troilus and criseyde-第5部分
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For vertue streccheth not him…self to shame。
‘But wel is me that ever that I was born;
That thou biset art in so good a place; 905
For by my trouthe; in love I dorste have sworn;
Thee sholde never han tid thus fayr a grace;
And wostow why? For thou were wont to chace
At Love in scorn; and for despyt him calle
〃Seynt Idiot; lord of thise foles alle。〃 910
‘How often hastow maad thy nyce Iapes;
And seyd; that loves servants everichone
Of nycetee been verray goddes apes;
And some wolde monche hir mete alone;
Ligging a…bedde; and make hem for to grone; 915
And som; thou seydest; hadde a blaunche fevere;
And preydest god he sholde never kevere。
‘And som of hem tok on hem; for the colde;
More than y…nough; so seydestow ful ofte;
And som han feyned ofte tyme; and tolde 920
How that they wake; whan they slepen softe;
And thus they wolde han brought hem…self a…lofte;
And nathelees were under at the laste;
Thus seydestow; and Iapedest ful faste。
‘Yet seydestow; that; for the more part; 925
These loveres wolden speke in general;
And thoughten that it was a siker art;
For fayling; for to assayen over…al。
Now may I iape of thee; if that I shal!
But nathelees; though that I sholde deye; 930
That thou art noon of tho; that dorste I seye。
‘Now beet thy brest; and sey to god of love;
〃Thy grace; lord! For now I me repente
If I mis spak; for now my…self I love:〃
Thus sey with al thyn herte in good entente。' 935
Quod Troilus; ‘A! Lord! I me consente;
And prey to thee my Iapes thou foryive;
And I shal never…more whyl I live。'
‘Thou seyst wel;' quod Pandare; ‘and now I hope
That thou the goddes wraththe hast al apesed; 940
And sithen thou hast wepen many a drope;
And seyd swich thing wher…with thy god is plesed;
Now wolde never god but thou were esed;
And think wel; she of whom rist al thy wo
Here…after may thy comfort been al…so。 945
‘For thilke ground; that bereth the wedes wikke;
Bereth eek thise holsom herbes; as ful ofte
Next the foule netle; rough and thikke;
The rose waxeth swote and smothe and softe;
And next the valey is the hil a…lofte; 950
And next the derke night the glade morwe;
And also Ioye is next the fyn of sorwe。
‘Now loke that atempre be thy brydel;
And; for the beste; ay suffre to the tyde;
Or elles al our labour is on ydel; 955
He hasteth wel that wysly can abyde;
Be diligent; and trewe; and ay wel hyde。
Be lusty; free; persevere in thy servyse;
And al is wel; if thou werke in this wyse。
‘But he that parted is in every place 960
Is no…wher hool; as writen clerkes wyse;
What wonder is; though swich oon have no grace?
Eek wostow how it fareth of som servyse?
As plaunte a tre or herbe; in sondry wyse;
And on the morwe pulle it up as blyve; 965
No wonder is; though it may never thryve。
‘And sith that god of love hath thee bistowed
In place digne un…to thy worthinesse;
Stond faste; for to good port hastow rowed;
And of thy…self; for any hevinesse; 970
Hope alwey wel; for; but…if drerinesse
Or over…haste our bothe labour shende;
I hope of this to maken a good ende。
‘And wostow why I am the lasse a…fered
Of this matere with my nece trete? 975
For this have I herd seyd of wyse y…lered;
〃Was never man ne woman yet bigete
That was unapt to suffren loves hete;
Celestial; or elles love of kinde;〃
For…thy som grace I hope in hir to finde。 980
‘And for to speke of hir in special;
Hir beautee to bithinken and hir youthe;
It sit hir nought to be celestial
As yet; though that hir liste bothe and couthe;
But trewely; it sete hir wel right nouthe 985
A worthy knight to loven and cheryce;
And but she do; I holde it for a vyce。
‘Wherfore I am; and wol be; ay redy
To peyne me to do yow this servyse;
For bothe yow to plese thus hope I 990
Her…afterward; for ye beth bothe wyse;
And conne it counseyl kepe in swich a wyse
That no man shal the wyser of it be;
And so we may be gladed alle three。
‘And; by my trouthe; I have right now of thee 995
A good conceyt in my wit; as I gesse;
And what it is; I wol now that thou see。
I thenke; sith that love; of his goodnesse;
Hath thee converted out of wikkednesse;
That thou shalt be the beste post; I leve; 1000
Of al his lay; and most his foos to…greve。
‘Ensample why; see now these wyse clerkes;
That erren aldermost a…yein a lawe;
And ben converted from hir wikked werkes
Thorugh grace of god; that list hem to him drawe; 1005
Than arn they folk that han most god in awe;
And strengest…feythed been; I understonde;
And conne an errour alder…best withstonde。'
Whan Troilus had herd Pandare assented
To been his help in loving of Criseyde; 1010
Wex of his wo; as who seyth; untormented;
But hotter wex his love; and thus he seyde;
With sobre chere; al…though his herte pleyde;
‘Now blisful Venus helpe; er that I sterve;
Of thee; Pandare; I may som thank deserve。 1015
‘But; dere frend; how shal myn wo ben lesse
Til this be doon? And goode; eek tel me this;
How wiltow seyn of me and my destresse?
