troilus and criseyde-第2章
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And worthy folk maad worthier of name;
And causeth most to dreden vyce and shame。
Now sith it may not goodly be withstonde;
And is a thing so vertuous in kinde;
Refuseth not to Love for to be bonde; 255
Sin; as him…selven list; he may yow binde。
The yerde is bet that bowen wole and winde
Than that that brest; and therfor I yow rede
To folwen him that so wel can yow lede。
But for to tellen forth in special 260
As of this kinges sone of which I tolde;
And leten other thing collateral;
Of him thenke I my tale for to holde;
Both of his Ioye; and of his cares colde;
And al his werk; as touching this matere; 265
For I it gan; I wol ther…to refere。
With…inne the temple he wente him forth pleyinge;
This Troilus; of every wight aboute;
On this lady and now on that lokinge;
Wher…so she were of toune; or of with…oute: 270
And up…on cas bifel; that thorugh a route
His eye perced; and so depe it wente;
Til on Criseyde it smoot; and ther it stente。
And sodeynly he wax ther…with astoned;
And gan hire bet biholde in thrifty wyse: 275
‘O mercy; god!' thoughte he; ‘wher hastow woned;
That art so fair and goodly to devyse?'
Ther…with his herte gan to sprede and ryse;
And softe sighed; lest men mighte him here;
And caughte a…yein his firste pleyinge chere。 280
She nas nat with the leste of hir stature;
But alle hir limes so wel answeringe
Weren to womanhode; that creature
Was neuer lasse mannish in seminge。
And eek the pure wyse of here meninge 285
Shewede wel; that men might in hir gesse
Honour; estat; and wommanly noblesse。
To Troilus right wonder wel with…alle
Gan for to lyke hir meninge and hir chere;
Which somdel deynous was; for she leet falle 290
Hir look a lite a…side; in swich manere;
Ascaunces; ‘What! May I not stonden here?'
And after that hir loking gan she lighte;
That never thoughte him seen so good a sighte。
And of hir look in him ther gan to quiken 295
So greet desir; and swich affeccioun;
That in his herte botme gan to stiken
Of hir his fixe and depe impressioun:
And though he erst hadde poured up and doun;
He was tho glad his hornes in to shrinke; 300
Unnethes wiste he how to loke or winke。
Lo; he that leet him…selven so konninge;
And scorned hem that loves peynes dryen;
Was ful unwar that love hadde his dwellinge
With…inne the subtile stremes of hir yen; 305
That sodeynly him thoughte he felte dyen;
Right with hir look; the spirit in his herte;
Blissed be love; that thus can folk converte!
She; this in blak; likinge to Troylus;
Over alle thyng; he stood for to biholde; 310
Ne his desir; ne wherfor he stood thus;
He neither chere made; ne worde tolde;
But from a…fer; his maner for to holde;
On other thing his look som…tyme he caste;
And eft on hir; whyl that servyse laste。 315
And after this; not fulliche al awhaped;
Out of the temple al esiliche he wente;
Repentinge him that he hadde ever y…iaped
Of loves folk; lest fully the descente
Of scorn fille on him…self; but; what he mente; 320
Lest it were wist on any maner syde;
His wo he gan dissimulen and hyde。
Whan he was fro the temple thus departed;
He streyght anoon un…to his paleys torneth;
Right with hir look thurgh…shoten and thurgh…darted; 325
Al feyneth he in lust that he soiorneth;
And al his chere and speche also he borneth;
And ay; of loves servants every whyle;
Him…self to wrye; at hem he gan to smyle。
And seyde; ‘Lord; so ye live al in lest; 330
Ye loveres! For the conningest of yow;
That serveth most ententiflich and best;
Him tit as often harm ther…of as prow;
Your hyre is quit ayein; ye; god wot how!
Nought wel for wel; but scorn for good servyse; 335
In feith; your ordre is ruled in good wyse!
‘In noun…certeyn ben alle your observaunces;
But it a sely fewe poyntes be;
Ne no…thing asketh so grete attendaunces
As doth youre lay; and that knowe alle ye; 340
But that is not the worste; as mote I thee;
But; tolde I yow the worste poynt; I leve;
Al seyde I sooth; ye wolden at me greve!
‘But tak this; that ye loveres ofte eschuwe;
Or elles doon of good entencioun; 345
Ful ofte thy lady wole it misconstrue;
And deme it harm in hir opinioun;
And yet if she; for other enchesoun;
Be wrooth; than shalt thou han a groyn anoon:
Lord! wel is him that may be of yow oon!' 350
But for al this; whan that he say his tyme;
He held his pees; non other bote him gayned;
For love bigan his fetheres so to lyme;
That wel unnethe un…to his folk he fayned
That othere besye nedes him destrayned; 355
For wo was him; that what to doon he niste;
But bad his folk to goon wher that hem liste。
And whan that he in chaumbre was allone;
He doun up…on his beddes feet him sette;
And first be gan to syke; and eft to grone; 360
And thoughte ay on hir so; with…outen lette;
That; as he sat and wook; his spirit mette
That he hir saw a temple; and al the wyse
Right of hir loke; and gan it newe avyse。
Thus gan he make a mirour of his minde; 365
In which he saugh al hoolly hir figure;
And that he wel coude in his herte finde;
It was to him a right good aventure
To love swich oon; and if he dide his cure
To serven hir; yet mighte he falle in grace; 370
Or elles; for oon of hir servaunts pace。
Imagininge that travaille nor grame
Ne mighte; for so goodly oon; be lorn
As she; ne him for his desir ne shame;
Al were it wist; but in prys and up…born 375
Of alle lovers wel more than biforn;
Thus argumented he in his ginninge;
Ful unavysed of his wo cominge。
Thus took he purpos loves craft to suwe;
And thoughte he wolde werken prively; 380
First; to hyden his desir in muwe
From every wight y…born; al…outrely;
But he mighte ought recovered be therby;
Remembring him; that love to wyde y…blowe
Yelt bittre fruyt; though swete seed be sowe。 385
And over al this; yet muchel more he thoughte
What for to speke; and what to holden inne;
And what to arten hir to love he soughte;
And on a song anoon…right to biginne;
And gan loude on his sorwe for to winne; 390
For with good hope he gan fully assente
Criseyde for to love; and nought repente。
And of his song nought only the sentence;
As writ myn autour called Lollius;
But pleynly; save our tonges difference; 395
I dar wel sayn; in al that Troilus
Seyde in his song; lo! every word right thus
As I shal seyn; and who…so list it here;
Lo! next this vers; he may it finden here。
Cantus Troili。
‘If no love is; O god; what fele I so? 400
And if love is; what thing and whiche is he!
