troilus and criseyde-第20章
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And whan a wight is from hir wheel y…throwe;
Than laugheth she; and maketh him the mowe。
From Troilus she gan hir brighte face
Awey to wrythe; and took of him non hede;
But caste him clene out of his lady grace; 10
And on hir wheel she sette up Diomede;
For which right now myn herte ginneth blede;
And now my penne; allas! With which I wryte;
Quaketh for drede of that I moot endyte。
For how Criseyde Troilus forsook; 15
Or at the leste; how that she was unkinde;
Mot hennes…forth ben matere of my book;
As wryten folk through which it is in minde。
Allas! That they sholde ever cause finde
To speke hir harm; and if they on hir lye; 20
Y…wis; hem…self sholde han the vilanye。
O ye Herines; Nightes doughtren three;
That endelees compleynen ever in pyne;
Megera; Alete; and eek Thesiphone;
Thou cruel Mars eek; fader to Quiryne; 25
This ilke ferthe book me helpeth fyne;
So that the los of lyf and love y…fere
Of Troilus be fully shewed here。
Explicit prohemium。
Incipit Quartus Liber。
Ligginge in ost; as I have seyd er this;
The Grekes stronge; aboute Troye toun; 30
Bifel that; whan that Phebus shyning is
Up…on the brest of Hercules Lyoun;
That Ector; with ful many a bold baroun;
Caste on a day with Grekes for to fighte;
As he was wont to greve hem what he mighte。 35
Not I how longe or short it was bitwene
This purpos and that day they fighte mente;
But on a day wel armed; bright and shene;
Ector; and many a worthy wight out wente;
With spere in hond and bigge bowes bente; 40
And in the herd; with…oute lenger lette;
Hir fomen in the feld anoon hem mette。
The longe day; with speres sharpe y…grounde;
With arwes; dartes; swerdes; maces felle;
They fighte and bringen hors and man to grounde; 45
And with hir axes out the braynes quelle。
But in the laste shour; sooth for to telle;
The folk of Troye hem…selven so misledden;
That with the worse at night homward they fledden。
At whiche day was taken Antenor; 50
Maugre Polydamas or Monesteo;
Santippe; Sarpedon; Polynestor;
Polyte; or eek the Troian daun Ripheo;
And othere lasse folk; as Phebuseo。
So that; for harm; that day the folk of Troye 55
Dredden to lese a greet part of hir Ioye。
Of Pryamus was yeve; at Greek requeste;
A tyme of trewe; and tho they gonnen trete;
Hir prisoneres to chaungen; moste and leste;
And for the surplus yeven sommes grete。 60
This thing anoon was couth in every strete;
Bothe in thassege; in toune; and every…where;
And with the firste it cam to Calkas ere。
Whan Calkas knew this tretis sholde holde;
In consistorie; among the Grekes; sone 65
He gan in thringe forth; with lordes olde;
And sette him there…as he was wont to done;
And with a chaunged face hem bad a bone;
For love of god; to don that reverence;
To stinte noyse; and yeve him audience。 70
Thanne seyde he thus; ‘Lo! Lordes myne; I was
Troian; as it is knowen out of drede;
And; if that yow remembre; I am Calkas;
That alderfirst yaf comfort to your nede;
And tolde wel how that ye sholden spede。 75
For dredelees; thorugh yow; shal; in a stounde;
Ben Troye y…brend; and beten doun to grounde。
‘And in what forme; or in what maner wyse
This town to shende; and al your lust to acheve;
Ye han er this wel herd it me devyse; 80
This knowe ye; my lordes; as I leve。
And for the Grekes weren me so leve;
I com my…self in my propre persone;
To teche in this how yow was best to done;
‘Havinge un…to my tresour ne my rente 85
Right no resport; to respect of your ese。
Thus al my good I loste and to yow wente;
Wening in this you; lordes; for to plese。
But al that los ne doth me no disese。
I vouche…sauf; as wisly have I Ioye; 90
For you to lese al that I have in Troye;
‘Save of a doughter; that I lafte; allas!
Slepinge at hoom; whanne out of Troye I sterte。
O sterne; O cruel fader that I was!
How mighte I have in that so hard an herte? 95
Allas! I ne hadde y…brought hir in hir sherte!
For sorwe of which I wol not live to morwe;
But…if ye lordes rewe up…on my sorwe。
‘For; by that cause I say no tyme er now
Hir to delivere; I holden have my pees; 100
But now or never; if that it lyke yow;
I may hir have right sone; doutelees。
O help and grace! Amonges al this prees;
Rewe on this olde caitif in destresse;
Sin I through yow have al this hevinesse! 105
‘Ye have now caught and fetered in prisoun
Troians y…nowe; and if your willes be;
My child with oon may have redempcioun。
Now for the love of god and of bountee;
Oon of so fele; allas! So yeve him me。 110
What nede were it this preyere for to werne;
Sin ye shul bothe han folk and toun as yerne?
‘On peril of my lyf; I shal nat lye;
Appollo hath me told it feithfully;
I have eek founde it be astronomye; 115
By sort; and by augurie eek trewely;
And dar wel seye; the tyme is faste by;
That fyr and flaumbe on al the toun shal sprede;
And thus shal Troye turne to asshen dede。
‘For certeyn; Phebus and Neptunus bothe; 120
That makeden the walles of the toun;
Ben with the folk of Troye alwey so wrothe;
That thei wol bringe it to confusioun;
Right in despyt of king Lameadoun。
By…cause he nolde payen hem hir hyre; 125
The toun of Troye shal ben set on…fyre。'
Telling his tale alwey; this olde greye;
Humble in speche; and in his lokinge eke;
The salte teres from his eyen tweye
Ful faste ronnen doun by eyther cheke。 130
So longe he gan of socour hem by…seke
That; for to hele him of his sorwes sore;
They yave him Antenor; with…oute more。
But who was glad y…nough but Calkas tho?
