troilus and criseyde-第7章
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The gentileste; and eek the moste free; 1080
The thriftieste and oon the beste knight;
That in his tyme was; or mighte be。
Dede were his Iapes and his crueltee;
His heighe port and his manere estraunge;
And ech of tho gan for a vertu chaunge。 1085
Now lat us stinte of Troilus a stounde;
That fareth lyk a man that hurt is sore;
And is somdel of akinge of his wounde
Y…lissed wel; but heled no del more:
And; as an esy pacient; the lore 1090
Abit of him that gooth aboute his cure;
And thus he dryveth forth his aventure。
Explicit Liber Primus
Book II
Incipit Prohemium Secundi Libri。
Out of these blake wawes for to sayle;
O wind; O wind; the weder ginneth clere;
For in this see the boot hath swich travayle;
Of my conning; that unnethe I it stere:
This see clepe I the tempestous matere 5
Of desespeyr that Troilus was inne:
But now of hope the calendes biginne。
O lady myn; that called art Cleo;
Thou be my speed fro this forth; and my muse;
To ryme wel this book; til I have do; 10
Me nedeth here noon other art to use。
For…why to every lovere I me excuse;
That of no sentement I this endyte;
But out of Latin in my tonge it wryte。
Wherfore I nil have neither thank ne blame 15
Of al this werk; but prey yow mekely;
Disblameth me if any word be lame;
For as myn auctor seyde; so seye I。
Eek though I speke of love unfelingly;
No wondre is; for it no…thing of newe is; 20
A blind man can nat Iuggen wel in hewis。
Ye knowe eek; that in forme of speche is chaunge
With…inne a thousand yeer; and wordes tho
That hadden prys; now wonder nyce and straunge
Us thinketh hem; and yet they spake hem so; 25
And spedde as wel in love as men now do;
Eek for to winne love in sondry ages;
In sondry londes; sondry ben usages。
And for…thy if it happe in any wyse;
That here be any lovere in this place 30
That herkneth; as the storie wol devyse;
How Troilus com to his lady grace;
And thenketh; so nolde I nat love purchace;
Or wondreth on his speche or his doinge;
I noot; but it is me no wonderinge; 35
For every wight which that to Rome went;
Halt nat o path; or alwey o manere;
Eek in som lond were al the gamen shent;
If that they ferde in love as men don here;
As thus; in open doing or in chere; 40
In visitinge; in forme; or seyde hire sawes;
For…thy men seyn; ech contree hath his lawes。
Eek scarsly been ther in this place three
That han in love seid lyk and doon in al;
For to thy purpos this may lyken thee; 45
And thee right nought; yet al is seyd or shal;
Eek som men grave in tree; som in stoon wal;
As it bitit; but sin I have begonne;
Myn auctor shal I folwen; if I conne。
Exclipit prohemium Secundi Libri。
Incipit Liber Secundus。
In May; that moder is of monthes glade; 50
That fresshe floures; blewe; and whyte; and rede;
Ben quike agayn; that winter dede made;
And ful of bawme is fleting every mede;
Whan Phebus doth his brighte bemes sprede
Right in the whyte Bole; it so bitidde 55
As I shal singe; on Mayes day the thridde;
That Pandarus; for al his wyse speche;
Felt eek his part of loves shottes kene;
That; coude he never so wel of loving preche;
It made his hewe a…day ful ofte grene; 60
So shoop it; that hym fil that day a tene
In love; for which in wo to bedde he wente;
And made; er it was day; ful many a wente。
The swalwe Proigne; with a sorwful lay;
Whan morwe com; gan make hir waymentinge; 65
Why she forshapen was; and ever lay
Pandare a…bedde; half in a slomeringe;
Til she so neigh him made hir chiteringe
How Tereus gan forth hir suster take;
That with the noyse of hir he gan a…wake; 70
And gan to calle; and dresse him up to ryse;
Remembringe him his erand was to done
From Troilus; and eek his greet empryse;
And caste and knew in good plyt was the mone
To doon viage; and took his wey ful sone 75
Un…to his neces paleys ther bi…syde;
Now Ianus; god of entree; thou him gyde!
