troilus and criseyde-第13章
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The nexte word was; ‘God wot; for I have; 100
As feyfully as I have had konninge;
Ben youres; also god so my sowle save;
And shal til that I; woful wight; be grave。
And though I dar ne can un…to yow pleyne;
Y…wis; I suffre nought the lasse peyne。 105
‘Thus muche as now; O wommanliche wyf;
I may out…bringe; and if this yow displese;
That shal I wreke upon myn owne lyf
Right sone; I trowe; and doon your herte an ese;
If with my deeth your herte I may apese。 110
But sin that ye han herd me som…what seye;
Now recche I never how sone that I deye。'
Ther…with his manly sorwe to biholde;
It mighte han maad an herte of stoon to rewe;
And Pandare weep as he to watre wolde; 115
And poked ever his nece newe and newe;
And seyde; ‘Wo bigon ben hertes trewe!
For love of god; make of this thing an ende;
Or slee us bothe at ones; er that ye wende。'
‘I? What?' quod she; ‘By god and by my trouthe; 120
I noot nought what ye wilne that I seye。'
‘I? What?' quod he; ‘That ye han on him routhe;
For goddes love; and doth him nought to deye。'
‘Now thanne thus;' quod she; ‘I wolde him preye
To telle me the fyn of his entente; 125
Yet wist I never wel what that he mente。'
‘What that I mene; O swete herte dere?'
Quod Troilus; ‘O goodly; fresshe free!
That; with the stremes of your eyen clere;
Ye wolde som…tyme freendly on me see; 130
And thanne agreen that I may ben he;
With…oute braunche of vyce on any wyse;
In trouthe alwey to doon yow my servyse;
‘As to my lady right and chief resort;
With al my wit and al my diligence; 135
And I to han; right as yow list; comfort;
Under your yerde; egal to myn offence;
As deeth; if that I breke your defence;
And that ye deigne me so muche honoure;
Me to comaunden ought in any houre。 140
‘And I to ben your verray humble trewe;
Secret; and in my paynes pacient;
And ever…mo desire freshly newe;
To serven; and been y…lyke ay diligent;
And; with good herte; al holly your talent 145
Receyven wel; how sore that me smerte;
Lo; this mene I; myn owene swete herte。'
Quod Pandarus; ‘Lo; here an hard request;
And resonable; a lady for to werne!
Now; nece myn; by natal Ioves fest; 150
Were I a god; ye sholde sterve as yerne;
That heren wel; this man wol no…thing yerne
But your honour; and seen him almost sterve;
And been so looth to suffren him yow serve。'
With that she gan hir eyen on him caste 155
Ful esily; and ful debonairly;
Avysing hir; and hyed not to faste
With never a word; but seyde him softely;
‘Myn honour sauf; I wol wel trewely;
And in swich forme as he can now devyse; 160
Receyven him fully to my servyse;
‘Biseching him; for goddes love; that he
Wolde; in honour of trouthe and gentilesse;
As I wel mene; eek mene wel to me;
And myn honour; with wit and besinesse 165
Ay kepe; and if I may don him gladnesse;
From hennes…forth; y…wis; I nil not feyne:
Now beeth al hool; no lenger ye ne pleyne。
‘But nathelees; this warne I yow;' quod she;
‘A kinges sone al…though ye be; y…wis; 170
Ye shal na…more have soverainetee
Of me in love; than right in that cas is;
Ne I nil forbere; if that ye doon a…mis;
To wrathen yow; and whyl that ye me serve;
Cherycen yow right after ye deserve。 175
‘And shortly; dere herte and al my knight;
Beth glad; and draweth yow to lustinesse;
And I shal trewely; with al my might;
Your bittre tornen al in…to swetenesse。
If I be she that may yow do gladnesse; 180
For every wo ye shal recovere a blisse';
And him in armes took; and gan him kisse。
Fil Pandarus on knees; and up his eyen
To hevene threw; and held his hondes hye;
‘Immortal god!' quod he; ‘That mayst nought dyen; 185
Cupide I mene; of this mayst glorifye;
And Venus; thou mayst maken melodye;
With…outen hond; me semeth that in the towne;
For this merveyle; I here ech belle sowne。
‘But ho! No more as now of this matere; 190
For…why this folk wol comen up anoon;
That han the lettre red; lo; I hem here。
But I coniure thee; Criseyde; and oon;
And two; thou Troilus; whan thow mayst goon;
That at myn hous ye been at my warninge; 195
For I ful wel shal shape youre cominge;
‘And eseth ther your hertes right y…nough;
And lat see which of yow shal bere the belle
To speke of love a…right!' ther…with he lough;
‘For ther have ye a layser for to telle。' 200
Quod Troilus; ‘How longe shal I dwelle
Er this be doon?' Quod he; ‘Whan thou mayst ryse;
This thing shal be right as I yow devyse。'
With that Eleyne and also Deiphebus
Tho comen upward; right at the steyres ende; 205
And Lord; so than gan grone Troilus;
His brother and his suster for to blende。
Quod Pandarus; ‘It tyme is that we wende;
Tak; nece myn; your leve at alle three;
And lat hem speke; and cometh forth with me。' 210
She took hir leve at hem ful thriftily;
As she wel coude; and they hir reverence
Un…to the fulle diden hardely;
And speken wonder wel; in hir absence;
Of hir; in preysing of hir excellence; 215
Hir governaunce; hir wit; and hir manere
Commendeden; it Ioye was to here。
Now lat hir wende un…to hir owne place;
And torne we to Troilus a…yein;
That gan ful lightly of the lettre passe 220
That Deiphebus hadde in the gardin seyn。
And of Eleyne and him he wolde fayn
Delivered been; and seyde that him leste
To slepe; and after tales have reste。
