The Testament of Cresseid Author:Seamus Heaney The greatest of the late medieval Scots makars, Robert Henryson shared their vision of the frailty and pathos of human life, as well asdeture, is the narrative Testament of Cresseid. Set in the aftermath of the Trojan War, the Testament completes the story of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, offering a tragic account of his faithless heroine's r... more »ejection by her lover Diomede, and of her subsequent decline into prostitution and leprosy. Written in Lowland Scots, the Testament has been translated by Seamus Heaney into a confident but faithful idiom which matches the original verse form and honours the poem's unique blend of detachment and compassion.« less