troilus and criseyde-第14章
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That ye to him of hard now ben y…wonne
Oughte he be glad; by god and yonder sonne!
For…why men seyth; 〃Impressiounes lighte
Ful lightly been ay redy to the flighte。'
‘But ye han pleyed tyraunt neigh to longe; 1240
And hard was it your herte for to grave;
Now stint; that ye no longer on it honge;
Al wolde ye the forme of daunger save。
But hasteth yow to doon him Ioye have;
For trusteth wel; to longe y…doon hardnesse 1245
Causeth despyt ful often; for destresse。'
And right as they declamed this matere;
Lo; Troilus; right at the stretes ende;
Com ryding with his tenthe some y…fere;
Al softely; and thiderward gan bende 1250
Ther…as they sete; as was his way to wende
To paleys…ward; and Pandare him aspyde;
And seyde; ‘Nece; y…see who cometh here ryde!
‘O flee not in; he seeth us; I suppose;
Lest he may thinke that ye him eschuwe。' 1255
‘Nay; nay;' quod she; and wex as reed as rose。
With that he gan hir humbly to saluwe
With dreedful chere; and oft his hewes muwe;
And up his look debonairly he caste;
And bekked on Pandare; and forth he paste。 1260
God woot if he sat on his hors a…right;
Or goodly was beseyn; that ilke day!
God woot wher he was lyk a manly knight!
What sholde I drecche; or telle of his aray?
Criseyde; which that alle these thinges say; 1265
To telle in short; hir lyked al y…fere;
His persone; his aray; his look; his chere;
His goodly manere; and his gentillesse;
So wel; that never; sith that she was born;
Ne hadde she swich routhe of his distresse; 1270
And how…so she hath hard ben her…biforn;
To god hope I; she hath now caught a thorn;
She shal not pulle it out this nexte wyke;
God sende mo swich thornes on to pyke!
Pandare; which that stood hir faste by; 1275
Felte iren hoot; and he bigan to smyte;
And seyde; ‘Nece; I pray yow hertely;
Tel me that I shal axen yow a lyte:
A womman; that were of his deeth to wyte;
With…outen his gilt; but for hir lakked routhe; 1280
Were it wel doon?' Quod she; ‘Nay; by my trouthe!'
‘God help me so;' quod he; ‘ye sey me sooth。
Ye felen wel your…self that I not lye;
Lo; yond he rit!' Quod she; ‘Ye; so he dooth!'
‘Wel;' quod Pandare; ‘as I have told yow thrye; 1285
Lat be youre nyce shame and youre folye;
And spek with him in esing of his herte;
Lat nycetee not do yow bothe smerte。'
But ther…on was to heven and to done;
Considered al thing; it may not be; 1290
And why; for shame; and it were eek to sone
To graunten him so greet a libertee。
‘For playnly hir entente;' as seyde she;
‘Was for to love him unwist; if she mighte;
And guerdon him with no…thing but with sighte。' 1295
But Pandarus thoughte; ‘It shal not be so;
If that I may; this nyce opinioun
Shal not be holden fully yeres two。'
What sholde I make of this a long sermoun?
He moste assente on that conclusioun; 1300
As for the tyme; and whan that it was eve;
And al was wel; he roos and took his leve。
And on his wey ful faste homward he spedde;
And right for Ioye he felte his herte daunce;
And Troilus he fond alone a…bedde; 1305
That lay as dooth these loveres; in a traunce;
Bitwixen hope and derk desesperaunce。
But Pandarus; right at his in…cominge;
He song; as who seyth; ‘Lo! Sumwhat I bringe;'
And seyde; ‘Who is in his bed so sone 1310
Y…buried thus?' ‘It am I; freend;' quod he。
‘Who; Troilus? Nay; helpe me so the mone;'
Quod Pandarus; ‘Thou shalt aryse and see
A charme that was sent right now to thee;
The which can helen thee of thyn accesse; 1315
If thou do forth…with al thy besinesse。'
‘Ye; through the might of god!' quod Troilus。
And Pandarus gan him the lettre take;
And seyde; ‘Pardee; god hath holpen us;
Have here a light; and loke on al this blake。' 1320
But ofte gan the herte glade and quake
Of Troilus; whyl that he gan it rede;
So as the wordes yave him hope or drede。
But fynally; he took al for the beste
That she him wroot; for somwhat he biheld 1325
On which; him thoughte; he mighte his herte reste;
Al covered she the wordes under sheld。
Thus to the more worthy part he held;
That; what for hope and Pandarus biheste;
His grete wo for…yede he at the leste。 1330
But as we may alday our…selven see;
Through more wode or col; the more fyr;
Right so encrees hope; of what it be;
Therwith ful ofte encreseth eek desyr;
Or; as an ook cometh of a litel spyr; 1335
So through this lettre; which that she him sente;
Encresen gan desyr; of which he brente。
Wherfore I seye alwey; that day and night
This Troilus gan to desiren more
Than he dide erst; thurgh hope; and dide his might 1340
To pressen on; as by Pandarus lore;
And wryten to hir of his sorwes sore
Fro day to day; he leet it not refreyde;
That by Pandare he wroot somwhat or seyde;
And dide also his othere observaunces 1345
That to a lovere longeth in this cas;
And; after that these dees turnede on chaunces;
So was he outher glad or seyde ‘Allas!'
