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troilus and criseyde-第9部分
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Now; MEA CULPA; lord! I me repente。 525
‘〃O god; that at thy disposicioun
Ledest the fyn by Iuste purveyaunce;
Of every wight; my lowe confessioun
Accepte in gree; and send me swich penaunce
As lyketh thee; but from desesperaunce; 530
That may my goost departe awey fro thee;
Thou be my sheld; for thy benignitee。
‘〃For certes; lord; so soore hath she me wounded;
That stod in blak; with loking of hir yen;
That to myn hertes botme it is y…sounded; 535
Thorugh which I woot that I mot nedes dyen;
This is the worste; I dar me not bi…wryen;
And wel the hotter been the gledes rede;
That men hem wryen with asshen pale and dede。〃
‘With that he smoot his heed adoun anoon; 540
And gan to motre; I noot what; trewely。
And I with that gan stille awey to goon;
And leet ther…of as no…thing wist hadde I;
And come ayein anoon and stood him by;
And seyde; 〃A…wake; ye slepen al to longe; 545
It semeth nat that love dooth yow longe;
‘〃That slepen so that no man may yow wake。
Who sey ever or this so dul a man?〃
〃Ye; freend;〃 quod he; 〃do ye your hedes ake
For love; and lat me liven as I can。〃 550
But though that he for wo was pale and wan;
Yet made he tho as freshe a countenaunce
As though he shulde have led the newe daunce。
‘This passed forth; til now; this other day;
It fel that I com roming al allone 555
Into his chaumbre; and fond how that he lay
Up…on his bed; but man so sore grone
Ne herde I never; and what that was his mone;
Ne wist I nought; for; as I was cominge;
Al sodeynly he lefte his compleyninge。 560
‘Of which I took somwat suspecioun;
And neer I com; and fond he wepte sore;
And god so wis be my savacioun;
As never of thing hadde I no routhe more。
For neither with engyn; ne with no lore; 565
Unethes mighte I fro the deeth him kepe;
That yet fele I myn herte for him wepe。
‘And god wot; never; sith that I was born;
Was I so bisy no man for to preche;
Ne never was to wight so depe y…sworn; 570
Or he me tolde who mighte been his leche。
But now to yow rehersen al his speche;
Or alle his woful wordes for to soune;
Ne bid me not; but ye wol see me swowne。
‘But for to save his lyf; and elles nought; 575
And to non harm of yow; thus am I driven;
And for the love of god that us hath wrought;
Swich chere him dooth; that he and I may liven。
Now have I plat to yow myn herte shriven;
And sin ye woot that myn entente is clene; 580
Tak hede ther…of; for I non yvel mene。
‘And right good thrift; I prey to god; have ye;
That han swich oon y…caught with…oute net;
And be ye wys; as ye ben fair to see;
Wel in the ring than is the ruby set。 585
Ther were never two so wel y…met;
Whan ye ben his al hool; as he is youre:
Ther mighty god yet graunte us see that houre!'
‘Nay; therof spak I not; a; ha!' quod she;
‘As helpe me god; ye shenden every deel!' 590
‘O mercy; dere nece;' anoon quod he;
‘What…so I spak; I mente nought but weel;
By Mars the god; that helmed is of steel;
Now beth nought wrooth; my blood; my nece dere。'
‘Now wel;' quod she; ‘foryeven be it here!' 595
With this he took his leve; and hoom he wente;
And lord; he was glad and wel bigoon!
Criseyde aroos; no lenger she ne stente;
But straught in…to hir closet wente anoon;
And sette here doun as stille as any stoon; 600
And every word gan up and doun to winde;
That he hadde seyd; as it com hir to minde;
And wex somdel astonied in hir thought;
Right for the newe cas; but whan that she
Was ful avysed; tho fond she right nought 605
Of peril; why she oughte afered be。
For man may love; of possibilitee;
A womman so; his herte may to…breste;
And she nought love ayein; but…if hir leste。
But as she sat allone and thoughte thus; 610
Thascry aroos at skarmish al with…oute;
And men cryde in the strete; ‘See; Troilus
Hath right now put to flight the Grekes route!'
