I graunte wel that thou endurest wo 785 As sharp as doth he, Ticius, in helle, Whos stomak foules tyren ever-mo That highte volturis, as bokes telle.
How ofte have I resisted and withstonde thilke man that highte 40 Conigaste, that made alwey assautes ayeins the prospre fortunes of pore feble folk?
And yif yow lyketh to hunte to roes, ye ne gon nat to the fordes of the water that highte Tyrene.
He rong hem out a proces lyk a belle, 1615 Up-on hir fo, that highte Poliphete, So heynous, that men mighte on it spete.
Yif thou wolt 5 gadre violettes, ne go thou not to the purpur wode whan the feld, chirkinge, agryseth of colde by the felnesse of the winde that highte Aquilon.
The rage ne the manaces of the see, commoevinge or chasinge upward hete fro the botme, ne shal not moeve that 5 man; ne the unstable mountaigne that highte Vesevus, that wrytheth out through his brokene chiminees smokinge fyres.
And sum men clepen it Ganges; for a kyng that was in Ynde, that highte Gangeres, and that it ran thorge out his lond.
In the contre of Turquesten, ben but fewe gode cytees: but the beste cytee of that lond highte Octorar.
It hathe but 2 mountaynes in that contree: of the whiche, on highte Symar, and that other Lyson.
Whilom, as olde stories tellen us, There was a duke thathighte Theseus.
And therfor, thogh I highte to expresse 5 The sorwe and wo that is in mariage, I dar not wryte of hit no wikkednesse, Lest I my-self falle eft in swich dotage.
This was the tale: Ther was a king That highte Seys, and hadde a wyf, The beste that mighte bere lyf; And this quene highte Alcyone.
In the forest ben 2 gode cytees; that on highte Fladrine, and that other Zinglantz.
And aftre on theise Comaynz regned, that highte Cachas, and sloughe Tympieman, for to be Soudan: and made him ben cleped Melechemes.
And the town is called Jaff; for on of the sones of Noe, thathighte Japhet, founded it; and now it is clept Joppe.
For this is he that come to thi gate And seyde, that he highte Philostrate.
Wel can the wise poet of Florence, That highte Dant, speken of this sentence: Lo, in swiche maner rime is Dantes tale.
Who so wol here it in a longer wise, Redeth the grete poete of Itaille, That highte Dante, for he can it devise Fro point to point, not o word wol he faille.
Francis Petrarc', the laureate poete, Highte this clerk, whose rhetoric so sweet Illumin'd all Itaile of poetry.
For this is he that came unto thy gate And saide, that he highte Philostrate.
A doughter had this worthy king also That youngest was and highte Canace.
And yet doth Iuno me wel more shame, 1555 For I dar noght biknowe myn owne name; But ther-as I was wont to highte Arcite, Now highte I Philostrate, noght worth a myte.
But nathelees somme clerkes hir excusen By oon that highte Nessus, that it maked; Be as be may, I wol hir noght accusen; But on his bak this sherte he wered al naked, 3320 Til that his flesh was for the venim blaked.
I ne can seye it noon other weyes in English, but in Latin it highte Centesimus fructus.
His sone, which that highte Balthasar, That heeld the regne after his fader day, He by his fader coude nought be war, 3375 For proud he was of herte and of array; And eek an ydolastre was he ay.
For this is he that cam un-to thy gate, And seyde, that he highte Philostrate.
This noble king, this Tartre Cambinskan (20) Hadde two sones on Elpheta his wyf, Of whiche the eldeste highte Algarsyf, 30 That other sone was cleped Cambalo.
This reve sat up-on a ful good stot, 615 That was al pomely grey, and highte Scot.
And Iesu, for his grace, wit me sende To shewe yow the wey, in this viage, Of thilke parfit glorious pilgrimage 50 That highte Ierusalem celestial.
Oon highte Austyn, And Ambrose another, Gregori the grete clerk, And Jerom the goode.
Mercy highte that mayde, A meke thyng withalle, A ful benigne burde, And buxom of speche.
First he fonded me If I lovede bettre Hym or Ysaak myn heir, The which he highte me kulle.
Thanne was ther a wight With two brode eighen, Book highte that beau-peere, A bold man of speche; "By Goddes body!
The ground there it groweth, Goodnesse it hatte; And I have told thee what hightethe tree, The Trinite it meneth.
A merveillous metels Mette me thanne, That I was ravysshed right there, And Fortune me fette, And into the lond of longynge Allone she me broughte, And in a mirour that highte middel-erthe She made me to biholde.
And bi-highte to hym That us alle made, She sholde unsowen hir serk, And sette there an heyre, To affaiten hire flesshe That fiers was to synne.
Ye ben wastours, I woot wel, And Truthe woot the sothe; And I am his olde hyne, And highte hym to warne, Whiche thei were in this world 4060 Hise werkmen apeired.
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