyl peple/ Therfore I praye 
 you and requyre that ye wyl gete me fuche a maundement/ and alfo 
 that ye wyl commaunde me humbly to the good grace of my lord 
 the fouldan/ and forthwyth the faulconner wente to the fouldan 
 and made hys requefte for Parys/ & Incontynent the fouldan 
 graunted hym al hys defyre/ fayeng that it moche defplayfed hym/ 
 of the departyng of parys & yf he wold abyde & dwelle in hys 
 courte he wold make hym a grete lord/ Thenne the faulconner fayd/ 
 Dere fyr he hath promyfed me/ that in fhort tyme he fhal retorne/ 
 Thenne the fouldan dyd do make the maundement lyke as he wold 
 deuyfe/ chargyng al his lordes offycers & fubgettes of townes cytees 
 & caftellys of his londe that they (hold do to hym grete honour/ 
 & that they fhold gyue & delyuer to hym al that fhold be 
 neceflarye to hym wythout takyng ony money or ony other thynge 
 of hym/ And alfo the fouldan gaf to Parys many ryche clothes 
 & veftymentes of cloth of gold and of fylke/ and alfo he gaf to 
 hym grete trefour/ prayeng hym that he fhold not longe tarye/ 
 but haftely retorne ageyn/ & promyfed hym that he fhold make hym 
 a grete lord/ and delyuerd hys maundement/ the whyche was fealed 
 wyth the propre feale of the fouldan/ and fygned wyth hys owne 
 hande 
 
 WHan Parys had receyued alle thefe thynges that the fouldan 
 had gyuen to hym/ he took leue of hym and of hys courte 
 & went with the freres in to Alexandrye/ Incontynent after he was
 
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 comen he fhewed the maundement to the admyral/ the whyche anon 
 after he had feen it dyd grcte honour to Parys/ and delyucrd to liym 
 a fayr lodgyng pourueyed of al thynges neceflarye/ and delyuerd 
 another to the freres/ Thadmyral came euery day to fee parys in hys 
 lodgyng for to do hym honour and companye/ and vvente & rode to 
 gyder thorugh the cyte/ and by caufe that Parys was rychely clad/ 
 euery man made to hym grete honour and fayd that he femed wel to 
 be the fone of fome grete nioure And on a day as they rode in the 
 cyte they pafled forth by the toure where as the dolphyn was in 
 pryfon/ C Thenne Parys demaunded ot the admyral what toure it 
 was that was fo fayre/ Thenne he tolde to hym y it was a moche 
 cruel pryfon & terryble In whyche the fouldan helde a pryfonner a 
 grete lord & baron of the thefte '/ whyche was comen for tefpye thefe 
 contreyes/ Thene fayd parys I praye you late vs goo fee hym/ & the 
 admyral fayd he (hold gladly/ Thenne they alyghted fro their horfes/ 
 & entred in to the pryfon/ and whan parys fawe the douiphyn/ he 
 had in hys hert grete defplayfyr/ by caufe of the myferable & forouful 
 lyf that he fufFred/ & Parys demauded of y kepars what man he 
 was/ And they fayd/ that he was a grete baron of Fraunce/ Thenne 
 fayd parys/ vnderftondeth he mouryffhe/ and they fayd nay/ but 
 that notwythftondyng yf he wold fpelce to hym/ that they fhold 
 fynde tourchemen ynough/ Thenne fayd Parys he wold retornc 
 another day for to demaunde of hym of the partyes of the wefle/ 
 & prayed thadmyral to gyue comandement to the kepars/ that as 
 ofte as he fhold come/ that they fhold (hewe hym to hym/ & 
 Incontynent he comanded lyke as parys had defyred/ & thenne they 
 departed/ & a fewe dayes after parys retorned and came to the pryfon 
 
 Query luefte.
 
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 and brought one of the freres wyth hym that coude fpeke mouryfke/ 
 & whan they were wythin the pryfon/ paris fayd to the frere that he 
 fhold falewe hym curtoyfly/ Neuertheles the frere knewe noo thynge 
 that parys coude fpeke frenf fhe/ Thenne the frere fayd to the doul- 
 phyn/ that that lord was come for to vyfyte hym/ & that he loued wel 
 cryften men/ & that he was wel in the grace of the fouldan/ and that 
 he trufted ys moche in hym as in ony man of hys contreye/ & thus 
 the frere demaunded many thynges of the doulphyn in the name of 
 parys/ and fayd yf he myght doo for hym he wold gladly 
 
 WHan the doulphyn herde the relygious frere thus fpeke in the 
 perfone of the moure/ he was moche abaffhed in hys courage/ 
 byfechyng our lord that he wold put hym in fuche courage & good 
 wylle for to brynge hym out of pryfon Parys defyred to here tyd- 
 ynges of the fayr vyenne fayd to the frere/ that he fhold afke of the 
 doulphyn yf he had ony wyf or chyldren/ Thenne the dolphyn 
 began to wepe/ & faid that he had a wyf/ & a doughter holden for 
 the fayreft of Fraunce/ whom he helde in pryfon bycaufe fhe wold 
 take noo hufbond/ Thenne paris began to comforte hym by the 
 mouthe of the frere/ fayeng that he fhold take alle in pacyence/ & 
 god fhold yet ones delyuer hym oute of pryfon/ by whyche wordes 
 the doulphyn was fo reioyced & loyous/ that hym femed that god 
 had appyered to hym/ & the doulphyn fayd to the frere that it was 
 grete pyte that the moure was not cryflen/ & prayed our lord that he 
 wold gyue to hym puyfTaunce to kepe hym in that good wylle that 
 he had & fo departed that one fro that other moche comforted/ 
 Thenne parys fayd to the kepars that he had founde fo grete playfyr in 
 the pryfonner/ that he wold ofte tymes come for to dyfporte hym 
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 and thenne parys fayd to the freres that were in Y place yf I thought 
 to be fiire of you/' I thynke wel to fynde the moyen to brynge thys 
 pryfonner out of pryfon/ & the freres were moche admerueyllcd of 
 thys whiche parys had fayd to them/ and they fayd to hyni by 
 the fayth that we owe to our god/ that of vs ye nede not to doubte/ 
 & in caas that ye be in wylle late vs aflaye but it muft be doon 
 fecretely/ for ye fee wel how many Icepars been there contynuelly/ 
 Thenne fayd Parys I fhal gyue to you good counceyl and remedye of 
 alle thys/ but I wyl haue two thynges/ The fyrft thynge is I wyl 
 that ye goo wyth me/ That other is that he flial gyue to me my 
 lyuyng honourably in hys contre/ for I am in grete doubte whan I 
 haue delyuerd hym/ and fhal be in hys contreye that he wyl fette 
 nought by me/ and I can noo meftyer ne crafte/ and foo I myght be 
 wel deceyued/ Therfore yf he wyl afllire me/ & that he wyl gyue to 
 me a yefte fuche as I fhal demaunde hym whan I fhal be in hys con- 
 treye/ I fhal delyuer hym & fhal leue my contree for loue of hym/ 
 & ye may fee in what eflate I am/ 
 
