TR3.1296 “Fŏr cértĕs, frésshĕ wómmănlíchĕ wíf,
TR3.1297 Thĭs dár Ĭ séye, thăt tróuth ănd dílĭgéncĕ,
TR3.1298 Thăt shál yĕ fýndĕn ín mĕ ál my̆ líf;
TR3.1299 Ny̆ wól năt, cértĕin, brékĕn yóure dĕféncĕ;
TR3.1300 Ănd íf Ĭ dó, prĕsént ŏr ín ăbséncĕ,
TR3.1301 Fŏr lóve ŏf Gód, lăt slé mĕ wíth thĕ dédĕ,
TR3.1302 Ĭf thát ĭt líke ŭntó yŏure wómmănhédĕ.”

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translations (Windeatt: 1998): For certainly—you lovely, most womanly of women—I dare say this: that you will find me loyal and diligent all my life; nor indeed will I go against what you have forbidden; and if I do, while together or apart, for the love of God, let me be killed at that very instant, if that’s what, as a woman, you would wish.’
• Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): というのはね、最も女らしい女性よ、これをあえて言うが、忠誠と勤勉おれの生涯、君にお目にかけよう。また君の禁じていることを侵さないつもりだ。君が居ようと居まいと、君の禁じることをすれば、お願いだから、おれを殺しておくれ、それが君の女性としての優しい気持ちに適うならばだけれど。」
• Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 我敢立誓，鲜明完善的女郎，我毕生将对你忠诚不变，也决不违反你的意志；我如一朝翻悔，无论你在近旁或否，只要你愿意，我可以立即死去。”

Word Information

• Etymology: OF&L
• Addresser: Troilus
• Addressee: Criseyde
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
• Noun(s) (NPs) modified: human beings (female: Criseyde)
• Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: Not quoted
• MED: 1. (a) Being with, before, or in the same place as someone or something else; in a particular place, at hand, present; (s.v. prē̆sent(e, adj.)

• Commented in other previous works:
• Windeatt (2003): N/A
• Fisher (1989): N/A
• Benson (1987): N/A
• Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
• Donaldson (1975): N/A
• Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

being in the same place as someone else, be at hand

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘fresh’ (adj., Tr3.1296).