John Lydgate

Name: Chaucerian and Other Pieces — The Complaint of the Black Knight
Author: John Lydgate

Chaucerian and Other Pieces — The Complaint of the Black Knight (1897)

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“Chaucerian and Other Pieces — The Complaint of the Black Knight”, published in 1897, is a work by John Lydgate. It explores elements such as felest, non other skille and Whan Mistrust.

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John Lydgate, Chaucerian and Other Pieces — The Complaint of the Black Knight (1897)

“ That Falshed wrongfully of Trouthe hath name,
And Trouthe ayenward of Falshed bereth the blame.
This blinde chaunce, this stormy aventure,
In lovë hath most his experience; 310
For who that doth with trouthe most his cure
Shal for his mede finde most offence,
That serveth love with al his diligence;
For who can faynë, under lowliheed,
Ne fayleth not to finde grace and speed. ”

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John Lydgate, Chaucerian and Other Pieces — The Complaint of the Black Knight (1897)

“ Athalans, so fair of hir visage;
But Love, alas! quitte him so his wage
With cruel daunger plainly, at the laste,
That, with the dethe, guerdonles he paste.
Lo! here the fyne of loveres servyse! 400
Lo! how that Love can his servaunts quyte!
Lo! how he can his faythful men despyse,
To slee the trewe, and false to respyte! ”

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John Lydgate, Chaucerian and Other Pieces — The Complaint of the Black Knight (1897)

“ Had in love hir lust and al hir wille;
And, save falshood, ther was non other skille.
Of Thebes eek the false [knight] Arcyte,
And Demophon †also, for [al] his slouthe, 380
They had hir lust and al that might delyte
For al hir falshode and hir greet untrouthe.
Thus ever Love (alas! and that is routhe!)
His false leges forthereth what he may,
And sleeth the trewe ungoodly, day by day. 385
For trewe Adon was slayn with the bore
Amid the forest, in the grene shade;
For Venus love he feltë al the sore. ”

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John Lydgate, Chaucerian and Other Pieces — The Complaint of the Black Knight (1897)

“ And hard it is, for a man to seche,
Upon the point of dethe in jupardye, 475
Unto his fo, to finde remedye!
Thus fareth it now even by me,
That to my fo, that yaf myn herte a wounde,
Mote aske grace, mercy, and pitè,
And namëly, ther wher non may be founde! 480
For now my sore my leche wil confounde,
And god of kinde so hath set myn ure,
My lyves fo to have my wounde in cure!
Alas! the whyle now that I was born!
Or that I ever saw the brighte sonne! 485
For now I see, that ful longe aforn,
Or I was born, my desteny was sponne
By Parcas sustren, to slee me, if they conne ”

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John Lydgate, Chaucerian and Other Pieces — The Complaint of the Black Knight (1897)

“ To bidde lovers out of hir sleepe awake,
And hertes hevy for to recomforte
From dreriheed of hevy nightes sorowe,
Nature bad hem ryse, and hem disporte, 10
Ayen the goodly, gladde, greye morowe;
And Hope also, with seint Johan to borowe,
Bad, in dispyt of daunger and dispeyre,
For to take the hoolsom lusty eyre:
And with a sigh I gan for to abreyde 15
Out of my slombre, and sodainly up sterte
As he, alas! that nigh for sorowe deyde,
My sekenes sat ay so nigh my herte. ”

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John Lydgate, Chaucerian and Other Pieces — The Complaint of the Black Knight (1897)

“ Shew now thy might, and on hir wo have routhe
Er fals Daunger slee hem and confounde.
And specially, let thy might be founde 635
For to socourë, what-so that thou may,
The trewe man that in the herber lay,
And alle trewe forther, for his sake,
O gladde sterre, O lady Venus myne! ”

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John Lydgate, Chaucerian and Other Pieces — The Complaint of the Black Knight (1897)

“ Whan Mistrust also, and Fals-Suspeccioun, 505
With Misbeleve, she made for to be
Cheef of counsayl to this conclusioun,
For to exyle Routhe, and eek Pitè,
Out of her court to make Mercy flee,
So that Dispyt now holdeth forth her reyne, 510
Through hasty bileve of tales that men feyne. ”

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John Lydgate, Chaucerian and Other Pieces — The Complaint of the Black Knight (1897)

“ Cold of dispyt, and cold of cruel hate; 240
This is the cold that doth his besy payne
Ayeines trouthe to fighte and to debate.
This is the cold that wolde the fyr abate
Of trewe mening; alas! the harde whyle! ”