 ON the morne Parys and the freres came in to the pryfon & the 
 frere recounted al thys to the doulphyn/ & whan the doul- 
 phyn vnderftood thys/ hym thought that god bare hym awaye/ & 
 fayd/ I thanke god & thys moure of the good wylle that he hath 
 toward me/ For I neuer dyd hym feruyce ne playfyr wherfore he 
 ought to do fo moche for me/ Neuertheles I hope that is the playfyr 
 of god that he fhal delyuer me oute of pryfon/ I am redy to fwere 
 vpon the body of Ihefu Cryfl: or I euer departe from hens that 
 afTone as I fhal be in myn owne lande I fhal mayntene hym in more 
 gretter eflate/ than he ne is here and I wyl that he doo alle hys wylle 
 of al my londe/ for it fhal fufFyfe to me oneiy tliat I haue a lyuyng
 
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 for me and my wyf/ and I fhal do al that he wylle/ and fo fay ye to 
 hym on my behalue/ And thenne the frere tolde al to parys that 
 whych the doulphyn had fayd and promyfed to do/ and to thende 
 that parys fhold be more fure/ he fayd to the frere that he fliold 
 brynge tofore hym the body of our lord Ihefu cryft/ and that tofore 
 hym he fhold fwere to holde alle that he promyfed/ and the frere 
 tolde it to Parys/ and the doulphyn fware it tofore Parys to accom- 
 plyffhe alle that he had promyfed And whan he had fworne/ to the 
 ende that Parys fhold be the better contente/ the doulphyn receyued 
 the precyous body of our lord Ihefu Cryft/ fayeng that it ftiold be to 
 the dampnacyon of hys foule/ in caas that he accomplyffhed not al 
 that he had promyfed whan they ftiold be in his londe/ and whan 
 thys was doo parys and the freres departed fro the doulphyn/ and 
 wente to the porte/ for to wyte yf there were ony fufte that wold 
 come hytherward/ and by aduenture they fonde a fufte/ and Parys 
 wyth the freres fpake to the patrone/ and promyfed hym a M befaunts 
 of gold yf they wold lete haue paflage fyue perfones/ The Patron 
 feyng the grete trefour/ fayd to them that he was contente/ but he 
 wold haue half at the porte/ and fayd to them/ lordes I praye you 
 make you redy/ For in caas that the moures of thys londe fonde 
 vs we fliold be al dede C/ Thenne fayd Parys make your felf al 
 redy/ for thys nyght at mydnyght I ftial come/ And after thys 
 Parys retorned to hys lodgyng & dyd do make redy moche vytayll 
 and the beft wynes that he coude gete & he with the freres maad 
 prouyfyon of alle other thynges and mantellys and towellys/ 
 
 WHan al was redy parys wente to the kepars of the pryfon and 
 fayd/ I thanke you many tymes of the playfyrs that ye haue 
 doon to me/ I wyl now departe fro hens for to retorne to my lord
 
 Paris ^ Vienna. 8i 
 
 the fouldan/ but for your loue I wyl foupe wyth you thys nyght and 
 praye yow that we may foupe to gyder/ & they anfuerd that it wel 
 pleafed them for his loue Thenne Parys fente for the vytayll & for 
 the wyn and after it was come' they fouped to gyder/ And the 
 Icepars wliich had not been accuftomed to drynke wyn/ dranke fo 
 moche that they alle were droiike/ & Incontynent leyed them doun 
 to flepe/ & flepte fo fafte/ that for noo thyng they coude not awake 
 them/ & whan parys fawe that/ he fayd to the freres/ that they fhold 
 vnfeter the doulphyn & that they fhold opene the yates of the 
 pryfon/ & yf ony of the kepars awake I fhal flee hym/ Thenne the 
 freres began to vnfetere the doulphyn wyth grete drede/ prayeng god 
 to be theyr ayde and helpe And whan the doulphyn was loos he 
 cladde hym lyke a moure After Parys flewe alle the kepars one 
 after another by caufe yf they awoke they (hold not come after them/ 
 
 THys doon/ the doulphyn wyth parys and his varlet/ and the 
 two freres camen to the porte/ and haftely entred in to the 
 fufte which was al redy/ and wonde vp theyr fay lie/ and by the helpe 
 of god began fo faft to faylle that wythin fewe dayes they arryueden 
 in a place that thenne was cryften and there the doulphyn wente a 
 londe by caufe he was moche greued and annoyed as wel of the fee/ as 
 for the harme that he had fufFred in pryfon/ and there borowed 
 money/ and fro thens came in to cypres/ where was a kyng whyche 
 had dwellyd in the courte of the kyng of fraunce The whiche as 
 fone as he knewe that the doulphyn of vyennoys was come/ he went 
 to mete hym and prayed hym that he wold come and lodge in hys 
 paleys/ And the doulphyn wente thyder/ wherof the kyng had grete 
 loye/ & there he made hym grete chyere/ for many tynics they had 
 feen eche other in y kynges court of Fraunce/ and after the kyng 
 
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 82 Paris ^ Vienna. 
 
 demaunded hym of his aduenture/ & the doulphyn recounted it to 
 hym al alonge/ and bycaufe of the comyng of the doulphyn he made 
 moche grete fefte/ and receyued hym moche hyely/ and made hym to 
 foiourne there as longe as it playfed hym/ And whan the doulphyn 
 had foiourned there at his playfyr/ he took leue of the kyng and of 
 al hys courte/ thankyng hym moche of the grete playfyr y he had 
 doon to hym/ The kyng feyng that the doulphyn wold departe/ he 
 gaf to hym grete yeftes/ and dyd do arme two galley es whyche 
 accompanyed hym/ and brought hym vpon the fee/ and had foo 
 good wynde that in fewe dayes after they brought hym in to aygues 
 mortes/ 
 
 WHan the doulphyn was arryued/ the knyghtes of the doul- 
 phyne herde it anone/ and forthwyth maad them redy & 
 went to horfback & mette wyth hym at aygues mortes/ & there 
 receyued hym in grete honour/ & fo came forth the ry5t waye to 
 vyenne/ and for loye of hys comyng/ al they of the cyte made a 
 moche noble and meruayllous fefte/ whyche endured wel fyftene 
 dayes/ & the playfyr & loye was fo grete emonge them by caufe they 
 had recouuerd theyr lord/ that noo man fhold and coude haue thought 
 it/ Parys in alle this wyfe neuer chaunged hys vefture ne clothyng 
 but contynuelly wente to maffe/ and by the commaundement of the 
 doulphyn the people dyd hym grete reuerence & honour/ fo moche 
 that parys was afhamed therof/ and fpake noo thynge but mouryfke/ 
 And he had a grete berde/ and made to noo perfone of the world ony 
 knowleche/ and after a whyle of tyme/ the doulphyn for taccomplyffhe 
 that he had promyfed to parys by the frere/ dyd do fay to parys and 
 do demaunde yf he wold haue the feygnourye of hys londe and 
 contree/ For he was al redy for taccomplyffhe that/ whyche he had
 
