troilus and criseyde-第33部分
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Hardy; testif; strong; and chevalrous
Of dedes; lyk his fader Tideus。
And som men seyn; he was of tunge large;
And heir he was of Calidoine and Arge。 805
Criseyde mene was of hir stature;
Ther…to of shap; of face; and eek of chere;
Ther mighte been no fairer creature。
And ofte tyme this was hir manere;
To gon y…tressed with hir heres clere 810
Doun by hir coler at hir bak bihinde;
Which with a threde of gold she wolde binde。
And; save hir browes ioyneden y…fere;
Ther nas no lak; in ought I can espyen;
But for to speken of hir eyen clere; 815
Lo; trewely; they writen that hir syen;
That Paradys stood formed in hir yen。
And with hir riche beautee ever…more
Strof love in hir; ay which of hem was more。
She sobre was; eek simple; and wys with…al; 820
The beste y…norisshed eek that mighte be;
And goodly of hir speche in general;
Charitable; estatliche; lusty; and free;
Ne never…mo ne lakkede hir pitee;
Tendre…herted; slydinge of corage; 825
But trewely; I can not telle hir age。
And Troilus wel waxen was in highte;
And complet formed by proporcioun
So wel; that kinde it not amenden mighte;
Yong; fresshe; strong; and hardy as lyoun; 830
Trewe as steel in ech condicioun;
On of the beste enteched creature;
That is; or shal; whyl that the world may dure。
And certainly in storie it is y…founde;
That Troilus was never un…to no wight; 835
As in his tyme; in no degree secounde
In durring don that longeth to a knight。
Al mighte a geaunt passen him of might;
His herte ay with the firste and with the beste
Stood paregal; to durre don that him leste。 840
But for to tellen forth of Diomede:
It fil that after; on the tenthe day;
Sin that Criseyde out of the citee yede;
This Diomede; as fresshe as braunche in May;
Com to the tente ther…as Calkas lay; 845
And feyned him with Calkas han to done;
But what he mente; I shal yow telle sone。
Criseyde; at shorte wordes for to telle;
Welcomed him; and doun by hir him sette;
And he was ethe y…nough to maken dwelle。 850
And after this; with…outen longe lette;
The spyces and the wyn men forth hem fette;
And forth they speke of this and that y…fere;
As freendes doon; of which som shal ye here。
He gan first fallen of the werre in speche 855
Bitwixe hem and the folk of Troye toun;
And of thassege he gan hir eek byseche;
To telle him what was hir opinioun。
Fro that demaunde he so descendeth doun
To asken hir; if that hir straunge thoughte 860
The Grekes gyse; and werkes that they wroughte?
And why hir fader tarieth so longe
To wedden hir un…to som worthy wight?
Criseyde; that was in hir peynes stronge
For love of Troilus; hir owene knight; 865
As fer…forth as she conning hadde or might;
Answerde him tho; but; as of his entente;
It semed not she wiste what he mente。
But natheles; this ilke Diomede
Gan in him…self assure; and thus he seyde; 870
‘If ich aright have taken of yow hede;
Me thinketh thus; O lady myn; Criseyde;
That sin I first hond on your brydel leyde;
Whan ye out come of Troye by the morwe;
Ne coude I never seen yow but in sorwe。 875
‘Can I not seyn what may the cause be
But…if for love of som Troyan it were;
The which right sore wolde athinken me
That ye; for any wight that dwelleth there;
Sholden spille a quarter of a tere; 880
Or pitously your…selven so bigyle;
For dredelees; it is nought worth the whyle。
‘The folk of Troye; as who seyth; alle and some
In preson been; as ye your…selven see;
Nor thennes shal not oon on…lyve come 885
For al the gold bitwixen sonne and see。
Trusteth wel; and understondeth me。
Ther shal not oon to mercy goon on…lyve;
Al were he lord of worldes twyes fyve!
‘Swich wreche on hem; for fecching of Eleyne; 890
Ther shal be take; er that we hennes wende;
That Manes; which that goddes ben of peyne;
Shal been agast that Grekes wol hem shende。
And men shul drede; un…to the worldes ende;
From hennes…forth to ravisshe any quene; 895
So cruel shal our wreche on hem be sene。
‘And but…if Calkas lede us with ambages;
That is to seyn; with double wordes slye;
Swich as men clepe a 〃word with two visages;〃
Ye shal wel knowen that I nought ne lye; 900
And al this thing right seen it with your ye;
And that anoon; ye nil not trowe how sone;
Now taketh heed; for it is for to done。
‘What wene ye your wyse fader wolde
Han yeven Antenor for yow anoon; 905
If he ne wiste that the citee sholde
Destroyed been? Why; nay; so mote I goon!
He knew ful wel ther shal not scapen oon
That Troyan is; and for the grete fere;
He dorste not; ye dwelte lenger there。 910
‘What wole ye more; lufsom lady dere?
Lat Troye and Troyan fro your herte pace!
