troilus and criseyde-第26章
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A…mong the Grekes; ful of worthinesse;
And eche of hem with herte; wit; and might
To plesen yow don al his besinesse;
That ye shul dullen of the rudenesse
Of us sely Troianes; but…if routhe 1490
Remorde yow; or vertue of your trouthe。
‘And this to me so grevous is to thinke;
That fro my brest it wol my soule rende;
Ne dredeles; in me ther may not sinke
A good opinioun; if that ye wende; 1495
For…why your faderes sleighte wol us shende。
And if ye goon; as I have told yow yore;
So thenk I nam but deed; with…oute more。
‘For which; with humble; trewe; and pitous herte;
A thousand tymes mercy I yow preye; 1500
So reweth on myn aspre peynes smerte;
And doth somwhat; as that I shal yow seye;
And lat us stele away bitwixe us tweye;
And thenk that folye is; whan man may chese;
For accident his substaunce ay to lese。 1505
‘I mene this; that sin we mowe er day
Wel stele away; and been to…gider so;
What wit were it to putten in assay;
In cas ye sholden to your fader go;
If that ye mighte come ayein or no? 1510
Thus mene I; that it were a gret folye
To putte that sikernesse in Iupertye。
‘And vulgarly to speken of substaunce
Of tresour; may we bothe with us lede
Y…nough to live in honour and plesaunce; 1515
Til in…to tyme that we shal ben dede;
And thus we may eschewen al this drede。
For everich other wey ye can recorde;
Myn herte; y…wis; may not ther…with acorde。
‘And hardily; ne dredeth no poverte; 1520
For I have kin and freendes elles…where
That; though we comen in oure bare sherte;
Us sholde neither lakke gold ne gere;
But been honured whyl we dwelten there。
And go we anoon; for; as in myn entente; 1525
This is the beste; if that ye wole assente。'
Criseyde; with a syk; right in this wyse
Answerde; ‘Y…wis; my dere herte trewe;
We may wel stele away; as ye devyse;
And finde swich unthrifty weyes newe; 1530
But afterward; ful sore it wol us rewe。
And help me god so at my moste nede
As causeles ye suffren al this drede!
‘For thilke day that I for cherisshinge
Or drede of fader; or of other wight; 1535
Or for estat; delyt; or for weddinge;
Be fals to yow; my Troilus; my knight;
Saturnes doughter; Iuno; thorugh hir might;
As wood as Athamante do me dwelle
Eternaly in Stix; the put of helle! 1540
‘And this on every god celestial
I swere it yow; and eek on eche goddesse;
On every Nymphe and deite infernal;
On Satiry and Fauny more and lesse;
That halve goddes been of wildernesse; 1545
And Attropos my threed of lyf to…breste
If I be fals; now trowe me if thow leste!
‘And thou; Simoys; that as an arwe clere
Thorugh Troye rennest ay downward to the see;
Ber witnesse of this word that seyd is here; 1550
That thilke day that ich untrewe be
To Troilus; myn owene herte free;
That thou retorne bakwarde to thy welle;
And I with body and soule sinke in helle!
‘But that ye speke; awey thus for to go 1555
And leten alle your freendes; god for…bede;
For any womman; that ye sholden so;
And namely; sin Troye hath now swich nede
Of help; and eek of o thing taketh hede;
If this were wist; my lif laye in balaunce; 1560
And your honour; god shilde us fro mischaunce!
‘And if so be that pees her…after take;
As alday happeth; after anger; game;
Why; lord! The sorwe and wo ye wolden make;
That ye ne dorste come ayein for shame! 1565
And er that ye Iuparten so your name;
Beth nought to hasty in this hote fare;
For hasty man ne wanteth never care。
‘What trowe ye the peple eek al aboute
Wolde of it seye? It is ful light to arede。 1570
They wolden seye; and swere it; out of doute;
That love ne droof yow nought to doon this dede;
But lust voluptuous and coward drede。
Thus were al lost; y…wis; myn herte dere;
Your honour; which that now shyneth so clere。 1575
‘And also thenketh on myn honestee;
That floureth yet; how foule I sholde it shende;
And with what filthe it spotted sholde be;
If in this forme I sholde with yow wende。
Ne though I livede un…to the worldes ende; 1580
My name sholde I never ayeinward winne;
Thus were I lost; and that were routhe and sinne。
‘And for…thy slee with reson al this hete;
Men seyn; 〃The suffraunt overcometh;〃 pardee;
Eek 〃Who…so wol han leef; he lief mot lete;〃 1585
Thus maketh vertue of necessitee
By pacience; and thenk that lord is he
Of fortune ay; that nought wol of hir recche;
And she ne daunteth no wight but a wrecche。
‘And trusteth this; that certes; herte swete; 1590
Er Phebus suster; Lucina the shene;
The Leoun passe out of this Ariete;
I wol ben here; with…outen any wene。
I mene; as helpe me Iuno; hevenes quene;
The tenthe day; but…if that deeth me assayle; 1595
I wol yow seen with…outen any fayle。'
‘And now; so this be sooth;' quod Troilus;
‘I shal wel suffre un…to the tenthe day;
Sin that I see that nede it moot be thus。
But; for the love of god; if it be may; 1600
So lat us stele prively away;
For ever in oon; as for to live in reste;
Myn herte seyth that it wol been the beste。'
‘O mercy; god; what lyf is this?' quod she;
‘Allas; ye slee me thus for verray tene! 1605
I see wel now that ye mistrusten me;
For by your wordes it is wel y…sene。
Now; for the love of Cynthia the shene;
Mistrust me not thus causeles; for routhe;
Sin to be trewe I have yow plight my trouthe。 1610
‘And thenketh wel; that som tyme it is wit
To spende a tyme; a tyme for to winne;
Ne; pardee; lorn am I nought fro yow yit;
Though that we been a day or two a…twinne。
Dryf out the fantasyes yow with…inne; 1615
And trusteth me; and leveth eek your sorwe;
Or here my trouthe; I wol not live til morwe。
‘For if ye wiste how sore it doth me smerte;
Ye wolde cesse of this; for god; thou wost;
The pure spirit wepeth in myn herte; 1620
To see yow wepen that I love most;
And that I moot gon to the Grekes ost。
Ye; nere it that I wiste remedye
To come ayein; right here I wolde dye!
