TR3.729 “Měrcúrǐe, fór thě lóve ǒf Híěrse ékě,
TR3.730 Fǒr whích Pǎllás wǎs wíth Ǎgláwrǒs wróth,
TR3.731 Nǒw hélp! Ǎnd ék Dǐáne, Ǐ thé bǐsékě
TR3.732 Thǎt thís vǐágě bé nǒught tó thě lóoth!
TR3.733 Ǒ fátǎl sústrěn whích, ěr ány̌ clóth
TR3.734 Mě shápěn wás, my̌ déstǐné mě spónně,
TR3.735 Sǒ hélpěth tó thǐs wérk thǎt ís by̌gónně!”

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translations (Windeatt: 1998): Now Mercury, help too, for love of Herse (over which Pallas was angry with Aglauros)! And Diana, too, I implore you not to be displeased with this enterprise! O fatal sisters, who spun me my destiny before any clothes were made for me, now help with this piece of work that has begun!’
• Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): メルクリウスよ、ヘルセーに対する愛のためにも、それが、パラスがアグラウロスに激怒した原因だが、さあお助けあれ。また、ディアナよ、この企てが貴女のお怒りに触れませんようにお願いします。おれの衣服が出来上がらないうちに、おれの運命を紡がれた、ああ、運命を司る三人姉妹たちよ、今始まったこの仕事に、お力添えあれ。」
• Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 默格雷，你也曾为了爱希尔西，引起帕拉司和阿葛洛路斯的愤怒，现在我求你济援，还有苔恩娜，我也恳请你勿仇视我这姻缘。啊，三位掌管命数的女神，在我的衣衿还未裁剪之前，你已织成了我的命运，愿你们助成这件已经开始的工作！”

Word Information

• Etymology: L&OF
• Addresser: Troilus
• Addressee: N/A
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
• Noun(s) (NPs) modified: supernatural beings (the three Fates)
• Attributive/ Predicative: attributive

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: Not quoted
• MED: (Quoted) 1. (b) fatal sustren, the three Fates, the Parcae (s.v. fātāl, adj.)

• Commented in other previous works:
• Windeatt (2003: 153): O fatal sustren which, er any cloth Me shapen was, my destine me sponne: O Fates (fatal sustren) who, before any clothes were made for me (me shapen was), spun for me (the threads of) my destiny
• Fisher (1989): N/A
• Benson (1987: 523): fatal sustren: the Fates, the Parcae
• Davis et al. (1979): (Quoted) ~ sustren: the Fates (s.v. fatal, adj.)
• Donaldson (1975: 837): fatal sustren: the three Fates
• Baugh (1963: 138): fatal sustren: the Fates, who spun the web of his destiny before any cloth was woven for him

Possible Definitions

~ sustren: the Fates

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘blodi’ (adj., Tr3.724).