troilus and criseyde-第20节
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And with that word he drow him to the fere;
And took a light; and fond his contenaunce;
As for to loke up…on an old romaunce。 980
Criseyde; that was Troilus lady right;
And cleer stood on a ground of sikernesse;
Al thoughte she; hir servaunt and hir knight
Ne sholde of right non untrouthe in hir gesse;
Yet nathelees; considered his distresse; 985
And that love is in cause of swich folye;
Thus to him spak she of his Ialousye:
‘Lo; herte myn; as wolde the excellence
Of love; ayeins the which that no man may;
Ne oughte eek goodly maken resistence 990
And eek bycause I felte wel and say
Youre grete trouthe; and servyse every day;
And that your herte al myn was; sooth to seyne;
This droof me for to rewe up…on your peyne。
‘And your goodnesse have I founde alwey yit; 995
Of whiche; my dere herte and al my knight;
I thonke it yow; as fer as I have wit;
Al can I nought as muche as it were right;
And I; emforth my conninge and my might;
Have and ay shal; how sore that me smerte; 1000
Ben to yow trewe and hool; with a myn herte;
‘And dredelees; that shal be founde at preve。
But; herte myn; what al this is to seyne
Shal wel be told; so that ye noght yow greve;
Though I to yow right on your…self compleyne。 1005
For ther…with mene I fynally the peyne;
That halt your herte and myn in hevinesse;
Fully to sleen; and every wrong redresse。
‘My goode; myn; not I for…why ne how
That Ialousye; allas! That wikked wivere; 1010
Thus causelees is cropen in…to yow;
The harm of which I wolde fayn delivere!
Allas! That he; al hool; or of him slivere;
Shuld have his refut in so digne a place;
Ther Iove him sone out of your herte arace! 1015
‘But O; thou Iove; O auctor of nature;
Is this an honour to thy deitee;
That folk ungiltif suffren here iniure;
And who that giltif is; al quit goth he?
O were it leful for to pleyne on thee; 1020
That undeserved suffrest Ialousye;
Of that I wolde up…on thee pleyne and crye!
‘Eek al my wo is this; that folk now usen
To seyn right thus; 〃Ye; Ialousye is love!〃
And wolde a busshel venim al excusen; 1025
For that o greyn of love is on it shove!
But that wot heighe god that sit above;
If it be lyker love; or hate; or grame;
And after that; it oughte bere his name。
‘But certeyn is; som maner Ialousye 1030
Is excusable more than som; y…wis。
As whan cause is; and som swich fantasye
With pietee so wel repressed is;
That it unnethe dooth or seyth amis;
But goodly drinketh up al his distresse; 1035
And that excuse I; for the gentilesse。
‘And som so ful of furie is and despyt
That it sourmounteth his repressioun;
But herte myn; ye be not in that plyt;
That thanke I god; for whiche your passioun 1040
I wol not calle it but illusioun;
Of habundaunce of love and bisy cure;
That dooth your herte this disese endure。
‘Of which I am right sory but not wrooth;
But; for my devoir and your hertes reste; 1045
Wher…so yow list; by ordal or by ooth;
By sort; or in what wyse so yow leste;
For love of god; lat preve it for the beste!
And if that I be giltif; do me deye;
Allas! What mighte I more doon or seye?' 1050
With that a fewe brighte teres newe
Owt of hir eyen fille; and thus she seyde;
‘Now god; thou wost; in thought ne dede untrewe
To Troilus was never yet Criseyde。'
With that hir heed doun in the bed she leyde; 1055
And with the shete it wreigh; and syghed sore;
And held hir pees; not o word spak she more。
But now help god to quenchen al this sorwe;
So hope I that he shal; for he best may;
For I have seyn; of a ful misty morwe 1060
Folwen ful ofte a mery someres day;
And after winter folweth grene May。
Men seen alday; and reden eek in stories;
That after sharpe shoures been victories。
This Troilus; whan he hir wordes herde; 1065
Have ye no care; him liste not to slepe;
For it thoughte him no strokes of a yerde
To here or seen Criseyde; his lady wepe;
But wel he felte aboute his herte crepe;
For every teer which that Criseyde asterte; 1070
The crampe of deeth; to streyne him by the herte。
And in his minde he gan the tyme acurse
That he cam there; and that that he was born;
For now is wikke y…turned in…to worse;
And al that labour he hath doon biforn; 1075
He wende it lost; he thoughte he nas but lorn。
‘O Pandarus;' thoughte he; ‘allas! Thy wyle
Serveth of nought; so weylaway the whyle!'
