troilus and criseyde-第43章
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Ne felte I swich a confort; dar I seye;
She comth to…night; my lyf; that dorste I leye!'
Pandare answerde; ‘It may be wel; y…nough'; 1170
And held with him of al that ever he seyde;
But in his herte he thoughte; and softe lough;
And to him…self ful sobrely he seyde:
‘From hasel…wode; ther Ioly Robin pleyde;
Shal come al that thou abydest here; 1175
Ye; fare…wel al the snow of ferne yere!'
The wardein of the yates gan to calle
The folk which that with…oute the yates were;
And bad hem dryven in hir bestes alle;
Or al the night they moste bleven there。 1180
And fer with…in the night; with many a tere;
This Troilus gan hoomward for to ryde;
For wel he seeth it helpeth nought tabyde。
But natheles; he gladded him in this;
He thoughte he misacounted hadde his day; 1185
And seyde; ‘I understonde have al a…mis。
For thilke night I last Criseyde say;
She seyde; 〃I shal ben here; if that I may;
Er that the mone; O dere herte swete!
The Lyon passe; out of this Ariete。〃 1190
‘For which she may yet holde al hir biheste。'
And on the morwe un…to the yate he wente;
And up and down; by west and eek by este;
Up…on the walles made he many a wente。
But al for nought; his hope alwey him blente; 1195
For which at night; in sorwe and sykes sore;
He wente him hoom; with…outen any more。
This hope al clene out of his herte fledde;
He nath wher…on now lenger for to honge;
But for the peyne him thoughte his herte bledde; 1200
So were his throwes sharpe and wonder stronge。
For when he saugh that she abood so longe;
He niste what he iuggen of it mighte;
Sin she hath broken that she him bihighte。
The thridde; ferthe; fifte; sixte day 1205
After tho dayes ten; of which I tolde;
Bitwixen hope and drede his herte lay;
Yet som…what trustinge on hir hestes olde。
But whan he saugh she nolde hir terme holde;
He can now seen non other remedye; 1210
But for to shape him sone for to dye。
Ther…with the wikked spirit; god us blesse;
Which that men clepeth wode Ialousye;
Gan in him crepe; in al this hevinesse;
For which; by…cause he wolde sone dye; 1215
He ne eet ne dronk; for his malencolye;
And eek from every companye he fledde;
This was the lyf that al the tyme he ledde。
He so defet was; that no maner man
Unneth mighte him knowe ther he wente; 1220
So was he lene; and ther…to pale and wan;
And feble; that he walketh by potente;
And with his ire he thus himselven shente。
But who…so axed him wher…of him smerte;
He seyde; his harm was al aboute his herte。 1225
Pryam ful ofte; and eek his moder dere;
His bretheren and his sustren gonne him freyne
Why he so sorwful was in al his chere;
And what thing was the cause of al his peyne?
But al for nought; he nolde his cause pleyne; 1230
But seyde; he felte a grevous maladye
A…boute his herte; and fayn he wolde dye。
So on a day he leyde him doun to slepe;
And so bifel that in his sleep him thoughte;
That in a forest faste he welk to wepe 1235
For love of hir that him these peynes wroughte;
And up and doun as he the forest soughte;
He mette he saugh a boor with tuskes grete;
That sleep ayein the brighte sonnes hete。
And by this boor; faste in his armes folde; 1240
Lay kissing ay his lady bright Criseyde:
For sorwe of which; whan he it gan biholde;
And for despyt; out of his slepe he breyde;
And loude he cryde on Pandarus; and seyde;
‘O Pandarus; now knowe I crop and rote! 1245
I nam but deed; ther nis non other bote!
‘My lady bright Criseyde hath me bitrayed;
In whom I trusted most of any wight;
She elles…where hath now hir herte apayed;
The blisful goddes; through hir grete might; 1250
Han in my dreem y…shewed it ful right。
Thus in my dreem Criseyde I have biholde'
And al this thing to Pandarus he tolde。
‘O my Criseyde; allas! What subtiltee。
What newe lust; what beautee; what science; 1255
What wratthe of iuste cause have ye to me?
What gilt of me; what fel experience
Hath fro me raft; allas! Thyn advertence?
