S 77
 | | Thy lufe, thy lawtie, and thy gentilnes, | fidelity; gentility | | | I countit small in my prosperitie. | | | | Sa eleuait I was in wantones, | elevated/enmeshed | | 550 | And clam vpon the fickill quheill sa hie, | climbed; wheel so high | | | All faith and Lufe I promissit to the. | | | | Was in the self fickill and friuolous: | selfish | | | O fals Cresseid, and trew knicht Troilus. | |
S 78
| | For lufe, of me thow keipt continence. | remained faithful | | 555 | Honest and chaist in conuersatioun. | | | | Of all Wemen protectour and defence | | | | Thou was, and helpit thair opinioun. | reputation | | | My mynd in fleschelie foull affectioun | | | | Was Inclynit to Lustis Lecherous: | |
S 79
| 560 | Fy fals Cresseid, o trew knicht Troylus, | | | | Quhome that ze lufe,for quhome ze suffer paine. | | | | I lat zow wit, thair is richt few thairout: | let; know; out there | | | Quhome ze may traist to haue trew lufe agane: | | | 565 | Preif quhen ze will, zour labour is in vaine. | Test | | | Thairfoir, I reid, ze tak thame as ze find: | advise | | | For thay ar sad as Widdercok in Wind, | a weathercock |
S 80
| | Becaus I knaw the greit vnstabilnes | instability | | | Brukkil as glas, into my self I say. | Brittle | | 570 | Traisting in vther als greit vnfaitfulnes: | as | | | Als vnconstant, and als vntrew of fay. | As; faith | | | Thocht sum be trew, I wait richt few ar thay, | Although some; know | | | Quha findis treuth lat him his lady ruse: | praise | | | Nane but my self, as now I will accuse. | from now on |
S 81
| 575 | Quhen this was said, with Paper scho sat doun, |
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| | | And on this maneir maid hir Testament. | will | | | Heir I beteiche my Corps and Carioun | bequeath/commit; body; corpse | | | With Wormis and with Taidis to be rent. | toads; torn | | | My Cop and Clapper, and myne Ornament | jewelry | | 580 | And all my gold the Lipper folk sall haue: | | | | Quhen I am deid, to burie me in graue. | |
S 82
| | This Royall Ring, set with this Rubie reid, | | | | Quhilk Troylus in drowrie to me send. | as a love token | | | To him agane I leif it quhen I am deid, | | | 585 | To mak my cairfull deid wnto him kend: | unhappy death; known | | | Thus I conclude schortlie and mak ane end, | briefly | | | My Spreit I leif to Diane quhair scho dwellis. | spirit/soul
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| | | To walk with hir in waist Woddis and Wellis, | wild woods and streams |
S 83
| | O Diomeid thou hes baith Broche and Belt, | broach | | 590 | Quhilk Troylus gaue me in takning | as tokens | | | Of his trew lufe, and with that word scho swelt. | died | | | And sone ane Lipper man tuik of the Ring, | | | | Syne buryit hir withouttin tarying, | Then; delaying | | | To Troylus furthwith the Ring he bair, | carried/bore | | 595 | And of Cresseid the deith he can declair. | |
S 84
| | Quhen he had hard hir greit infirmitie, | heard of her serious illness | | | Hir Legacie and Lamentatioun. | | | | And how scho endit in sic pouertie, | | | | He swelt for wo, and fell doun in ane swoun, | fainted | | 600 | For greit sorrow his hart to brist was boun: | burst; ready | | | Siching full sadlie, said I can no moir, | I can do no more | | | Scho was vntrew, and wo is me thairfoir. | |
S 85
| | Sum said he maid ane Tomb of Merbell gray. | marble | | | And wrait hir name and superscriptioun, | wrote her; epitaph/inscription | | 605 | And laid it on hir graue quhair that scho lay, | | | | In goldin Letteris, conteining this ressoun: | statement | | | Lo, fair Ladyis, Cresseid, of Troyis Youn, | | | | Sumtyme countit the flour of Womanheid, | | | | Under this stane, lait Lipper, lyis deid. | formerly a leper |
S 86
| 610 | Now worthie Wemen in this Ballet schort, | brief peom | | | Maid for zour worschip and Instructioun, | | | | Of Cheritie, i monische and exhort, | admonish/urge | | | Ming not zour lufe with fals deceptioun. | Mix | | | Beir in zour mynd this schort conclusioun | | | 615 | Of fair ccresseid, as I haue said befoir, | | | | Sen scho is deid, I speik of hir no moir. | Since |
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