troilus and criseyde-第17章
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So they astoned or oppressed were。
The feling of his sorwe; or of his fere; 1090
Or of ought elles; fled was out of towne;
And doun he fel al sodeynly a…swowne。
This was no litel sorwe for to see;
But al was hust; and Pandare up as faste;
‘O nece; pees; or we be lost;' quod he; 1095
‘Beth nought agast;' But certeyn; at the laste;
For this or that; he in…to bedde him caste;
And seyde; ‘O theef; is this a mannes herte?'
And of he rente al to his bare sherte;
And seyde; ‘Nece; but ye helpe us now; 1100
Allas; your owne Troilus is lorn!'
‘Y…wis; so wolde I; and I wiste how;
Ful fayn;' quod she; ‘Allas! That I was born!'
‘Ye; nece; wole ye pullen out the thorn
That stiketh in his herte?' quod Pandare; 1105
‘Sey 〃Al foryeve;〃 and stint is al this fare!'
‘Ye; that to me;' quod she; ‘ful lever were
Than al the good the sonne aboute gooth';
And therwith…al she swoor him in his ere;
‘Y…wis; my dere herte; I am nought wrooth; 1110
Have here my trouthe and many another ooth;
Now speek to me; for it am I; Cryseyde!'
But al for nought; yet mighte he not a…breyde。
Therwith his pous and pawmes of his hondes
They gan to frote; and wete his temples tweyne; 1115
And; to deliveren him from bittre bondes;
She ofte him kiste; and; shortly for to seyne;
Him to revoken she dide al hir peyne。
And at the laste; he gan his breeth to drawe;
And of his swough sone after that adawe; 1120
And gan bet minde and reson to him take;
But wonder sore he was abayst; y…wis。
And with a syk; whan he gan bet a…wake;
He seyde; ‘O mercy; god; what thing is this?'
‘Why do ye with your…selven thus amis?' 1125
Quod tho Criseyde; ‘Is this a mannes game?
What; Troilus! Wol ye do thus; for shame?'
And therwith…al hir arm over him she leyde;
And al foryaf; and ofte tyme him keste。
He thonked hir; and to hir spak; and seyde 1130
As fil to purpos for his herte reste。
And she to that answerde him as hir leste;
And with hir goodly wordes him disporte
She gan; and ofte his sorwes to comforte。
Quod Pandarus; ‘For ought I can espyen; 1135
This light; nor I ne serven here of nought;
Light is not good for syke folkes yen。
But for the love of god; sin ye be brought
In thus good plyt; lat now non hevy thought
Ben hanginge in the hertes of yow tweye:' 1140
And bar the candele to the chimeneye。
Sone after this; though it no nede were;
Whan she swich othes as hir list devyse
Hadde of him take; hir thoughte tho no fere;
Ne cause eek non; to bidde him thennes ryse。 1145
Yet lesse thing than othes may suffyse
In many a cas; for every wight; I gesse;
That loveth wel meneth but gentilesse。
But in effect she wolde wite anoon
Of what man; and eek where; and also why 1150
He Ielous was; sin ther was cause noon;
And eek the signe; that he took it by;
She bad him that to telle hir bisily;
Or elles; certeyn; she bar him on honde;
That this was doon of malis; hir to fonde。 1155
With…outen more; shortly for to seyne;
He moste obeye un…to his lady heste;
And for the lasse harm; he moste feyne。
He seyde hir; whan she was at swiche a feste;
She mighte on him han loked at the leste; 1160
Not I not what; al dere y…nough a risshe;
As he that nedes moste a cause fisshe。
And she answerde; ‘Swete; al were it so;
What harm was that; sin I non yvel mene?
For; by that god that boughte us bothe two; 1165
In alle thinge is myn entente clene。
Swich arguments ne been not worth a bene;
Wol ye the childish Ialous contrefete?
Now were it worthy that ye were y…bete。'
Tho Troilus gan sorwfully to syke; 1170
Lest she be wrooth; him thoughte his herte deyde;
And seyde; ‘Allas! Up…on my sorwes syke
Have mercy; swete herte myn; Cryseyde!
And if that; in tho wordes that I seyde;
Be any wrong; I wol no more trespace; 1175
Do what yow list; I am al in your grace。'
And she answerde; ‘Of gilt misericorde!
That is to seyn; that I foryeve al this;
And ever…more on this night yow recorde;
And beth wel war ye do no more amis。' 1180
‘Nay; dere herte myn;' quod he; ‘y…wis。'
‘And now;' quod she; ‘that I have do yow smerte;
Foryeve it me; myn owene swete herte。'
This Troilus; with blisse of that supprysed;
Put al in goddes hond; as he that mente 1185
No…thing but wel; and; sodeynly avysed;
He hir in armes faste to him hente。
And Pandarus; with a ful good entente;
Leyde him to slepe; and seyde; ‘If ye ben wyse;
Swowneth not now; lest more folk aryse。' 1190
What mighte or may the sely larke seye;
Whan that the sperhauk hath it in his foot?
I can no more; but of thise ilke tweye;
To whom this tale sucre be or soot;
Though that I tarie a yeer; som…tyme I moot; 1195
After myn auctor; tellen hir gladnesse;
As wel as I have told hir hevinesse。
Criseyde; which that felte hir thus y…take;
As writen clerkes in hir bokes olde;
Right as an aspes leef she gan to quake; 1200
Whan she him felte hir in his armes folde。
But Troilus; al hool of cares colde;
Gan thanken tho the blisful goddes sevene;
Thus sondry peynes bringen folk in hevene。
This Troilus in armes gan hir streyne; 1205
And seyde; ‘O swete; as ever mote I goon;
Now be ye caught; now is ther but we tweyne;
Now yeldeth yow; for other boot is noon。'
To that Criseyde answerde thus anoon;
‘Ne hadde I er now; my swete herte dere; 1210
Ben yolde; y…wis; I were now not here!'
