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Two Old French Werwolf Lays Et toute robe desvestir. Et lors sui ge deus jors ou .IIJ. 228 Beste sauvaige par le bois; Et tant con g’i suis, ge manjue Conme autre beste [la] char crue; Con j’ai la esté, ge me veuz 232 Et d’icelui cecret leu euz. Mez qui ma robe m’osteroit Trop grant durté il me feroit, Car a toujours beste ceroie 236 Jusqu’atant que ge la ravroie Ou jusque ge devroie morir, Que nulz ne m’an pourroit garir. Et pour ce me met ge an repost 240 Que nulz hon ma robe ne m’ost. Or vous ai ge dit mun secré; Or le veilliez si panre an gré Que nulz ne connoisse ma taiche 244 Ne mun couvine ja ne saiche.’ Quant la dame le escouta, Moins l’an cremut et moins douta, Et pansa: ‘Or ai ge asuvi 248 Ce que ge ai lons tans suy!’ Et dist: ‘Ge me tien a paiee; Mes amis soiez, ge vostre amie. Ge croi tout se que vous me dites, 252 De touz maus voloirs soiez quites. Tant ai le cuer dous, debonnere Que ge ne sai fors que paiz fere.’ Atant se taist, et plus n’a dist. 256 An son cuer se qu’elle oï mist. Li tans vint que aler s’an dut, [B]iclarel ou bois se resmut. Sa fame mout po antanti, 260 Mes conme [d’]aler l’an santi, Tout bellemant l’a pourcehu Jusque[s] ou secret l’a vehu. Bien vit ou il sa robe a misse, 264 Bien vit sa maniere et sa guisse. Sa robe prant et si l’an portee, Mout se deduit, mout se deporte. Dist: ‘De mari suis desevree 268 Pour estre a mun ami livree!’ Lors a son ami fist savoir Que or pouoit sa joie avoir f. 189 col. c 94
Biclarel And I take off all my clothes, And then, for two or three days, I am 228 A wild beast in the woods; And as long as I am there, I eat Raw flesh, like other beasts. When I have been there, I come back 232 And come out from that same secret spot. But anyone who took my clothes away from me Would cause me very great hardship, For I should remain a beast 236 Until I regained them Or until I had to die, Since no one would be able to save me. And for that reason I set out secretly, 240 So that no-one steals my clothes from me. Now I have told you my secret; Now may you willingly accept That no-one should learn of my trait, 244 Nor ever know about my condition.’ When the lady heard this, She feared and suspected him the less because of it, And she thought: ‘Now I have achieved 248 What I have sought for a long time.’ And she said: ‘I’ve got what I want. May you be my beloved and I yours: I believe everything you tell me. 252 May you be free from all ill wishes. My heart is so kind and bountiful That I know nothing other than how to make peace.’ With that she fell silent and said no more; 256 She kept what she heard in her heart. When the time came that he had to go, Biclarel left for the woods. His wife paid very little heed, 260 But as she noticed him leave, She followed him carefully Until she saw him at his secret place. She saw clearly where he put his clothes; 264 She saw clearly his method and his manner. She took his clothes and carried them away with her And was very happy and cheerful. She said: ‘I am rid of my husband, 268 In order to be with my beloved.’ Then she let her beloved know That he could now take his pleasure 95
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