With that gan al hir meynee for to shoute;
‘A! Go we see; caste up the latis wyde; 615
For thurgh this strete he moot to palays ryde;
‘For other wey is fro the yate noon
Of Dardanus; ther open is the cheyne。'
With that com he and al his folk anoon
An esy pas rydinge; in routes tweyne; 620
Right as his happy day was; sooth to seyne;
For which; men say; may nought disturbed be
That shal bityden of necessitee。
This Troilus sat on his baye stede;
Al armed; save his heed; ful richely; 625
And wounded was his hors; and gan to blede;
On whiche he rood a pas; ful softely;
But swych a knightly sighte; trewely;
As was on him; was nought; with…outen faile;
To loke on Mars; that god is of batayle。 630
So lyk a man of armes and a knight
He was to seen; fulfild of heigh prowesse;
For bothe he hadde a body and a might
To doon that thing; as wel as hardinesse;
And eek to seen him in his gere him dresse; 635
So fresh; so yong; so weldy semed he;
It was an heven up…on him for to see。
His helm to…hewen was in twenty places;
That by a tissew heng; his bak bihinde;
His sheld to…dasshed was with swerdes and maces; 640
In which men mighte many an arwe finde
That thirled hadde horn and nerf and rinde;
And ay the peple cryde; ‘Here cometh our Ioye;
And; next his brother; holdere up of Troye!'
For which he wex a litel reed for shame; 645
Whan he the peple up…on him herde cryen;
That to biholde it was a noble game;
How sobreliche he caste doun his yen。
Cryseyda gan al his chere aspyen;
And leet so softe it in hir herte sinke; 650
That to hir…self she seyde; ‘Who yaf me drinke?'
For of hir owene thought she wex al reed;
Remembringe hir right thus; ‘Lo; this is he
Which that myn uncle swereth he moot be deed;
But I on him have mercy and pitee;' 655
And with that thought; for pure a…shamed; she
Gan in hir heed to pulle; and that as faste;
Whyl he and al the peple for…by paste;
And gan to caste and rollen up and doun
With…inne hir thought his excellent prowesse; 660
And his estat; and also his renoun;
His wit; his shap; and eek his gentillesse;
But most hir favour was; for his distresse
Was al for hir; and thoughte it was a routhe
To sleen swich oon; if that he mente trouthe。 665
Now mighte som envyous Iangle thus;
‘This was a sodeyn love; how mighte it be
That she so lightly lovede Troilus
Right for the firste sighte; ye; pardee?'
Now who…so seyth so; mote he never thee! 670
For every thing; a ginning hath it nede
Er al be wrought; with…outen any drede。
For I sey nought that she so sodeynly
Yaf him hir love; but that she gan enclyne
To lyke him first; and I have told yow why; 675
And after that; his manhod and his pyne
Made love with…inne hir for to myne;
For which; by proces and by good servyse;
He gat hir love; and in no sodeyn wyse。
And also blisful Venus; wel arayed; 680
Sat in hir seventhe hous of hevene tho;
Disposed wel; and with aspectes payed;
To helpen sely Troilus of his wo。
And; sooth to seyn; she nas not al a fo
To Troilus in his nativitee; 685
God woot that wel the soner spedde he。
Now lat us stinte of Troilus a throwe;
That rydeth forth; and lat us tourne faste
Un…to Criseyde; that heng hir heed ful lowe;
Ther…as she sat allone; and gan to caste 690
Wher…on she wolde apoynte hir at the laste;
If it so were hir eem ne wolde cesse;
For Troilus; up…on hir for to presse。
And; lord! So she gan in hir thought argue
In this matere of which I have yow told; 695
And what to doon best were; and what eschue;
That plyted she ful ofte in many fold。
Now was hir herte warm; now was it cold;
And what she thoughte somwhat shal I wryte;
As to myn auctor listeth for to endyte。 700
She thoughte wel that Troilus persone
She knew by sighte and eek his gentillesse;
And thus she seyde; ‘Al were it nought to done;
To graunte him love; yet; for his worthinesse;
It were honour; with pley and with gladnesse; 705
In honestee; with swich a lord to dele;
For myn estat; and also for his hele。
‘Eek; wel wot I my kinges sone is he;
And sith he hath to see me swich delyt;
If I wolde utterly his sighte flee; 710
Peraunter he mighte have me in dispyt;
Thurgh which I mighte stonde in worse plyt;
Now were I wys; me hate to purchace;
With…outen nede; ther I may stonde in grace?
‘In every thing; I woot; ther lyth mesure。 715
For though a man forbede dronkenesse;
He nought for…bet that every creature
Be drinkelees for alwey; as I gesse;
Eek sith I woot for me is his distresse;
I ne oughte not for that thing him despyse; 720
Sith it is so; he meneth in good wyse。
‘And eek I knowe; of longe tyme agoon;
His thewes goode; and that he is not nyce。
Ne avauntour; seyth men; certein; he is noon;
To wys is he to do so gret a vyce; 725
Ne als I nel him never so cheryce;
That he may make avaunt; by Iuste cause;
He shal me never binde in swiche a clause。
‘Now set a cas;
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