confessio amantis-第97章
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〃Avoi; mi lord; I am a Maide;
And if ye wiste what I am;
And out of what lignage I cam;
Ye wolde noght be so salvage。〃
With that he sobreth his corage 1700
And put awey his hevy chiere。
Bot of hem tuo a man mai liere
What is to be so sibb of blod:
Non wiste of other hou it stod;
And yit the fader ate laste
His herte upon this maide caste;
That he hire loveth kindely;
And yit he wiste nevere why。
Bot al was knowe er that thei wente;
For god; which wot here hol entente; 1710
Here hertes bothe anon descloseth。
This king unto this maide opposeth;
And axeth ferst what was hire name;
And wher sche lerned al this game;
And of what ken that sche was come。
And sche; that hath hise wordes nome;
Ansuerth and seith; 〃My name is Thaise;
That was som time wel at aise:
In Tharse I was forthdrawe and fed;
Ther lerned I; til I was sped; 1720
Of that I can。 Mi fader eke
I not wher that I scholde him seke;
He was a king; men tolde me:
Mi Moder dreint was in the See。〃
Fro point to point al sche him tolde;
That sche hath longe in herte holde;
And nevere dorste make hir mone
Bot only to this lord al one;
To whom hire herte can noght hele;
Torne it to wo; torne it to wele; 1730
Torne it to good; torne it to harm。
And he tho toke hire in his arm;
Bot such a joie as he tho made
Was nevere sen; thus be thei glade;
That sory hadden be toforn。
Fro this day forth fortune hath sworn
To sette him upward on the whiel;
So goth the world; now wo; now wel:
This king hath founde newe grace;
So that out of his derke place 1740
He goth him up into the liht;
And with him cam that swete wiht;
His doghter Thaise; and forth anon
Thei bothe into the Caban gon
Which was ordeigned for the king;
And ther he dede of al his thing;
And was arraied realy。
And out he cam al openly;
Wher Athenagoras he fond;
The which was lord of al the lond: 1750
He preith the king to come and se
His castell bothe and his cite;
And thus thei gon forth alle in fiere;
This king; this lord; this maiden diere。
This lord tho made hem riche feste
With every thing which was honeste;
To plese with this worthi king;
Ther lacketh him no maner thing:
Bot yit for al his noble array
Wifles he was into that day; 1760
As he that yit was of yong Age;
So fell ther into his corage
The lusti wo; the glade peine
Of love; which noman restreigne
Yit nevere myhte as nou tofore。
This lord thenkth al his world forlore;
Bot if the king wol don him grace;
He waiteth time; he waiteth place;
Him thoghte his herte wol tobreke;
Til he mai to this maide speke 1770
And to hir fader ek also
For mariage: and it fell so;
That al was do riht as he thoghte;
His pourpos to an ende he broghte;
Sche weddeth him as for hire lord;
Thus be thei alle of on acord。
Whan al was do riht as thei wolde;
The king unto his Sone tolde
Of Tharse thilke traiterie;
And seide hou in his compaignie 1780
His doghter and himselven eke
Schull go vengance forto seke。
The Schipes were redy sone;
And whan thei sihe it was to done;
Withoute lette of eny wente
With Seil updrawe forth thei wente
Towardes Tharse upon the tyde。
Bot he that wot what schal betide;
The hihe god; which wolde him kepe;
Whan that this king was faste aslepe; 1790
Be nyhtes time he hath him bede
To seile into an other stede:
To Ephesim he bad him drawe;
And as it was that time lawe;
He schal do there his sacrifise;
And ek he bad in alle wise
That in the temple amonges alle
His fortune; as it is befalle;
Touchende his doghter and his wif
He schal beknowe upon his lif。 1800
The king of this Avisioun
Hath gret ymaginacioun;
What thing it signefie may;
And natheles; whan it was day;
He bad caste Ancher and abod;
And whil that he on Ancher rod;
The wynd; which was tofore strange;
Upon the point began to change;
And torneth thider as it scholde。
Tho knew he wel that god it wolde; 1810
And bad the Maister make him yare;
Tofor the wynd for he wol fare
To Ephesim; and so he dede。
And whanne he cam unto the stede
Where as he scholde londe; he londeth
With al the haste he may; and fondeth
To schapen him be such a wise;
That he may be the morwe arise
And don after the mandement
Of him which hath him thider sent。 1820
And in the wise that he thoghte;
Upon the morwe so he wroghte;
His doghter and his Sone he nom;
And forth unto the temple he com
With a gret route in compaignie;
Hise yiftes forto sacrifie。
The citezeins tho herden seie
Of such a king that cam to preie
Unto Diane the godesse;
And left al other besinesse; 1830
Thei comen thider forto se
The king and the solempnete。
With worthi knyhtes environed
The king himself hath abandoned
Into the temple in good entente。
The dore is up; and he in wente;
Wher as with gret devocioun
Of holi contemplacioun
Withinne his herte he made his schrifte;
And after that a riche yifte 1840
He offreth with gret reverence;
And there in open Audience
Of hem that stoden thanne aboute;
He tolde hem and declareth oute
His hap; such as him is befalle;
Ther was nothing foryete of alle。
His wif; as it was goddes grace;
Which was professed in the place;
As sche that was Abbesse there;
Unto his tale hath leid hire Ere: 1850
Sche knew the vois and the visage;
For pure joie as in a rage
Sche strawhte unto him al at ones;
And fell aswoune upon the stones;
Wherof the temple flor was paved。
Sche was anon with water laved;
Til sche cam to hirself ayein;
And thanne sche began to sein:
〃Ha; blessed be the hihe sonde;
That I mai se myn housebonde; 1860
That whilom he and I were on!〃
The king with that knew hire anon;
