That women lovin us for wode, 660 665 670 I graunt it, (quod fhe) by my trouth. Now, Æolus, withoutin flouth Take out thy trumpe of golde, (quod fhe) 675 And blowe as thei have afkid me, That every man wene 'hem'at efe Although thei go in full badde lefe. This Eolus gan it so blowe That through the worlde it was iknowe. 680 And fill on kneis everichone, The fame thyng, the famè bone, That would have fifhe, but woft thou what? (Quod fhe) anone; and woft thou how? As I fhall tellin the right nowe; Say these ben they that wolde honour Have and do no kinde of labour, Ne do no gode, and yet have laude, 705 And that men wende that belle I faude Ne coude 'hem not of lovè werne, And yet fhe that ygrint at querne 710 As loud as bellith winde in hel, And eke therwith, the fothe to tel, This fownè was fo full of japes 715 As evir mowis were in apes, And that went al the worlde aboute, Tho came anothir companye 720 And prayid her to have gode Fame 725 And that the n'olde do 'hem no fhame," But give 'hem loos and gode renoun, And do it blowe in clarioun. Nay, wis, (quod fhe) it were a vyce; We ben foche folkes, as ye may here, To tellin all the tale aright, We ben fhrewis evèry wight, 740 And have delite in wickidneffe, I graunte it you, (quod fe) ywis; 745 But what arte thou that faieft this tale, 750 And on thy tippet foche a bel? Madame, (quod he) the fothe to tel, I am that ilkè fhrewe ywis, That brent the temple' of Ifidis In Athenis, lo! that cyte. 755 And wherfore diddeft thou fo? (quod fhe.) By my trouthe, (answered he) Madame, Although they were of grete renowne I wolde faine have had a name, For ther vertue and ther thewis, 760 765 Nowe done our loos be blowin fwithe, As wifly be thou evir blythe. Gladly, (quod fhe.) Thou olus, Herift thou not what they prayen us ? Madame, I here ful wel, (quod he) And I will trumpin it parde; With that I gan aboutin wende, 770 775 780 And fayid, Frende, what is thy name? Arte thou come hidir to have Fame? Have Fame! nay, for fothe, frende, (quod I) What doift thou here than? (quod he.) (Quod I) That wol I tellin the: The caufe why I standin here 795 |