Whan he was come un…to his neces place;
‘Wher is my lady?' to hir folk seyde he;
And they him tolde; and he forth in gan pace; 80
And fond; two othere ladyes sete and she;
With…inne a paved parlour; and they three
Herden a mayden reden hem the geste
Of the Sege of Thebes; whyl hem leste。
Quod Pandarus; ‘Ma dame; god yow see; 85
With al your book and al the companye!'
‘Ey; uncle myn; welcome y…wis;' quod she;
And up she roos; and by the hond in hye
She took him faste; and seyde; ‘This night thrye;
To goode mote it turne; of yow I mette!' 90
And with that word she doun on bench him sette。
‘Ye; nece; ye shal fare wel the bet;
If god wole; al this yeer;' quod Pandarus;
‘But I am sory that I have yow let
To herknen of your book ye preysen thus; 95
For goddes love; what seith it? tel it us。
Is it of love? O; som good ye me lere!'
‘Uncle;' quod she; ‘your maistresse is not here!'
With that they gonnen laughe; and tho she seyde;
‘This romaunce is of Thebes; that we rede; 100
And we han herd how that king Laius deyde
Thurgh Edippus his sone; and al that dede;
And here we stenten at these lettres rede;
How the bisshop; as the book can telle;
Amphiorax; fil thurgh the ground to helle。' 105
Quod Pandarus; ‘Al this knowe I my…selve;
And al the assege of Thebes and the care;
For her…of been ther maked bokes twelve:
But lat be this; and tel me how ye fare;
Do wey your barbe; and shew your face bare; 110
Do wey your book; rys up; and lat us daunce;
And lat us don to May som observaunce。'
‘A! God forbede!' quod she。 ‘Be ye mad?
Is that a widewes lyf; so god you save?
By god; ye maken me right sore a…drad; 115
Ye ben so wilde; it semeth as ye rave!
It sete me wel bet ay in a cave
To bidde; and rede on holy seyntes lyves;
Lat maydens gon to daunce; and yonge wyves。'
‘As ever thryve I;' quod this Pandarus; 120
‘Yet coude I telle a thing to doon you pleye。'
‘Now; uncle dere;' quod she; ‘tel it us
For goddes love; is than the assege aweye?
I am of Grekes so ferd that I deye。'
‘Nay; nay;' quod he; ‘as ever mote I thryve! 125
It is a thing wel bet than swiche fyve。'
‘Ye; holy god;' quod she; ‘what thing is that?
What! Bet than swiche fyve? Ey; nay; y…wis!
For al this world ne can I reden what
It sholde been; som Iape; I trowe; is this; 130
And but your…selven telle us what it is;
My wit is for to arede it al to lene;
As help me god; I noot nat what ye meene。'
‘And I your borow; ne never shal; for me;
This thing be told to yow; as mote I thryve!' 135
‘And why so; uncle myn? Why so?' quod she。
‘By god;' quod he; ‘that wole I telle as blyve;
For prouder womman were ther noon on…lyve;
And ye it wiste; in al the toun of Troye;
I iape nought; as ever have I Ioye!' 140
Tho gan she wondren more than biforn
A thousand fold; and doun hir eyen caste;
For never; sith the tyme that she was born;
To knowe thing desired she so faste;
And with a syk she seyde him at the laste; 145
‘Now; uncle myn; I nil yow nought displese;
Nor axen more; that may do yow disese。'
So after this; with many wordes glade;
And freendly tales; and with mery chere;
Of this and that they pleyde; and gunnen wade 150
In many an unkouth glad and deep matere;
As freendes doon; whan they ben met y…fere;
Til she gan axen him how Ector ferde;
That was the tounes wal and Grekes yerde。
‘Ful wel; I thanke it god;' quod Pandarus; 155
‘Save in his arm he hath a litel wounde;
And eek his fresshe brother Troilus;
The wyse worthy Ector the secounde;
In whom that ever vertu list abounde;
As alle trouthe and alle gentillesse; 160
Wysdom; honour; fredom; and worthinesse。'
‘In good feith; eem;' quod she; ‘that lyketh me;
They faren wel; god save hem bothe two!
For trewely I holde it greet deyntee
A kinges sone in armes wel to do; 165
And been of good condiciouns ther…to;
Fo