 Paris ^ Fienna. 83 
 
 promyfed/ And Parys made to hym aiifuer/ that he fhold kepe ftylle 
 hys londe/ Thenne the doulphyn dyd do demaiide hym yf he wold 
 haue hys doughter vyenne/ and parys made the frere to fay ye/ for 
 that pleafed hym wel/ And thenne they wente to hyr/ 
 
 C Thenne whan they were tofore Vyenne the frere fpalce firft 
 Madame yc knowe wel that my lord your fader hath ben a grete whyle 
 in pryfon/ and yet fhold haue been/ ne had haue been/ thys moure/ 
 whyche hath faued hym/ puttyng hys perfone in ryght grete peryl 
 and daunger for the loue of my lord your fader/ And thus ye may 
 wel knowe how moche he is holden to hym/ & by caufe herof your 
 fader is fubget to hym euer/ wherfore your fader prayeth you that 
 vpon al the playfyr that ye wyl doo for hym/ that ye wyll take hym 
 for your hufbond/ And he fhal pardonne all the defplayfyr that euer 
 ye dyd to hym/ whan the frere had fynyffhed his wordes/ vyenne 
 anfuerd to hym fayeng/ The byffhop of faynt laurence knoweth wel 
 that is here prefent that it is longe fyth that yf I wold haue be maryed/ 
 I myght haue ben maryed wyth more honour vnto my fader/ than 
 vnto this moure/ for the fone of the due of borgoyne had efpoufed 
 me yf I wold haue confented but god hath put me in fuche a maladye/ 
 that I may not longe lyue in this world/ & euery day my maladye 
 encreaceth & fo enpayreth me that I am half roten wherfor I praye 
 you to fay to my fader that he holde me excufed/' for at thys tyme I 
 wyl not be maryed/ Thenne they took theyr leue of vyenne & re- 
 counted alle thys to the doulphyn/ Thene the doulphyn fayd to the 
 frere that he fhold fay it to the moure/ & fo the frere tolde it al to 
 parys/ and thenne parys which was aferde to lefe the loue of vyenne/ 
 wente for to fee hyr in the pryfon with the frere & the byffhop of 
 faynt laurence/ Thenne whan Parys fawe vyenne in that dyfpofy- 
 cyon/ he had moche grete forowe & grete merueylle/ and thenne he
 
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 made the frere to falewe hyr in hys name/ and vyenne anfuerd vnto 
 hys gretyng ryght curtoyfly/ & the frere fayd in the name of parys/ 
 Madame ye knowe wel I haue delyuerd your fader oute of pryfon/ 
 wherof ye ought to haue fynguler playfyr/ & yet he fhold haue been 
 there yf I had not haue been and holpen hym oute/ & he pardonneth 
 you with good hert and good wylle alle the defplayfyrs that euer ye 
 dyd ageynft hys playfyr/ And prayeth you that ye take me for your 
 hufbond/ and wyll that we haue the lordfhyp of the doulphyne/ and 
 therfor I praye you/ that neyther ye nor I lofe not thys honour/ 
 C And yet more though thys were not/ ye ought not to dyfobeye 
 the commaundementes of your fader/ C And thenne vyenne anfuerd 
 to the frere as to the perfone of Parys fayeng/ I knowe well that ye 
 haue delyuerd my fader oute of pryfon/ Not wythftondyng my fader 
 fhal haue fuche regarde ageynft you that ye fhal lefe noo thynge/ 
 C And I wote wel that ye be a man of grete lygnage/ & are thorthy' 
 to haue a gretter lady than I am/ But the byf fhop of feynt Laurence 
 whyche is prefent knoweth wel that for the maladye that I am in/ I 
 may not longe lyue/ & thene fayd the frere in his name this is by 
 caufe I am a moure that ye refufe me/ I promyfe you that I fhal 
 become cryften/ but I thynke wel that yf ye knewe who that I am/ 
 and what I haue lefte for to brynge your fader oute of pryfon/ that 
 ye wold preyfe me more than ye doo/ knowe ye for certeyn that your 
 fader fhal be pariured/ for he hath promyfed that ye fhal be my wyf 
 wherof ye fhal haue blame/ therfore yf it playfe you graunte ye hym 
 hys wylle/ Thenne fayd vyenne/ lord I haue herd fay moche good 
 of you/ & that ye be he that haue doon fo moche for my fader/ but 
 neuertheles in the maladye in the whyche I am/ none ought to coun- 
 
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 ceyl me to take an hufliond/ P'or my lyf may not longe endure/ and 
 by caufe that ye may knowe tliat I fay troutli approche ye ner to me 
 & ye fhal fele and fmelle in what dyfpofycyon I am of my perfone 
 And thenne they approuched ner to hyr/ and vyenne had put two 
 quarters of an henne vnder hyr two arme hooles/ and there yfTued fo 
 grete ftenche that the byffhop ne the frere myght not fufFre it/ 
 Neuertheles the ftynche was to parys a good odour/ for he fmellyd it 
 not & fayd I wote not what ye fmelle/ for I fele none euyl fauour 
 And they meruaylled rtrongely/ by caufe he felte not the odour/ 
 And the frere fayd in parys name/ For this odour fhal I neuer leue 
 you & I aflure you I flial neuer departe fro hens vntyl yc haue con- 
 fented to that your fader wyl/ and vyenne anfwerd moche angrely & 
 fayd by the fayth that I owe to god I fhal rather rene wyth my hede 
 ayenft the walle that I fhal make my brayn yflue cute of my mouth/ 
 & fo fhal ye he the occafyon of my dethe/ Thene fayd the frere ye 
 fhal not fo doo madame/ For I promyfe you fro hens forth/ that I 
 fhal neuer fpeke more to you/ fythe that it is not your w\ He ne 
 piefyr/ but atte lefte of one thyng I praye you/ that this nyght ye 
 aduyfe you/ and I fhal retorne to morn for to haue of you an 
 anfuer/ and ye fhal take counceyll of your felowe/ and I praye to 
 god that ye may be wel counceylled/ and alle thefe thynges fayd the 
 frere in the name of parys to vyenne/ And after they took theyr leue 
 of vyenne/ and fayd alle to the doulphyn/ wherof he was thenne 
 moche dyfpleafed/ and bad the frere to telle it alle vnto Parys for to 
 excufe hym/ and that he fhold not leye the blame on hym/ C And 
 whan they were departed fro vyenne/ fhe fayd to yfabcau/ My fayr 
 fufler/ what femeth you of the wyfedom of my fader/ that thynketh 
 that I fhold take thys moure to my hufbond/ and haue refufed the 
 fone of the Duke of bourgoyne/ but god forbede that euer in my lyf
 
