troilus and criseyde-第25章
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After your deeth; to han been crouned quene
Of al the lond the sonne on shyneth shene。
‘But with this selve swerd; which that here is; 1240
My…selve I wolde han slayn!' quod she tho;
‘But ho; for we han right y…now of this;
And late us ryse and streight to bedde go
And there lat ys speken of oure wo。
For; by the morter which that I see brenne; 1245
Knowe I ful wel that day is not fer henne。'
Whan they were in hir bedde; in armes folde;
Nought was it lyk tho nightes here…biforn;
For pitously ech other gan biholde;
As they that hadden al hir blisse y…lorn; 1250
Biwaylinge ay the day that they were born。
Til at the last this sorwful wight Criseyde
To Troilus these ilke wordes seyde:
‘Lo; herte myn; wel wot ye this;' quod she;
‘That if a wight alwey his wo compleyne; 1255
And seketh nought how holpen for to be;
It nis but folye and encrees of peyne;
And sin that here assembled be we tweyne
To finde bote of wo that we ben inne;
It were al tyme sone to biginne。 1260
‘I am a womman; as ful wel ye woot;
And as I am avysed sodeynly;
So wol I telle yow; whyl it is hoot。
Me thinketh thus; that nouther ye nor I
Oughte half this wo to make skilfully。 1265
For there is art y…now for to redresse
That yet is mis; and sleen this hevinesse。
‘Sooth is; the wo; the whiche that we ben inne;
For ought I woot; for no…thing elles is
But for the cause that we sholden twinne。 1270
Considered al; ther nis no…more amis。
But what is thanne a remede un…to this;
But that we shape us sone for to mete?
This al and som; my dere herte swete。
‘Now that I shal wel bringen it aboute 1275
To come ayein; sone after that I go;
Ther…of am I no maner thing in doute。
For dredeles; with…inne a wouke or two;
I shal ben here; and; that it may be so
By alle right; and in a wordes fewe; 1280
I shal yow wel an heep of weyes shewe。
‘For which I wol not make long sermoun;
For tyme y…lost may not recovered be;
But I wol gon to my conclusioun;
And to the beste; in ought that I can see。 1285
And; for the love of god; for…yeve it me
If I speke ought ayein your hertes reste;
For trewely; I speke it for the beste;
‘Makinge alwey a protestacioun;
That now these wordes; whiche that I shal seye; 1290
Nis but to shewe yow my mocioun;
To finde un…to our helpe the beste weye;
And taketh it non other wyse; I preye。
For in effect what…so ye me comaunde;
That wol I doon; for that is no demaunde。 1295
‘Now herkneth this; ye han wel understonde;
My goinge graunted is by parlement
So ferforth; that it may not be with…stonde
For al this world; as by my Iugement。
And sin ther helpeth noon avysement 1300
To letten it; lat it passe out of minde;
And lat us shape a bettre wey to finde。
‘The sothe is; that the twinninge of us tweyne
Wol us disese and cruelliche anoye。
But him bihoveth som…tyme han a peyne; 1305
That serveth love; if that he wol have Ioye。
And sin I shal no ferthere out of Troye
Than I may ryde ayein on half a morwe;
It oughte lesse causen us to sorwe。
‘So as I shal not so ben hid in muwe; 1310
That day by day; myn owene herte dere;
Sin wel ye woot that it is now a trewe;
Ye shal ful wel al myn estat y…here。
And er that truwe is doon; I shal ben here;
And thanne have ye bothe Antenor y…wonne 1315
And me also; beth glad now; if ye conne;
‘And thenk right thus; 〃Criseyde is now agoon;
But what! She shal come hastely ayeyn;〃
And whanne; allas? By god; lo; right anoon;
Er dayes ten; this dar I saufly seyn。 1320
And thanne at erste shul we been so fayn;
So as we shulle to…gederes ever dwelle;
That al this world ne mighte our blisse telle。
‘I see that ofte; ther…as we ben now;
That for the beste; our counseil for to hyde; 1325
Ye speke not with me; nor I with yow
In fourtenight; ne see yow go ne ryde。
May ye not ten dayes thanne abyde;
For myn honour; in swich an aventure?
Y…wis; ye mowen elles lite endure! 1330
‘Ye knowe eek how that al my kin is here;
But…if that onliche it my fader be;
And eek myn othere thinges alle y…fere;
And nameliche; my dere herte; ye;
Whom that I nolde leven for to see 1335
For al this world; as wyd as it hath space;
Or elles; see ich never Ioves face!
‘Why trowe ye my fader in this wyse
Coveiteth so to see me; but for drede
Lest in this toun that folkes me dispyse 1340
By…cause of him; for his unhappy dede?
What woot my fader what lyf that I lede?
For if he wiste in Troye how wel I fare;
Us neded for my wending nought to care。
‘Ye seen that every day eek; more and more; 1345
Men trete of pees; and it supposed is;
That men the quene Eleyne shal restore;
And Grekes us restore that is mis。
So though ther nere comfort noon but this;
That men purposen pees on every syde; 1350
Ye may the bettre at ese of herte abyde。
‘For if that it be pees; myn herte dere;
The nature of the pees mot nedes dryve
That men moste entrecomunen y…fere;
And to and fro eek ryde and gon as blyve 1355
Alday as thikke as been flen from an hyve;
And every wight han libertee to bleve
Where…as him list the bet; with…outen leve。
‘And though so be that pees ther may be noon;
Yet hider; though ther never pees ne were; 1360
I moste come; for whider sholde I goon;
Or how mischaunce sholde I dwelle there
Among tho men of armes ever in fere?
