troilus and criseyde-第16章
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I hope al shal be wel that is amis; 845
For ye may quenche al this; if that yow leste;
And doth right so; for I holde it the beste。'
‘So shal I do to…morwe; y…wis;' quod she;
‘And god to…forn; so that it shal suffyse。'
‘To…morwe? Allas; that were a fair!' quod he; 850
‘Nay; nay; it may not stonden in this wyse;
For; nece myn; thus wryten clerkes wyse;
That peril is with drecching in y…drawe;
Nay; swich abodes been nought worth an hawe。
‘Nece; al thing hath tyme; I dar avowe; 855
For whan a chaumber a…fyr is; or an halle;
Wel more nede is; it sodeynly rescowe
Than to dispute; and axe amonges alle
How is this candele in the straw y…falle?
A! Benedicite! For al among that fare 860
The harm is doon; and fare…wel feldefare!
‘And; nece myn; ne take it not a…greef;
If that ye suffre him al night in this wo;
God help me so; ye hadde him never leef;
That dar I seyn; now there is but we two; 865
But wel I woot; that ye wol not do so;
Ye been to wys to do so gret folye;
To putte his lyf al night in Iupertye。
‘Hadde I him never leef? By god; I wene
Ye hadde never thing so leef;' quod she。 870
‘Now by my thrift;' quod he; ‘that shal be sene;
For; sin ye make this ensample of me;
If I al night wolde him in sorwe see
For al the tresour in the toun of Troye;
I bidde god; I never mote have Ioye! 875
‘Now loke thanne; if ye; that been his love;
Shul putte al night his lyf in Iupartye
For thing of nought! Now; by that god above;
Nought only this delay comth of folye;
But of malyce; if that I shal nought lye。 880
What; platly; and ye suffre him in distresse;
Ye neither bountee doon ne gentilesse!'
Quod tho Criseyde; ‘Wole ye doon o thing;
And ye therwith shal stinte al his disese?
Have here; and bereth him this blewe ringe; 885
For ther is no…thing mighte him bettre plese;
Save I my…self; ne more his herte apese;
And sey my dere herte; that his sorwe
Is causeles; that shal be seen to…morwe。'
‘A ring?' quod he; ‘Ye; hasel…wodes shaken! 890
Ye nece myn; that ring moste han a stoon
That mighte dede men alyve maken;
And swich a ring trowe I that ye have noon。
Discrecioun out of your heed is goon;
That fele I now;' quod he; ‘and that is routhe; 895
O tyme y…lost; wel maystow cursen slouthe!
‘Wot ye not wel that noble and heigh corage
Ne sorweth not; ne stinteth eek for lyte?
But if a fool were in a Ialous rage;
I nolde setten at his sorwe a myte; 900
But feffe him with a fewe wordes whyte
Another day; whan that I mighte him finde;
But this thing stant al in another kinde。
‘This is so gentil and so tendre of herte;
That with his deeth he wol his sorwes wreke; 905
For trusteth wel; how sore that him smerte;
He wol to yow no Ialouse wordes speke。
And for…thy; nece; er that his herte breke;
So spek your…self to him of this matere;
For with o word ye may his herte stere。 910
‘Now have I told what peril he is inne;
And his coming unwist is to every wight;
Ne; pardee; harm may ther be noon; ne sinne;
I wol my…self be with yow al this night。
Ye knowe eek how it is your owne knight; 915
And that; by right; ye moste upon him triste;
And I al prest to fecche him whan yow liste。'
This accident so pitous was to here;
And eek so lyk a sooth; at pryme face;
And Troilus hir knight to hir so dere; 920
His prive coming; and the siker place;
That; though that she dide him as thanne a grace;
Considered alle thinges as they stode;
No wonder is; sin she dide al for gode。
Cryseyde answerde; ‘As wisly god at reste 925
My sowle bringe; as me is for him wo!
And eem; y…wis; fayn wolde I doon the beste;
If that I hadde grace to do so。
But whether that ye dwelle or for him go;
I am; til god me bettre minde sende; 930
At dulcarnon; right at my wittes ende。'
Quod Pandarus; ‘Ye; nece; wol ye here?
Dulcarnon called is 〃fleminge of wrecches〃;
It semeth hard; for wrecches wol not lere
For verray slouthe or othere wilful tecches; 935
This seyd by hem that be not worth two fecches。
But ye ben wys; and that we han on honde
Nis neither hard; ne skilful to withstonde。'
‘Thanne; eem;' quod she; ‘doth her…of as yow list;
But er he come; I wil up first aryse; 940
And; for the love of god; sin al my trist
Is on yow two; and ye ben bothe wyse;
So wircheth now in so discreet a wyse;
That I honour may have; and he plesaunce;
For I am here al in your governaunce。' 945
‘That is wel seyd;' quod he; ‘my nece dere'
Ther good thrift on that wyse gentil herte!
But liggeth stille; and taketh him right here;
It nedeth not no ferther for him sterte;
And ech of yow ese otheres sorwes smerte; 950
For love of god; and; Venus; I the herie;
For sone hope I we shulle ben alle merie。'
This Troilus ful sone on knees him sette
Ful sobrely; right be hir beddes heed;
And in his beste wyse his lady grette; 955
But lord; so she wex sodeynliche reed!
Ne; though men sholden smyten of hir heed;
She coude nought a word a…right out…bringe
So sodeynly; for his sodeyn cominge。
But Pandarus; that so wel coude fele 960
In every thing; to pleye anoon bigan;
And seyde; ‘Nece; see how this lord can knele!
Now; for your trouthe; seeth this gentil man!'
