troilus and criseyde-第32章
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But how this cas doth Troilus moleste; 880
That may non erthely mannes tonge seye;
For verray wo his wit is al aweye。
‘For which we han so sorwed; he and I;
That in…to litel bothe it hadde us slawe;
But thurgh my conseil this day; fynally; 885
He somwhat is fro weping now with…drawe。
And semeth me that he desyreth fawe
With yow to been al night; for to devyse
Remede in this; if ther were any wyse。
‘This; short and pleyne; theffect of my message; 890
As ferforth as my wit can comprehende。
For ye; that been of torment in swich rage;
May to no long prologe as now entende;
And her…upon ye may answere him sende。
And; for the love of god; my nece dere; 895
So leef this wo er Troilus be here。'
‘Gret is my wo;' quod she; and sighte sore;
As she that feleth dedly sharp distresse;
‘But yet to me his sorwe is muchel more;
That love him bet than he him…self; I gesse。 900
Allas! For me hath he swich hevinesse?
Can he for me so pitously compleyne?
Y…wis; his sorwe doubleth al my peyne。
‘Grevous to me; god wot; is for to twinne;'
Quod she; ‘but yet it hardere is to me 905
To seen that sorwe which that he is inne;
For wel wot I; it wol my bane be;
And deye I wol in certayn;' tho quod she;
‘But bidde him come; er deeth; that thus me threteth;
Dryve out that goost which in myn herte beteth。' 910
Thise wordes seyd; she on hir armes two
Fil gruf; and gan to wepe pitously。
Quod Pandarus; ‘Allas! Why do ye so;
Syn wel ye woot the tyme is faste by;
That he shal come? Arys up hastely; 915
That he yow nat biwopen thus ne finde;
But ye wol have him wood out of his minde!
‘For wiste he that ye ferde in this manere;
He wolde him…selve slee; and if I wende
To han this fare; he sholde not come here 920
For al the good that Pryam may despende。
For to what fyn he wolde anoon pretende;
That knowe I wel; and for…thy yet I seye;
So leef this sorwe; or platly he wol deye。
‘And shapeth yow his sorwe for to abregge; 925
And nought encresse; leve nece swete;
Beth rather to him cause of flat than egge;
And with som wysdom ye his sorwes bete。
What helpeth it to wepen ful a strete;
Or though ye bothe in salte teres dreynte? 930
Bet is a tyme of cure ay than of pleynte。
‘I mene thus; whan I him hider bringe;
Sin ye ben wyse; and bothe of oon assent;
So shapeth how distourbe your goinge;
Or come ayen; sone after ye be went。 935
Wommen ben wyse in short avysement;
And lat sen how your wit shal now avayle;
And what that I may helpe; it shal not fayle。'
‘Go;' quod Criseyde; ‘and uncle; trewely;
I shal don al my might; me to restreyne 940
From weping in his sighte; and bisily;
Him for to glade; I shal don al my peyne;
And in myn herte seken every veyne;
If to this soor ther may be founden salve;
It shal not lakken; certain; on myn halve。' 945
Goth Pandarus; and Troilus he soughte;
Til in a temple he fond him allone;
As he that of his lyf no lenger roughte;
But to the pitouse goddes everichone
Ful tendrely he preyde; and made his mone; 950
To doon him sone out of this world to pace;
For wel he thoughte ther was non other grace。
And shortly; al the sothe for to seye;
He was so fallen in despeyr that day;
That outrely he shoop him for to deye。 955
For right thus was his argument alwey:
He seyde; he nas but loren; waylawey!
‘For al that comth; comth by necessitee;
Thus to be lorn; it is my destinee。
‘For certaynly; this wot I wel;' he seyde; 960
‘That for…sight of divyne purveyaunce
Hath seyn alwey me to for…gon Criseyde;
Sin god seeth every thing; out of doutaunce;
And hem disponeth; thourgh his ordenaunce;
In hir merytes sothly for to be; 965
As they shul comen by predestinee。
‘But nathelees; allas! Whom shal I leve?
