troilus and criseyde-第22章
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O deeth; that endere art of sorwes alle;
Com now; sin I so ofte after thee calle;
For sely is that deeth; soth for to seyne;
That; ofte y…cleped; cometh and endeth peyne。
‘Wel wot I; whyl my lyf was in quiete; 505
Er thou me slowe; I wolde have yeven hyre;
But now thy cominge is to me so swete;
That in this world I no…thing so desyre。
O deeth; sin with this sorwe I am a…fyre;
Thou outher do me anoon yn teres drenche; 510
Or with thy colde strook myn hete quenche!
‘Sin that thou sleest so fele in sondry wyse
Ayens hir wil; unpreyed; day and night;
Do me; at my requeste; this servyse;
Delivere now the world; so dostow right; 515
Of me; that am the wofulleste wight
That ever was; for tyme is that I sterve;
Sin in this world of right nought may I serve。'
This Troilus in teres gan distille;
As licour out of alambyk ful faste; 520
And Pandarus gan holde his tunge stille;
And to the ground his eyen doun he caste。
But nathelees; thus thoughte he at the laste;
‘What; parde; rather than my felawe deye;
Yet shal I som…what more un…to him seye:' 525
And seyde; ‘Freend; sin thou hast swich distresse;
And sin thee list myn arguments to blame;
Why nilt thy…selven helpen doon redresse;
And with thy manhod letten al this grame?
Go ravisshe hir ne canstow not for shame! 530
And outher lat hir out of toune fare;
Or hold hir stille; and leve thy nyce fare。
‘Artow in Troye; and hast non hardiment
To take a womman which that loveth thee;
And wolde hir…selven been of thyn assent? 535
Now is not this a nyce vanitee?
Rys up anoon; and lat this weping be;
And kyth thou art a man; for in this houre
I wil be deed; or she shal bleven oure。'
To this answerde him Troilus ful softe; 540
And seyde; ‘Parde; leve brother dere;
Al this have I my…self yet thought ful ofte;
And more thing than thou devysest here。
But why this thing is laft; thou shalt wel here;
And whan thou me hast yeve an audience; 545
Ther…after mayst thou telle al thy sentence。
‘First; sin thou wost this toun hath al this werre
For ravisshing of wommen so by might;
It sholde not be suffred me to erre;
As it stant now; ne doon so gret unright。 550
I sholde han also blame of every wight;
My fadres graunt if that I so withstode;
Sin she is chaunged for the tounes goode。
‘I have eek thought; so it were hir assent;
To aske hir at my fader; of his grace; 555
Than thenke I; this were hir accusement;
Sin wel I woot I may hir not purchace。
For sin my fader; in so heigh a place
As parlement; hath hir eschaunge enseled;
He nil for me his lettre be repeled。 560
‘Yet drede I most hir herte to pertourbe
With violence; if I do swich a game;
For if I wolde it openly distourbe;
It moste been disclaundre to hir name。
And me were lever deed than hir defame; 565
As nolde god but…if I sholde have
Hir honour lever than my lyf to save!
‘Thus am I lost; for ought that I can see;
For certeyn is; sin that I am hir knight;
I moste hir honour levere han than me 570
In every cas; as lovere oughte of right。
Thus am I with desyr and reson twight;
Desyr for to destourben hir me redeth;
And reson nil not; so myn herte dredeth。'
Thus wepinge that he coude never cesse; 575
He seyde; ‘Allas! How shal I; wrecche; fare?
For wel fele I alwey my love encresse;
And hope is lasse and lasse alwey; Pandare!
Encressen eek the causes of my care;
So wel…a…wey; why nil myn herte breste? 580
For; as in love; ther is but litel reste。'
Pandare answerde; ‘Freend; thou mayst; for me;
Don as thee list; but hadde ich it so hote;
And thyn estat; she sholde go with me;
Though al this toun cryede on this thing by note; 585
I nolde sette at al that noyse a grote。
For when men han wel cryed; than wol they roune;
A wonder last but nyne night never in toune。
‘Devyne not in reson ay so depe
Ne curteysly; but help thy…self anoon; 590
Bet is that othere than thy…selven wepe;
And namely; sin ye two been al oon。
Rys up; for by myn heed; she shal not goon;
And rather be in blame a lyte y…founde
Than sterve here as a gnat; with…oute wounde。 595
‘It is no shame un…to yow; ne no vyce
Hir to with…holden; that ye loveth most。
Paraunter; she mighte holden thee for nyce
To lete hir go thus to the Grekes ost。
Thenk eek Fortune; as wel thy…selven wost; 600
Helpeth hardy man to his enpryse;
And weyveth wrecches; for hir cowardyse。
‘And though thy lady wolde a litel hir greve;
Thou shalt thy pees ful wel here…after make;
But as for me; certayn; I can not leve 605
That she wolde it as now for yvel take。
Why sholde than for ferd thyn herte quake?
Thenk eek how Paris hath; that is thy brother;
A love; and why shaltow not have another?