 86 Paris &' Vienna. 
 
 I haue other lord than Parys to myn hufbond/ whome I hope yet to 
 haue/ & yfabeau fayd/ Certes Madame I wote not what to fay of 
 your fader whyche wold gyue you to a moure in maryage/ I haue 
 therof grete thought/ for he hath fayd that he fhal retorne to morn 
 to fee you/ and hath fayd that ye fhold remembre and aduyfe you/ 
 
 C How Parys came to fee vyenne in the pryjonj and how 
 /he knewe hymj 
 
 ANd on the morn betymes Parys cladde hym moche more 
 rychely than he had be accuftomed/ & gyrde wyth a moche 
 ryche fwerde/ and came to the pryfon with the frere and the frere 
 fayd to hyr/ Madame we been retorned for to knowe your good 
 anfwer/ and your entencyon/ And vyenne anfuerd/ lordes myn en- 
 tencyon is that I fhal neuer breke my promeffe that I haue made/ 
 For I haue auowed that I fhal neuer take hufbond/ ne goo oute of 
 this pryfon/ but dede fauf hym to whome I haue promyfed/ and 
 therfore retorne ye in good tyme C Thenne fayd the frere/ by my 
 fayth I wote not what to fay/ for it is grete dommage that ye fufFre 
 fo moche forowe & payne/ and fyth it is thus your wylle & that ye 
 wyl none otherwyfe do/ Neuertheles the moure prayeth you/ that it 
 may playfe you to do to hym fo moche grace/ that fyth ye wyl not 
 take hym in maryage/ that ye wyl were thys rynge for the loue of 
 hym/ Now thys rynge was the fame rynge that vyenne gaf to parys 
 whan he departed fro hyr in the hows of the chappelayn/ and vyenne 
 by caufe they fhold nomore come ageyn took the rynge/ & whan fhe 
 had receyued the rynge/ parys fayd to the frere/ I praye you that ye 
 tarye a lytel wythoute/ For I wyl fee what countenaunce fbe wyl 
 make of the rynge/ and the frere fayd gladly/ Neuertheles he mer-
 
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 uaylled moche, and Incontyiient the frere wentc oute and vycnnc 
 began to beholde the rynge/ and whan parys fawe that vyeniie by- 
 helde the rynge fo ftrongely/ he began to fpeke in hys playne tongue/ 
 and fayd/ O moche noble lady why be ye fo moche admeruayled of 
 that rynge/ Thenne fayd vyenne/ Certes to my femyng I fawe ncuer 
 a fayrer/ C Thenne fayd parys/ Therfore I praye you that ye take 
 therin playfyr for the more that ye byholde it the more ye fhal 
 prayfe it/ 
 
 WHan Vyenne herde the moure thus fpeke/ thene fhe was 
 more admeruaylled than tofore/ and was as a perfone al 
 abaffted and fayd/ Alas am I enchaunted/ & what is thys that I fee 
 and here fpeke And in fayeng thefe wordes fhe wold haue fledde 
 for fere oute of the pryfon/ by caufe (he herde the moure fo fpeke/ 
 thenne fayd parys/ O moche noble lady vyenne/ meruaylle ye noo 
 thynge/ ne haue ye noo doubte/ lo here is parys your true feruaunte/ 
 and vyenne was thene abaffhed more than tofore/ Certes fayd (he 
 this may not be but by werke enchaunted/ & parys fayd/ Noble 
 lady hit is none enchaunted werke/ For I am your feruaunt parys 
 whyche lefte you with yfabeau in fuche a chyrche/ & there ye gaf 
 to me the dyamond whiche now I haue delyuerd to you and there ye 
 promyfed to me that ye wold neuer take hu(bond but me and be ye 
 noo thynge admeruaylled of the berde ne of the vefture that I were/ 
 for they take awaye the knowleche of me/ & many other wordes fayd 
 parys to vyenne/ by whyche (he knewe clerely that he was parys and 
 for the fouerayn loue that (he bare to hym/ & for the grete loye that 
 fhe had/ fhe began to wepe in hys armes/ and tembrace and kyfTe 
 hym moche fwetely/ and there they comforted eche other wyth fwete 
 wordes/ & fo abode longe tyme/ vyC-ne coude not ynough ky(re hym
 
 88 Paris ^ V term a. 
 
 & enbrace hym/ and alfo parys demaunded of hyr of hyr aduenture/ 
 & (he tolde hym alle/ And of alle thys yfabeau had nothyng herde 
 of/ for (he was fafte a flepe by caufe fhe had watched alle the nyght 
 byfore/ and for the grete loye and fwetenes that parys & vyene de- 
 meaned bytwene them (he awoke/ and whan fhe fawe vyenne bey;ig 
 enbraced with the moure fhe fayd/ Madame what is thys that ye do/ 
 haue ye lofte your wytte/ that fo enbrace this moure/ hath he en- 
 chaunted you that ye fuffre hym foo famylyer wyth you/ and is this 
 the fayth that ye kepe to parys/ for whom ye haue fuffred fo moche 
 payne & forowe/ and vyenne fayd/ Swete fufter fay ye noo fuche 
 wordes/ but come & take your parte of the folace that I haue/ for 
 alfo wel haue ye founden good aduenture as I haue/ See ye not here 
 my fwete parys/ whome fo moche we haue defyred/ Thenne yfabeau 
 approched ner to hym & byhelde hym wel and fawe that it was parys/ 
 and fhe wente & kyfled hym/ & demened fo moche grete loye by- 
 twene them thre/ that there is noo perfone in the world that myght 
 fay ne thynke it/ but fo abode a grete whyle in thys foulas and loye/ 
 tyl atte lafte parys fpack/ Swete vyenne it byhoueth that we goo hens 
 tofore my lord the dolphyn your fader/ For now fro hens forth it 
 is neceflarye that he knowe alle our fayte/ Neuertheles I praye you 
 to fay nothyng/ tyl I defyre you/ and al thre came oute of the pry- 
 fon/ and fonde the frere whyche meruaylled gretely and alle they to 
 gydre wente to the doulphyn/ whyche had fouerayn playfyr whan he 
 faw them And neuertheles he was moche abaffhed how his doughter 
 was fo come/ and thenne parys fayd to the frere/ Say ye to the doul- 
 phyn that I haue conuerted hys doughter to hys wylle and to myn/ 
 & that it playfe hym that flie be my wyf/ & the frere fayd foo/ 
 Thenne the doulphyn fayd to hys doughter/ wyl ye take thys man 
 for your hufbond/ whyche hath delyuerd me oute of pryfon in grete
 
