troilus and criseyde-第8章
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It was an heven up…on him for to see。
His helm to…hewen was in twenty places;
That by a tissew heng; his bak bihinde;
His sheld to…dasshed was with swerdes and maces; 640
In which men mighte many an arwe finde
That thirled hadde horn and nerf and rinde;
And ay the peple cryde; ‘Here cometh our Ioye;
And; next his brother; holdere up of Troye!'
For which he wex a litel reed for shame; 645
Whan he the peple up…on him herde cryen;
That to biholde it was a noble game;
How sobreliche he caste doun his yen。
Cryseyda gan al his chere aspyen;
And leet so softe it in hir herte sinke; 650
That to hir…self she seyde; ‘Who yaf me drinke?'
For of hir owene thought she wex al reed;
Remembringe hir right thus; ‘Lo; this is he
Which that myn uncle swereth he moot be deed;
But I on him have mercy and pitee;' 655
And with that thought; for pure a…shamed; she
Gan in hir heed to pulle; and that as faste;
Whyl he and al the peple for…by paste;
And gan to caste and rollen up and doun
With…inne hir thought his excellent prowesse; 660
And his estat; and also his renoun;
His wit; his shap; and eek his gentillesse;
But most hir favour was; for his distresse
Was al for hir; and thoughte it was a routhe
To sleen swich oon; if that he mente trouthe。 665
Now mighte som envyous Iangle thus;
‘This was a sodeyn love; how mighte it be
That she so lightly lovede Troilus
Right for the firste sighte; ye; pardee?'
Now who…so seyth so; mote he never thee! 670
For every thing; a ginning hath it nede
Er al be wrought; with…outen any drede。
For I sey nought that she so sodeynly
Yaf him hir love; but that she gan enclyne
To lyke him first; and I have told yow why; 675
And after that; his manhod and his pyne
Made love with…inne hir for to myne;
For which; by proces and by good servyse;
He gat hir love; and in no sodeyn wyse。
And also blisful Venus; wel arayed; 680
Sat in hir seventhe hous of hevene tho;
Disposed wel; and with aspectes payed;
To helpen sely Troilus of his wo。
And; sooth to seyn; she nas not al a fo
To Troilus in his nativitee; 685
God woot that wel the soner spedde he。
Now lat us stinte of Troilus a throwe;
That rydeth forth; and lat us tourne faste
Un…to Criseyde; that heng hir heed ful lowe;
Ther…as she sat allone; and gan to caste 690
Wher…on she wolde apoynte hir at the laste;
If it so were hir eem ne wolde cesse;
For Troilus; up…on hir for to presse。
And; lord! So she gan in hir thought argue
In this matere of which I have yow told; 695
And what to doon best were; and what eschue;
That plyted she ful ofte in many fold。
Now was hir herte warm; now was it cold;
And what she thoughte somwhat shal I wryte;
As to myn auctor listeth for to endyte。 700
She thoughte wel that Troilus persone
She knew by sighte and eek his gentillesse;
And thus she seyde; ‘Al were it nought to done;
To graunte him love; yet; for his worthinesse;
It were honour; with pley and with gladnesse; 705
In honestee; with swich a lord to dele;
For myn estat; and also for his hele。
‘Eek; wel wot I my kinges sone is he;
And sith he hath to see me swich delyt;
If I wolde utterly his sighte flee; 710
Peraunter he mighte have me in dispyt;
Thurgh which I mighte stonde in worse plyt;
Now were I wys; me hate to purchace;
With…outen nede; ther I may stonde in grace?
‘In every thing; I woot; ther lyth mesure。 715
For though a man forbede dronkenesse;
He nought for…bet that every creature
Be drinkelees for alwey; as I gesse;
Eek sith I woot for me is his distresse;
I ne oughte not for that thing him despyse; 720
Sith it is so; he meneth in good wyse。
‘And eek I knowe; of longe tyme agoon;
His thewes goode; and that he is not nyce。
Ne avauntour; seyth men; certein; he is noon;
To wys is he to do so gret a vyce; 725
Ne als I nel him never so cheryce;
That he may make avaunt; by Iuste cause;
He shal me never binde in swiche a clause。
‘Now set a cas; the hardest is; y…wis;
Men mighten deme that he loveth me; 730
What dishonour were it un…to me; this?
May I him lette of that? Why nay; pardee!
I knowe also; and alday here and see;
Men loven wommen al this toun aboute;
Be they the wers? Why; nay; with…outen doute。 735
‘I thenk eek how he able is for to have
Of al this noble toun the thriftieste;
To been his love; so she hir honour save;
For out and out he is the worthieste;
Save only Ector; which that is the beste。 740
And yet his lyf al lyth now in my cure;
But swich is love; and eek myn aventure。
‘Ne me to love; a wonder is it nought;
For wel wot I my…self; so god me spede;
Al wolde I that noon wiste of this thought; 745
I am oon the fayreste; out of drede;
And goodlieste; who…so taketh hede;
And so men seyn in al the toun of Troye。
What wonder is it though he of me have Ioye?
‘I am myn owene woman; wel at ese; 750
I thank it god; as after myn estat;
Right yong; and stonde unteyd in lusty lese;
With…outen Ialousye or swich debat;
Shal noon housbonde seyn to me 〃Chekmat!〃
For either they ben ful of Ialousye; 755
Or maisterful; or loven novelrye。
‘What shal I doon? To what fyn live I thus?
Shal I nat loven; in cas if that me leste?
What; par dieux! I am nought religious!