Eleyne him kiste; and took hir leve blyve; 225
Deiphebus eek; and hoom wente every wight;
And Pandarus; as faste as he may dryve;
To Troilus tho com; as lyne right;
And on a paillet; al that glade night;
By Troilus he lay; with mery chere; 230
To tale; and wel was hem they were y…fere。
Whan every wight was voided but they two;
And alle the dores were faste y…shette;
To telle in short; with…oute wordes mo;
This Pandarus; with…outen any lette; 235
Up roos; and on his beddes syde him sette;
And gan to speken in a sobre wyse
To Troilus; as I shal yow devyse:
‘Myn alderlevest lord; and brother dere;
God woot; and thou; that it sat me so sore; 240
When I thee saw so languisshing to…yere;
For love; of which thy wo wex alwey more;
That I; with al my might and al my lore;
Have ever sithen doon my bisinesse
To bringe thee to Ioye out of distresse; 245
‘And have it brought to swich plyt as thou wost;
So that; thorugh me; thow stondest now in weye
To fare wel; I seye it for no bost;
And wostow which? For shame it is to seye;
For thee have I bigonne a gamen pleye 250
Which that I never doon shal eft for other;
Al…though he were a thousand fold my brother。
‘That is to seye; for thee am I bicomen;
Bitwixen game and ernest; swich a mene
As maken wommen un…to men to comen; 255
Al sey I nought; thou wost wel what I mene。
For thee have I my nece; of vyces clene;
So fully maad thy gentilesse triste;
That al shal been right as thy…selve liste。
‘But god; that al wot; take I to witnesse; 260
That never I this for coveityse wroughte;
But only for to abregge that distresse;
For which wel nygh thou deydest; as me thoughte。
But; gode brother; do now as thee oughte;
For goddes love; and kep hir out of blame; 265
Sin thou art wys; and save alwey hir name。
‘For wel thou wost; the name as yet of here
Among the peple; as who seyth; halwed is;
For that man is unbore; I dar wel swere;
That ever wiste that she dide amis。 270
But wo is me; that I; that cause al this;
May thenken that she is my nece dere;
And I hir eem; and trattor eek y…fere!
‘And were it wist that I; through myn engyn;
Hadde in my nece y…put this fantasye; 275
To do thy lust; and hoolly to be thyn;
Why; al the world up…on it wolde crye;
And seye; that I the worste trecherye
Dide in this cas; that ever was bigonne;
And she for…lost; and thou right nought y…wonne。 280
‘Wher…fore; er I wol ferther goon a pas;
Yet eft I thee biseche and fully seye;
That privetee go with us in this cas;
That is to seye; that thou us never wreye;
And be nought wrooth; though I thee ofte preye 285
To holden secree swich an heigh matere;
For skilful is; thow wost wel; my preyere。
‘And thenk what wo ther hath bitid er this;
For makinge of avantes; as men rede;
And what mischaunce in this world yet ther is; 290
Fro day to day; right for that wikked dede;
For which these wyse clerkes that ben dede
Han ever yet proverbed to us yonge;
That 〃Firste vertu is to kepe tonge。〃
‘And; nere it that I wilne as now tabregge 295
Diffusioun of speche; I coude almost
A thousand olde stories thee alegge
Of wommen lost; thorugh fals and foles bost;
Proverbes canst thy…self y…nowe; and wost;
Ayeins that vyce; for to been a labbe; 300
Al seyde men sooth as often as they gabbe。
‘O tonge; allas! So often here…biforn
Hastow made many a lady bright of hewe
Seyd; 〃Welawey! The day that I was born!〃
And many a maydes sorwes for to newe; 305
And; for the more part; al is untrewe
That men of yelpe; and it were brought to preve;
Of kinde non avauntour is to leve。
‘Avauntour and a lyere; al is on;
As thus: I pose; a womman graunte me 310
Hir love; and seyth that other wol she non;
And I am sworn to holden it secree;
And after I go telle it two or three;
Y…wis; I am avauntour at the leste;
And lyere; for I breke my biheste。 315
‘Now loke thanne; if they be nought to blame;
Swich maner folk; what shal I clepe hem; what;
That hem avaunte of wommen; and by name;
That never yet bihighte hem this ne that;
Ne knewe hem more than myn olde hat? 320
No wonder is; so god me sende hele;
Though wommen drede with us men to dele。
‘I sey not this for no mistrust of yow;
Ne for no wys man; but for foles nyce;
And for the harm that in the world is now; 325
As wel for foly ofte as for malyce;
For wel wot I; in wyse folk; that vyce
No womman drat; if she be wel avysed;
For wyse ben by foles harm chastysed。
‘But now to purpos; leve brother dere; 330
Have al this thing that I have seyd in minde;
And keep thee clos; and be now of good chere;
For at thy day thou shalt me trewe finde。
I shal thy proces sette in swich a kinde;
And god to…forn; that it shall thee suffyse; 335
For it shal been right as thou wolt devyse。
‘For wel I woot; thou menest wel; parde;
Therfore I dar this fully undertake。
Thou wost eek what thy lady graunted thee;
And day is set; the chartres up to make。 340
Have now good night; I may no lenger wake;
And bid for me; sin thou art now in blisse;
That god me sende deeth or sone lisse。'
Who mighte telle half the Ioye or feste
Which that the sowle of Troilus tho felte; 345
Heringe theffect of Pandarus biheste?
His olde wo; that made his herte swelte;
Gan tho for Ioye wasten and to…melte;
And al the richesse of his sykes sore
At ones fledde; he felte of hem no more。 350
But r