If love be good; from whennes comth my wo?
If it be wikke; a wonder thinketh me;
Whenne every torment and adversitee
That cometh of him; may to me savory thinke; 405
For ay thurst I; the more that I it drinke。
‘And if that at myn owene lust I brenne;
Fro whennes cometh my wailing and my pleynte?
If harme agree me; wher…to pleyne I thenne?
I noot; ne why unwery that I feynte。 410
O quike deeth; O swete harm so queynte;
How may of thee in me swich quantitee;
But…if that I consente that it be?
‘And if that I consente; I wrongfully
Compleyne; y…wis; thus possed to and fro; 415
Al sterelees with inne a boot am I
A…mid the see; by…twixen windes two;
That in contrarie stonden ever…mo。
Allas! what is this wonder maladye?
For hete of cold; for cold of hete; I deye。' 420
And to the god of love thus seyde he
With pitous voys; ‘O lord; now youres is
My spirit; which that oughte youres be。
Yow thanke I; lord; that han me brought to this;
But whether goddesse or womman; y…wis; 425
She be; I noot; which that ye do me serve;
But as hir man I wole ay live and sterve。
‘Ye stonden in hire eyen mightily;
As in a place un…to youre vertu digne;
Wherfore; lord; if my servyse or I 430
May lyke yow; so beth to me benigne;
For myn estat royal here I resigne
In…to hir hond; and with ful humble chere
Bicome hir man; as to my lady dere。'
In him ne deyned sparen blood royal 435
The fyr of love; wher…fro god me blesse;
Ne him forbar in no degree; for al
His vertu or his excellent prowesse;
But held him as his thral lowe in distresse;
And brende him so in sondry wyse ay newe; 440
That sixty tyme a day he loste his hewe。
So muche; day by day; his owene thought;
For lust to hir; gan quiken and encrese;
That every other charge he sette at nought;
For…thy ful ofte; his hote fyr to cese; 445
To seen hir goodly look he gan to prese;
For ther…by to ben esed wel he wende;
And ay the ner he was; the more he brende。
For ay the ner the fyr; the hotter is;
This; trowe I; knoweth al this companye。 450
But were he fer or neer; I dar seye this;
By night or day; for wisdom or folye;
His herte; which that is his brestes ye;
Was ay on hir; that fairer was to sene
Than ever were Eleyne or Polixene。 455
Eek of the day ther passed nought an houre
That to him…self a thousand tyme he seyde;
‘Good goodly; to whom serve I and laboure;
As I best can; now wolde god; Criseyde;
Ye wolden on me rewe er that I deyde! 460
My dere herte; allas! myn hele and hewe
And lyf is lost; but ye wole on me rewe。'
Alle othere dredes weren from him fledde;
Both of the assege and his savacioun;
Ne in him desyr noon othere fownes bredde 465
But argumentes to his conclusioun;
That she on him wolde han compassioun;
And he to be hir man; whyl he may dure;
Lo; here his lyf; and from the deeth his cure!
The sharpe shoures felle of armes preve; 470
That Ector or his othere bretheren diden;
Ne made him only ther…fore ones meve;
And yet was he; wher…so men wente or riden;
Founde oon the beste; and lengest tyme abiden
Ther peril was; and dide eek such travayle 475
In armes; that to thenke it was mervayle。
But for non hate he to the Grekes hadde;
Ne also for the rescous of the toun;
Ne made him thus in armes for to madde;
But only; lo; for this conclusioun; 480
To lyken hir the bet for his renoun;
Fro day to day in armes so he spedde;
That alle the Grekes as the deeth him dredde。
And fro this forth tho refte him love his sleep;
And made his mete his foo; and eek his sorwe 485
Gan multiplye; that; who…so toke keep;
It shewed in his hewe; bothe eve and morwe;
Therfor a title he gan him for to borwe
Of other syknesse; lest of him men wende
That the hote fyr of love him brende; 490
And seyde; he hadde a fever and ferde amis;
But how it was; certayn; can I not seye;
If that his lady understood not this;
Or feyned hir she niste; oon of the tweye;
But wel I rede that; by no maner weye; 495
Ne semed it as that she of him roughte;
Nor of his peyne; or what…so…ever he thoughte。
But than fel to this Troylus such wo;
That he was wel neigh wood; for ay his drede
Was this; that she som wight had loved so;