And though that I myn herte sette at reste 760
Upon this knight; that is the worthieste;
And kepe alwey myn honour and my name;
By alle right; it may do me no shame。'
But right as whan the sonne shyneth brighte;
In March; that chaungeth ofte tyme his face; 765
And that a cloud is put with wind to flighte
Which over…sprat the sonne as for a space;
A cloudy thought gan thorugh hir soule pace;
That over…spradde hir brighte thoughtes alle;
So that for fere almost she gan to falle。 770
That thought was this: ‘Allas! Sin I am free;
Sholde I now love; and putte in Iupartye
My sikernesse; and thrallen libertee?
Allas! How dorste I thenken that folye?
May I nought wel in other folk aspye 775
Hir dredful Ioye; hir constreynt; and hir peyne?
Ther loveth noon; that she nath why to pleyne。
‘For love is yet the moste stormy lyf;
Right of him…self; that ever was bigonne;
For ever som mistrust; or nyce stryf; 780
Ther is in love; som cloud is over that sonne:
Ther…to we wrecched wommen no…thing conne;
Whan us is wo; but wepe and sitte and thinke;
Our wreche is this; our owene wo to drinke。
‘Also these wikked tonges been so prest 785
To speke us harm; eek men be so untrewe;
That; right anoon as cessed is hir lest;
So cesseth love; and forth to love a newe:
But harm y…doon; is doon; who…so it rewe。
For though these men for love hem first to…rende; 790
Ful sharp biginning breketh ofte at ende。
‘How ofte tyme hath it y…knowen be;
The treson; that to womman hath be do?
To what fyn is swich love; I can nat see;
Or wher bicometh it; whan it is ago; 795
Ther is no wight that woot; I trowe so;
Wher it bycomth; lo; no wight on it sporneth;
That erst was no…thing; in…to nought it torneth。
‘How bisy; if I love; eek moste I be
To plesen hem that Iangle of love; and demen; 800
And coye hem; that they sey non harm of me?
For though ther be no cause; yet hem semen
Al be for harm that folk hir freendes quemen;
And who may stoppen every wikked tonge;
Or soun of belles whyl that they be ronge?' 805
And after that; hir thought bigan to clere;
And seyde; ‘He which that no…thing under…taketh;
No thing ne acheveth; be him looth or dere。'
And with an other thought hir herte quaketh;
Than slepeth hope; and after dreed awaketh; 810
Now hoot; now cold; but thus; bi…twixen tweye;
She rist hir up; and went hir for to pleye。
Adoun the steyre anoon…right tho she wente
In…to the gardin; with hir neces three;
And up and doun ther made many a wente; 815
Flexippe; she; Tharbe; and Antigone;
To pleyen; that it Ioye was to see;
And othere of hir wommen; a gret route;
hir folwede in the gardin al aboute。
This yerd was large; and rayled alle the aleyes; 820
And shadwed wel with blosmy bowes grene;
And benched newe; and sonded alle the weyes;
In which she walketh arm in arm bi…twene;
Til at the laste Antigone the shene
Gan on a Troian song to singe clere; 825
That it an heven was hir voys to here。
She seyde; ‘O love; to whom I have and shal
Ben humble subgit; trewe in myn entente;
As I best can; to yow; lord; yeve ich al
For ever…more; myn hertes lust to rente。 830
For never yet thy grace no wight sente
So blisful cause as me; my lyf to lede
In alle Ioye and seurtee; out of drede。
‘Ye; blisful god; han me so wel beset
In love; y…wis; that al that bereth lyf 835
Imaginen ne cowde how to ben bet;
For; lord; with…outen Ialousye or stryf;
I love oon which that is most ententyf
To serven wel; unwery or unfeyned;
That ever was; and leest with harm distreyned。 840
‘As he that is the welle of worthinesse;
Of trouthe ground; mirour of goodliheed;
Of wit Appollo; stoon of sikernesse;
Of vertu rote; of lust findere and heed;
Thurgh which is alle sorwe fro me deed; 845
Y…wis; I love him best; so doth he me;
Now good thrift have he; wher…so that he be!
‘Whom sholde I thanke but yow; god of love;
Of al this blisse; in which to bathe I ginne?
And thanked be ye; lord; for that I love! 850
This is the righte lyf that I am inne;
To flemen alle manere vyce and sinne:
This doth me so to vertu for to entende;
That day by day I in my wil amende。
‘And who…so seyth that for to love is vyce; 855
Or thraldom; though he fele in it distresse;
He outher is envyous; or right nyce;
Or is unmighty; for his shrewednesse;
To loven; for swich maner folk; I gesse;
Defamen love; as no…thing of him knowe; 860
Thei speken; but they bente never his bowe。
‘What is the sonne wers; of kinde righte;
Though that a man; for feblesse of his yen;
May nought endure on it to see for brighte?
Or love the wers; though wrecches on it cryen? 865
No wele is worth; that may no sorwe dryen。
And for…thy; who that hath an heed of verre;
Fro cast of stones war him in the werre!
‘But I with al myn herte and al my might;
As I have seyd; wol love; un…to my laste; 870
My dere herte; and al myn owene knight;
In which myn herte growen is so faste;
And his in me; that it shal ever laste。
Al dredde I first to love him to biginne;
Now woot I wel; ther is no peril inne。' 875
And of hir song right with that word she stente;
And therwith…al; ‘Now; nece;' quod Criseyde;
‘Who made this song with so good entente?'
Antigone answerde anoon; and seyde;
‘Ma dame; y…wis; the goodlieste mayde 880
Of greet estat in al the toun of Troye;
And let hir lyf in most honour and Ioye。'
‘Forsothe; so it semeth by hir song;'
Quod tho Criseyde; and gan ther…with to syke;
And seyd