TR4.1640 "My̆n ówĕne hértĕs sóthfăst súffĭsáuncĕ, TR4.1641 Sy̆n Í ăm thýn ăl hól, wĭthóutĕn mó, TR4.1642 Thăt whíl thăt Í ăm ábsĕnt, nó plĕsáuncĕ TR4.1643 Ŏf óothĕr dó mĕ fró yŏure rémĕmbráuncĕ; TR4.1644 Fŏr Í ăm évere ăgást, fŏrwhý mĕn rédĕ TR4.1645 Thăt lóve ĭs thýng ăy fúl ŏf bísy̆ drédĕ.
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- Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
- English translation (Windeatt: 1998): ‘my own heart’s true fulfilment, since I’m completely yours alone, that while I’m away no pleasure in anyone else put me from your thoughts, for I’m afraid all the time, because people say “love is something always full of anxiety”.
- Japanese translation (Sasamoto: 2012): わたしの心の真の充足であられるお方、わたしは完全に貴方のもの、それ以外のものでありませんから、わたしがいない間、他のどなたかとお楽しみになってわたしをお忘れにならないでください。だってわたしはずっと怯えておりますもの、なぜなら愛はつねに恐ろしい不安に満ちたものと人は言いますから。
- Chinese translation (Fang: 1956): 我全心的占领者，我既归你所有，求你莫在我离去的时期中，移爱于人而忘记了我。我一向最忌俗语所说的一句话，‘爱情常多虑’。
Word Information
- Etymology: OE
- Addresser: Criseyde
- Addressee: Troilus
- Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
- Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A (but see 4.162)
- Noun(s) (NPs) modified: human beings (female: Criseyde)
- Attributive/ Predicative: predicative
Information in Previous Studies
- OED: Not quoted
- MED: Not quoted
- Commented in other previous works:
- Windeatt (2003: 265): agast: afraid
- Fisher (1989: 509): agast, forwhi … rede: afraid, because, say (advise)
- Benson (1987): N/A
- Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
- Donaldson (1975): N/A
- Baugh (1963): N/A
Possible Definitions
afraid, frightened
Comments from the Editor
At this last secret meeting before Criseyde departs for the Greek camp, she elucidates her plan to cheat her father and return in 10 days. Through the abovementioned quote, she reminds Troilus repeatedly not to forget her and love another. Her insistence compels readers to suspect that she plans to be away for a long time, and that perhaps she did not herself believe that she could return in ten days.
Besides, “love is thyng ay ful of bisy drede” is a proverb Chaucer borrowed from Ovid, Heroides, 1.12, and this sentiment is not iterated in the corresponding portion of Fil.