troilus and criseyde-第19章
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For other cause was ther noon than so。
But of this thing right to the effect to go; 1580
Whan tyme was; hom til hir hous she wente;
And Pandarus hath fully his entente。
Now torne we ayein to Troilus;
That resteles ful longe a…bedde lay;
And prevely sente after Pandarus; 1585
To him to come in al the haste he may。
He com anoon; nought ones seyde he ‘nay;'
And Troilus ful sobrely he grette;
And doun upon his beddes syde him sette。
This Troilus; with al the affeccioun 1590
Of frendes love that herte may devyse;
To Pandarus on knees fil adoun;
And er that he wolde of the place aryse;
He gan him thonken in his beste wyse;
An hondred sythe he gan the tyme blesse; 1595
That he was born; to bringe him fro distresse。
He seyde; ‘O frend of frendes the alderbeste
That ever was; the sothe for to telle;
Thou hast in hevene y…brought my soule at reste
Fro Flegitoun; the fery flood of helle; 1600
That; though I mighte a thousand tymes selle;
Upon a day; my lyf in thy servyse;
It mighte nought a mote in that suffyse。
‘The sonne; which that al the world may see;
Saw never yet; my lyf; that dar I leye; 1605
So inly fayr and goodly as is she;
Whos I am al; and shal; til that I deye;
And; that I thus am hires; dar I seye;
That thanked be the heighe worthinesse
Of love; and eek thy kinde bisinesse。 1610
‘Thus hastow me no litel thing y…yive;
Fo which to thee obliged be for ay
My lyf; and why? For thorugh thyn help I live;
For elles deed hadde I be many a day。'
And with that word doun in his bed he lay; 1615
And Pandarus ful sobrely him herde
Til al was seyd; and than he thus answerde:
‘My dere frend; if I have doon for thee
In any cas; god wot; it is me leef;
And am as glad as man may of it be; 1620
God help me so; but tak now a…greef
That I shal seyn; be war of this myscheef;
That; there…as thou now brought art in…to blisse;
That thou thy…self ne cause it nought to misse。
‘For of fortunes sharpe adversitee 1625
The worst kinde of infortune is this;
A man to have ben in prosperitee;
And it remembren; whan it passed is。
Thou art wys y…nough; for…thy do nought amis;
Be not to rakel; though thou sitte warme;
For if thou be; certeyn; it wol thee harme。 1631
‘Thou art at ese; and holde the wel ther…inne。
For also seur as reed is every fyr;
As greet a craft is kepe wel as winne;
Brydle alwey wel thy speche and thy desyr; 1635
For worldly Ioye halt not but by a wyr;
That preveth wel; it brest alday so ofte;
For…thy nede is to werke with it softe。'
Quod Troilus; ‘I hope; and god to…forn;
My dere frend; that I shal so me bere; 1640
That in my gilt ther shal no thing be lorn;
Ne I nil not rakle as for to greven here;
It nedeth not this matere ofte tere;
For wistestow myn herte wel; Pandare;
God woot; of this thou woldest litel care。' 1645
Tho gan he telle him of his glade night;
And wher…of first his herte dredde; and how;
And seyde; ‘Freend; as I am trewe knight;
And by that feyth I shal to god and yow;
I hadde it never half so hote as now; 1650
And ay the more that desyr me byteth
To love hir best; the more it me delyteth。
‘I noot my…self not wisly what it is;
But now I fele a newe qualitee;
Ye; al another than I dide er this。' 1655
Pandare answerde; and seyde thus; that he
That ones may in hevene blisse be;
He feleth other weyes; dar I leye;
Than thilke tyme he first herde of it seye。
This is o word for al: this Troilus 1660
Was never ful to speke of this matere;
And for to preysen un…to Pandarus
The bountee of his righte lady dere;
And Pandarus to thanke and maken chere。
This tale ay was span…newe to biginne; 1665
Til that the night departed hem a…twinne。
Sone after this; for that fortune it wolde;
I…comen was the blisful tyme swete;
That Troilus was warned that he sholde;
Ther he was erst; Criseyde his lady mete; 1670
For which he felte his herte in Ioye flete;
And feythfully gan alle the goddes herie;
And lat see now if that he can be merie。
And holden was the forme and al the wyse;
Of hir cominge; and eek of his also; 1675
As it was erst; which nedeth nought devyse。
But playnly to the effect right for to go;
In Ioye and suerte Pandarus hem two
A…bedde broughte; whan that hem bothe leste;
And thus they ben in quiete and in reste。 1680
Nought nedeth it to yow; sin they ben met;
To aske at me if that they blythe were;
For if it erst was wel; tho was it bet
A thousand…fold; this nedeth not enquere。
A…gon was every sorwe and every fere; 1685
And bothe; y…wis; they hadde; and so they wende;
As muche Ioye as herte may comprende。
This is no litel thing of for to seye;
This passeth every wit for to devyse;
For eche of hem gan otheres lust obeye; 1690
Felicitee; which that thise clerkes wyse
Commenden so; ne may not here suffyse。
This Ioye may not writen been with inke;
This passeth al that herte may bithinke。
But cruel day; so wel…awey the stounde! 1695
Gan for to aproche; as they by signes knewe;
For whiche hem thoughte felen dethes wounde;
So wo was hem; that changen gan hir hewe;
And day they goonnen to dispyse al newe;
Calling it traytour; envyous; and worse; 1700
And bitterly the dayes light they curse。
Quod Troilus; ‘Allas! Now am I war
That Pirous and tho swifte stedes three;
Whiche that drawen forth the sonnes char;
Han goon som by…path in despyt of me; 1705
That maketh it so sone day to be;
And; for the sonne him hasteth thus to ryse;
Ne shal I never doon him sacrifyse!'
