troilus and criseyde-第6章
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A thousand fold; and doun hir eyen caste;
For never; sith the tyme that she was born;
To knowe thing desired she so faste;
And with a syk she seyde him at the laste; 145
‘Now; uncle myn; I nil yow nought displese;
Nor axen more; that may do yow disese。'
So after this; with many wordes glade;
And freendly tales; and with mery chere;
Of this and that they pleyde; and gunnen wade 150
In many an unkouth glad and deep matere;
As freendes doon; whan they ben met y…fere;
Til she gan axen him how Ector ferde;
That was the tounes wal and Grekes yerde。
‘Ful wel; I thanke it god;' quod Pandarus; 155
‘Save in his arm he hath a litel wounde;
And eek his fresshe brother Troilus;
The wyse worthy Ector the secounde;
In whom that ever vertu list abounde;
As alle trouthe and alle gentillesse; 160
Wysdom; honour; fredom; and worthinesse。'
‘In good feith; eem;' quod she; ‘that lyketh me;
They faren wel; god save hem bothe two!
For trewely I holde it greet deyntee
A kinges sone in armes wel to do; 165
And been of good condiciouns ther…to;
For greet power and moral vertu here
Is selde y…seye in o persone y…fere。'
‘In good feith; that is sooth;' quod Pandarus;
‘But; by my trouthe; the king hath sones tweye; 170
That is to mene; Ector and Troilus;
That certainly; though that I sholde deye;
They been as voyde of vyces; dar I seye;
As any men that liveth under the sonne;
Hir might is wyde y…knowe; and what they conne。 175
‘Of Ector nedeth it nought for to telle:
In al this world ther nis a bettre knight
Than he; that is of worthinesse welle;
And he wel more vertu hath than might。
This knoweth many a wys and worthy wight。 180
The same prys of Troilus I seye;
God help me so; I knowe not swiche tweye。'
‘By god;' quod she; ‘of Ector that is sooth;
Of Troilus the same thing trowe I;
For; dredelees; men tellen that he dooth 185
In armes day by day so worthily;
And bereth him here at hoom so gentilly
To every wight; that al the prys hath he
Of hem that me were levest preysed be。'
‘Ye sey right sooth; y…wis;' quod Pandarus; 190
‘For yesterday; who…so hadde with him been;
He might have wondred up…on Troilus;
For never yet so thikke a swarm of been
Ne fleigh; as Grekes fro him gonne fleen;
And thorugh the feld; in everi wightes ere; 195
Ther nas no cry but 〃Troilus is there!〃
‘Now here; now there; he hunted hem so faste;
Ther nas but Grekes blood; and Troilus;
Now hem he hurte; and hem alle doun he caste;
Ay where he wente; it was arayed thus: 200
He was hir deeth; and sheld and lyf for us;
That as that day ther dorste noon with…stonde;
Whyl that he held his blody swerd in honde。
‘Therto he is the freendlieste man
Of grete estat; that ever I saw my lyve; 205
And wher him list; best felawshipe can
To suche as him thinketh able for to thryve。'
And with that word tho Pandarus; as blyve;
He took his leve; and seyde; ‘I wol go henne。'
‘Nay; blame have I; myn uncle;' quod she thenne。 210
‘What eyleth yow to be thus wery sone;
And namelich of wommen? Wol ye so?
Nay; sitteth down; by god; I have to done
With yow; to speke of wisdom er ye go。'
And every wight that was a…boute hem tho; 215
That herde that; gan fer a…wey to stonde;
Whyl they two hadde al that hem liste in honde。
Whan that hir tale al brought was to an ende;
Of hire estat and of hir governaunce;
Quod Pandarus; ‘Now is it tyme I wende; 220
But yet; I seye; aryseth; lat us daunce;
And cast your widwes habit to mischaunce:
What list yow thus your…self to disfigure;
Sith yow is tid thus fair an aventure?'
‘A! Wel bithought! For love of god;' quod she; 225
‘Shal I not witen what ye mene of this?'
‘No; this thing axeth layser;' tho quod he;
‘And eek me wolde muche greve; y…wis;
If I it tolde; and ye it toke amis。
Yet were it bet my tonge for to stille 230
Than seye a sooth that were ayeins your wille。
‘For; nece; by the goddesse Minerve;
And Iuppiter; that maketh the thonder ringe;
And by the blisful Venus that I serve;
Ye been the womman in this world livinge; 235
With…oute paramours; to my wittinge;
That I best love; and lothest am to greve;
And that ye witen wel your…self; I leve。'
‘Y…wis; myn uncle;' quod she; ‘grant mercy;
Your freendship have I founden ever yit; 240
I am to no man holden trewely;
So muche as yow; and have so litel quit;
And; with the grace of god; emforth my wit;
As in my gilt I shal you never offende;
And if I have er this; I wol amende。 245
‘But; for the love of god; I yow beseche;
As ye ben he that I love most and triste;
Lat be to me your fremde manere speche;
And sey to me; your nece; what yow liste:'
And with that word hir uncle anoon hir kiste; 250
And seyde; ‘Gladly; leve nece dere;
Tak it for good that I shal seye yow here。'
With that she gan hir eiyen doun to caste;
And Pandarus to coghe gan a lyte;
And seyde; ‘Nece; alwey; lo! To the laste; 255
How…so it be that som men hem delyte
With subtil art hir tales for to endyte;
Yet for al that; in hir entencioun
Hir tale is al for som conclusioun。
‘And sithen thende is every tales strengthe; 260
And this matere is so bihovely;
What sholde I peynte or drawen it on lengthe
To yow; that been my freend so feithfully?'
And with that word he gan right inwardly
Biholden hir; and loken on hir face; 265
And seyde; ‘On suche a mirour goode grace!'
