troilus and criseyde-第26部分
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‘And shapeth yow his sorwe for to abregge; 925
And nought encresse; leve nece swete;
Beth rather to him cause of flat than egge;
And with som wysdom ye his sorwes bete。
What helpeth it to wepen ful a strete;
Or though ye bothe in salte teres dreynte? 930
Bet is a tyme of cure ay than of pleynte。
‘I mene thus; whan I him hider bringe;
Sin ye ben wyse; and bothe of oon assent;
So shapeth how distourbe your goinge;
Or come ayen; sone after ye be went。 935
Wommen ben wyse in short avysement;
And lat sen how your wit shal now avayle;
And what that I may helpe; it shal not fayle。'
‘Go;' quod Criseyde; ‘and uncle; trewely;
I shal don al my might; me to restreyne 940
From weping in his sighte; and bisily;
Him for to glade; I shal don al my peyne;
And in myn herte seken every veyne;
If to this soor ther may be founden salve;
It shal not lakken; certain; on myn halve。' 945
Goth Pandarus; and Troilus he soughte;
Til in a temple he fond him allone;
As he that of his lyf no lenger roughte;
But to the pitouse goddes everichone
Ful tendrely he preyde; and made his mone; 950
To doon him sone out of this world to pace;
For wel he thoughte ther was non other grace。
And shortly; al the sothe for to seye;
He was so fallen in despeyr that day;
That outrely he shoop him for to deye。 955
For right thus was his argument alwey:
He seyde; he nas but loren; waylawey!
‘For al that comth; comth by necessitee;
Thus to be lorn; it is my destinee。
‘For certaynly; this wot I wel;' he seyde; 960
‘That for…sight of divyne purveyaunce
Hath seyn alwey me to for…gon Criseyde;
Sin god seeth every thing; out of doutaunce;
And hem disponeth; thourgh his ordenaunce;
In hir merytes sothly for to be; 965
As they shul comen by predestinee。
‘But nathelees; allas! Whom shal I leve?
For ther ben grete clerkes many oon;
That destinee thorugh argumentes preve;
And som men seyn that nedely ther is noon; 970
But that free chois is yeven us everichoon。
O; welaway! So sleye arn clerkes olde;
That I not whos opinion I may holde。
‘For som men seyn; if god seth al biforn;
Ne god may not deceyved ben; pardee; 975
Than moot it fallen; though men hadde it sworn;
That purveyaunce hath seyn bifore to be。
Wherfor I seye; that from eterne if he
Hath wist biforn our thought eek as our dede;
We have no free chois; as these clerkes rede。 980
‘For other thought nor other dede also
Might never be; but swich as purveyaunce;
Which may not ben deceyved never…mo;
Hath feled biforn; with…outen ignoraunce。
For if ther mighte been a variaunce 985
To wrythen out fro goddes purveyinge;
Ther nere no prescience of thing cominge;
‘But it were rather an opinioun
Uncerteyn; and no stedfast forseinge;
And certes; that were an abusioun; 990
That god shuld han no parfit cleer witinge
More than we men that han doutous weninge。
But swich an errour up…on god to gesse
Were fals and foul; and wikked corsednesse。
‘Eek this is an opinioun of somme 995
That han hir top ful heighe and smothe y…shore;
They seyn right thus; that thing is not to come
For that the prescience hath seyn bifore
That it shal come; but they seyn that therfore
That it shal come; therfore the purveyaunce 1000
Wot it biforn with…outen ignoraunce;
‘And in this manere this necessitee
Retorneth in his part contrarie agayn。
For needfully bihoveth it not to be
That thilke thinges fallen in certayn 1005
That ben purveyed; but nedely; as they seyn;
Bihoveth it that thinges; whiche that falle;
That they in certayn ben purveyed alle。
‘I mene as though I laboured me in this;
To enqueren which thing cause of which thing be; 1010
As whether that the prescience of god is
The certayn cause of the necessitee
Of thinges that to comen been; pardee;
Or if necessitee of thing cominge
Be cause certeyn of the purveyinge。 1015
‘But now ne enforce I me nat in shewinge
How the ordre of causes stant; but wel wot I;
That it bihoveth that the bifallinge
Of thinges wist biforen certeynly
Be necessarie; al seme it not ther…by 1020
That prescience put falling necessaire
To thing to come; al falle it foule or faire。
‘For if ther sit a man yond on a see;
Than by necessitee bihoveth it
That; certes; thyn opinioun soth be; 1025
That wenest or coniectest that he sit;
And ferther…over now ayenward yit;
Lo; right so it is of the part contrarie;
As thus; (now herkne; for I wol not tarie):
‘I seye; that if the opinioun of thee 1030
Be sooth; for that he sit; than seye I this;
That he mot sitten by necessitee;
And thus necessitee in either is。
For in him nede of sittinge is; y…wis;
And in thee nede of sooth; and thus; forsothe; 1035
Ther moot necessitee ben in yow bothe。
‘But thou mayst seyn; the man sit not therfore;
That thyn opinioun of sitting soth is;
But rather; for the man sit ther bifore;
Therfore is thyn opinioun sooth; y…wis。 1040
And I seye; though the cause of sooth of this
Comth of his sitting; yet necessitee
Is entrechaunged; bothe in him and thee。
‘Thus on this same wyse; out of doutaunce;
I may wel maken; as it semeth me; 1045
My resoninge of goddes purveyaunce;
And of the thinges that to comen be;
By whiche reson men may wel y…see;
That thilke thinges that in erthe falle;
That by necessitee they comen alle。 1050
‘For al…though that; for thing shal come; y…wis;
Therfore is it purveyed; certaynly;
Nat that it comth for it purveyed is:
Yet nathelees; bihoveth it nedfully;
That thing to come be purveyed; trewely; 1055
Or elles; thinges that purveyed be;
That they bityden by necessitee。
‘And this suffyseth right y…now; certeyn;
For to destroye our free chois every del。
But now is this abusion; to seyn; 1060
That fallinge of the thinges temporel
Is cause of goddes prescience eternel。
Now trewely; that is a fals sentence;
That thing to come sholde cause his prescience。
‘What mighte I wene; and I hadde swich a thought; 1065
But that god purveyth thing that is to come
For that it is to come; and elles nought?