But nedes day departe moste hem sone;
And whanne hir speche doon was and hir chere; 1710
They twinne anoon as they were wont to done;
And setten tyme of meting eft y…fere;
And many a night they wroughte in this manere。
And thus Fortune a tyme ladde in Ioye
Criseyde; and eek this kinges sone of Troye。 1715
In suffisaunce; in blisse; and in singinges;
This Troilus gan al his lyf to lede;
He spendeth; Iusteth; maketh festeynges;
He yeveth frely ofte; and chaungeth wede;
And held aboute him alwey; out of drede; 1720
A world of folk; as cam him wel of kinde;
The fressheste and the beste he coude fynde;
That swich a voys was of hym and a stevene
Thorugh…out the world; of honour and largesse;
That it up rong un…to the yate of hevene。 1725
And; as in love; he was in swich gladnesse;
That in his herte he demede; as I gesse;
That there nis lovere in this world at ese
So wel as he; and thus gan love him plese。
The godlihede or beautee which that kinde 1730
In any other lady hadde y…set
Can not the mountaunce of a knot unbinde;
A…boute his herte; of al Criseydes net。
He was so narwe y…masked and y…knet;
That it undon on any manere syde; 1735
That nil not been; for ought that may betyde。
And by the hond ful ofte he wolde take
This Pandarus; and in…to gardin lede;
And swich a feste and swich a proces make
Him of Criseyde; and of hir womanhede; 1740
And of hir beautee; that; with…outen drede;
It was an hevene his wordes for to here;
And thanne he wolde singe in this manere。
‘Love; that of erthe and see hath governaunce;
Love; that his hestes hath in hevene hye; 1745
Love; that with an holsom alliaunce
Halt peples ioyned; as him list hem gye;
Love; that knetteth lawe of companye;
And couples doth in vertu for to dwelle;
Bind this acord; that I have told and telle; 1750
‘That that the world with feyth; which that is stable;
Dyverseth so his stoundes concordinge;
That elements that been so discordable
Holden a bond perpetuely duringe;
That Phebus mote his rosy day forth bringe; 1755
And that the mone hath lordship over the nightes;
Al this doth Love; ay heried be his mightes!
‘That; that the see; that gredy is to flowen;
Constreyneth to a certeyn ende so
His flodes; that so fersly they ne growen 1760
To drenchen erthe and al for ever…mo;
And if that Love ought lete his brydel go;
Al that now loveth a…sonder sholde lepe;
And lost were al; that Love halt now to…hepe。
‘So wolde god; that auctor is of kinde; 1765
That; with his bond; Love of his vertu liste
To cerclen hertes alle; and faste binde;
That from his bond no wight the wey out wiste。
And hertes colde; hem wolde I that he twiste
To make hem love; and that hem leste ay rewe 1770
On hertes sore; and kepe hem that ben trewe。'
In alle nedes; for the tounes werre;
He was; and ay the firste in armes dight;
And certeynly; but…if that bokes erre;
Save Ector; most y…drad of any wight; 1775
And this encrees of hardinesse and might
Cam him of love; his ladies thank to winne;
That altered his spirit so with…inne。
In tyme of trewe; on haukinge wolde he ryde;
Or elles hunten boor; bere; or lyoun; 1780
The smale bestes leet he gon bi…syde。
And whan that he com rydinge in…to toun;
Ful ofte his lady; from hir window doun;
As fresh as faucon comen out of muwe;
Ful redy was; him goodly to saluwe。 1785
And most of love and vertu was his speche;
And in despyt hadde alle wrecchednesse;
And doutelees; no nede was him biseche
To honouren hem that hadde worthinesse;
And esen hem that weren in distresse。 1790
And glad was he if any wight wel ferde;
That lover was; whan he it wiste or herde。
For sooth to seyn; he lost held every wight
But…if he were in loves heigh servyse;
I mene folk that oughte it been of right。 1795
And over al this; so wel coude he devyse
Of sentement; and in so unkouth wyse
Al his array; that every lover thoughte;
That al was wel; what…so he seyde or wroughte。
And though that he be come of blood royal; 1800
Him liste of pryde at no wight for to chase;
Benigne he was to ech in general;
For which he gat him thank in every place。
Thus wolde love; y…heried be his grace;
That Pryde; Envye; Ire; and Avaryce 1805
He gan to flee; and every other vyce。
Thou lady bright; the doughter to Dione;
Thy blinde and winged sone eek; daun Cupyde;
Ye sustren nyne eek; that by Elicone
In hil Parnaso listen for to abyde; 1810
That ye thus fer han deyned me to gyde;
I can no more; but sin that ye wol wende;
Ye heried been for ay; with…outen ende!
Thourgh yow have I seyd fully in my song
Theffect and Ioye of Troilus servyse; 1815
Al be that ther was som disese among;
As to myn auctor listeth to devyse。
My thridde book now ende ich in this wyse;
And Troilus in luste and in quiete
Is with Criseyde; his owne herte swete。 1820
Explicit Liber Tercius。
BOOK IV
Prohemium。
But al to litel; weylaway the whyle;
Lasteth swich Ioye; y…thonked be Fortune!
That semeth trewest; whan she wol bygyle;
And can to foles so hir song entune;
That she hem hent and blent; traytour comune; 5
And whan a wight is from hir wheel y…throwe;
Than laugheth she; and maketh him t