troilus and criseyde-第34章
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And dredelees; his ire; day and night; 1755
Ful cruelly the Grekes ay aboughte;
And alwey most this Diomede he soughte。
And ofte tyme; I finde that they mette
With blody strokes and with wordes grete;
Assayinge how hir speres weren whette; 1760
And god it woot; with many a cruel hete
Gan Troilus upon his helm to bete。
But natheles; fortune it nought ne wolde;
Of others hond that either deyen sholde。
And if I hadde y…taken for to wryte 1765
The armes of this ilke worthy man;
Than wolde I of his batailles endyte。
But for that I to wryte first bigan
Of his love; I have seyd as that I can。
His worthy dedes; who…so list hem here; 1770
Reed Dares; he can telle hem alle y…fere。
Bisechinge every lady bright of hewe;
And every gentil womman; what she be;
That al be that Criseyde was untrewe;
That for that gilt she be not wrooth with me。 1775
Ye may hir gilt in othere bokes see;
And gladlier I wole wryten; if yow leste;
Penolopees trouthe and good Alceste。
Ne I sey not this al…only for these men;
But most for wommen that bitraysed be 1780
Through false folk; god yeve hem sorwe; amen!
That with hir grete wit and subtiltee
Bitrayse yow! And this commeveth me
To speke; and in effect yow alle I preye;
Beth war of men; and herkeneth what I seye! 1785
Go; litel book; go litel myn tragedie;
Ther god thy maker yet; er that he dye;
So sende might to make in som comedie!
But litel book; no making thou nenvye;
But subgit be to alle poesye; 1790
And kis the steppes; wher…as thou seest pace
Virgile; Ovyde; Omer; Lucan; and Stace。
And for ther is so greet diversitee
In English and in wryting of our tonge;
So preye I god that noon miswryte thee; 1795
Ne thee mismetre for defaute of tonge。
And red wher…so thou be; or elles songe;
That thou be understonde I god beseche!
But yet to purpos of my rather speche。
The wraththe; as I began yow for to seye; 1800
Of Troilus; the Grekes boughten dere;
For thousandes his hondes maden deye;
As he that was with…outen any pere;
Save Ector; in his tyme; as I can here。
But weylawey; save only goddes wille; 1805
Dispitously him slough the fiers Achille。
And whan that he was slayn in this manere;
His lighte goost ful blisfully is went
Up to the holownesse of the seventh spere;
In convers letinge every element; 1810
And ther he saugh; with ful avysement;
The erratik sterres; herkeninge armonye
With sownes fulle of hevenish melodye。
And doun from thennes faste he gan avyse
This litel spot of erthe; that with the see 1815
Embraced is; and fully gan despyse
This wrecched world; and held al vanitee
To respect of the pleyn felicitee
That is in hevene above; and at the laste;
Ther he was slayn; his loking doun he caste; 1820
And in him…self he lough right at the wo
Of hem that wepten for his deeth so faste;
And dampned al our werk that folweth so
The blinde lust; the which that may not laste;
And sholden al our herte on hevene caste。 1825
And forth he wente; shortly for to telle;
Ther as Mercurie sorted him to dwelle。
Swich fyn hath; lo; this Troilus for love;
Swich fyn hath al his grete worthinesse;
Swich fyn hath his estat real above; 1830
Swich fyn his lust; swich fyn hath his noblesse;
Swich fyn hath false worldes brotelnesse。
And thus bigan his lovinge of Criseyde;
As I have told; and in this wyse he deyde。
O yonge fresshe folkes; he or she; 1835
In which that love up groweth with your age;
Repeyreth hoom from worldly vanitee;
And of your herte up…casteth the visage
To thilke god that after his image
Yow made; and thinketh al nis but a fayre 1840
This world; that passeth sone as floures fayre。
And loveth him; the which that right for love
Upon a cros; our soules for to beye;
First starf; and roos; and sit in hevene a…bove;
For he nil falsen no wight; dar I seye; 1845
That wol his herte al hoolly on him leye。
And sin he best to love is; and most meke;
What nedeth feyned loves for to seke?
Lo here; of Payens corsed olde rytes;
Lo here; what alle hir goddes may availle; 1850
Lo here; these wrecched worldes appetytes;
Lo here; the fyn and guerdon for travaille
Of Iove; Appollo; of Mars; of swich rascaille!
Lo here; the forme of olde clerkes speche
In poetrye; if ye hir bokes seche。 1855
O moral Gower; this book I directe
To thee; and to the philosophical Strode;
To vouchen sauf; ther nede is; to corecte;
Of your benignitees and zeles gode。
And to that sothfast Crist; that starf on rode; 1860
With al myn herte of mercy ever I preye;
And to the lord right thus I speke and seye:
Thou oon; and two; and three; eterne on…lyve;
That regnest ay in three and two and oon;
Uncircumscript; and al mayst circumscryve; 1865
Us from visible and invisible foon
Defende; and to thy mercy; everichoon;
So make us; Iesus; for thy grace digne;
For love of mayde and moder thyn benigne! Amen。
Explicit Liber Troili et Criseydis。
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