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 peryl of hys perfone/ Thenne demaunded vyenne of Parys yf he 
 wold that fhe fhold fpeke/ and parys fayd ye/ And thenne Vyenne 
 fayd to the doulphyn/ My fader I am redy to- do your commaunde- 
 ment and hys/ and praye you to pardonne me & to gyue to me your 
 benedydyon/ and whan fhe fayd thus/ hyr fader pardonned hyr and 
 gaf to hyr hys bleflyng & kyfled hyr/ Thenne fayd vyenne loo here 
 is my good frende Parys whome I haue fo moche defyred/ and for 
 whome I haue fuffred fo moche payne & forowe and fader thys is he 
 that fo fwetely fonge and floyted/ and that wanne the louftes in thys 
 cyte/ and bare with hym the fhelde of cryftal and my garlonde/ & 
 alfo thys is he that wanne the. louftes in the cyte of paris and wan 
 there the thre baners wyth the iij lewellys/ and went awaye with them 
 wythoute knowyng of ony man/ And alfo he hath delyuerd you out 
 of pryfon puttvng hys lyf in leopardye for you/ and whan the doul- 
 phyn vnderftood al thys he was meruaylloufly glad and loyous/ 
 After al thys parys went to his fader/ & whan he fawe hym and 
 knewe that he was hys fone parys/ whome he had fo longe defyred 
 to fee/ he enbraced hym & kyffed hym/ & for the loye that he had 
 he coude not fpeke a word and after alle the other lordes & knyghtes 
 ranne for tembrace & kyfTe hym/ and after this loye Parys fader 
 fayd to the doulphyn/ C My lord playfe it you that I may borowe 
 my fone home to my hous for to fee his moder and hys felowe 
 Edward/ C Thenne fayd the doulphyn it playfeth me ryght wel 
 onely for thys day/ For to morn I wyl that the maryage of hym & 
 my doughter be made & folempnyfed here/ And thenne meflyre 
 laques wente with hys fone vnto hys hous/ And whan he was there/ 
 verayly his fader/ his moder/ and hys felowe Edward wyft not where 
 they were for loye and playfyr that they had and that was noo 
 wonder/ for they had no moo chyldren but hym/ and he fhold wedde
 
 90 Paris ^ Vienna. 
 
 the doughter of their lord/ and alfo Parys was in that tyme become 
 a valyaunte knyght/ and ful of al beaulte/ and for many reafons it 
 was no meruayll though they had in hym grete loye and playfyr/ & 
 Edward demaunded of hym of hys aduenture/ & many other thynges/ 
 And he recounted and tolde hym alle/ 
 
 C How Parys efpoufed and wedded vyennej and of the fejie 
 that was there made/ 
 
 THenne on the morn the dolphyn gaf his doughter in maryage 
 to parys And the fefte was moche noble and fumptuous/ 
 For moche peple were comen thyder for to fee the fefte/ and it 
 endured fyftene dayes/ And the playfyr and folace whyche was doon 
 for the loue of Parys and of vyenne was foo grete/ that vnnethe it 
 may be byleued/ whyche parys and Vyenne lyued to gyder a grete 
 whyle in ryght grete confolacyon and playfyr/ but after thaccom- 
 plyffhement of the maryage/ the fader and moder of parys lyueden 
 not longe after in thys world/ and Parys had by vyenne hys wyf thre 
 chyldren/ that is to wete two fones & one doughter/ And the doul- 
 phyn ordeyned for them moche noble matrymonye/ And parys after 
 the deth of hys fader and his moder wold that Edward hys dere 
 felowe fhold be herytyer of al the goodes that hys fader lefte and 
 gaf to hym yfabeau to hys wyf/ whyche lyued to gyder longe tyme 
 in grete loue and concorde/ And fone after the doulphyn & hys wyf 
 deyeden/ And thenne was Parys doulphyn' and had the pofleflyon 
 of al the feygnourye/ the whyche lyued wyth vyenne in thys world 
 fourty yere and ledde a good and holy lyf/ in fo moche that after 
 
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 thentendement of fomme men they be fayntes in heuen/ & tliey deyed 
 bothe in one yere/ And fembiably Edward and yfabeau deyed bothe 
 tweyne in one yere/ Therfore late vs praye vnto our lord that we 
 may doo fuche werkes in this world/ that in fuche wyfe we may 
 accompanye them in the perdurable glorye of heuen Amen/ 
 
 C Thus endeth thyftorye of the noble and valyaunt knyght parys/ 
 and the fayr vyenne doughter of the doulphyn of Vyennoys/ tranf- 
 lated out of frenffiie in to englyffhe by wylliam Caxton at weftmeftre 
 fynyffhed the laft day of Auguft the yere of our lord M CCCC Ixxxv/ 
 and enprynted the xix day of decembre the fame yere/ and the fyrft 
 yere of the regne of kyng Harry the feuenth/ 
 
 C Explicit p Caxton
 
 GLOSSARY AND NOTES. 
 
 A veray God, a peculiar adjuration, put 
 into tlic mouth of a high-born maiden 
 of fifteen. Fr. vrai Dieu. 
 After al thys parys went to his fader. | 
 In the French copy, the exultation of ! 
 " McJJire Jacques " at the recovery of j 
 his loft fon,is more quaintly and copioufly 
 defcribed than in Caxton's text, for there 
 we are told, "Comment Mcffire Jacques 
 couroit par les rues tout efFraye de ioye 
 de la venue de ion fils." 
 Again fay, gainfay. 
 
 Aigues-Mortes. A Roman llation (Aqua; 
 Mortis), about fix miles inland, but accef- 
 fible to the Mediterranean by a canal ot 
 navigable width. Here Louis IX em- 
 barked for the Holy Land. The whole 
 of this dillrift (now the French Depart- 
 ment of the Gard) is flat and low, and 
 there is a poffibility that at one period 
 Aigues-Mortes may have been on the 
 fea. The ancient Roman canal is Hill 
 in exiftence and ufe. 
 Alleivaye feen the nohlenes that is in hym. 
 Here we have a French idiom, but in 
 the copy printed by M. Terrebafle the 
 paflage does not occur, the narrative. 
 
 which is far more copious, being difler- 
 ently condufted. 
 Arayed, fpoiled or difcomfiied, but more 
 ufually, foiled. I have a long note fome- 
 where (perhaps in Old Englijh Jeft- 
 Books), illuftrating the fuhjcft. To far as 
 I could at that time. See alfo Halli- 
 well's Did. art., Araye. 
 
 Armynak, Armagnac. 
 
 Aflemhle, v. to draw. 
 
 Avayle. i.q. vayle, or vail, to lower, or 
 diminifli. Mr. Halliwcll (Arch. Di^., 
 voce Avayle) iurnifties an example ot its 
 ufe in the prefent fenfe. 
 
 Baviers, Bavaria. 
 
 Bijhop of St. Laurence. The French has 
 " lefvcfque de Saint Vincent," and adds 
 "et autres gens deuots de religion." 
 I Body of our lord Ihefu cryjl. The bread 
 ' and wine in the communion. 
 i Brennes, Brienne. There was no Duke 
 of Brienne at fo e;irly a period. 
 
 Carnes. " Wyllyam fone to the due 
 of Carnes." The French copy reads 
 Tanes.
 
 94 
 
 Glojjary aitd Notes. 
 
 chargeable, refponfible. 
 