And therwithal he heng a…doun the heed;
And fil on knees; and sorwfully he sighte; 1080
What mighte he seyn? He felte he nas but deed;
For wrooth was she that shulde his sorwes lighte。
But nathelees; whan that he speken mighte;
Than seyde he thus; ‘God woot; that of this game;
Whan al is wist; than am I not to blame!' 1085
Ther…with the sorwe so his herte shette;
That from his eyen fil there not a tere;
And every spirit his vigour in…knette;
So they astoned or oppressed were。
The feling of his sorwe; or of his fere; 1090
Or of ought elles; fled was out of towne;
And doun he fel al sodeynly a…swowne。
This was no litel sorwe for to see;
But al was hust; and Pandare up as faste;
‘O nece; pees; or we be lost;' quod he; 1095
‘Beth nought agast;' But certeyn; at the laste;
For this or that; he in…to bedde him caste;
And seyde; ‘O theef; is this a mannes herte?'
And of he rente al to his bare sherte;
And seyde; ‘Nece; but ye helpe us now; 1100
Allas; your owne Troilus is lorn!'
‘Y…wis; so wolde I; and I wiste how;
Ful fayn;' quod she; ‘Allas! That I was born!'
‘Ye; nece; wole ye pullen out the thorn
That stiketh in his herte?' quod Pandare; 1105
‘Sey 〃Al foryeve;〃 and stint is al this fare!'
‘Ye; that to me;' quod she; ‘ful lever were
Than al the good the sonne aboute gooth';
And therwith…al she swoor him in his ere;
‘Y…wis; my dere herte; I am nought wrooth; 1110
Have here my trouthe and many another ooth;
Now speek to me; for it am I; Cryseyde!'
But al for nought; yet mighte he not a…breyde。
Therwith his pous and pawmes of his hondes
They gan to frote; and wete his temples tweyne; 1115
And; to deliveren him from bittre bondes;
She ofte him kiste; and; shortly for to seyne;
Him to revoken she dide al hir peyne。
And at the laste; he gan his breeth to drawe;
And of his swough sone after that adawe; 1120
And gan bet minde and reson to him take;
But wonder sore he was abayst; y…wis。
And with a syk; whan he gan bet a…wake;
He seyde; ‘O mercy; god; what thing is this?'
‘Why do ye with your…selven thus amis?' 1125
Quod tho Criseyde; ‘Is this a mannes game?
What; Troilus! Wol ye do thus; for shame?'
And therwith…al hir arm over him she leyde;
And al foryaf; and ofte tyme him keste。
He thonked hir; and to hir spak; and seyde 1130
As fil to purpos for his herte reste。
And she to that answerde him as hir leste;
And with hir goodly wordes him disporte
She gan; and ofte his sorwes to comforte。
Quod Pandarus; ‘For ought I can espyen; 1135
This light; nor I ne serven here of nought;
Light is not good for syke folkes yen。
But for the love of god; sin ye be brought
In thus good plyt; lat now non hevy thought
Ben hanginge in the hertes of yow tweye:' 1140
And bar the candele to the chimeneye。
Sone after this; though it no nede were;
Whan she swich othes as hir list devyse
Hadde of him take; hir thoughte tho no fere;
Ne cause eek non; to bidde him thennes ryse。 1145
Yet lesse thing than othes may suffyse
In many a cas; for every wight; I gesse;
That loveth wel meneth but gentilesse。
But in effect she wolde wite anoon
Of what man; and eek where; and also why 1150
He Ielous was; sin ther was cause noon;
And eek the signe; that he took it by;
She bad him that to telle hir bisily;
Or elles; certeyn; she bar him on honde;
That this was doon of malis; hir to fonde。 1155
With…outen more; shortly for to seyne;
He moste obeye un…to his lady heste;
And for the lasse harm; he moste feyne。
He seyde hir; whan she was at swiche a feste;
She mighte on him han loked at the leste; 1160
Not I not what; al dere y…nough a risshe;
As he that nedes moste a cause fisshe。
And she answerde; ‘Swete; al were it so;
What harm was that; sin I non yvel mene?
For; by that god that boughte us bothe two; 1165
In alle thinge is myn entente clene。
Swich arguments ne been not worth a bene;
Wol ye the childish Ialous contrefete?
Now were it worthy that ye were y…bete。'
Tho Troilus gan sorwfully to syke; 1170
Lest she be wrooth; him thoughte his herte deyde;
And seyde; ‘Allas! Up…on my sorwes syke
Have mercy; swete herte myn; Cryseyde!
And if that; in tho wordes that I seyde;
Be any wrong; I wol no more trespace; 1175
Do what yow list; I am al in your grace。'
And she answerde; ‘Of gilt misericorde!
That is to seyn; that I foryeve al this;
And ever…more on this night yow recorde;