O! Sooth is seyd; that heled for to be
As of a fevre or othere greet syknesse;
Men moste drinke; as men may often see;
Ful bittre drink; and for to han gladnesse; 1215
Men drinken often peyne and greet distresse;
I mene it here; as for this aventure;
That thourgh a peyne hath founden al his cure。
And now swetnesse semeth more sweet;
That bitternesse assayed was biforn; 1220
For out of wo in blisse now they flete;
Non swich they felten; sith they were born;
Now is this bet; than bothe two be lorn!
For love of god; take every womman hede
To werken thus; if it comth to the nede。 1225
Criseyde; al quit from every drede and tene;
As she that iuste cause hadde him to triste;
Made him swich feste; it Ioye was to sene;
Whan she his trouthe and clene entente wiste。
And as aboute a tree; with many a twiste; 1230
Bitrent and wryth the sote wode…binde;
Gan eche of hem in armes other winde。
And as the newe abaysshed nightingale;
That stinteth first whan she biginneth to singe;
Whan that she hereth any herde tale; 1235
Or in the hegges any wight steringe;
And after siker dooth hir voys out…ringe;
Right so Criseyde; whan hir drede stente;
Opned hir herte and tolde him hir entente。
And right as he that seeth his deeth y…shapen; 1240
And deye moot; in ought that he may gesse;
And sodeynly rescous doth him escapen;
And from his deeth is brought in sikernesse;
For al this world; in swich present gladnesse
Was Troilus; and hath his lady swete; 1245
With worse hap god lat us never mete!
Hir armes smale; hir streyghte bak and softe;
Hir sydes longe; fleshly; smothe; and whyte
He gan to stroke; and good thrift bad ful ofte
Hir snowish throte; hir brestes rounde and lyte; 1250
Thus in this hevene he gan him to delyte;
And ther…with…al a thousand tyme hir kiste;
That; what to done; for Ioye unnethe he wiste。
Than seyde he thus; ‘O; Love; O; Charitee;
Thy moder eek; Citherea the swete; 1255
After thy…self next heried be she;
Venus mene I; the wel…willy planete;
And next that; Imeneus; I thee grete;
For never man was to yow goddes holde
As I; which ye han brought fro cares colde。 1260
‘Benigne Love; thou holy bond of thinges;
Who…so wol grace; and list thee nought honouren;
Lo; his desyr wol flee with…outen winges。
For; noldestow of bountee hem socouren
That serven best and most alwey labouren; 1265
Yet were al lost; that dar I wel seyn; certes;
But…if thy grace passed our desertes。
‘And for thou me; that coude leest deserve
Of hem that nombred been un…to thy grace;
Hast holpen; ther I lykly was to sterve; 1270
And me bistowed in so heygh a place
That thilke boundes may no blisse pace;
I can no more; but laude and reverence
Be to thy bounte and thyn excellence!'
And therwith…al Criseyde anoon he kiste; 1275
Of which; certeyn; she felte no disese;
And thus seyde he; ‘Now wolde god I wiste;
Myn herte swete; how I yow mighte plese!
What man;' quod he; ‘was ever thus at ese
As I; on whiche the faireste and the beste 1280
That ever I say; deyneth hir herte reste。
‘Here may men seen that mercy passeth right;
The experience of that is felt in me;
That am unworthy to so swete a wight。
But herte myn; of your benignitee; 1285
So thenketh; though that I unworthy be;
Yet mot I nede amenden in som wyse;
Right thourgh the vertu of your heyghe servyse。
‘And for the love of god; my lady dere;
Sin god hath wrought me for I shal yow serve; 1290
As thus I mene; that ye wol be my stere;
To do me live; if that yow liste; or sterve;
So techeth me how that I may deserve
Your thank; so that I; thurgh myn ignoraunce;
Ne do no…thing that yow be displesaunce。 1295
‘For certes; fresshe wommanliche wyf;
This dar I seye; that trouthe and diligence;
That shal ye finden in me al my lyf;
Ne wol not; certeyn; breken your defence;
And if I do; present or in absence; 1300
For love of god; lat slee me with the dede;
If that it lyke un…to your womanhede。'
‘Y…wis;' quod she; ‘myn owne hertes list;
My ground of ese; and al myn herte dere;
Graunt mercy; for on that is al my trist; 1305
But late us falle awey fro this matere;
For it suffyseth; this that seyd is here。
And at o word; with…outen repentaunce;
Wel…come; my knight; my pees; my suffisaunce!'
Of hir delyt; or Ioyes oon the leste 1310
Were impossible to my wit to seye;
But iuggeth; ye that han ben at the feste;
Of swich gladnesse; if that hem liste pleye!
I can no more; but thus thise ilke tweye
That night; be…twixen dreed and sikernesse; 1315
Felten in love the grete worthinesse。
O blisful night; of hem so longe y…sought;
How blithe un…to hem bothe two thou were!
Why ne hadde I swich on with my soule y…bought;
Ye; or the leeste Ioye that was there? 1320
A…wey; thou foule daunger and thou fere;
And lat hem in this hevene blisse dwelle;
That is so heygh; that al ne can I telle!
But sooth is; though I can not tellen al;
As can myn auctor; of his excellence; 1325
Yet have I seyd; and; god to…forn; I shal
In every thing al hoolly his sentence。
And if that I; at loves reverence;
Have any word in eched for the beste;
Doth therwith…al right as your…selven leste。 1330
For myne wordes; here and every part;
I speke hem alle under correccioun
Of yow; that feling han in loves art;
And putte it al in your discrecioun
To encrese or maken diminucioun 1335
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