 Charles of France. There was no King 
 Charles of France in 1271, and the 
 French verfion fays merely, " En cellui 
 temps que le roy Charles regnoit en 
 France," leaving the rell to the imagin- 
 ation. My impreffion is, that the 
 prince intended was Charles the Simple, 
 or the Fourth, who afcended the throne 
 in 898, and whofe fon Louis became 
 king in 936. At p. 28 the king's fon 
 is explicitly called Lowis. I cannot 
 reconcile the incidents related here with 
 any other reign. It is tolerably evident 
 that the romance was compofed when 
 Dauphiny was a flourifhing ftate, inde- 
 pendent of France ; and Dauphiny was 
 united to that kingdom in 1 349, long 
 before which time the power of its 
 princes had begun to decline. At a 
 period, therefore, fo comparatively clofe 
 to its annexation, the fcene of the prefent 
 ftory can hardly be laid with a due adhe- 
 rence to probability. 
 
 Chere, the face or countenance. So, to 
 change cheer, to change countenance. 
 
 He made toward hyr heuy and euyll 
 chere. In the French copy this is dif- 
 ferently put, " — et quant le Daulphin 
 vit fa fille, il la receult moult celeetnent 
 le plus quil peult, fans faire femblant 
 nullement. Car il ne vouloit quilz 
 fceuflent rien de fon fait." 
 
 Contynuelly, immediately. 
 
 Conjlance the kynges fyjler of englond. 
 I do not know who this lady may have 
 been, as no king of England appears to 
 have had a filler fo named. It is pro- 
 bably an example of licence on the part 
 
 of the author, and only one among 
 feveral. 
 
 Countenance, a grimace. 
 
 Courage. In the French it is the fame, 
 and Caxton gave it as he found it. In 
 old French, courage = heart or mind. 
 So Cotgrave, who gives an example of 
 its ufe in this fenfe much later (161 1), 
 " Tu cognois mon courage," that is, 
 "Thou knoweft my minde." Mr. Halli- 
 well (Arch. Di6t., in voce) fays that it is 
 Anglo-Norman. Levins, in his Dic- 
 tionary, 1570, explains courage to mean 
 animus. 
 
 Croyfee, crufade. 
 
 Cypres. Cyprus was an independent 
 kingdom till the clofe of the fifteenth 
 century, when it was abforbed by 
 Venice. In 1 192, Richard I. gave the 
 ifland to Guy de Lufignan, ex-king of 
 Jerufalem, who may be the perfon here 
 intended. 
 
 Defend, prevent. 
 
 Derkenes, cloud of forrow. 
 
 Dolant. The French word is dolent, and 
 Caxton 's adoption of it feems an argu- 
 ment in fupport of his having taken 
 his compendium from a French copy. 
 There are feveral other forms of fpeech, 
 which tend to fhow that our prototypo- 
 grapher's original was a French edition, 
 rather than a Flemifh or Dutch. 
 
 Dolphin of Vienne. In the French copy 
 (1835), it is faid that the prince auoii 
 grant heaulte en foy, which does not 
 occur in Caxton's text. 
 
 Doubting, fearing. 
 
 Doubtous, fearful.
 
 Glojjfary and Notes. 
 
 95 
 
 Doyng, making. Doyng hym to wytc. 
 
 Dyane. In the French copy is the addi- j 
 tional information that fhe was the \ 
 daughter of the Count of Flanders. 
 
 Ednard, fon of the king of England. In 
 the French verfion the liing himfclf is 
 reprefented as being at Paris. " Le 
 daulphin, le roy Dangietcrrc et le due 
 de Normandie elloient au chaffault," 
 &c. (p. xiv.). The king of England's 
 fon is mentioned three or four times. It 
 is probably mere romantic licence ; but 
 either Edward III. when Prince of 
 Wales, or his fon, the Black Prince, 
 might be intended. 
 
 Egal, equal. This is one of the forms 
 which appears to me to fliow that Cax- 
 ton reforted to a French edition anterior 
 in date to any at prefent known. Such 
 another word hfubget at p. 28. 
 
 Embuflhment, ambuicade. 
 
 Entendement, mind, faculty ; Fr. entendc- 
 ment, Metire fon entendement = to 
 apply his whole mind. 
 
 Entention, fixed defign. 
 
 Exchaunge, bill of exchange. 
 
 Fauce pojle. The French copy merely 
 fays, '• faillirent hors du iardin." 
 
 Fayte,feat, fad, deed. 
 
 Fellonye, anger. Old Fr. 
 
 Fet, fetch. Fette, fetched. 
 
 Fewter. " — he fewtred hys fpere, and 
 there cam ayenjl hym," Sec. I fufpeft 
 that this is the true reading in Robert 
 the Deuyll (E. E. P. Poetry of England, 
 i. 232), only known to us at prcfcnt in 
 a not very accurate tranfcript from fome 
 old printed edition : 
 
 " He fcntred his fpearc, and forth 
 he gothe." 
 
 In the ed. of R. the D. publiflicd in 
 1798, it .Hands /tnfrcrf.- 1 conjciturcd. 
 fentred. 
 
 Floyted, played on the flute. 
 
 Footman, a fervant on foot. 
 
 Force, need. 
 
 Free knight. Here a knight, 1 prefume, 
 who having received no formal invita- 
 tion to the tournament, was confidcred 
 an outfider. Paris is fo termed at p. 
 18, becaufe, perhaps, he had come to 
 the meeting fecretly,and did not accom- 
 pany his father, who was unaware of 
 his prefence. But ellewhere (p. .^5) 
 Vienne calls Paris a free knight, evi- 
 dently fignifying, as ufual, noble or 
 gentle. 
 
 Fufl. "A light gaily that hath about 
 16 or 18 oares on a fide, and two 
 rowers to an oare." — Cotgravc's DiSi., 
 ed. 1650. 
 
 Fynaunces, ofi^er of money. 
 
 Fyrfl day of May. In England, and, per- 
 haps, on the continent, the month of 
 May (and among us June alfo) was fet 
 apart for tournaments. See Remains 
 of E. P. P. of England, ii. 109, where 
 a pafTage is quoted from Harl. MS. 
 69. 
 
 Gene, Genoa. 
 
 George. In the French copy, the man's 
 name is Olivier, and the matter is differ- 
 ently managed to fome extent. "Quant 
 Paris fut en fon hoftcl il (en vint a vng 
 fien efcuicr, en quel il fe fioit moult, et 
 auoit nom cclui varlct Oliuicr," &c.
 
 9 6 
 
 Glojjary and Notes. 
 
 The whole narrative, indeed, is fo al- 
 tered as to become, in the Englifh vol- 
 ume, a dillinft ftory. 
 
 Godefroy d'Atencon. Alenjon was alien- 
 ated from France in the reign of Charles 
 the Simple, to which I refer the ftory 
 of Paris and Vienna. In the romance 
 this Godfrey d'Alenjon, Dauphin of 
 Vienne, is defcribed as a baron. I can 
 find no account of him. 
 
 Grant, confent. "At thefe wordes graunted 
 Parys," Sec. This intranfitive ule of 
 the word is oblolete. 
 
