Taylor, Edgar [Hrsg.]; Austin, Sarah [Hrsg.]: Lays of the minnesingers or German troubadours of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries: Illustr. by specimens of the contemporary lyric poetry of Provence and other parts of Europe ; With histor. and crit. notes, and engravings from the ms. of the minnesingers in the king's library at Paris, and from other sources (London, 1825)

PONS DE CAPDUEIL. 219

On worth, on rank, I might rely,

On beauty, or, yet more, on love ;
But one soft song at least I '11 try—

A song of peace, thy heart to move:
And I would learn, beloved one, now
Why cold and harsh and rude art thou;
If love hath given her place to pride,
Or cold dislike in thee preside ?

This, and much more my messenger should say,
Warning all hearts 'gainst Pride's relentless sway.

PONS DE CAPDUEIL,

Is also of the second half of the 12th century. He
was a baron of Pui, " e trobava, e viulava, e cantava
be." His mistress, to whom his songs were address-
ed, and whose death the following laments, was Aza-
lais, the wife-of Ozils de Mercuer, " un gran comte
d'Alvernhe." On her decease " el se croset, e passet
outra mar, e lai moric."

De totz caitius sui ieu aisselh que plus
Ai gran dolor, e suefre greu turmen,
Per qu' ieu volgra murir, e fora m gen
Qui m' aucizes, pois tan sui esperdutz ;