And of this thing ful sone his nedes leyde 135
On hem that sholden for the tretis go;
And hem for Antenor ful ofte preyde
To bringen hoom king Toas and Criseyde;
And whan Pryam his save…garde sente;
Thembassadours to Troye streyght they wente。 140
The cause y…told of hir cominge; the olde
Pryam the king ful sone in general
Let here…upon his parlement to holde;
Of which the effect rehersen yow I shal。
Thembassadours ben answered for fynal; 145
Theschaunge of prisoners and al this nede
Hem lyketh wel; and forth in they procede。
This Troilus was present in the place;
Whan axed was for Antenor Criseyde;
For which ful sone chaungen gan his face; 150
As he that with tho wordes wel neigh deyde。
But nathelees; he no word to it seyde;
Lest men sholde his affeccioun espye;
With mannes herte he gan his sorwes drye。
And ful of anguissh and of grisly drede 155
Abood what lordes wolde un…to it seye;
And if they wolde graunte; as god forbede;
Theschaunge of hir; than thoughte he thinges tweye;
First; how to save hir honour; and what weye
He mighte best theschaunge of hir withstonde; 160
Ful faste he caste how al this mighte stonde。
Love him made al prest to doon hir byde;
And rather dye than she sholde go;
But resoun seyde him; on that other syde;
‘With…oute assent of hir ne do not so; 165
Lest for thy werk she wolde be thy fo;
And seyn; that thorugh thy medling is y…blowe
Your bother love; there it was erst unknowe。'
For which he gan deliberen; for the beste;
That though the lordes wolde that she wente; 170
He wolde lat hem graunte what hem leste;
And telle his lady first what that they mente。
And whan that she had seyd him hir entente;
Ther…after wolde he werken also blyve;
Though al the world ayein it wolde stryve。 175
Ector; which that wel the Grekes herde;
For Antenor how they wolde han Criseyde;
Gan it withstonde; and sobrely answerde:
‘Sires; she nis no prisoner;' he seyde;
‘I noot on yow who that this charge leyde; 180
But; on my part; ye may eft…sone hem telle;
We usen here no wommen for to selle。'
The noyse of peple up…stirte thanne at ones;
As breme as blase of straw y…set on fyre;
For infortune it wolde; for the nones; 185
They sholden hir confusioun desyre。
‘Ector;' quod they; ‘what goost may yow enspyre
This womman thus to shilde and doon us lese
Daun Antenor? a wrong wey now ye chese
‘That is so wys; and eek so bold baroun; 190
And we han nede to folk; as men may see;
He is eek oon; the grettest of this toun;
O Ector; lat tho fantasyes be!
O king Priam;' quod they; ‘thus seggen we;
That al our voys is to for…gon Criseyde;' 195
And to deliveren Antenor they preyde。
O Iuvenal; lord! Trewe is thy sentence;
That litel witen folk what is to yerne
That they ne finde in hir desyr offence;
For cloud of errour let hem not descerne 200
What best is; and lo; here ensample as yerne。
This folk desiren now deliveraunce
Of Antenor; that broughte hem to mischaunce!
For he was after traytour to the toun
Of Troye; allas! They quitte him out to rathe; 205
O nyce world; lo; thy discrecioun!
Criseyde; which that never dide hem skathe;
Shal now no lenger in hir blisse bathe;
But Antenor; he shal com hoom to toune;
And she shal out; thus seyden here and howne。 210
For which delibered was by parlement
For Antenor to yelden out Criseyde;
And it pronounced by the president;
Al…theigh that Ector ‘nay' ful ofte preyde。
And fynaly; what wight that it with…seyde; 215
It was for nought; it moste been; and sholde;
For substaunce of the parlement it wolde。
Departed out of parlement echone;
This Troilus; with…oute wordes mo;
Un…to his chaumbre spedde him faste allone; 220
But…if it were a man of his or two;
The whiche he bad out faste for to go;
By…cause he wolde slepen; as he seyde;
And hastely up…on his bed him leyde。
And as in winter leves been biraft; 225
Eche after other; til the tree be bare;
So that ther nis but bark and braunche y…laft;
Lyth Troilus; biraft of ech wel…fare;
Y…bounden in the blake bark of care;
Disposed wood out of his wit to breyde; 230
So sore him sat the chaunginge of Criseyde。
He rist him up; and every dore he shette
And windowe eek; and tho this sorweful man
Up…on his beddes syde a…doun him sette;
Ful lyk a deed image pale and wan; 235
And in his brest the heped wo bigan
Out…breste; and he to werken in this wyse
In his woodnesse; as I shal yow devyse。
Right as the wilde bole biginneth springe
Now here; now there; y…darted to the herte; 240
And of his deeth roreth in compleyninge;
Right so gan he aboute the chaumbre sterte;
Smyting his brest ay with his festes smerte;
His heed to the wal; his body to the grounde
Ful ofte he swapte; him…selven to confounde。 245
His eyen two; for pitee of his herte;
Out stremeden as swifte welles tweye;
The heighe sobbes of his sorwes smerte
His speche him refte; unnethes mighte he seye;
‘O deeth; allas! Why niltow do me deye? 250
A…cursed be the day which that nature
Shoop me to ben a lyves creature!'
But after; whan the furie and the rage
Which that his herte twiste and faste threste;
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