And with that word he for a quisshen ran;
And seyde; ‘Kneleth now; whyl that yow leste; 965
Ther god your hertes bringe sone at reste!'
Can I not seyn; for she bad him not ryse;
If sorwe it putte out of hir remembraunce;
Or elles that she toke it in the wyse
Of duetee; as for his observaunce; 970
But wel finde I she dide him this plesaunce;
That she him kiste; al…though she syked sore;
And bad him sitte a…doun with…outen more。
Quod Pandarus; ‘Now wol ye wel biginne;
Now doth him sitte; gode nece dere; 975
Upon your beddes syde al there with…inne;
That ech of yow the bet may other here。'
And with that word he drow him to the fere;
And took a light; and fond his contenaunce;
As for to loke up…on an old romaunce。 980
Criseyde; that was Troilus lady right;
And cleer stood on a ground of sikernesse;
Al thoughte she; hir servaunt and hir knight
Ne sholde of right non untrouthe in hir gesse;
Yet nathelees; considered his distresse; 985
And that love is in cause of swich folye;
Thus to him spak she of his Ialousye:
‘Lo; herte myn; as wolde the excellence
Of love; ayeins the which that no man may;
Ne oughte eek goodly maken resistence 990
And eek bycause I felte wel and say
Youre grete trouthe; and servyse every day;
And that your herte al myn was; sooth to seyne;
This droof me for to rewe up…on your peyne。
‘And your goodnesse have I founde alwey yit; 995
Of whiche; my dere herte and al my knight;
I thonke it yow; as fer as I have wit;
Al can I nought as muche as it were right;
And I; emforth my conninge and my might;
Have and ay shal; how sore that me smerte; 1000
Ben to yow trewe and hool; with a myn herte;
‘And dredelees; that shal be founde at preve。
But; herte myn; what al this is to seyne
Shal wel be told; so that ye noght yow greve;
Though I to yow right on your…self compleyne。 1005
For ther…with mene I fynally the peyne;
That halt your herte and myn in hevinesse;
Fully to sleen; and every wrong redresse。
‘My goode; myn; not I for…why ne how
That Ialousye; allas! That wikked wivere; 1010
Thus causelees is cropen in…to yow;
The harm of which I wolde fayn delivere!
Allas! That he; al hool; or of him slivere;
Shuld have his refut in so digne a place;
Ther Iove him sone out of your herte arace! 1015
‘But O; thou Iove; O auctor of nature;
Is this an honour to thy deitee;
That folk ungiltif suffren here iniure;
And who that giltif is; al quit goth he?
O were it leful for to pleyne on thee; 1020
That undeserved suffrest Ialousye;
Of that I wolde up…on thee pleyne and crye!
‘Eek al my wo is this; that folk now usen
To seyn right thus; 〃Ye; Ialousye is love!〃
And wolde a busshel venim al excusen; 1025
For that o greyn of love is on it shove!
But that wot heighe god that sit above;
If it be lyker love; or hate; or grame;
And after that; it oughte bere his name。
‘But certeyn is; som maner Ialousye 1030
Is excusable more than som; y…wis。
As whan cause is; and som swich fantasye
With pietee so wel repressed is;
That it unnethe dooth or seyth amis;
But goodly drinketh up al his distresse; 1035
And that excuse I; for the gentilesse。
‘And som so ful of furie is and despyt
That it sourmounteth his repressioun;
But herte myn; ye be not in that plyt;
That thanke I god; for whiche your passioun 1040
I wol not calle it but illusioun;
Of habundaunce of love and bisy cure;
That dooth your herte this disese endure。
‘Of which I am right sory but not wrooth;
But; for my devoir and your hertes reste; 1045
Wher…so yow list; by ordal or by ooth;
By sort; or in what wyse so yow leste;
For love of god; lat preve it for the beste!
And if that I be giltif; do me deye;
Allas! What mighte I more doon or seye?' 1050
With that a fewe brighte teres newe
Owt of hir eyen fille; and thus she seyde;
‘Now god; thou wost; in thought ne dede untrewe
To Troilus was never yet Criseyde。'
With that hir heed doun in the bed she leyde; 1055
And with the shete it wreigh; and syghed sore;
And held hir pees; not o word spak she more。
But now help god to quenchen al this sorwe;
So hope I that he shal; for he best may;
For I have seyn; of a ful misty morwe 1060
Folwen ful ofte a mery someres day;
And after winter folweth grene May。
Men seen alday; and reden eek in stories;
That after sharpe shoures been victories。
This Troilus; whan he hir wordes herde; 1065
Have ye no care; him liste not to slepe;
For it thoughte him no strokes of a yerde
To here or seen Criseyde; his lady wepe;
But wel he felte aboute his herte crepe;
For every teer which that Criseyde asterte; 1070
The crampe of deeth; to streyne him by the herte。
And in his minde he gan the tyme acurse
That he cam there; and that that he was born;
For now is wikke y…turned in…to worse;
And al that labour he hath doon biforn; 1075
He wende it lost; he thoughte he nas but lorn。
‘O Pandarus;' thoughte he; ‘allas! Thy wyle
Serveth of nought; so weylaway the whyle!'
And therwithal he heng a…doun the heed;
And fil on knees; and sorwfully he sighte; 1080
What mighte he seyn? He felte he nas but deed;
For wrooth was she that shulde his sorwes lighte。
But nathelees; whan that he speken mighte;
Than seyde he thus; ‘God woot; that of this game;
Whan al is wist; than am I not to blame!' 1085
Ther…with the sorwe so his herte shette;
That from his eyen fil there not a tere;
And every spirit his vigour in…knette;
So they astoned or oppressed were。
The feling of his sorwe; or of his fere; 1090
Or of ought elle