 Havoyr, pofleffion. It is Hill ufed in the 
 Weft of England in a flightly modified 
 form, viz. having. The Anglo-Saxon 
 word was haves, according to Mr. 
 Halliwell ; but in the Promptorium 
 Parvulorum (ed. Way), we get havure, 
 havinge, or hawinge, all = Fr. havoir. 
 The expreflion does not occur in Sip- 
 pade's tranflation. 
 
 He and Edward his feloive departed out 
 of the cyte of parys. This is fome what 
 differently and much better told in the 
 French of La Sippade : " Paris fen vint 
 deuant le roy et la royne ii enclina le 
 chief en prenant congie deulx. Et le 
 roy qui penfoyt que Paris voulfeift aler 
 en fon longiz pour foy defarmer, lui 
 donna congie. Adonc Paris hurta fon 
 cheual des efperons et fen ala et Edouart 
 le fuiuit apres. Mais ilz ne logierent 
 point en la vile ains pafierent dehors la 
 porte a fen vindrent en vne ville qui eft 
 a deux lieues de Paris pres ou ils furent 
 bien logiez et bien aifiez." 
 
 Heart. " Myn hert gyueth it me." This 
 
 is poetical ; the meaning is clear. 
 Again, there is much elegance and feli- 
 city of expreflion, where Vienne is made 
 to fay, a line further on, " In hym I 
 haue putte the rote of myn entyere 
 herte." 
 
 How Parys efpoufed and wedded Vyenne. 
 In the French copy it is related, " Com- 
 ment le roi de France et route fa Ba- 
 ronnie furent au mariage de Paris et 
 Vienne." 
 
 How Parys came to fee Vyenne in the 
 pryfon, and how Jhe knewe hym. In 
 the French copy a fcene, not found in 
 Caxton's, is here introduced, in which 
 Vienne is reprefented deploring the lofs 
 of Paris at the fight of the diamond ring 
 which fhe had formerly given to him, 
 and which fhe now fuppoi'ed had pafled 
 from hand to hand, till it came into the 
 poflefiion of the counterfeit Moor. Then 
 fhe thought that her vifion of Paris was 
 realized. " Et puis tant regardoit lan- 
 neau elle afFermoit que ceftoit cellui que 
 vne fois donna a Paris en nom de mari- 
 age. Et lors elle dift, or voy ie bien 
 que mon fonge eft vray, ceft que Paris 
 eft mort, et apres fa mort ceft annel a 
 eft tranfporte dune main a autre tant 
 que finablement il eft venu en la main 
 de ceft gentil homme, qui me la 
 donne." 
 
 Imaginative, full of fancies, thoughtful. 
 
 Innocent. This was Innocent III, and 
 the Crufade was publifhed in 1198. A 
 pretty full account of it may be found 
 in my Venetian Hijlory, chaps. 8, 9. 
 But Michaud is of courfe more copious.
 
 G/oJfary and Notes. 
 
 '/ 
 
 It may be obferved, generally, that the 
 narrative of the travels of Paris is con- 
 duced with the indifference to geogra- 
 phical precifion ufual in works of a ro- 
 mantic charafter. 
 
 John. Duke of Bourbon. This (if the 
 chronology fuggellcd for Paris and 
 Vienne be correft) is an example of 
 poetical or romantic licence; for the 
 firll Duke of Bourbon, a grandfon of 
 Louis IX. of France, was fo created by 
 Charles IV. [V.] in 1327, and his 
 grandfon was the firll; duke who bore 
 the name of John. Under any circum- 
 ftances, there appears to be a miftake, 
 for Caxton or his tranflator adds, that 
 this John was " neueu to the kyng of 
 fraunce.'' The French copy of 1835 
 makes no mention of a Duke of Bour- I 
 bon, but enumerates among the tilters 
 Henry, fon of the Duke of Bourbon. 
 
 Joujls. The fair Vienne, was, according to | 
 the ^ory," XV yere of age," and it may 1 
 be confidered that the power of dialogue 
 vvhich is given to her is a little over- 
 drawn. But a far more curious circum- 
 rtance is, that a degree of prowefs at the 
 cournaments celebrated in thefe pages, 
 which would have done honour to 
 paladins, is attributed to youths who, 
 according to the French text, varied in 
 age from fifteen to five-and-twenty ! 
 Paris himfelf was only eighteen, an age 
 at which, in this degenerate era, men do 
 not ufually find their phyfical powers 
 thiiroughh matured. 
 
 Joyoufie, joy, or joyoulnefs. 
 
 Ladies maidens, unmarried ladies. Wc 
 (hould fay maiden ladies. 
 
 Lerne, teach. This is now confidered a 
 vulgarifm.; the word appears to have 
 been anciently in ufe in this caufativa 
 (enfe, and thus to have poflcfTed a quafi- 
 tranfitive fignification, which it ha? 
 fince loft. 
 
 Livery, badge or device. 
 
 Loenge, praife ; Fr. louange. 
 
 Loms. This may poffibly refer to Louis 
 IV, who, in 936, became king of 
 France. 
 
 Lyghtly, readily, quickly. 
 
 Majejly of Our Lord, The Hoft. 
 
 JHenchon, i. q. mynchyn, a nun. Caxton's 
 text here, as elfewhere, is a mere cur- 
 tailed paraphrafe of the original ro- 
 mance. The phrafe, or its equivalent, 
 does not occur there. Caxton feems to 
 difcriminate between nun and minchen 
 (or mynchen) ; but the fenfe, fo far as I 
 am aware, is the fame. 
 
 Mefchaunt, miferablc, through having done 
 ill (really or in fancy). 
 
 Mufical injlruments. Caxton generalizes 
 here ; but in the French text the word 
 is auhades, which Cotgrave renders, 
 " Morning-mufick, fuch as fidlers play 
 into chamber-windows." 
 
 Muficians. " They iv ere good mufytyens 
 playeng." Mufic was confidered in 
 ancient times rather a feparate profeffion, 
 than as one which appertained to knight- 
 hood. Ac this dillant date, the min- 
 ftrels were a large and important body, 
 with great and valuable privileges (which 
 they too often abufed) ; and it is not
 
 98 
 
 Gloffary and Notes. 
 
 often that we find heroes of romance 
 portrayed as even ambitious of pofleffing 
 this fort of accomplifhment. The 
 French copy has, " car ils chantoient 
 moult bien, et puis iouoient de leurs 
 inftrumens chan9ons melodieufes comme 
 ceux qui de celui mejlier ejloient les 
 maijlres." 
 
 Naked. " The two yonge knyghtes that 
 naked were from al armes," &c. 
 Naked merely means bare, of courfe, 
 here ; but the term is ftill applied to a 
 perfon who is unfurnifhed with the 
 means of defending himfelf 
 
 Now recounteth thyjlorye that parys was 
 in babylone, i£,c. In the French copy, 
 between the account of the Dauphin's 
 journey to the Holy Land, and his re- 
 leafe by Paris from confinement, there 
 is a chapter, omitted by Caxton, or, 
 perhaps, not in the copy he ufed, fhow- 
 ing" comment Vienne dans la prifon 
 eult une vifion de Paris." 
 