‘And Troilus; o thing I dar thee swere; 610
That if Criseyde; whiche that is thy leef;
Now loveth thee as wel as thou dost here;
God helpe me so; she nil nat take a…greef;
Though thou do bote a…noon in this mischeef。
And if she wilneth fro thee for to passe; 615
Thanne is she fals; so love hir wel the lasse。
‘For…thy tak herte; and thenk; right as a knight;
Thourgh love is broken alday every lawe。
Kyth now sumwhat thy corage and thy might;
Have mercy on thy…self; for any awe。 620
Lat not this wrecched wo thin herte gnawe;
But manly set the world on sixe and sevene;
And; if thou deye a martir; go to hevene。
‘I wol my…self be with thee at this dede;
Though ich and al my kin; up…on a stounde; 625
Shulle in a strete as dogges liggen dede;
Thourgh…girt with many a wyd and blody wounde。
In every cas I wol a freend be founde。
And if thee list here sterven as a wrecche;
A…dieu; the devel spede him that it recche!' 630
This Troilus gan with tho wordes quiken;
And seyde; ‘Freend; graunt mercy; ich assente;
But certaynly thou mayst not me so priken;
Ne peyne noon ne may me so tormente;
That; for no cas; it is not myn entente; 635
At shorte wordes; though I dyen sholde;
To ravisshe hir; but…if hir…self it wolde。'
‘Why; so mene I;' quod Pandarus; ‘al this day。
But tel me than; hastow hir wil assayed;
That sorwest thus?' And he answerde; ‘Nay。'
‘Wher…of artow;' quod Pandare; ‘than a…mayed; 640
That nost not that she wol ben y…vel apayed
To ravisshe hir; sin thou hast not ben there;
But…if that Iove tolde it in thyn ere?
‘For…thy rys up; as nought ne were; anoon; 645
And wash thy face; and to the king thou wende;
Or he may wondren whider thou art goon。
Thou most with wisdom him and othere blende;
Or; up…on cas; he may after thee sende
Er thou be war; and shortly; brother dere; 650
Be glad; and lat me werke in this matere。
‘For I shal shape it so; that sikerly
Thou shalt this night som tyme; in som manere;
Com speke with thy lady prevely;
And by hir wordes eek; and by hir chere; 655
Thou shalt ful sone aperceyve and wel here
Al hir entente; and in this cas the beste;
And fare now wel; for in this point I reste。'
The swifte Fame; whiche that false thinges
Egal reporteth lyk the thinges trewe; 660
Was thorugh…out Troye y…fled with preste winges
Fro man to man; and made this tale al newe;
How Calkas doughter; with hir brighte hewe;
At parlement; with…oute wordes more;
I…graunted was in chaunge of Antenore。 665
The whiche tale anoon…right as Criseyde
Had herd; she; which that of hir fader roughte;
As in this cas; right nought; ne whanne he deyde;
Ful bisily to Iuppiter bisoughte
Yeve hem mischaunce that this tretis broughte。 670
But shortly; lest thise tales sothe were;
She dorste at no wight asken it; for fere。
As she that hadde hir herte and al hir minde
On Troilus y…set so wonder faste;
That al this world ne mighte hir love unbinde; 675
Ne Troilus out of hir herte caste;
She wol ben his; whyl that hir lyf may laste。
And thus she brenneth bothe in love and drede;
So that she niste what was best to rede。
But as men seen in toune; and al aboute; 680
That wommen usen frendes to visyte;
So to Criseyde of wommen com a route
For pitous Ioye; and wenden hir delyte;
And with hir tales; dere y…nough a myte;
These wommen; whiche that in the cite dwelle; 685
They sette hem doun; and seyde as I shal telle。
Quod first that oon; ‘I am glad; trewely;
By…cause of yow; that shal your fader see。'
A…nother seyde; ‘Y…wis; so nam not I;
For al to litel hath she with us be。' 690
Quod tho the thridde; ‘I hope; y…wis; that she
Shal bringen us the pees on every syde;
That; whan she gooth; almighty god hir gyde!'
Tho wordes and tho wommanisshe thinges;
She herde hem right as though she thennes were; 695
For; god it wot; hir herte on other thing is;
Although the body sat among hem there。
Hir advertence is alwey elles…where;
For Troilus ful faste hir soule soughte;
With…outen word; alwey on him she thoughte。 700
Thise wommen; that thus wenden hir to plese;
Aboute nought gonne alle hir tales spende;
Swich vanitee ne can don hir non ese;
As she that; al this mene whyle。 brende
Of other passioun than that they wende; 705
So that she felte almost hir herte deye
For wo; and wery of that companye。
For which no lenger mighte she restreyne
Hir teres; so they gonnen up to welle;
That yaven signes of the bitter peyne 710
In whiche hir spirit was; and moste dwelle;
Remembring hir; fro heven unto which helle
She fallen was; sith she forgoth the sighte
Of Troilus; and sorowfully she sighte。
And thilke foles sittinge hir aboute 715
Wenden; that she wepte and syked sore
By…cause that she sholde out of that route
Departe; and never pleye with hem more。
And they that hadde y…knowen hir of yore
Seye hir so wepe; and thoughte it kindenesse; 720
And eche of hem wepte eek for hir destresse;
And bisily they gonnen hir conforten
Of thing; god wot; on which she litel thoughte;
And with hir tales wenden hir disporten;
And to be glad they often hir bisoughte。 725
But swich an ese ther…with they hir wroughte
Right as a man is esed for to fele;
For ache of heed; to clawen him on his hele!
But after al this nyce vanitee
They took hir leve; and hoom they wenten alle。 730
Criseyde; ful of sorweful pitee;
In…to hir chaumbre up wente out of the halle;
And on hir bed she gan for deed to falle;
In purpos never thennes for to ryse;
And thus she wroughte; as I shal yow devyse。 735
Hir ounded heer; that sonnish was of hewe;
She rente; and eek hir fingres longe and smale
She wrong ful ofte; and bad god on hir rewe;
And with the deeth to doon bote on hir bale。
Hir hewe; whylom bright; that tho was pale; 740
Bar witnes of hir wo and hir constreynte;
And thus she spak; sobbinge; in hir compleynte:
‘Alas!' quod she; ‘out of this regioun
I; woful wrecche and infortuned wight;
And born in corsed constellacioun; 745
Mot goon; and thus departen