S 50
 | | This doolie dreame, this vglye visioun | dismal | | 345 | Brocht to ane end Cresseid fra it awoik. | awoke | | | And all that Court and conuocatioun | assembly | | | Vanischit away, than rais scho vp and tuik | | | | Ane poleist glas, and hir schaddow culd luik: | mirror; reflection
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| | | And quhen scho saw hir face sa deformait | | | 350 | Gif scho in hart was wa aneuch God wait. | If; woeful enough; knows; |
S 51
| | Weiping full sair, lo, quhat it is, quod sche, | sorely | | | With fraward langage for to mufe and steir | perverse; rouse; provoke | | | Our craibit Goddis,and sa is sene on me. | ill-natured | | | My blaspheming now haue I bocht full deir, | paid for | | 355 | All eirdlie Ioy and mirth I set areir. | put behind me | | | Allace this day, allace, this wofull tyde | | | | Quhen i began with my Goddis for to Chyde. | argue/dispute |
S 52
| | Be this was said ane Chyld come fra the hall | When | | | To warne Cresseid the Xupper was reddy, | | | 360 | First knokkit at the dure, and syne culd call. | knocked; then called | | | Madame zour father biddis zow cum in hy | haste | | | He hes merwell sa lang on grouf ze ly, | astonished; grief | | | And sayis zour prayers bene to lang sum deill. | for too long | | | The goddis wait all zour Intent full weill. | know |
S 53
| 365 | Quod scho fair Chyld ga to my father deir | | | | And pray him cum to speik with me anone. | right away | | | And sa he did, and said douchter quhat cheir? | how are you? | | | Allace (quod scho) father my mirth is gone. | | | | How sa (quod he) and scho can all expone | explain | | 370 | As I haue tauld the vengeance and the wraik | told; wrath | | | For hir trespas, Cupide on hir culd tak. | transgression; had taken |
S 54
| | He luikit on hir vglye Lipper face, | looked; leper
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| | | The quhylk befor was quhite as Lillie flour | which; white | | | Wringand his handis oftymes he said allace | Wringing | | 375 | That he had leuit to se that wofull hour, | lived | | | For he knew weill that thair was na succour | help
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| | | To hir seiknes, and that dowblit his pane | illness; doubled | | | Thus was thair cair aneuch betuix thame twane. | sorrow enough |
S 55
| | Quhen thay togidder murnit had full lang, | mourned | | 380 | Quod Cresseid father, I wald not be kend, | recognized | | | Thairfoir in secreit wyse ze let me gang | manner; go | | | Wnto zone hospitall at the tounis end. | outskirts of the town
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| | | And thidder sum meit for Cheritie me send | food; charity | | | To leif vpon, for all mirth in this eird | live; earth/world | | 385 | Is fra me gane, sic is my wickit weird. | cruel fate; |
S 56
| | Than in ane Mantill and ane bawer hat, | beaver hat
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| | | With Cop and Clapper wonder priuely. | in complete secret | | | He opnit ane secreit zet, and out thair at | gate | | | Conuoyit hir, that na man suld espy, | Conveyed/Escorted | | 390 | Wnto ane Village half ane myle thairby, | | | | Delyuerit hir in at the Spittaill hous, | hospital/leper house | | | And daylie sent hir part of his Almous. | alms |
S 57
| | Sum knew hir weill, & sum had na knawledge | | | | Of hir becaus scho was sa deformait. | deformed | | 395 | With bylis blak ouirspred in hir visage, | boils | | | And hir fair colour faidit and alterait. | altered | | | Zit thay presumit for hir hie regrait, | great anguish | | | And still murning, scho was of Nobill kin: | | | | With better will thairfoir they tuik hir in. | |
S 58
| 400 | The day passit, and Phebus went to rest, | | | | The Cloudis blak ouirquhelmit all the sky. | covered/engulfed | | | God wait gif Cresseid was ane sorrowfull Gest, | knows | | | Seing that vncouth fair and harbery: | wretched food; lodging | | | But meit or drink scho dressit hir to ly | Without; prepared/readied herself | | 405 | In ane dark Corner of the hous allone. | | | | And on this wyse weiping, scho maid hir mone. | lament
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