 Ordure, impurity or uncleannefs. This 
 
 is French again. 
 Ought to be, fhould be by right. 
 
 Parlament, converfation. The French 
 copy reads parlement, and Caxton or 
 his tranflator adopted the word without 
 alteration. 
 
 Party, lot. The phrafe is not in the ori- 
 ginal, where Paris and Edward are 
 accompanied by a fervant (varlet), who 
 carries their inllruments, and for whofe 
 fafety they provide, left he fliould fall 
 into the hands of the knights, and fo 
 
 they fhould be identified. I can find 
 no account of the ufe of party in its 
 prefent fenfe in any of the dictionaries ; 
 but it feems to be merely the Fr. partie 
 from Lat. partior, to divide, as by a 
 lottery, or otherwife. 
 
 Party, feftion, divifion. •' Eyther of 
 thefe thre partyes hoped," Sec. 
 
 Parys had by vyenne hys wyf thre chyl- 
 dren. The French copy fays, " Sept 
 enfans, quatre filz et trois filles." It alfo 
 acquaints us with the faft that Paris be- 
 came, after his father-in-law's death, 
 Dauphin of Vienne, and reigned till he 
 was ninety years of age, when he abdi- 
 cated in favour of his eldeft fon, God- 
 frey, Vienne and himfelf devoting the 
 remainder of their lives to heaven. 
 Paris lived to the age of 1 05, and Vienne, 
 who furvived him five months, faw her 
 97th year. 
 
 Parys defyred to here tydynges of the 
 fayr vyenne, yc. This elliptical form 
 is very ufual in early Englifh. We 
 fhould write, "Parys who defyred," 
 &c. 
 
 Perfons. This word appears to be ufed 
 here in an uncommon fenfe. There is 
 no example of its employment in fuch a 
 way in the ordinary didlionaries (Promp- 
 torium, Palfgrave, Cotgrave, Levins, 
 Nares, Halliwell). The meaning is 
 perfonal, or rather, bodily, qualities. 
 
 Prevy felowe. Vienne addrefTes Ifabel 
 by the terra, which was in this cafe 
 nearly equivalent to our companion. 
 She was evidently a perfon of gentle 
 birth, and the dauphin's daughter fre- 
 quently calls her fijier.
 
 Glojfary 
 
 and Notes. 
 
 99 
 
 Pre/entacyon. reprefcntation. Old Fr. 
 " Dere brother (fays Edward, alluding 
 to the define Paris had exprefTed to his 
 father) / thank you for the pre/entacyon 
 that ye haue doonfor me." 
 
 Propre, own = Fr. propre. La:. pToprius. 
 
 Pucelle. maiden. 
 
 Pyght, fixed. VVe have a very vivid little 
 fketch of contemporary feelings and 
 manners, where, a few lines further 
 down, it is faid that " the peple took 
 theyr place vpon the Jcaffoldes ij dayes 
 afore thefejlefor to fee the grete peple 
 l^ thefayr ordynaunce that there ivas." 
 
 Pyned, put to pyne or pain. 
 
 Quick, alive. 
 
 Ramon. I prefume Rama or Ramla, be- 
 tween Jaffa and Jerufalem, to be the 
 place intended. The geography of ro- 
 mancills is not always very cxaft. The 
 French copy reads merely, " en vne 
 ville pres de Iherufalem." 
 
 Recourders, recorders. A recorder was 
 a flageolet, with a fmall bore, in ufe as 
 late as the end of the feventeenth cen- 
 tury. 
 
 Repreve, reprove. 
 
 Sacrifice, mafs. To facrifice = to attend 
 the facrifice of the mafs. 
 
 Sette hyr doun on the ground. The 
 French copy has, " elle dift a fa mere, 
 que fil lui plaifoit elle vouldroit vng pou 
 repofer _/ttr le lit de Paris. Tantoft la 
 firent mettre fur le didl lit." Then, 
 when Vienne and Ifabel are left by 
 themfelves, the former defccnds from 
 
 the bed, and " fi fen vint la ou Its coii- 
 vertures blanches eftoicnt, fi Ics vira et 
 regarda de tous coftez, puis dift a yla- 
 beau : Genes belle feur ie te diflie bien 
 que ceftoient les couverturcs que le che- 
 valier qui gaigna le tournoicment portoit 
 ct maintcnoit. Si tu veulx bien regarder 
 cy tu congnoiftras que iay dy vray. Et 
 quant elle cut ce dit elle fe tourna vers 
 les couvertures et dift que Dieu veuille 
 garder le cheualier qui telles enfeignes 
 porte, fi les baifa plus de cent fois;" all 
 of which is loft to us in the old Englifh 
 tranflation. 
 
 Serve and kerve. This probably requires 
 no explanation. It is well known that 
 gentlemen and even knights attended on 
 perfons of royal blood, and handed the 
 difhes, which were delivered to them 
 by the menials. 
 
 Seven years without ifiue. This paflage 
 and many others, are confiderably 
 abridged by Caxton, who, without any 
 acknowledgment,took great liberties with 
 his original, unlefs, which is not pro- 
 bable, he ufed a text which was already 
 corrupt and mutilated. 
 
 Stenche. " And the fone of the duke of 
 bourgoyne y the hyfihop of faynt 
 laurence approached vnto vyenne. fro 
 whom yfiued foo grete a Jlenche, that 
 vnnethe they myght fuffre and endure 
 i/." In the French copy, the chapter 
 which introduces this fcene, fo repug - 
 nant to modern notions of delicacy, is 
 headed oddly enough, " |[ Comment 
 Vienne fauifa dune gentile invention 
 pour fe deliurer du filz au due de Bour- 
 goignc."
 
 lOO 
 
 Glojfary and Notes. 
 
 Surry e, Syria. 
 
 Swelte, V, to faint. (A. S.) 
 
 There as, whereas. This form is very 
 ufual. 
 
 Tierce, tertia, the third divifion of the 
 Roman Catholic day, the firft being 
 matins or lauds, the fecond prime, and 
 the fourth _/ex(. Tierce is about 9 a.m. 
 
 Tourchemen, Turcomen, in the fenfe of 
 interpreters. 
 
 Towellys, towels. The word is found in ' 
 the fame fenfe as now underllood in 
 the Prontptoriuni Parvulorum. 
 
 Treylle, lattice or grating ; Fr. treille. 
 
 Two galleyes. '• The kyng . . . dyd do \ 
 
 arme two galleyes whyche accompanyed 
 hym." In the French copy, it is faid 
 that thefe were " deux galees de Gennes 
 qui venoient de Rodes et vouloient aler 
 en Aigues Mortes." 
 
 Unconning, infenfible, unconfcious. 
 Unnethe, fcarcely. 
 
 Wende neuer to fee y houre. In our 
 modern phrafeology, the expreffion 
 would be, " He thought the time would 
 never come," he was fo impatient to fee 
 the Dauphin. 
 
 Wexe, V. to wax, to grow. 
 
 Waned, wont. 
 
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