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troilus and criseyde-第38章

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And seme as though he sholde falle depe

From heighe a…lofte; and than he wolde wepe;



And rewen on him…self so pitously;  260

That wonder was to here his fantasye。

Another tyme he sholde mightily

Conforte him…self; and seyn it was folye;

So causeles swich drede for to drye;

And eft biginne his aspre sorwes newe;  265

That every man mighte on his sorwes rewe。



Who coude telle aright or ful discryve

His wo; his pleynt; his langour; and his pyne?

Nought al the men that han or been on…lyve。

Thou; redere; mayst thy…self ful wel devyne  270

That swich a wo my wit can not defyne。

On ydel for to wryte it sholde I swinke;

Whan that my wit is wery it to thinke。



On hevene yet the sterres were sene;

Al…though ful pale y…waxen was the mone;  275

And whyten gan the orisonte shene

Al estward; as it woned is for to done。

And Phebus with his rosy carte sone

Gan after that to dresse him up to fare;

Whan Troilus hath sent after Pandare。  280



This Pandare; that of al the day biforn

Ne mighte han comen Troilus to see;

Al…though he on his heed it hadde y…sworn;

For with the king Pryam alday was he;

So that it lay not in his libertee  285

No…wher to gon; but on the morwe he wente

To Troilus; whan that he for him sente。



For in his herte he coude wel devyne;

That Troilus al night for sorwe wook;

And that he wolde telle him of his pyne;  290

This knew he wel y…nough; with…oute book。

For which to chaumbre streight the wey he took;

And Troilus tho sobreliche he grette;

And on the bed ful sone he gan him sette。



‘My Pandarus;' quod Troilus; ‘the sorwe  295

Which that I drye; I may not longe endure。

I trowe I shal not liven til to…morwe;

For whiche I wolde alwey; on aventure;

To thee devysen of my sepulture

The forme; and of my moeble thou dispone  300

Right as thee semeth best is for to done。



‘But of the fyr and flaumbe funeral

In whiche my body brenne shal to glede;

And of the feste and pleyes palestral

At my vigile; I prey thee tak good hede  305

That be wel; and offre Mars my stede;

My swerd; myn helm; and; leve brother dere;

My sheld to Pallas yef; that shyneth clere。



‘The poudre in which myn herte y…brend shal torne;

That preye I thee thou take and it conserve  310

In a vessel; that men clepeth an urne;

Of gold; and to my lady that I serve;

For love of whom thus pitously I sterve;

So yeve it hir; and do me this plesaunce;

To preye hir kepe it for a remembraunce。  315



‘For wel I fele; by my maladye;

And by my dremes now and yore ago;

Al certeinly; that I mot nedes dye。

The owle eek; which that hight Ascaphilo;

Hath after me shright alle thise nightes two。  320

And; god Mercurie! Of me now; woful wrecche;

The soule gyde; and; whan thee list; it fecche!'



Pandare answerde; and seyde; ‘Troilus;

My dere freend; as I have told thee yore;

That it is folye for to sorwen thus;  325

And causeles; for whiche I can no…more。

But who…so wol not trowen reed ne lore;

I can not seen in him no remedye;

But lete him worthen with his fantasye。



‘But Troilus; I pray thee tel me now;  330

If that thou trowe; er this; that any wight

Hath loved paramours as wel as thou?

Ye; god wot; and fro many a worthy knight

Hath his lady goon a fourtenight;

And he not yet made halvendel the fare。  335

What nede is thee to maken al this care?



‘Sin day by day thou mayst thy…selven see

That from his love; or elles from his wyf;

A man mot twinnen of necessitee;

Ye; though he love hir as his owene lyf;  340

Yet nil he with him…self thus maken stryf。

For wel thow wost; my leve brother dere;

That alwey freendes may nought been y…fere。



‘How doon this folk that seen hir loves wedded

By freendes might; as it bi…tit ful ofte;  345

And seen hem in hir spouses bed y…bedded?