And tok hire in his Arm and kiste;
And al the toun thus sone it wiste。
Tho was ther joie manyfold;
For every man this tale hath told
As for miracle; and were glade;
Bot nevere man such joie made
As doth the king; which hath his wif。
And whan men herde hou that hir lif 1870
Was saved; and be whom it was;
Thei wondren alle of such a cas:
Thurgh al the Lond aros the speche
Of Maister Cerymon the leche
And of the cure which he dede。
The king himself tho hath him bede;
And ek this queene forth with him;
That he the toun of Ephesim
Wol leve and go wher as thei be;
For nevere man of his degre 1880
Hath do to hem so mochel good;
And he his profit understod;
And granteth with hem forto wende。
And thus thei maden there an ende;
And token leve and gon to Schipe
With al the hole felaschipe。
This king; which nou hath his desir;
Seith he wol holde his cours to Tyr。
Thei hadden wynd at wille tho;
With topseilcole and forth they go; 1890
And striken nevere; til thei come
To Tyr; where as thei havene nome;
And londen hem with mochel blisse。
Tho was ther many a mowth to kisse;
Echon welcometh other hom;
Bot whan the queen to londe com;
And Thaise hir doghter be hir side;
The joie which was thilke tyde
Ther mai no mannes tunge telle:
Thei seiden alle; 〃Hier comth the welle 1900
Of alle wommannysshe grace。〃
The king hath take his real place;
The queene is into chambre go:
Ther was gret feste arraied tho;
Whan time was; thei gon to mete;
Alle olde sorwes ben foryete;
And gladen hem with joies newe:
The descoloured pale hewe
Is now become a rody cheke;
Ther was no merthe forto seke; 1910
Bot every man hath that he wolde。
The king; as he wel couthe and scholde;
Makth to his poeple riht good chiere;
And after sone; as thou schalt hiere;
A parlement he hath sommoned;
Wher he his doghter hath coroned
Forth with the lord of Mitelene;
That on is king; that other queene:
And thus the fadres ordinance
This lond hath set in governance; 1920
And seide thanne he wolde wende
To Tharse; forto make an ende
Of that his doghter was betraied。
Therof were alle men wel paied;
And seide hou it was forto done:
The Schipes weren redi sone;
And strong pouer with him he tok;
Up to the Sky he caste his lok;
And syh the wynd was covenable。
Thei hale up Ancher with the cable; 1930
The Seil on hih; the Stiere in honde;
And seilen; til thei come alonde
At Tharse nyh to the cite;
And whan thei wisten it was he;
The toun hath don him reverence。
He telleth hem the violence;
Which the tretour Strangulio
And Dionise him hadde do
Touchende his dowhter; as yee herde;
And whan thei wiste hou that it ferde; 1940
As he which pes and love soghte;
Unto the toun this he besoghte;
To don him riht in juggement。
Anon thei were bothe asent
With strengthe of men; and comen sone;
And as hem thoghte it was to done;
Atteint thei were be the lawe
And diemed forto honge and drawe;
And brent and with the wynd toblowe;
That al the world it myhte knowe: 1950
And upon this condicion
The dom in execucion
Was put anon withoute faile。
And every man hath gret mervaile;
Which herde tellen of this chance;
And thonketh goddes pourveance;
Which doth mercy forth with justice。
Slain is the moerdrer and moerdrice
Thurgh verray trowthe of rihtwisnesse;
And thurgh mercy sauf is simplesse 1960
Of hire whom mercy preserveth;
Thus hath he wel that wel deserveth。
Whan al this thing is don and ended;
This king; which loved was and frended;
A lettre hath; which cam to him
Be Schipe fro Pentapolim;
Be which the lond hath to him write;
That he wolde understonde and wite
Hou in good mynde and in good pes
Ded is the king Artestrates; 1970
Wherof thei alle of on acord
Him preiden; as here liege lord;
That he the lettre wel conceive
And come his regne to receive;
Which god hath yove him and fortune;
And thus besoghte the commune
Forth with the grete lordes alle。
This king sih how it was befalle;
Fro Tharse and in prosperite
He tok his leve of that Cite 1980
And goth him into Schipe ayein:
The wynd was good; the See was plein;
Hem nedeth noght a Riff to slake;
Til thei Pentapolim have take。
The lond; which herde of that tidinge;
Was wonder glad of his cominge;
He resteth him a day or tuo
And tok his conseil to him tho;
And sette a time of Parlement;
Wher al the lond of on assent 1990
Forth with his wif hath him corouned;
Wher alle goode him was fuisouned。
Lo; what it is to be wel grounded:
For he hath ferst his love founded
Honesteliche as forto wedde;
Honesteliche his love he spedde
And hadde children with his wif;
And as him liste he ladde his lif;
And in ensample his lif was write;
That alle lovers myhten wite 2000
How ate laste it schal be sene
Of love what thei wolden mene。
For se now on that other side;
Antiochus with al his Pride;
Which sette his love unkindely;
His ende he hadde al sodeinly;
Set ayein kinde upon vengance;
And for his lust hath his penance。
Lo thus; mi Sone; myht thou liere
What is to love in good manere; 2010
And what to love in other wise:
The mede arist of the servise;
Fortune; thogh sche be noght stable;
Yit at som time is favorable
To hem that ben of love trewe。
Bot certes it is forto rewe
To se love ayein kinde falle;
For that makth sore a man to falle;
As thou myht of tofore rede。
Forthi; my Sone; I wolde rede 2020
To lete al other love aweie;
Bot if it be thurgh such a weie
As love and reson wolde acorde。
For elles; if that thou descorde;
And take lust as doth a beste;
Thi love mai noght ben honeste;
For be no skile that I finde
Such lust is noght of loves kinde。
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