troilus and criseyde-第6部分
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And thenketh; so nolde I nat love purchace;
Or wondreth on his speche or his doinge;
I noot; but it is me no wonderinge; 35
For every wight which that to Rome went;
Halt nat o path; or alwey o manere;
Eek in som lond were al the gamen shent;
If that they ferde in love as men don here;
As thus; in open doing or in chere; 40
In visitinge; in forme; or seyde hire sawes;
For…thy men seyn; ech contree hath his lawes。
Eek scarsly been ther in this place three
That han in love seid lyk and doon in al;
For to thy purpos this may lyken thee; 45
And thee right nought; yet al is seyd or shal;
Eek som men grave in tree; som in stoon wal;
As it bitit; but sin I have begonne;
Myn auctor shal I folwen; if I conne。
Exclipit prohemium Secundi Libri。
Incipit Liber Secundus。
In May; that moder is of monthes glade; 50
That fresshe floures; blewe; and whyte; and rede;
Ben quike agayn; that winter dede made;
And ful of bawme is fleting every mede;
Whan Phebus doth his brighte bemes sprede
Right in the whyte Bole; it so bitidde 55
As I shal singe; on Mayes day the thridde;
That Pandarus; for al his wyse speche;
Felt eek his part of loves shottes kene;
That; coude he never so wel of loving preche;
It made his hewe a…day ful ofte grene; 60
So shoop it; that hym fil that day a tene
In love; for which in wo to bedde he wente;
And made; er it was day; ful many a wente。
The swalwe Proigne; with a sorwful lay;
Whan morwe com; gan make hir waymentinge; 65
Why she forshapen was; and ever lay
Pandare a…bedde; half in a slomeringe;
Til she so neigh him made hir chiteringe
How Tereus gan forth hir suster take;
That with the noyse of hir he gan a…wake; 70
And gan to calle; and dresse him up to ryse;
Remembringe him his erand was to done
From Troilus; and eek his greet empryse;
And caste and knew in good plyt was the mone
To doon viage; and took his wey ful sone 75
Un…to his neces paleys ther bi…syde;
Now Ianus; god of entree; thou him gyde!
Whan he was come un…to his neces place;
‘Wher is my lady?' to hir folk seyde he;
And they him tolde; and he forth in gan pace; 80
And fond; two othere ladyes sete and she;
With…inne a paved parlour; and they three
Herden a mayden reden hem the geste
Of the Sege of Thebes; whyl hem leste。
Quod Pandarus; ‘Ma dame; god yow see; 85
With al your book and al the companye!'
‘Ey; uncle myn; welcome y…wis;' quod she;
And up she roos; and by the hond in hye
She took him faste; and seyde; ‘This night thrye;
To goode mote it turne; of yow I mette!' 90
And with that word she doun on bench him sette。
‘Ye; nece; ye shal fare wel the bet;
If god wole; al this yeer;' quod Pandarus;
‘But I am sory that I have yow let
To herknen of your book ye preysen thus; 95
For goddes love; what seith it? tel it us。
Is it of love? O; som good ye me lere!'
‘Uncle;' quod she; ‘your maistresse is not here!'
With that they gonnen laughe; and tho she seyde;
‘This romaunce is of Thebes; that we rede; 100
And we han herd how that king Laius deyde
Thurgh Edippus his sone; and al that dede;
And here we stenten at these lettres rede;
How the bisshop; as the book can telle;
Amphiorax; fil thurgh the ground to helle。' 105
Quod Pandarus; ‘Al this knowe I my…selve;
And al the assege of Thebes and the care;
For her…of been ther maked bokes twelve:
But lat be this; and tel me how ye fare;
Do wey your barbe; and shew your face bare; 110
Do wey your book; rys up; and lat us daunce;
And lat us don to May som observaunce。'
‘A! God forbede!' quod she。 ‘Be ye mad?
Is that a widewes lyf; so god you save?
By god; ye maken me right sore a…drad; 115
Ye ben so wilde; it semeth as ye rave!
It sete me wel bet ay in a cave
To bidde; and rede on holy seyntes lyves;
Lat maydens gon to daunce; and yonge wyves。'
‘As ever thryve I;' quod this Pandarus; 120
‘Yet coude I telle a thing to doon you pleye。'
‘Now; uncle dere;' quod she; ‘tel it us
For goddes love; is than the assege aweye?
I am of Grekes so ferd that I deye。'
‘Nay; nay;' quod he; ‘as ever mote I thryve! 125
It is a thing wel bet than swiche fyve。'
‘Ye; holy god;' quod she; ‘what thing is that?
What! Bet than swiche fyve? Ey; nay; y…wis!
