M'Iver rode beside flowering saugh and alder tree through those old arches, now no more, those arches that were the outermost posterns where good-luck allowed farewells.
But whan he saugh she nolde hir terme holde, He can now seen non other remedye, 1210 But for to shape him sone for to dye.
And yonder have I herd ful lustily My dere herte laughe, and yonder pleye Saugh I hir ones eek ful blisfully.
For when he saugh that she abood so longe, He niste what he iuggen of it mighte, Sin she hath broken that she him bihighte.
For whan he saugh that she ne mighte dwelle, Which that his soule out of his herte rente, 1700 With-outen more, out of the chaumbre he wente.
But whan he saugh that specheles she lay, With sorwful voys, and herte of blisse al bare, He seyde how she was fro this world y-fare!
And wondreth not, myn owene lady bright, Though that I speke of love to you thus blyve; For I have herd or this of many a wight, Hath loved thing he never saugh his lyve.
Lo, yond saugh I myn owene lady daunce; 565 And in that temple, with hir eyen clere, Me caughte first my righte lady dere.
For whan he saugh hir dores sperred alle, Wel neigh for sorwe a-doun he gan to falle.
And yond I saugh hir to hir fader ryde, For sorwe of which myn herte shal to-cleve.
Then Bernard fell trembling like a saugh tree, and protested he did but what he was told.
There is the lichened root of an ancient fallen saugh tree by the side of Earn Water between Kirkillstane and Driepps that I cannot till this day look on without a deep emotion.
Tho saugh he knyghtes justing in a playn; And after this, he dide hym swich plaisaunce, That he hym shewed his lady on a daunce On which hymself he daunced, as hym thoughte.
He shewed hym, er he wente to sopeer, Forestes, parkes ful of wilde deer; Ther saugh he hertes with hir hornes hye, The gretteste that evere were seyn with ye.
And whan this maister, that this magyk wroughte, Saugh it was tyme, he clapte his handes two, And, farewel!
But whan he saugh that specheles she lay, With sorwful voys and herte of blisse al bare, He seyde how she was fro this world y-fare!
And yonder have I herd ful lustily My dere herte laugh, and yonder pleyeSaugh I hir ones eek ful blisfully.
Lo, yond saugh I myn owene lady daunce; 565 And in that temple, with hir eyen clere, Me coughte first my righte lady dere.
And ther he saugh with ful avysement The erratik sterres, herkening armonye With sounes fulle of hevenish melodye'; &c.
With that word Resoun wente hir gate, Whan she saugh for no sermoning She might me fro my foly bring.
And eek amidde this purpryse Was maad a tour of gret maistryse; A fairer saugh no man with sight, Large and wyde, and of gret might.
And whan I saugh he hadde so, This Ielousye, take us two, I was astoned, and knew no rede, But fledde awey for verrey drede.
But haddest thou knowen him beforn, Thou woldest on a boke have sworn, Whan thou him saugh in thilke aray That he, that whylom was so gay, And of the daunce Ioly Robin, 7455 Was tho become a Iacobin.
They go to Daunger anon-right To forther me with al hir might, And helpe in worde and in dede, 3505 For wel they saugh that it was nede.
A long whyl stood I in that state, Til that me saugh so mad and mate 3190 The lady of the highe ward, Which from hir tour lokid thiderward.
And whan I had it longe seen, I saugh that through the leves grene The rose spredde to spanishing; To sene it was a goodly thing.
And saugh his crown̄ newe shafe, But seeing his A-shamed thanne he was.
And thanne saugh I muche moore Than I bifore of tolde, 2490 For I seigh the feld ful of folk, That I bifore of seide, And how Reson gan arayen hym Al the reaume to preche, And with a cros afore the kyng Comsede thus to techen.
Hire array me ravysshed, Swich richesse saugh I nevere; I hadde wonder what she was, And whos wif she were.
Ther saugh I, and knew hem by name, 1275 That by such art don men han fame.
With that saugh I another Rapeliche renne forth, The righte wey he wente.
And seyde he saugh Satan Sytten ful heyghe, And ful low ben y-leid.
And as I seet in this sorwe, I saugh how Kynde passede; And Deeth drogh neigh me.
And happed, al alone as sche was born, He saugh a mayde walkyng him by-forn, Of which mayden anoon maugre hir heed, By verray fors byraft hir maydenhed.
When Alla saugh his wyf, faire he hir grette, And weep, that it was routhe for to see.
By sadde tokenes and by wordes bolde, How that his wyf had doon hir lecherye, Him to gret shame and to gret vileinye; 260 And tolde him ofte, he saugh it with his yën.
So on a day of me he took his leve, So sorwefully eek, that I wende verraily 585 That he had felt as muche harm as I, Whan that I herde him speke, and saugh his hewe.
As help me god, whan that I saugh him go After the bere, me thoughte he hadde a paire Of legges and of feet so clene and faire, That al myn herte I yaf un-to his hold.
Hem lakked no vitaille that mighte hem plese; So wel arrayed hous as ther was oon Aurelius in his lyf saugh never noon.
Ther have I taught hem to be charitable, 1795 And spende hir good ther it is resonable, And ther I saugh our dame; a!
And whan that dame Prudence saughhir tyme, she freyned and axed hir lord Melibee, / what vengeance he thoughte to taken of hise adversaries?
And whan she saugh hir fader in the strete, She lighte doun, and falleth him to fete.
And certeinly, I dar right wel seyn this, Ymenëus, that god of wedding is, 1730 Saugh never his lyf so mery a wedded man.
Right wel, my lord, quod sche, for in good fay faith A fairer saugh I never noon than sche.
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