troilus and criseyde-第16部分
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Thise ilke two; Criseyde and Troilus;
As I have told; and in this tyme swete;
Save only often mighte they not mete;
Ne layser have hir speches to fulfelle; 510
That it befel right as I shal yow telle。
That Pandarus; that ever dide his might
Right for the fyn that I shal speke of here;
As for to bringe to his hous som night
His faire nece; and Troilus y…fere; 515
Wher…as at leyser al this heigh matere;
Touching hir love; were at the fulle up…bounde;
Hadde out of doute a tyme to it founde。
For he with greet deliberacioun
Hadde every thing that her…to mighte avayle 520
Forn…cast; and put in execucioun。
And neither laft; for cost ne for travayle;
Come if hem list; hem sholde no…thing fayle;
And for to been in ought espyed there;
That; wiste he wel; an inpossible were。 525
Dredelees; it cleer was in the wind
Of every pye and every lette…game;
Now al is wel; for al the world is blind
In this matere; bothe fremed and tame。
This timbur is al redy up to frame; 530
Us lakketh nought but that we witen wolde
A certein houre; in which she comen sholde。
And Troilus; that al this purveyaunce
Knew at the fulle; and waytede on it ay;
Hadde here…up…on eek made gret ordenaunce; 535
And founde his cause; and ther…to his aray;
If that he were missed; night or day;
Ther…whyle he was aboute this servyse;
That he was goon to doon his sacrifyse;
And moste at swich a temple alone wake; 540
Answered of Appollo for to be;
And first to seen the holy laurer quake;
Er that Apollo spak out of the tree;
To telle him next whan Grekes sholden flee;
And forthy lette him no man; god forbede; 545
But preye Apollo helpen in this nede。
Now is ther litel more for to doone;
But Pandare up; and shortly for to seyne;
Right sone upon the chaunging of the mone;
Whan lightles is the world a night or tweyne; 550
And that the welken shoop him for to reyne;
He streight a…morwe un…to his nece wente;
Ye han wel herd the fyn of his entente。
Whan he was come; he gan anoon to pleye
As he was wont; and of him…self to Iape; 555
And fynally; he swor and gan hir seye;
By this and that; she sholde him not escape;
Ne lengere doon him after hir to gape;
But certeynly she moste; by hir leve;
Come soupen in his hous with him at eve。 560
At whiche she lough; and gan hir faste excuse;
And seyde; ‘It rayneth; lo; how sholde I goon?'
‘Lat be;' quod he; ‘ne stond not thus to muse;
This moot be doon; ye shal be ther anoon。'
So at the laste her…of they felle at oon; 565
Or elles; softe he swor hir in hir ere;
He nolde never come ther she were。
Sone after this; to him she gan to rowne;
And asked him if Troilus were there?
He swor hir; ‘Nay; for he was out of towne;' 570
And seyde; ‘Nece; I pose that he were;
Yow thurfte never have the more fere。
For rather than men mighte him ther aspye;
Me were lever a thousand…fold to dye。'
Nought list myn auctor fully to declare 575
What that she thoughte whan he seyde so;
That Troilus was out of town y…fare;
As if he seyde ther…of sooth or no;
But that; with…outen awayt; with him to go;
She graunted him; sith he hir that bisoughte 580
And; as his nece; obeyed as hir oughte。
But nathelees; yet gan she him biseche;
Al…though with him to goon it was no fere;
For to be war of goosish peples speche;
That dremen thinges whiche that never were; 585
And wel avyse him whom he broughte there;
And seyde him; ‘Eem; sin I mot on yow triste;
Loke al be wel; and do now as yow liste。'
He swor hire; ‘Yis; by stokkes and by stones;
And by the goddes that in hevene dwelle; 590
Or elles were him levere; soule and bones;
With Pluto king as depe been in helle
As Tantalus!' What sholde I more telle?
Whan al was wel; he roos and took his leve;
And she to souper com; whan it was eve; 595
With a certayn of hir owene men;
And with hir faire nece Antigone;
And othere of hir wommen nyne or ten;
But who was glad now; who; as trowe ye;
But Troilus; that stood and mighte it see 600
Thurgh…out a litel windowe in a stewe;
Ther he bishet; sin midnight; was in mewe;
Unwist of every wight but of Pandare?
But to the poynt; now whan that she was y…come
With alle Ioye; and alle frendes fare; 605
Hir em anoon in armes hath hir nome;
And after to the souper; alle and some;
Whan tyme was; ful softe they hem sette;
God wot; ther was no deyntee for to fette。
And after souper gonnen they to ryse; 610
At ese wel; with hertes fresshe and glade;
And wel was him that coude best devyse
To lyken hir; or that hir laughen made。
He song; she pleyde; he tolde tale of Wade。
But at the laste; as every thing hath ende; 615
She took hir leve; and nedes wolde wende。
But O; Fortune; executrice of wierdes;
O influences of thise hevenes hye!