For which; as wisly god my soule rede;
I can not seen wher…of ye sholden drede。 1365
‘Have here another wey; if it so be
That al this thing ne may yow not suffyse。
My fader; as ye knowen wel; pardee;
Is old; and elde is ful of coveityse;
And I right now have founden al the gyse; 1370
With…oute net; wher…with I shal him hente;
And herkeneth how; if that ye wole assente。
‘Lo; Troilus; men seyn that hard it is
The wolf ful; and the wether hool to have;
This is to seyn; that men ful ofte; y…wis; 1375
Mot spenden part; the remenant for to save。
For ay with gold men may the herte grave
Of him that set is up…on coveityse;
And how I mene; I shal it yow devyse。
‘The moeble which that I have in this toun 1380
Un…to my fader shal I take; and seye;
That right for trust and for savacioun
It sent is from a freend of his or tweye;
The whiche freendes ferventliche him preye
To senden after more; and that in hye; 1385
Whyl that this toun stant thus in Iupartye。
‘And that shal been an huge quantitee;
Thus shal I seyn; but; lest it folk aspyde;
This may be sent by no wight but by me;
I shal eek shewen him; if pees bityde; 1390
What frendes that ich have on every syde
Toward the court; to doon the wrathe pace
Of Priamus; and doon him stonde in grace。
‘So what for o thing and for other; swete;
I shal him so enchaunten with my sawes; 1395
That right in hevene his sowle is; shal he mete!
For al Appollo; or his clerkes lawes;
Or calculinge avayleth nought three hawes;
Desyr of gold shal so his sowle blende;
That; as me lyst; I shal wel make an ende。 1400
‘And if he wolde ought by his sort it preve
If that I lye; in certayn I shal fonde
Distorben him; and plukke him by the sleve;
Makinge his sort; and beren him on honde;
He hath not wel the goddes understonde。 1405
For goddes speken in amphibologyes;
And; for o sooth they tellen twenty lyes。
‘Eek drede fond first goddes; I suppose;
Thus shal I seyn; and that his cowarde herte
Made him amis the goddes text to glose; 1410
Whan he for ferde out of his Delphos sterte。
And but I make him sone to converte;
And doon my reed with…inne a day or tweye;
I wol to yow oblige me to deye。'
And treweliche; as writen wel I finde; 1415
That al this thing was seyd of good entente;
And that hir herte trewe was and kinde
Towardes him; and spak right as she mente;
And that she starf for wo neigh; whan she wente;
And was in purpos ever to be trewe; 1420
Thus writen they that of hir werkes knewe。
This Troilus; with herte and eres spradde;
Herde al this thing devysen to and fro;
And verraylich him semed that he hadde
The selve wit; but yet to lete hir go 1425
His herte misforyaf him ever…mo。
But fynally; he gan his herte wreste
To trusten hir; and took it for the beste。
For which the grete furie of his penaunce
Was queynt with hope; and ther…with hem bitwene 1430
Bigan for Ioye the amorouse daunce。
And as the briddes; whan the sonne is shene;
Delyten in hir song in leves grene;
Right so the wordes that they spake y…fere
Delyted hem; and made hir hertes clere。 1435
But natheles; the wending of Criseyde;
For al this world; may nought out of his minde;
For which ful ofte he pitously hir preyde;
That of hir heste he might hir trewe finde;
And seyde hire; ‘Certes; if ye be unkinde; 1440
And but ye come at day set in…to Troye;
Ne shal I never have hele; honour; ne Ioye。
‘For al…so sooth as sonne up…rist on morwe;
And; god! So wisly thou me; woful wrecche;
To reste bringe out of this cruel sorwe; 1445
I wol my…selven slee if that ye drecche。
But of my deeth though litel be to recche;
Yet; er that ye me cause so to smerte;
Dwel rather here; myn owene swete herte!
‘For trewely; myn owene lady dere; 1450
Tho sleightes yet that I have herd yow stere
Ful shaply been to failen alle y…fere。
For thus men seyn; 〃That oon thenketh the bere;
But al another thenketh his ledere。〃
Your sire is wys; and seyd is; out of drede; 1455
〃Men may the wyse at…renne; and not at…rede。〃
‘It is ful hard to halten unespyed
Bifore a crepul; for he can the craft;
Your fader is in sleighte as Argus yed;
For al be that his moeble is him biraft; 1460
His olde sleighte is yet so with him laft;
Ye shal not blende him for your womanhede;
Ne feyne a…right; and that is al my drede。
‘I noot if pees shal ever…mo bityde;
But; pees or no; for ernest ne for game; 1465
I woot; sin Calkas on the Grekis syde
Hath ones been; and lost so foule his name;
He dar no more come here ayein for shame;
For which that weye; for ought I can espye;
To trusten on; nis but a fantasye。 1470
‘Ye shal eek seen; your fader shal yow glose
To been a wyf; and as he can wel preche;
He shal som Grek so preyse and wel alose;
That ravisshen he shal yow with his speche;
Or do yow doon by force as he shal teche。 1475
And Troilus; of whom ye nil han routhe;
Shal causeles so sterven in his trouthe!
‘And over al this; your fader shal despyse
Us alle; and seyn this citee nis but lorn;
And that thassege never shal aryse; 1480
For…why the Grekes han it alle sworn
Til we be slayn; and doun our walles torn。
And thus he shal yow with his wordes fere;
That ay drede I; that ye wol bleve there。
‘Ye shul eek seen so many a lusty knight 1485
A…mong the Grekes; ful of worthinesse;
And eche of hem with herte; wit; and might
To plesen yow don al his besi