God woot; they take it wysly; faire and softe。

For…why good hope halt up hir herte on…lofte;

And for they can a tyme of sorwe endure;

As tyme hem hurt; a tyme doth hem cure。  350



‘So sholdestow endure; and late slyde

The tyme; and fonde to ben glad and light。

Ten dayes nis so longe not tabyde。

And sin she thee to comen hath bihight;

She nil hir hestes breken for no wight。  355

For dred thee not that she nil finden weye

To come ayein; my lyf that dorste I leye。



‘Thy swevenes eek and al swich fantasye

Dryf out; and lat hem faren to mischaunce;

For they procede of thy malencolye;  360

That doth thee fele in sleep al this penaunce。

A straw for alle swevenes signifiaunce!

God helpe me so; I counte hem not a bene;

Ther woot no man aright what dremes mene。



‘For prestes of the temple tellen this;  365

That dremes been the revelaciouns

Of goddes; and as wel they telle; y…wis;

That they ben infernals illusiouns;

And leches seyn; that of complexiouns

Proceden they; or fast; or glotonye。  370

Who woot in sooth thus what they signifye?



‘Eek othere seyn that thorugh impressiouns;

As if a wight hath faste a thing in minde;

That ther…of cometh swiche avisiouns;

And othere seyn; as they in bokes finde;  375

That; after tymes of the yeer by kinde;

Men dreme; and that theffect goth by the mone;

But leve no dreem; for it is nought to done。



‘Wel worth of dremes ay thise olde wyves;

And treweliche eek augurie of thise foules;  380

For fere of which men wenen lese her lyves;

As ravenes qualm; or shryking of thise oules。

To trowen on it bothe fals and foul is。

Allas; allas; so noble a creature

As is a man; shal drede swich ordure!  385



‘For which with al myn herte I thee beseche;

Un…to thy…self that al this thou foryive;

And rys up now with…oute more speche;

And lat us caste how forth may best be drive

This tyme; and eek how freshly we may live  390

Whan that she cometh; the which shal be right sone;

God help me so; the beste is thus to done。



‘Rys; lat us speke of lusty lyf in Troye

That we han lad; and forth the tyme dryve;

And eek of tyme cominge us reioye;  395

That bringen shal our blisse now so blyve;

And langour of these twyes dayes fyve

We shal ther…with so foryete or oppresse;

That wel unnethe it doon shal us duresse。



‘This toun is ful of lordes al aboute;  400

And trewes lasten al this mene whyle。

Go we pleye us in som lusty route

To Sarpedon; not hennes but a myle。

And thus thou shalt the tyme wel bigyle;

And dryve it forth un…to that blisful morwe;  405

That thou hir see; that cause is of thy sorwe。



‘Now rys; my dere brother Troilus;

For certes; it noon honour is to thee

To wepe; and in thy bedde to iouken thus。

For trewely; of o thing trust to me;  410

If thou thus ligge a day; or two; or three;

The folk wol wene that thou; for cowardyse;

Thee feynest syk; and that thou darst not ryse。'



This Troilus answerde; ‘O brother dere;

This knowen folk that han y…suffred peyne;  415

That though he wepe and make sorwful chere;

That feleth harm and smert in every veyne;

No wonder is; and though I ever pleyne;

Or alwey wepe; I am no…thing to blame;

Sin I have lost the cause of al my game。  420



‘But sin of fyne force I moot aryse;

I shal aryse as sone as ever I may;

And god; to whom myn herte I sacrifyse;

So sende us hastely the tenthe day!

For was ther never fowl so fayn of May;  425

As I shal been; whan that she cometh in Troye;

That cause is of my torment and my Ioye。



‘But whider is thy reed;' quod Troilus;

‘That we may pleye us best in al this toun?'

‘Bi god; my conseil is;' quod Pandarus;  430

‘To ryde and pleye us with king Sarpedoun。'

So longe of this they speken up and doun;

Til Troilus gan at the laste assente

To ryse; and forth to Sarpedoun they wente。



This Sarpedoun; as he that honourable  435

Was ever his lyve; and ful of heigh prowesse;

With al that mighte y…served been on table;

That deyntee was; al coste it greet richesse;

He fedde hem day by day; that swich noblesse;

As seyden bothe the moste and eek the leste;  

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