Soth is; that; under god; ye ben our hierdes;
Though to us bestes been the causes wrye。 620
This mene I now; for she gan hoomward hye;
But execut was al bisyde hir leve;
At the goddes wil; for which she moste bleve。
The bente mone with hir hornes pale;
Saturne; and Iove; in Cancro ioyned were; 625
That swich a rayn from hevene gan avale
That every maner womman that was there
Hadde of that smoky reyn a verray fere;
At which Pandare tho lough; and seyde thenne;
‘Now were it tyme a lady to go henne! 630
‘But goode nece; if I mighte ever plese
Yow any…thing; than prey I yow;' quod he;
‘To doon myn herte as now so greet an ese
As for to dwelle here al this night with me;
For…why this is your owene hous; pardee。 635
For; by my trouthe; I sey it nought a…game;
To wende as now; it were to me a shame。'
Criseyde; which that coude as muche good
As half a world; tok hede of his preyere;
And sin it ron; and al was on a flood; 640
She thoughte; as good chep may I dwellen here;
And graunte it gladly with a freendes chere;
And have a thank; as grucche and thanne abyde;
For hoom to goon; it may nought wel bityde。'
‘I wol;' quod she; ‘myn uncle leef and dere; 645
Sin that yow list; it skile is to be so;
I am right glad with yow to dwellen here;
I seyde but a…game; I wolde go。'
‘Y…wis; graunt mercy; nece!' quod he tho;
‘Were it a game or no; soth for to telle; 650
Now am I glad; sin that yow list to dwelle。'
Thus al is wel; but tho bigan aright
The newe Ioye; and al the feste agayn;
But Pandarus; if goodly hadde he might;
He wolde han hyed hir to bedde fayn; 655
And seyde; ‘Lord; this is an huge rayn!
This were a weder for to slepen inne;
And that I rede us sonE to biginne。
‘And nece; woot ye wher I wol yow leye;
For that we shul not liggen fer asonder; 660
And for ye neither shullen; dar I seye;
Heren noise of reynes nor of thondre?
By god; right in my lyte closet yonder。
And I wol in that outer hous allone
Be wardeyn of your wommen everichone。 665
‘And in this middel chaumbre that ye see
Shal youre wommen slepen wel and softe;
And ther I seyde shal your…selve be;
And if ye liggen wel to…night; com ofte;
And careth not what weder is on…lofte。 670
The wyn anon; and whan so that yow leste;
So go we slepe; I trowe it be the beste。'
Ther nis no more; but here…after sone;
The voyde dronke; and travers drawe anon;
Gan every wight; that hadde nought to done 675
More in the place; out of the chaumber gon。
And ever…mo so sternelich it ron;
And blew ther…with so wonderliche loude;
That wel neigh no man heren other coude。
Tho Pandarus; hir eem; right as him oughte; 680
With women swiche as were hir most aboute;
Ful glad un…to hir beddes syde hir broughte;
And toke his leve; and gan ful lowe loute;
And seyde; ‘Here at this closet…dore with…oute;
Right over…thwart; your wommen liggen alle; 685
That; whom yow list of hem; ye may here calle。'
So whan that she was in the closet leyd;
And alle hir wommen forth by ordenaunce
A…bedde weren; ther as I have seyd;
There was no more to skippen nor to traunce; 690
But boden go to bedde; with mischaunce;
If any wight was steringe any…where;
And late hem slepe that a…bedde were。
But Pandarus; that wel coude eche a del
The olde daunce; and every poynt ther…inne; 695
Whan that he sey that alle thing was wel;
He thoughte he wolde up…on his werk biginne;
And gan the stewe…dore al softe un…pinne;
And stille as stoon; with…outen lenger lette;
By Troilus a…doun right he him sette。 700
And; shortly to the poynt right for to gon;
Of al this werk he tolde him word and ende;
And seyde; ‘Make thee redy right anon;
For thou shalt in…to hevene blisse wende。'
‘Now blisful Venus; thou me grace sende;' 705
Quod Troilus; ‘for never yet no nede
Hadde I er now; ne halvendel the drede。'
Quod Pandarus; ‘Ne drede thee never a del;
For it shal been right as thou wilt desyre;
So thryve I; this night shal I make it wel; 710
Or casten al the gruwel in the fyre。'
‘Yit blisful Venus; this night thou me enspyre;'
Quod Troilus; ‘as wis as I thee serve;
And ever bet and bet shal; til I sterve。
‘And if I hadde; O Venus ful of murthe; 715
Aspectes badde of Mars or of Saturne;
Or thou combust or let were in my birthe;
Thy fader prey al thilke harm disturne
Of grace; and that I glad ayein may turne;
For love of him thou lovedest in the shawe; 720
I mene Adoon; that with the boor was slawe。
‘O Iove eek; for the love of faire Europe;
The whiche in forme of bole awey thou fette;
Now help; O Mars; thou with thy blody cope;
For love of Cipris; thou me nought ne lette; 725
O Phebus; thenk whan Dane hir…selven shette
Under the bark; and laurer wex for drede;
Yet for hir love; O help now at this nede!
‘Mercurie; for the love of Hierse eke;
For which Pallas was with Aglauros wrooth; 730
Now help; and eek Diane; I thee biseke
That this viage be not to thee looth。
O fatal sustren; which; er any clooth