Here green-eyed Jealousy doth scold
Fair-Welcome for the falsehoods told
By Evil-Tongue against him, he
Loves to load men with calumny.
Then on Fair-Welcome straightway fell
Wan Jealousy: 'I prithee tell,'
Quoth she, 'how thou dost boldly dare
To bring one here towards whom I bear
Suspicious hatred? Unto me,
It seems that thou too easily
Tak'st strangers for thy friends, henceforth
I trust no more thy faith and worth,
But straightway bound, within a tower.'
Roman de la Rose, v. 3689-3701
(Trans. by F. S. Ellis)
Here green-eyed Jealousy doth scold
Fair-Welcome for the falsehoods told
By Evil-Tongue against him, he
Loves to load men with calumny.
Then on Fair-Welcome straightway fell
Wan Jealousy: 'I prithee tell,'
Quoth she, 'how thou dost boldly dare
To bring one here towards whom I bear
Suspicious hatred? Unto me,
It seems that thou too easily
Tak'st strangers for thy friends, henceforth
I trust no more thy faith and worth,
But straightway bound, within a tower.'
Roman de la Rose, v. 3689-3701
(Trans. by F. S. Ellis)