O trust; O feyth; O depe aseuraunce;
Who hath me reft Criseyde; al my plesaunce? 1260
‘Allas! Why leet I you from hennes go;
For which wel neigh out of my wit I breyde?
Who shal now trowe on any othes mo?
God wot I wende; O lady bright; Criseyde;
That every word was gospel that ye seyde! 1265
But who may bet bigylen; yf him liste;
Than he on whom men weneth best to triste?
‘What shal I doon; my Pandarus; allas!
I fele now so sharpe a newe peyne;
Sin that ther is no remedie in this cas; 1270
That bet were it I with myn hondes tweyne
My…selven slow; than alwey thus to pleyne。
For through my deeth my wo sholde han an ende;
Ther every day with lyf my…self I shende。'
Pandare answerde and seyde; ‘Allas the whyle 1275
That I was born; have I not seyd er this;
That dremes many a maner man bigyle?
And why? For folk expounden hem a…mis。
How darstow seyn that fals thy lady is;
For any dreem; right for thyn owene drede? 1280
Lat be this thought; thou canst no dremes rede。
‘Paraunter; ther thou dremest of this boor;
It may so be that it may signifye
Hir fader; which that old is and eek hoor;
Ayein the sonne lyth; on poynt to dye; 1285
And she for sorwe ginneth wepe and crye;
And kisseth him; ther he lyth on the grounde;
Thus shuldestow thy dreem a…right expounde。'
‘How mighte I thanne do?' quod Troilus;
‘To knowe of this; ye; were it never so lyte?' 1290
‘Now seystow wysly;' quod this Pandarus;
‘My reed is this; sin thou canst wel endyte;
That hastely a lettre thou hir wryte;
Thorugh which thou shalt wel bringen it aboute;
To knowe a sooth of that thou art in doute。 1295
‘And see now why; for this I dar wel seyn;
That if so is that she untrewe be;
I can not trowe that she wol wryte ayeyn。
And if she wryte; thou shalt ful sone see;
As whether she hath any libertee 1300
To come ayein; or ellis in som clause;
If she be let; she wol assigne a cause。
‘Thou hast not writen hir sin that she wente;
Nor she to thee; and this I dorste leye;
Ther may swich cause been in hir entente; 1305
That hardely thou wolt thy…selven seye;
That hir a…bood the beste is for yow tweye。
Now wryte hir thanne; and thou shalt fele sone
A sothe of al; ther is no more to done。'
Acorded been to this conclusioun; 1310
And that anoon; these ilke lordes two;
And hastely sit Troilus adoun;
And rolleth in his herte to and fro;
How he may best discryven hir his wo。
And to Criseyde; his owene lady dere; 1315
He wroot right thus; and seyde as ye may here。
‘Right fresshe flour; whos I have been and shal;
With…outen part of elles…where servyse;
With herte; body; lyf; lust; thought; and al;
I; woful wight; in every humble wyse 1320
That tonge telle or herte may devyse;
As ofte as matere occupyeth place;
Me recomaunde un…to your noble grace。
‘Lyketh it yow to witen; swete herte;
As ye wel knowe how longe tyme agoon 1325
That ye me lefte in aspre peynes smerte;
Whan that ye wente; of which yet bote noon
Have I non had; but ever wers bigoon
Fro day to day am I; and so mot dwelle;
While it yow list; of wele and wo my welle。 1330
‘For which to yow; with dredful herte trewe;
I wryte; as he that sorwe dryfth to wryte;
My wo; that every houre encreseth newe;
Compleyninge as I dar or can endyte。
And that defaced is; that may ye wyte 1335
The teres; which that fro myn eyen reyne;
That wolde speke; if that they coude; and pleyne。
‘Yow first biseche I; that your eyen clere
To look on this defouled ye not holde;
And over al this; that ye; my lady dere; 1340
Wol vouche…sauf this lettre to biholde。
And by the cause eek of my cares colde;
That sleeth my wit; if ought amis me asterte;
For…yeve it me; myn owene swete herte。
‘If any servant dorste or oughte of right 1345
Up…on his lady pitously compleyne;
Than wene I; that ich oughte be that