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John Lydgate, Chaucerian and Other Pieces — The Complaint of the Black Knight (1897)

“ Of this gret wrongë I compleyne me, 455
And to thy stormy wilful variaunce
Y-meynt with chaunge and greet unstablenesse;
Now up, now doun, so renning is thy chaunce,
That thee to truste may be no sikernesse. ”

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John Lydgate, Chaucerian and Other Pieces — The Complaint of the Black Knight (1897)

“ And softe as veluët the yonge gras 80
That therupon lustily cam springing;
The sute of trees aboute compassing
Hir shadowe caste, closing the welle rounde,
And al the herbes growing on the grounde. ”

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John Lydgate, Chaucerian and Other Pieces — The Complaint of the Black Knight (1897)

“ F. T. -selfe (better selve) . F. celured; D. coloured; S. siluered; Th. T. couered. 54. Th. beautie. F. T. may not (for may) . 55. S. assaut; rest assaute. 56. Th. sphere; hotte. Th. F. T. D. shone (read shoon) . 57, 59. S. wynd, kynd; rest wynde, kynde. 58. S. P. among; rest amonge. T. blossomes; D. blossoms; Th. blosomes; F. blosmes. 59. All holsom (holsum) . Th. F. T. D. and so; S. om. so. 60. F. T. blomes; S. blomys; Th. blosmes; D. blossoms. 61. All gan, can; see l. 579. 62. S. that; rest om. F. their; T. theire; Th. D. there; S. thai; read hir. ”

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John Lydgate, Chaucerian and Other Pieces — The Complaint of the Black Knight (1897)

“ F. lykyng (!) ; rest like; read lyk. 27. Th. leaues. 32. F. the (for hir) . 33. Th. D. splaye; F. T. S. splay; read splayen. F. S. on; rest in. 34. Th. T. Agayne; F. Ageyn; D. Ayen. S. gold; rest golde. 35. Th. T. downe; F. dovn; D. down ”

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John Lydgate, Chaucerian and Other Pieces — The Complaint of the Black Knight (1897)

“ Th. tel, bel; rest telle, belle. S. rong; F. T. D. ronge; Th. range. 267, 269. S. lond, fond; rest londe, fonde. 271. Th. D. falshode; F. S. falshed; T. falsehede. 276. Th. D. be; rest ben.
277. S. sat; rest sate, satte. 281. F. non ne may; rest may non. 283. D. oth; S. soth; rest othe. 285. Th. F. T. P. clepe; D. speke; S. cleke (!) . 297. T. D. fulle; Th. F. ful. 298. Th. S. one; rest oon. 299. F. more (for any) . 303. Th. cal. 305. Th. fal. 306. Th. al. 307. All the name; I omit the. 308. All the blame; read ber'the.
314, 315. D. lowlyheed, speed; rest -hede, spede. ”

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John Lydgate, Chaucerian and Other Pieces — The Complaint of the Black Knight (1897)

“ T. lady; F. ladye; rest ladyes. 346. D. perelees; F. T. S. P. pereles; Th. peerles.
347. T. liste of hym; S. can of him. 349. F. Gades; S. Gadis; rest Gaddes. 351. Th. P. om. ben. 352. S. Y-sett; D. Sette. 355. I supply he. 357. S. ȝit; rest omit. 360. S. fresch; rest omit. 363. T. dide; rest did. 368. S. eke; rest omit. 374. F. Tereus (for Theseus) . 378. F. falshed; S. falshede. 379. I supply knight. 380. All eke; read also. I supply al.
382. S. and thair (for and hir) ; rest omit thair (= hir) . 384. Th. lieges. 386. So all. 391. S. worthi knycht & hir trew; rest omit worthi and trew. ”

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John Lydgate, Chaucerian and Other Pieces — The Complaint of the Black Knight (1897)

“ F. B. lust. S. Quherso hir list to do me lyue or deye. 555. S. hoolly; Th. holy. 560. Th. T. D. lyste; F. S. P. list. 561. S. vnto; rest to. 566. S. quhill þat me. 568. Th. mater. 571. F. B. P. hest. 573. T. liste; rest list (lust) . 575. T. sike; S. to sike; Th. D. sygh; F. B. sile (!) . 577. Th. no worde. 581. Th. long wisshing (!) . Th. S. for; F. B. D. P. for his; T. for her. 583. S. P. gan; rest gonne (gunne) .
587. S. compleynen; rest complayne. 598. T. faste; rest fast. 605. I supply here. 606. Th. dytte. 611. T. D. weste; rest west. 617. T. D. faste; rest fast. ”

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