Venus here to borwe, I hope, and thou this purposholde ferme, 1525 Thy grace she shal fully ther conferme.
For bothe Troilus and Troye toun Shal knotteles through-out hir herte slyde; For she wol take a purpos for tabyde.
Lat us holde forth our purpos fermely; 495 And sin that ye bihighten him to byde, Hold forward now, and after lat us ryde.
For every wight that hath an hous to founde 1065 Ne renneth nought the werk for to biginne With rakel hond, but he wol byde a stounde, And sende his hertes lyne out fro with-inne Alderfirst his purpos for to winne.
But how this toun com to destruccioun Ne falleth nought to purposme to telle; For it were here a long disgressioun Fro my matere, and yow to longe dwelle.
He thonked hir, and to hir spak, and seyde 1130 As fil to purpos for his herte reste.
Soothly, a man may chaungen his purpos and his conseil if the cause cesseth, or whan a newe caas bitydeth.
They mowe wel chiteren, as doon thise Iayes, And in her termes sette hir lust and peyne, But to hir purpos shul they never atteyne.
His purpos was for to bistowe hir hye (61) In-to som worthy blood of auncetrye; For holy chirches good moot been despended On holy chirches blood, that is descended.
But for to kepe hem prively and stille, Til I thy purpos knewe and al thy wille.
The person of the toun, for she was feir, In purpos was to maken hir his heir [116: T.
For 125 haddest thou of me fayled, than of thispurpos had[dest thou] never taken [hede] in this wyse.
Though a tyraunt his purpos mighte winne, Al was vengeaunce, and infortune of sinne.
Wherfore, if thou desyre this blisse in parfit joye, thou must sette thy purpos there vertue foloweth, and not to loke after the bodily goodes; as I sayd whan thou were wryting in thy seconde boke.
I say, thy wil in thy first purpos with unreson was closed; constrewe forth of the remenant what thee good lyketh.
I purpos here to maken and to write A litil tretise, and a processe make In pris of women, oonli for hir sake.
The cause why, the sothe for to telle, That she tok fullypurpos for to dwelle.
His purpos was till haue send it to Rom, Our fadyr off kyrk tharon to gyff his dom.
We ben not in purpos to fulfille thi gret covetyse.
That causes me with counsell to caste for your helpe, And put you in plite your purpos to wyn, In sound for to saile home, and your sute all.
But of his aventures in the see (30) Nis nat to purpos for to speke of here, For hit acordeth nat to my matere.
But how this toun com to destruccioun Ne falleth nought to purpos me to telle; For it were a long digressioun Fro my matere, and yow to longe dwelle.
And, Venus here to borwe, I hope, and thou this purpos holde ferme, 1525 Thy grace she shal fully ther conferme.
But now to purpos as of this matere-- To rede forth hit gan me so delyte, That al the day me thoughte but a lyte.
Wallace wald nocht fra his fyrst purpos bid; Instance he maid to this gud lord and wyss, Fra thine to pass he suld on nakyn wyss, 730 Quhill he had tane Stirlyng the castell strang; Trew men him tald he mycht nocht hald it lang.
Bot fra thai wyst that Franch folk couth raleiff, Wyth gret power, with helpyng off Wallace, Wthyr purpos thai tuk in to schort space.
Quhen Sotheroun hard that Wallace was so ner, Throw haisty fray the ost was all on ster; Na man was thar wald for ane othir byd, Purpos thai tuk in Ingland for to ryd.
Her I sall byd, my purpos to fullfill, ‘Othir to de, or haiff the at my will.
Schyr Jhon Menteth in till his wit has fund, How he suld best his purposto fullfill, &c.
A bettir purpos sone he can to tak; And als he rewyt him, for his lyff was ill.
Lat I this king makand hys ordinans; 1885 My purpos is to spek sum thing off Frans.
The king ansuerd; ‘I will nocht rid agayne, 675 ‘As at this tyme, mypurpos is in playne.
Baith hycht and waill obeyed all till his will, As he commaund thai purpos to fullfill.
For that ilk man thar wod ledys thaim till; ‘Throucht help off himpurpos ye may fullfill.
And atour all thing specialy "A wittering heir I sall yhow may, "Quhat end that your purpos sall ta.
And fra he wyst quhat charge thai had, He buskyt hym, but mar abad, And left purpos that he had tane; And till Ingland agayne is gayne.
For scho tald haly to the King 25 Thair purpos and thair ordanyng, And how that he suld haf beyn ded, And Sowlis ryng in-till his sted; And tald him werray takynnyng That this purches wes suthfast thing.
Bot oft throu wit and throu bounte His purposto gud end brocht he.
Bot his outrageous succudry And will, that mar wes than hardy, Of purpos letit hym, perfay, As I heir-eftir sall yhow say.
Bot and yhe think yhour weir to bring "Till your purpos and gud liking, "Lang trewis with hym tak sall yhe.
Bot thai ilkane discoverit war Throu ane lady, as I herd say, Or till thair purpos cum mycht thai.
Bot quhethir scho that tald the King How his purpossuld tak ending, Wenit, or wist it witterly; It fell eftir all halely 772 As scho said: for syne king wes he, And of full mekill renomme.
Till purpos with his men he tais, 500 That he wald nocht sa soyne assale The King of Ingland with battale, And at his dykis specially, For it mycht weill turn to foly.
Bot euer his mynd stude ferm, for ony chance 20 Onmovyt, quhar hys fyrst purpos was set, That al for nocht the teris war furthȝet.
Quhou Pallas confortis his ost of Archadye, Quhilkis gave the bak and tuke purpos to fle.
Quhou Dydo queyn, hir purpos to covert, Of enchantment dyd contyrfait the art.
And O, wald God, at rather sa suld be That I dissavyt war bot with fals dreid, And at thou list, as thou has mycht in deid, 20 Thy fatale promys and thy statutis strange In bettir purpos to translait and change!
Quhat sussy, cuyr, and strange ymagynyng, Quhat ways onlefull, hyspurpos to atteyn, Hes this fals lust at his first begynnyng!
Bot thocht, in cace, to do this war my will, Quha wald me suffir my purpos to fulfyll, Or in thar prowd schippis me ressaue?
And to the sammyn purpos we may apply Horatius in hys art of poetry; Pres nocht, says he, thou traste interpreter, Word eftir word to translait thi mater.
But he no word wol to that purpos seye, But took the child and wente upon his weye.
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