For ther ben grete clerkes many oon;
That destinee thorugh argumentes preve;
And som men seyn that nedely ther is noon; 970
But that free chois is yeven us everichoon。
O; welaway! So sleye arn clerkes olde;
That I not whos opinion I may holde。
‘For som men seyn; if god seth al biforn;
Ne god may not deceyved ben; pardee; 975
Than moot it fallen; though men hadde it sworn;
That purveyaunce hath seyn bifore to be。
Wherfor I seye; that from eterne if he
Hath wist biforn our thought eek as our dede;
We have no free chois; as these clerkes rede。 980
‘For other thought nor other dede also
Might never be; but swich as purveyaunce;
Which may not ben deceyved never…mo;
Hath feled biforn; with…outen ignoraunce。
For if ther mighte been a variaunce 985
To wrythen out fro goddes purveyinge;
Ther nere no prescience of thing cominge;
‘But it were rather an opinioun
Uncerteyn; and no stedfast forseinge;
And certes; that were an abusioun; 990
That god shuld han no parfit cleer witinge
More than we men that han doutous weninge。
But swich an errour up…on god to gesse
Were fals and foul; and wikked corsednesse。
‘Eek this is an opinioun of somme 995
That han hir top ful heighe and smothe y…shore;
They seyn right thus; that thing is not to come
For that the prescience hath seyn bifore
That it shal come; but they seyn that therfore
That it shal come; therfore the purveyaunce 1000
Wot it biforn with…outen ignoraunce;
‘And in this manere this necessitee
Retorneth in his part contrarie agayn。
For needfully bihoveth it not to be
That thilke thinges fallen in certayn 1005
That ben purveyed; but nedely; as they seyn;
Bihoveth it that thinges; whiche that falle;
That they in certayn ben purveyed alle。
‘I mene as though I laboured me in this;
To enqueren which thing cause of which thing be; 1010
As whether that the prescience of god is
The certayn cause of the necessitee
Of thinges that to comen been; pardee;
Or if necessitee of thing cominge
Be cause certeyn of the purveyinge。 1015
‘But now ne enforce I me nat in shewinge
How the ordre of causes stant; but wel wot I;
That it bihoveth that the bifallinge
Of thinges wist biforen certeynly
Be necessarie; al seme it not ther…by 1020
That prescience put falling necessaire
To thing to come; al falle it foule or faire。
‘For if ther sit a man yond on a see;
Than by necessitee bihoveth it
That; certes; thyn opinioun soth be; 1025
That wenest or coniectest that he sit;
And ferther…over now ayenward yit;
Lo; right so it is of the part contrarie;
As thus; (now herkne; for I wol not tarie):
‘I seye; that if the opinioun of thee 1030
Be sooth; for that he sit; than seye I this;
That he mot sitten by necessitee;
And thus necessitee in either is。
For in him nede of sittinge is; y…wis;
And in thee nede of sooth; and thus; forsothe; 1035
Ther moot necessitee ben in yow bothe。
‘But thou mayst seyn; the man sit not therfore;
That thyn opinioun of sitting soth is;
But rather; for the man sit ther bifore;
Therfore is thyn opinioun sooth; y…wis。 1040
And I seye; though the cause of sooth of this
Comth of his sitting; yet necessitee
Is entrechaunged; bothe in him and thee。
‘Thus on this same wyse; out of doutaunce;
I may wel maken; as it semeth me; 1045
My resoninge of goddes purveyaunce;
And of the thinges that to comen be;
By whiche reson men may wel y…see;
That thilke thinges that in erthe falle;
That by necessitee they comen alle。 1050
‘For al…though that; for thing shal come; y…wis;
Therfore is it purveyed; certaynly;
Nat that it comth for it purveyed is:
Yet nathelees; bihoveth it nedfully;
That thing to come be purveyed; trewely; 1055
Or elles; thinges that purveyed be;
That they bityden by necessitee。
‘And this suffyseth right y…now; certeyn;
For to destroye our free chois every del。
But now is this abusion; to seyn; 1060
That fallinge of the thinges temporel
Is cause of goddes prescience eternel。
Now trewely; that is a fals sentence;
That thing to come sholde cause his prescience。