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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 

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