For al this world ne can I reden what
It sholde been; som Iape; I trowe; is this; 130
And but your…selven telle us what it is;
My wit is for to arede it al to lene;
As help me god; I noot nat what ye meene。'
‘And I your borow; ne never shal; for me;
This thing be told to yow; as mote I thryve!' 135
‘And why so; uncle myn? Why so?' quod she。
‘By god;' quod he; ‘that wole I telle as blyve;
For prouder womman were ther noon on…lyve;
And ye it wiste; in al the toun of Troye;
I iape nought; as ever have I Ioye!' 140
Tho gan she wondren more than biforn
A thousand fold; and doun hir eyen caste;
For never; sith the tyme that she was born;
To knowe thing desired she so faste;
And with a syk she seyde him at the laste; 145
‘Now; uncle myn; I nil yow nought displese;
Nor axen more; that may do yow disese。'
So after this; with many wordes glade;
And freendly tales; and with mery chere;
Of this and that they pleyde; and gunnen wade 150
In many an unkouth glad and deep matere;
As freendes doon; whan they ben met y…fere;
Til she gan axen him how Ector ferde;
That was the tounes wal and Grekes yerde。
‘Ful wel; I thanke it god;' quod Pandarus; 155
‘Save in his arm he hath a litel wounde;
And eek his fresshe brother Troilus;
The wyse worthy Ector the secounde;
In whom that ever vertu list abounde;
As alle trouthe and alle gentillesse; 160
Wysdom; honour; fredom; and worthinesse。'
‘In good feith; eem;' quod she; ‘that lyketh me;
They faren wel; god save hem bothe two!
For trewely I holde it greet deyntee
A kinges sone in armes wel to do; 165
And been of good condiciouns ther…to;
For greet power and moral vertu here
Is selde y…seye in o persone y…fere。'
‘In good feith; that is sooth;' quod Pandarus;
‘But; by my trouthe; the king hath sones tweye; 170
That is to mene; Ector and Troilus;
That certainly; though that I sholde deye;
They been as voyde of vyces; dar I seye;
As any men that liveth under the sonne;
Hir might is wyde y…knowe; and what they conne。 175
‘Of Ector nedeth it nought for to telle:
In al this world ther nis a bettre knight
Than he; that is of worthinesse welle;
And he wel more vertu hath than might。
This knoweth many a wys and worthy wight。 180
The same prys of Troilus I seye;
God help me so; I knowe not swiche tweye。'
‘By god;' quod she; ‘of Ector that is sooth;
Of Troilus the same thing trowe I;
For; dredelees; men tellen that he dooth 185
In armes day by day so worthily;
And bereth him here at hoom so gentilly
To every wight; that al the prys hath he
Of hem that me were levest preysed be。'
‘Ye sey right sooth; y…wis;' quod Pandarus; 190
‘For yesterday; who…so hadde with him been;
He might have wondred up…on Troilus;
For never yet so thikke a swarm of been
Ne fleigh; as Grekes fro him gonne fleen;
And thorugh the feld; in everi wightes ere; 195
Ther nas no cry but 〃Troilus is there!〃
‘Now here; now there; he hunted hem so faste;
Ther nas but Grekes blood; and Troilus;
Now hem he hurte; and hem alle doun he caste;
Ay where he wente; it was arayed thus: 200
He was hir deeth; and sheld and lyf for us;
That as that day ther dorste noon with…stonde;
Whyl that he held his blody swerd in honde。
‘Therto he is the freendlieste man
Of grete estat; that ever I saw my lyve; 205
And wher him list; best felawshipe can
To suche as him thinketh able for to thryve。'
And with that word tho Pandarus; as blyve;
He took his leve; and seyde; ‘I wol go henne。'
‘Nay; blame have I; myn uncle;' quod she thenne。 210
‘What eyleth yow to be thus wery sone;
And namelich of wommen? Wol ye so?
Nay; sitteth down; by god; I have to done
With yow; to speke of wisdom er ye go。'
And every wight that was a…boute hem tho; 215
That herde that; gan fer a…wey to stonde;
Whyl they two hadde al that hem liste in honde。
Whan that hir tale al brought was to an ende;
Of hire estat and of hir governaunce;
Quod Pandarus; ‘Now is it tyme I wende; 220
But yet; I seye; aryseth; lat us daunce;
And cast your widwes habit to mischaunce:
What list yow thus your…self to disfigure;
Sith yow is tid thus fair an aventure?'
‘A! Wel bithought! For love of god;' quod she; 225
‘Shal I not witen what ye mene of this?'
‘No; this thing axeth layser;' tho quod he;
‘And eek me wolde muche greve; y…wis;
If I it tolde; and ye it toke amis。
Yet were it bet my tonge for to stille 230
Than seye a sooth that were ayeins your wille。
‘For; nece; by the goddesse Minerve;
And Iuppiter; that maketh the thonder ringe;
And by the blisful Venus that I serve;
Ye been the womman in this world livinge; 235
With…oute paramours; to my wittinge;
That I best love; and lothest am to greve;
And that ye witen wel your…self; I leve。'
‘Y…wis; myn uncle;' quod she; ‘grant mercy;
Your freendship have I founden ever yit; 240
I am to no man holden trewely;
So muche as yow; and have so litel quit;
And; with the grace of god; emforth my wit;
As in my gilt I shal you never offende;
And if I have er this; I wol amende。 245
‘But; for the love of god; I yow beseche;
As ye ben he that I love most and triste;
Lat be to me your fremde manere speche;
And sey to me; your nece; what yow liste:'
And with that word hir uncle anoon hir kiste; 250
And seyde; ‘Gladly; leve nece dere;
Tak it for good that I shal seye yow here。'
With that she gan hir eiyen doun to caste;
And Pandarus to coghe gan a lyte;
And seyde; ‘Nece; alwey; lo! To the laste; 255
How…so it be that som men hem del