Lydgate's Reson and Sensuallyte Edited from the Fairfax MS. 16 (Bodleian) and the additional MS. 29,729 (Brit. Mus.) by Ernst Sieper |
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The conclusioun of Venus. |
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The conclusioun of Venus.
“And in this lusty, freshe place,
So ful of beaute and of grace,
Duelleth Deduit, as made ys mynde,
In the whiche thou shalt fynde
The mayde of most excellence,
Which ys, in verray existence,
Rote of beaute and womanhede,
And Merour eke of goodlyhede.
Whom that Deduit, by my byddyng,
Hath the charge of hir keping,
For to my lust I dar wel seyn
He is trewest and best wardeyn;
To whom thou shalt the fast[e] hye
For to fynde companye.
So ful of beaute and of grace,
Duelleth Deduit, as made ys mynde,
In the whiche thou shalt fynde
The mayde of most excellence,
Which ys, in verray existence,
Rote of beaute and womanhede,
And Merour eke of goodlyhede.
Whom that Deduit, by my byddyng,
Hath the charge of hir keping,
For to my lust I dar wel seyn
He is trewest and best wardeyn;
To whom thou shalt the fast[e] hye
For to fynde companye.
“And first, thy self best to avaunce,
Thou must geten aqueyntaunce
Of Deduit and of Cupyde,
But yet aforn thou must provyde
For to [do] thy besynesse
To a-queynte the with ydelnesse,
Necessarie to thy purpose,
For of the gardyn and the close
She is the chefe porteresse,
Of the entre lady and maistresse.
Who that cometh, erly or late,
“She ys redy at the gate
To let him in, that is hir charge,
At the Gatys brood and large,
For she hir self bereth the key.
And best of alle may the convey
To expleyte thy viage,
For ther ys noon herbergage
But at hir delyueraunce
In the gardyn of plesaunce.
For which, by the rede of me,
Gete aqueyntaunce of thise thre:
Deduit, Cupide, and ydilnesse,
And I shal do my besynesse,
With help of hem, the to avaunce
With euery maner circumstaunce,
To thy desir that may avayle;
And alder first I shal nat fayle
To be present, and to spede
And further the in al thy nede.”
Thou must geten aqueyntaunce
Of Deduit and of Cupyde,
But yet aforn thou must provyde
For to [do] thy besynesse
To a-queynte the with ydelnesse,
Necessarie to thy purpose,
For of the gardyn and the close
She is the chefe porteresse,
Of the entre lady and maistresse.
Who that cometh, erly or late,
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To let him in, that is hir charge,
At the Gatys brood and large,
For she hir self bereth the key.
And best of alle may the convey
To expleyte thy viage,
For ther ys noon herbergage
But at hir delyueraunce
In the gardyn of plesaunce.
For which, by the rede of me,
Gete aqueyntaunce of thise thre:
Deduit, Cupide, and ydilnesse,
And I shal do my besynesse,
With help of hem, the to avaunce
With euery maner circumstaunce,
To thy desir that may avayle;
And alder first I shal nat fayle
To be present, and to spede
And further the in al thy nede.”
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