And held after his gestes ay his pas;
And aftir swiche answeres as he hadde; 1350
So were his dayes sory outher gladde。
But to Pandare alwey was his recours;
And pitously gan ay til him to pleyne;
And him bisoughte of rede and som socours;
And Pandarus; that sey his wode peyne; 1355
Wex wel neigh deed for routhe; sooth to seyne;
And bisily with al his herte caste
Som of his wo to sleen; and that as faste;
And seyde; ‘Lord; and freend; and brother dere;
God woot that thy disese dooth me wo。 1360
But woltow stinten al this woful chere;
And; by my trouthe; or it be dayes two;
And god to…forn; yet shal I shape it so;
That thou shalt come in…to a certayn place;
Ther…as thou mayst thy…self hir preye of grace。 1365
‘And certainly; I noot if thou it wost;
But tho that been expert in love it seye;
It is oon of the thinges that furthereth most;
A man to have a leyser for to preye;
And siker place his wo for to biwreye; 1370
For in good herte it moot som routhe impresse;
To here and see the giltles in distresse。
‘Paraunter thenkestow: though it be so
That kinde wolde doon hir to biginne
To han a maner routhe up…on my wo; 1375
Seyth Daunger; 〃Nay; thou shalt me never winne;
So reuleth hir hir hertes goost with…inne;
That; though she bende; yet she stant on rote;
What in effect is this un…to my bote?〃
‘Thenk here…ayeins; whan that the sturdy ook; 1380
On which men hakketh ofte; for the nones;
Receyved hath the happy falling strook;
The grete sweigh doth it come al at ones;
As doon these rokkes or these milne…stones。
For swifter cours cometh thing that is of wighte; 1385
Whan it descendeth; than don thinges lighte。
‘And reed that boweth doun for every blast;
Ful lightly; cesse wind; it wol aryse;
But so nil not an ook whan it is cast;
It nedeth me nought thee longe to forbyse。 1390
Men shal reioysen of a greet empryse
Acheved wel; and stant with…outen doute;
Al han men been the lenger ther…aboute。
‘But; Troilus; yet tel me; if thee lest;
A thing now which that I shal axen thee; 1395
Which is thy brother that thou lovest best
As in thy verray hertes privetee?'
‘Y…wis; my brother Deiphebus;' quod he。
‘Now;' quod Pandare; ‘er houres twyes twelve;
He shal thee ese; unwist of it him…selve。 1400
‘Now lat me allone; and werken as I may;'
Quod he; and to Deiphebus wente he tho
Which hadde his lord and grete freend ben ay;
Save Troilus; no man he lovede so。
To telle in short; with…outen wordes mo; 1405
Quod Pandarus; ‘I pray yow that ye be
Freend to a cause which that toucheth me。'
‘Yis; pardee;' quod Deiphebus; ‘wel thow wost;
In al that ever I may; and god to…fore;
Al nere it but for man I love most; 1410
My brother Troilus; but sey wherfore
It is; for sith that day that I was bore;
I nas; ne never…mo to been I thinke;
Ayeins a thing that mighte thee for…thinke。'
Pandare gan him thonke; and to him