‘But certes; I am not so nyce a wight 1625
That I ne can imaginen a wey
To come ayein that day that I have hight。
For who may holde thing that wol a…way?
My fader nought; for al his queynte pley。
And by my thrift; my wending out of Troye 1630
Another day shal torne us alle to Ioye。
‘For…thy; with al myn herte I yow beseke;
If that yow list don ought for my preyere;
And for the love which that I love yow eke;
That er that I departe fro yow here; 1635
That of so good a comfort and a chere
I may you seen; that ye may bringe at reste
Myn herte; which that is at point to breste。
‘And over al this I pray yow;' quod she tho;
‘Myn owene hertes soothfast suffisaunce; 1640
Sin I am thyn al hool; with…outen mo;
That whyl that I am absent; no plesaunce
Of othere do me fro your remembraunce。
For I am ever a…gast; for…why men rede;
That 〃love is thing ay ful of bisy drede。〃 1645
‘For in this world ther liveth lady noon;
If that ye were untrewe; as god defende!
That so bitraysed were or wo bigoon
As I; that alle trouthe in yow entende。
And douteles; if that ich other wende; 1650
I nere but deed; and er ye cause finde;
For goddes love; so beth me not unkinde。'
To this answerde Troilus and seyde;
‘Now god; to whom ther nis no cause y…wrye;
Me glade; as wis I never un…to Criseyde; 1655
Sin thilke day I saw hir first with ye;
Was fals; ne never shal til that I dye。
At shorte wordes; wel ye may me leve;
I can no more; it shal be founde at preve。'
‘Graunt mercy; goode myn; y…wis;' quod she; 1660
‘And blisful Venus lat me never sterve
Er I may stonde of plesaunce in degree
To quyte him wel; that so wel can deserve;
And whyl that god my wit wol me conserve;
I shal so doon; so trewe I have yow founde; 1665
That ay honour to me…ward shal rebounde。
‘For trusteth wel; that your estat royal
Ne veyn delyt; nor only worthinesse
Of yow in werre; or torney marcial;
Ne pompe; array; nobley; or eek richesse; 1670
Ne made me to rewe on your distresse;
But moral vertue; grounded upon trouthe;
That was the cause I first hadde on yow routhe!
‘Eek gentil herte and manhod that ye hadde;
And that ye hadde; as me thoughte; in despyt 1675
Every thing that souned in…to badde;
As rudenesse and poeplish appetyt;
And that your reson brydled your delyt;
This made; aboven every creature;
That I was your; and shal; whyl I may dure。 1680
‘And this may lengthe of yeres not for…do;
Ne remuable fortune deface;
But Iuppiter; that of his might may do
The sorwful to be glad; so yeve us grace;
Er nightes ten; to meten in this place; 1685
So that it may your herte and myn suffyse;
And fareth now wel; for tyme is that ye ryse。'
And after that they longe y…pleyned hadde;
And ofte y…kist; and streite in armes folde;
The day gan ryse; and Troilus him cladde; 1690
And rewfulliche his lady gan biholde;
As he that felte dethes cares colde;
And to hir grace he gan him recomaunde;
Wher him was wo; this holde I no demaunde。
For mannes heed imaginen ne can; 1695
Ne entendement considere; ne tonge telle
The cruel peynes of this sorwful man;
That passen every torment doun in helle。
For whan he saugh that she ne mighte dwelle;
Which that his soule out of his herte rente; 1700
With…outen more; out of the chaumbre he wente。
Explicit Liber Quartus。
BOOK V
Incipit Liber Quintus。
Aprochen gan the fatal destinee
That Ioves hath in disposicioun;
And to yow; angry Parcas; sustren three;
Committeth; to don execucioun;
For which Criseyde moste out of the toun; 5
And Troilus shal dwelle forth in pyne
Til Lachesis his threed no lenger twyne。
The golden…tressed Phebus heighe on…lofte
Thryes hadde alle with his bemes shene
The snowes molte; and Zephirus as ofte 10
Y…brought ayein the tendre leves grene;
Sin that the sone of Ecuba the quene
Bigan to love hir first; for whom his sorwe
Was al; that she departe sholde a…morwe。
Ful redy was at pryme Dyomede; 15
Criseyde un…to the Grekes ost to lede;
For sorwe of which she felt hir herte blede;
As she that niste what was best to rede。
And trewely; as men in bokes rede;
Men wiste never womman han the care; 20
Ne was so looth out of a toun to fare。
This Troilus; with…outen reed or lore;
As man that hath his Ioyes eek forlore;
Was waytinge on his lady ever…more
As she that was the soothfast crop and more 25
Of al his lust; or Ioyes here…tofore。
But Troilus; now farewel al thy Ioye;
For shaltow never seen hir eft in Troye!
Soth is; that whyl he bood in this manere;
He gan his wo ful manly for to hyde。 30
That wel unnethe it seen was in his chere;
But at the yate ther she sholde oute ryde
With certeyn folk; he hoved hir tabyde;
So wo bigoon; al wolde he nought him pleyne;
That on his hors unnethe he sat for p