Lines from Love Letters

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Lines from Love Letters

[edit] De amico ad amicam

A celuy que pluys eyme en mounde,
Of alle tho that I have founde
     Carissima,
Saluz od treyé amour,
With grace and joye and alle
Et moun amour doné vous ay,
And also thine owene, night and day
     In cisto.

Ma tres duce et tres amé,
Night and day for love of thee
     Suspiro.
Soyez permanent et leal;
Love me so that I it fele,
     Requiro.

A vous jeo suy tut donné;
Mine herte is full of love to thee
     Presento;
Et pur ceo jeo vous pry,
Sweting, for thin curtesy,
     Memento.

Jeo vous pry par charité
The wordes that here wreten be
     Tenete;
And turne thy herte me toward
O à Dieu que vous gard!
     Valete!

Tentative Translation:

To she whom I love most in the world,
Of all those I have found
Dearest

Full of health and bringing love
With grace and joy and all honour
Sweetest ...

[edit] Responcio

A soun tres chere et special,
Fer and ner and overal
     In mundo,
Que soy ou saltz et gré
With mouth, word and herte free
     Jocundo.

Jeo vous pry sans debat
That ye wole of myn estat
     Audire;
Sertfyés a vous jeo fay
I wil in time whan I may
     Venire.

Pur vostre amour, allas, allas!
I am werse than I was
     Per multa:
Jeo suy dolourouse en tut manere,
Woulde God in youre armes I were
     Sepulta!

Vous estes ma morte et ma vye,
I preye you for your curteisie
     Amate,
Cestes maundés jeo vous pry
In youre herté stedefastly
     Notate.