Than thoughte he thus: ‘If I my tale endyte
Ought hard; or make a proces any whyle;
She shal no savour han ther…in but lyte;
And trowe I wolde hir in my wil bigyle。 270
For tendre wittes wenen al be wyle
Ther…as they can nat pleynly understonde;
For…thy hir wit to serven wol I fonde '
And loked on hir in a besy wyse;
And she was war that he byheld hir so; 275
And seyde; ‘Lord! So faste ye me avyse!
Sey ye me never er now? What sey ye; no?'
‘Yes; yes;' quod he; ‘and bet wole er I go;
But; by my trouthe; I thoughte now if ye
Be fortunat; for now men shal it see。 280
‘For to every wight som goodly aventure
Som tyme is shape; if he it can receyven;
And if that he wol take of it no cure;
Whan that it commeth; but wilfully it weyven;
Lo; neither cas nor fortune him deceyven; 285
But right his verray slouthe and wrecchednesse;
And swich a wight is for to blame; I gesse。
‘Good aventure; O bele nece; have ye
Ful lightly founden; and ye conne it take;
And; for the love of god; and eek of me; 290
Cacche it anoon; lest aventure slake。
What sholde I lenger proces of it make?
Yif me your hond; for in this world is noon;
If that yow list; a wight so wel begoon。
‘And sith I speke of good entencioun; 295
As I to yow have told wel here…biforn;
And love as wel your honour and renoun
As creature in al this world y…born;
By alle the othes that I have yow sworn;
And ye be wrooth therfore; or wene I lye; 300
Ne shal I never seen yow eft with ye。
‘Beth nought agast; ne quaketh nat; wher…to?
Ne chaungeth nat for fere so your hewe;
For hardely the werste of this is do;
And though my tale as now be to yow newe; 305
Yet trist alwey; ye shal me finde trewe;
And were it thing that me thoughte unsittinge;
To yow nolde I no swiche tales bringe。'
‘Now; my good eem; for goddes love; I preye;'
Quod she; ‘com of; and tel me what it is; 310
For bothe I am agast what ye wol seye;
And eek me longeth it to wite; y…wis。
For whether it be wel or be amis;
Say on; lat me not in this fere dwelle:'
‘So wol I doon; now herkneth; I shal telle: 315
‘Now; nece myn; the kinges dere sone;
The goode; wyse; worthy; fresshe; and free;
Which alwey for to do wel is his wone;
The noble Troilus; so loveth thee;
That; bot ye helpe; it wol his bane be。 320
Lo; here is al; what sholde I more seye?
Doth what yow list; to make him live or deye。
‘But if ye lete him deye; I wol sterve;
Have her my trouthe; nece; I nil not lyen;
Al sholde I with this knyf my throte kerve ' 325
With that the teres braste out of his yen;
And seyde; ‘If that ye doon us bothe dyen;
Thus giltelees; than have ye fisshed faire;
What mende ye; though that we bothe apeyre?
‘Allas! He which that is my lord so dere; 330
That trewe man; that noble gentil knight;
That nought desireth but your freendly chere;
I see him deye; ther he goth up…right;
And hasteth him; with al his fulle might;
For to be slayn; if fortune wol assente; 335
Allas! That god yow swich a beautee sente!
‘If it be so that ye so cruel be;
That of his deeth yow liste nought to recche;
That is so trewe and worthy; as ye see;
No more than of a Iapere or a wrecche; 340
If ye be swich; your beautee may not strecche
To make amendes of so cruel a dede;
Avysement is good bifore the nede。
‘Wo worth the faire gemme vertulees!
Wo worth that herbe also that dooth no bote! 345
Wo worth that beautee that is routhelees!
Wo worth that wight that tret ech under fote!
And ye; that been of beautee crop and rote;
If therwith…al in you ther be no routhe;
Than is it harm ye liven; by my trouthe! 350
‘And also thenk wel that this is no gaude;
For me were lever; thou and I and he
Were hanged; than I sholde been his baude;
As heyghe; as men mighte on us alle y…see:
I am thyn eem; the shame were to me; 355
As wel as thee; if that I sholde assente;
Thorugh myn abet; that he thyn honour shente。
‘Now understond; for I yow nought requere;
To binde yow to him thorugh no beheste;
But only that ye make him bettre chere 360
Than ye han doon er this; and more feste;
So that his lyf be saved; at the leste;
This al and som; and playnly our entente;
God help me so; I never other mente。
‘Lo; this request is not but skile; y…wis; 365
Ne doute of reson; pardee; is ther noon。
I sette the worste that ye dredden this;
Men wolden wondren seen him come or goon:
Ther…ayeins answere I thus a…noon;
That every wight; but he be fool of kinde; 370
Wol deme it love of freendship in his minde。
‘What? Who wol deme; though he see a man
To temple go; that he the images eteth?
Thenk eek how wel and wysly that he can
Governe him…self; that he no…thing foryeteth; 375
That; wher he cometh; he prys and thank him geteth;
And eek ther…to; he shal come here so selde;
What fors were it though al the toun behelde?
‘Swich love of freendes regneth al this toun;
And wrye yow in that mantel ever…mo; 380
And god so wis be my savacioun;
As I have seyd; your beste is to do so。
But alwey; goode nece; to stinte his wo;
So lat your daunger sucred ben a lyte;
That of his deeth ye be nought for to wyte。' 385
Criseyde; which that herde him in this wyse;
Thoughte; ‘I shal fele what he meneth; y…wis。'
‘Now; eem;' quod she; ‘what wolde ye devyse?
What is your reed I sholde doon of this?'
‘That is wel seyd;' quod b