TR5.204 Ănd thér hĭs sórwĕs thát hĕ spárĕd háddĕ
TR5.205 Hĕ yáf ăn íssuĕ lárge, ănd “Déth!” hĕ críedĕ;
TR5.206 Ănd ín hĭs thrówĕs frénĕtík ănd máddĕ
TR5.207 Hĕ córseth Jŏve, Áppŏlló, ănd ék Cŭpídĕ;
TR5.208 Hĕ córsĕth Cérĕs, Bácŭs, ánd Cĭprídĕ,
TR5.209 Hĭs búrthe, hy̆msélf, hĭs fáte, ănd ék nătúrĕ,
TR5.210 Ănd, sáve hĭs lády̆, évery̆ créătúre.

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translations (Windeatt: 1998): And there he gave full vent to the sorrows that he had held in and cried out: ‘Death!’ And in his frantic mad throes he cursed Jove, Apollo, and also Cupid; he cursed Ceres, Bacchus, and Venus, his birth, himself, his fate, and also Nature, and, except his lady, every created thing.
• Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): 彼は自分の部屋では今まで抑制していた悲しみを自由に吐き出し、「死だ！」と叫んだ。そして気の狂わんばかりの激しい苦しみの中、ユーピテル、アポロンを呪う、そしてクピードをも呪う。さらにケーレス、バッコス、そしてシプリダを呪う。彼の誕生を、彼自身を、彼の運命を、自然も、そして彼の愛人を除く全ての被造物を呪う。
• Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 他所紧闭着的一腔悲哀，此刻才奔放出来，呼唤着死亡的来临；在狂痛中他诅咒着穹父与阿波罗，以及可必德，诅咒着西列斯，白格斯，和西帕丽，骂着自然，怨恨自己的诞生和命运，以及除了爱人以外的天地万物，

Word Information

• Etymology: OF&L
• Addresser: Narrator
• Addressee: N/A
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: mad
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): 5.16
• Noun(s) (NPs) modified: suffering, sorrow or grief (Troilus’s throes)
• Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: (Quoted) A. adj.† 1.a. Of a person: delirious; mentally deranged; insane, crazy; = frantic adj. 1. Obsolete. (s.v. frenetic, adj. and n.)
• MED: (Quoted) 1. (a) Temporarily deranged, phrenetic; delirious, crazed, frenzied, frantic; irrational (s.v. frenetī̆k, adj.)

• Commented in other previous works:
• Windeatt (2003: 277): frenetik: frantic
• Fisher (1989: 507): throwes frenetyk: fits frantic
• Benson (1987: 563): frenetik: frantic
• Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
• Donaldson (1975): N/A
• Baugh (1963: 185): frenetik: frantic

Possible Definitions

frantic, delirious

Comments from the Editor

Although this stanza concurs with Fil.5.16, Chaucer adds Troilus’ curses at supernatural beings. Apollo hints to Calchas, which eventually leads to his betrayal. Furthermore, Ceres and Bacchus are the gods of food and wine, respectively.