Lest she be wrooth; this drede I most; y…wys;
Or nil not here or trowen how it is。 1020
Al this drede I; and eek for the manere
Of thee; hir eem; she nil no swich thing here。'
Quod Pandarus; ‘Thou hast a ful gret care
Lest that the cherl may falle out of the mone!
Why; lord! I hate of the thy nyce fare! 1025
Why; entremete of that thou hast to done!
For goddes love; I bidde thee a bone;
So lat me alone; and it shal be thy beste。'
‘Why; freend;' quod he; ‘now do right as the leste。
‘But herke; Pandare; o word; for I nolde 1030
That thou in me wendest so greet folye;
That to my lady I desiren sholde
That toucheth harm or any vilenye;
For dredelees; me were lever dye
Than she of me ought elles understode 1035
But that; that mighte sounen in…to gode。'
Tho lough this Pandare; and anoon answerde;
‘And I thy borw? Fy! No wight dooth but so;
I roughte nought though that she stode and herde
How that thou seyst; but fare…wel; I wol go。 1040
A…dieu! Be glad! God spede us bothe two!
Yif me this labour and this besinesse;
And of my speed be thyn al that swetnesse。'
Tho Troilus gan doun on knees to falle;
And Pandare in his armes hente faste; 1045
And seyde; ‘Now; fy on the Grekes alle!
Yet; pardee; god shal helpe us at the laste;
And dredelees; if that my lyf may laste;
And god to…forn; lo; som of hem shal smerte;
And yet me athinketh that this avaunt me asterte! 1050
‘Now; Pandare; I can no more seye;
But thou wys; thou wost; thou mayst; thou art al!
My lyf; my deeth; hool in thyn bonde I leye;
Help now;' Quod he; ‘Yis; by my trouthe; I shal。'
‘God yelde thee; freend; and this in special;' 1055
Quod Troilus; ‘that thou me recomaunde
To hir that to the deeth me may comaunde。'
This Pandarus tho; desirous to serve
His fulle freend; than seyde in this manere; 1059
‘Far…wel; and thenk I wol thy thank deserve;
Have here my trouthe; and that thou shalt wel here。'
And wente his wey; thenking on this matere;
And how he best mighte hir beseche of grace;
And finde a tyme ther…to; and a place。
For every wight that hath an hous to founde 1065
Ne renneth nought the werk for to biginne
With rakel hond; but he wol byde a stounde;
And sende his hertes lyne out fro with…inne
Alderfirst his purpos for to winne。
Al this Pandare in his herte thoughte; 1070
And caste his werk ful wysly; or he wroughte。
But Troilus lay tho no lenger doun;
But up anoon up…on his stede bay;
And in the feld he pleyde tho leoun;
Wo was that Greek that with him mette that day。 1075
And in the toun his maner tho forth ay
So goodly was; and gat him so in grace;
That ech him lovede that loked on his face。
For he bicom the frendlyeste wight;
The gentileste; and eek the moste free; 1080
The thriftieste and oon the beste knight;
That in his tyme was; or mighte be。
Dede were his Iapes and his crueltee;
His heighe port and his manere estraunge;
And ech of tho gan for a vertu chaunge。 1085
Now lat us stinte of Troilus a stounde;
That fareth lyk a man that hurt is sore;
And is somdel of akinge of his wounde
Y…lissed wel; but heled no del more:
And; as an esy pacient; the lore 1090
Abit of him that gooth aboute his cure;
And thus he dryveth forth his aventure。
Explicit Liber Primus
Book II
Incipit Prohemium Secundi Libri。
Out of these blake wawes for to sayle;
O wind; O wind; the weder ginneth clere;
For in this see the boot hath swich travayle;
Of my conning; that unnethe I it stere:
This see clepe I the tempestous matere 5
Of desespeyr that Troilus was inne:
But now of hope the calendes biginne。
O lady myn; that called art Cleo;
Thou be my speed fro this forth; and my muse;
To ryme wel this book; til I have do; 10
Me nedeth here noon other art to use。
For…why to every lovere I me excuse;
That of no sentement I this endyte;
But out of Latin in my tonge it wryte。
Wherfore I nil have neither thank ne blame 15
Of al this werk; but prey yow mekely;
Disblameth me if any word be lame;
For as myn auctor seyde; so seye I。
Eek though I speke of love unfelingly;
No wondre is; for it no…thing of newe is; 20
A blind man can nat Iuggen wel in hewis。
Ye knowe eek; that in forme of speche is chaunge
With…inne a thousand yeer; and wordes tho
That hadden prys; now wonder nyce and straunge
Us thinketh hem; and yet they spake hem so; 25
And spedde as wel in love as men now do;
Eek for to winne love in sondry ages;
In sondry londes; sondry ben usages。
And for…thy if it happe in any wyse;
That here be any lovere in this place 30
That herkneth; as the storie wol devyse;
How Troilus com to his lady grace;
And thenketh; so nolde I nat love purchace;
Or wondreth on his speche or his doinge;
I noot;