Dryf out that bittre hope; and make good chere;
And clepe ayein the beautee of your face;
That ye with salte teres so deface。 915
For Troye is brought in swich a Iupartye;
That; it to save; is now no remedye。
‘And thenketh wel; ye shal in Grekes finde;
A more parfit love; er it be night;
Than any Troian is; and more kinde; 920
And bet to serven yow wol doon his might。
And if ye vouche sauf; my lady bright;
I wol ben he to serven yow my…selve;
Yee; lever than he lord of Greces twelve!'
And with that word he gan to waxen reed; 925
And in his speche a litel wight he quook;
And caste a…syde a litel wight his heed;
And stinte a whyle; and afterward awook;
And sobreliche on hir he threw his look;
And seyde; ‘I am; al be it yow no Ioye; 930
As gentil man as any wight in Troye。
‘For if my fader Tydeus;' he seyde;
‘Y…lived hadde; I hadde been; er this;
Of Calidoine and Arge a king; Criseyde!
And so hope I that I shal yet; y…wis。 935
But he was slayn; allas! The more harm is;
Unhappily at Thebes al to rathe;
Polymites and many a man to scathe。
‘But herte myn; sin that I am your man;
And been the ferste of whom I seche grace; 940
To serven you as hertely as I can;
And ever shal; whyl I to live have space;
So; er that I departe out of this place;
Ye wol me graunte; that I may to…morwe;
At bettre leyser; telle yow my sorwe。' 945
What shold I telle his wordes that he seyde?
He spak y…now; for o day at the meste;
It preveth wel; he spak so that Criseyde
Graunted; on the morwe; at his requeste;
For to speken with him at the leste; 950
So that he nolde speke of swich matere;
And thus to him she seyde; as ye may here:
As she that hadde hir herte on Troilus
So faste; that ther may it noon arace;
And straungely she spak; and seyde thus; 955
‘O Diomede; I love that ilke place
Ther I was born; and Ioves; for his grace;
Delivere it sone of al that doth it care!
God; for thy might; so leve it wel to fare!
‘That Grekes wolde hir wraththe on Troye wreke; 960
If that they mighte; I knowe it wel; y…wis。
But it shal not bifallen as ye speke;
And god to…forn; and ferther over this;
I wot my fader wys and redy is;
And that he me hath bought; as ye me tolde; 965
So dere; I am the more un…to him holde。
‘That Grekes been of heigh condicioun;
I woot eek wel; but certein; men shal finde
As worthy folk with…inne Troye toun;
As conning; and as parfit and as kinde; 970
As been bitwixen Orcades and Inde。
And that ye coude wel your lady serve;
I trowe eek wel; hir thank for to deserve。
‘But as to speke of love; y…wis;' she seyde;
‘I hadde a lord; to whom I wedded was; 975
The whos myn herte al was; til that he deyde;
And other love; as helpe me now Pallas;
Ther in myn herte nis; ne nevere was。
And that ye been of noble and heigh kinrede;
I have wel herd it tellen; out of drede。 980
‘And that doth me to han so gret a wonder;
That ye wol scornen any womman so。
Eek; god wot; love and I be fer a…sonder!
I am disposed bet; so mote I go;
Un…to my deeth; to pleyne and maken wo。 985
What I shal after doon; I can not seye;
But trewely; as yet me list not pleye。
‘Myn herte is now in tribulacioun;
And ye in armes bisy; day by day。
Here…after; whan ye wonnen han the toun; 990
Paraunter; thanne so it happen may;
That whan I see that I never er say;
Than wole I werke that I never wroughte!
This word to yow y…nough suffysen oughte。
‘To…morwe eek wol I speken with yow fayn; 995
So that ye touchen nought of this matere。
And whan yow list; ye may come here ayeyn;
And; er ye gon; thus muche I seye yow here;
As help me Pallas with hir heres clere;
If that I sholde of any Greek han routhe; 1000
It sholde be your…selven; by my trouthe!
‘I sey not therfore that I wol yow love;
Ne I sey not nay; but in conclusioun;
I mene wel; by god that sit above:'
And ther…with…al she caste hir eyen doun; 1005
And gan to syke; and seyde; ‘O Troye toun;
Yet bidde I god; in quiete and in reste
I may yow seen; or do myn herte breste。'
But in effect; and shortly for to seye;
This Diomede al freshly newe ayeyn 1010
Gan pressen on; and faste hir mercy preye;
And after this; the sothe for to seyn;
Hir glove he took; of which he was ful fayn。
And fynally; whan it was waxen eve;
And al was wel; he roos and took his leve。 1015
The brighte Venus folwede and ay taughte
The wey; ther brode Phebus doun alighte;
And Cynthea hir char…hors over…raughte
To whirle out of the Lyon; if she mighte;
And Signifer his candelse shewed brighte; 1020
Whan that Criseyde un…to hir bedde wente
In…with hir fadres faire brighte tente。
Retorning in hir soule ay up and doun
The wordes of this sodein Diomede;
His greet estat; and peril of the toun; 1025
And that she was allone and hadde nede
Of freendes help; and thus bigan to brede
The cause why; the sothe for to telle;
That she tok fully purpos for to dwelle。
The morwe com; and goostly for to speke; 1030
This Diomede is come un…to Criseyde;
And shortly; lest that ye my tale breke;
So