Thus passen thei that wofull nyht, And erly, whan thei sihe it lyht, Thei gon hem forth in such a wise As thou tofore hast herd devise, Al naked bot here schortes one.
Thus passen thei a day or tuo; Thei speke of noght as for an ende, Til sche began somdiel amende, 1220 And wiste hireselven what sche mente.
And thei him tolden what thei hihte, And forth withal out of his sihte Thei passen up into the hevene.
And thus thei passen the cite And gon unto the Paleis straght.
Passen thinks it's over there by the yew-tree--but he's wrong.
Their busy hertes passen to and fro, They be so wel reclaymed to the lure, So wel lerned hem to withholde also, 635 And al to chaunge, whan love shuld best endure.
And nere her goodnesse the more with grace and with mercy medled, which passen al desertes, traveyls, and servinges that I in any degre might endite, I wolde wene I shulde be without recover, in getting of this blisse for 35 ever!
I set in-to lerning; for I can not passen the telling of three as yet.
As thilke that ben there never mowe not ben present, so thinges of tyme passed ne mowe in no wyse not ben passed; but al thinges in your temporal presence, that passen in a litel while, shullen ben not present.
Kynges and knyghtes, That kepen holy chirche, And rightfully in remes Rulen the peple, Han pardon thorugh purgatorie To passen ful lightly, With patriarkes and prophetes In paradis to be felawe.
An hundred knights of honorable name 2 He had subdew'd, and them his vassals made, That through all Farie lond his noble fame 4 Now blazed was, and feare did all inuade, That none durst passen through that perilous glade.
For the fallyng of synne Socoreth the foles, 1410 And begileth the grete With glaverynge wordes; With glosyng of godspels Thei Godes word turneth, And passen al the pryvylege That Peter after used.
But for I am a lewed man, Paraunter I myghte Passen par adventure, And in some poynt erren, I wil nought this matere Maistrely avowen.
That, as hir Ioyes moten over-goon, So mote hir sorwes passen everichoon.
For if thou therfor wenest thy-self nat weleful, for thinges that tho semeden ioyful ben passed, ther nis nat why thou sholdest wene thy-self a wrecche; for thinges that semen now sorye passen also.
The beestes passenby the erthes by ful diverse figures.
Al mighte a geaunt passen him of might, His herte ay with the firste and with the beste Stod paregal, to durre don that him leste.
For mannes heed imaginen ne can, 1695 Ne entendement considere, ne tonge telle The cruel peynes of this sorwful man, That passen every torment doun in helle.
And over al this--me list to passen the comune thinges--how thou haddest in thy youthe dignitees that weren werned to olde 30 men.
Agayns the firste vyce, he shal thinke, that oure lyf is in no sikernesse; and eek that alle the richesses in this world ben in aventure, and passen as a shadwe on the wal.
To Cristes chirche he dide greet honour; But I lete al his storie passen by, Of Custance is my tale specially.
And thus they passen thurgh-out the citee, And to the listes come they by tyme.
And aftre that, thei passen an arm of the see, and thanne thei gon to another cytee that is clept Golbache: and there thei fynden marchandises, and of popengayes, as gret plentee as men fynden here of gees.
And therfore there passen no schippes, that han outher bondes or nayles of iren with in hem: and zif there do, anon the roches of the adamantes drawen hem to hem, that never thei may go thens.
And zif thei will passen ferthere, thei may gon sykerly i now.
And therfore dur not the marchauntes passen there, but zif thei knowen wel the passages, or elle that thei han gode lodes men.
Of olde tyme, whan men passed from the lond of Prestre John unto that yle, men maden ordynance for to passe by schippe, 23 dayes or more: but now men passen by schippe in 7 dayes.
And the marchauntes passen be the kyngdom of Persie, and gon to a cytee that is clept Hermes: for Hermes the philosophre founded it.
And whan thei han payed hire penance, men maken hem passen thorghe a fuyr or thorghe 2, for to clensen hem of hire synnes.
Al mighte a geaunt passenhim of might, His herte ay with the firste and with the beste Stood paregal, to durre don that him leste.
This Ypermistra hath ny her wit forlon; And, for to passen harmles of that place, She graunted him; ther was non other grace.
As matere appetyteth forme al-wey, And from forme in-to forme hitpassen may, Or as a welle that were botomlees, Right so can fals Iasoun have no pees.
Thus can this [noble] quene her gestes calle, As she that can in freedom passen alle.
I turne ageyn; 6295 I wol no more of this thing seyn, If I may passen me herby; I mighte maken you wery.
And thanne passen men thorghe the isles of Colos and of Lango; [Footnote: Cos.
Men passen to go bezond, be the Tour of Babiloyne the grete: of the whiche I have told zou before, where that alle the langages weren first chaunged.
And from that mountayne men passen a gret valeye, for to gon to another mountayne, where Seynt Kateryne was buryed of the aungeles of oure Lord.
And for that cause men passen that desert with camelle.
And fro that cytee, men passen be many townes and castelles, in goynge toward Ynde, unto the cytee of Sadonye, that is a 10 journeyes fro Thauriso; and it is a fulle noble cytee and a gret.
And therfore it semethe wel, that theise hillespassen the clowdes and joynen to the pure eyr.
And men passen be that way, be a place that was wont to ben a gret cytee and a gret lond: and the cytee was clept Cathaillye: the which cytee and lond was lost thorghe folye of a zonge man.
And from Babyloyne, where the Soudan dwellethe, to go right betwene the oryent and the Septemtryon, toward the grete Babyloyne, is 40 journeys to passen be desart.
For of sotyltee and of malice and of fercastynge, thei passen alle men undre hevene.
From that contree men passen be many marches, toward a contree, a 10 iourneyes thens, that is clept Mabaron: and it is a gret kyngdom, and it hathe many faire cytees and townes.
Me and the passen be the only two that be'ant afraid.
The passen 'ud give me the sack straight off ef 'ee was to knaw it.
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