So mighte I wene that thinges alle and some;
That whylom been bifalle and over…come;
Ben cause of thilke sovereyn purveyaunce; 1070
That for…wot al with…outen ignoraunce。
‘And over al this; yet seye I more herto;
That right as whan I woot ther is a thing;
Y…wis; that thing mot nedefully be so;
Eek right so; whan I woot a thing coming; 1075
So mot it come; and thus the bifalling
Of thinges that ben wist bifore the tyde;
They mowe not been eschewed on no syde。'
Than seyde he thus; ‘Almighty Iove in trone;
That wost of al this thing the soothfastnesse; 1080
Rewe on my sorwe; or do me deye sone;
Or bring Criseyde and me fro this distresse。'
And whyl he was in al this hevinesse;
Disputinge with him…self in this matere;
Com Pandare in; and seyde as ye may here。 1085
‘O mighty god;' quod Pandarus; ‘in trone;
Ey! Who seigh ever a wys man faren so?
Why; Troilus; what thenkestow to done?
Hastow swich lust to been thyn owene fo?
What; parde; yet is not Criseyde a…go! 1090
Why list thee so thy…self for…doon for drede;
That in thyn heed thyn eyen semen dede?
‘Hastow not lived many a yeer biforn
With…outen hir; and ferd ful wel at ese?
Artow for hir and for non other born? 1095
Hath kinde thee wroughte al…only hir to plese?
Lat be; and thenk right thus in thy disese。
That; in the dees right as ther fallen chaunces;
Right so in love; ther come and goon plesaunces。
‘And yet this is a wonder most of alle; 1100
Why thou thus sorwest; sin thou nost not yit;
Touching hir goinge; how that it shal falle;
Ne if she can hir…self distorben it。
Thou hast not yet assayed al hir wit。
A man may al by tyme his nekke bede 1105
Whan it shal of; and sorwen at the nede。
‘For…thy take hede of that that I shal seye;
I have with hir y…spoke and longe y…be;
So as accorded was bitwixe us tweye。
And ever…mor me thinketh thus; that she 1110
Hath som…what in hir hertes prevetee;
Wher…with she can; if I shal right arede;
Distorbe al this; of which thou art in drede。
‘For which my counseil is; whan it is night;
Thou to hir go; and make of this an ende; 1115
And blisful Iuno; thourgh hir grete mighte;
Shal; as I hope; hir grace un…to us sende。
Myn herte seyth; 〃Certeyn; she shal not wende;〃
And for…thy put thyn herte a whyle in reste;
And hold this purpos; for it is the beste。' 1120
This Troilus answerde; and sighte sore;
‘Thou seyst right wel; and I wil do right so;'
And what him liste; he seyde un…to it more。
And whan that it was tyme for to go;
Ful prevely him…self; with…outen mo; 1125
Un…to hir com; as he was wont to done;
And how they wroughte; I shal yow telle sone。
Soth is; that whan they gonne first to mete;
So gan the peyne hir hertes for to twiste;
That neither of hem other mighte grete; 1130
But hem in armes toke and after kiste。
The lasse wofulle of hem bothe niste
Wher that he was; ne mighte o word out…bringe;
As I seyde erst; for wo and for sobbinge。
Tho woful teres that they leten falle 1135
As bittre weren; out of teres kinde;
For peyne; as is ligne aloes or galle。
So bittre teres weep nought; as I finde;
The woful Myrra through the bark and rinde。
That in this world ther nis so hard an herte; 1140
That nolde han rewed on hir peynes smerte。
But whan hir woful wery gostes tweyne
Retorned been ther…as hem oughte dwelle;
And that som…what to wayken gan the peyne
By lengthe of pleynte; and ebben gan the welle 1145
Of hire teres; and the herte unswelle;
With broken voys; al hoors for…shright; Criseyde
To Troilus thise ilke wordes seyde:
‘O Iove; I deye; and mercy I beseche!
Help; Troilus!' And ther…with…al hir face 1150
Upon his brest she leyde; and loste speche;
Hir woful spirit