troilus and criseyde-第42章
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Un…to my deeth; to pleyne and maken wo。 985
What I shal after doon; I can not seye;
But trewely; as yet me list not pleye。
‘Myn herte is now in tribulacioun;
And ye in armes bisy; day by day。
Here…after; whan ye wonnen han the toun; 990
Paraunter; thanne so it happen may;
That whan I see that I never er say;
Than wole I werke that I never wroughte!
This word to yow y…nough suffysen oughte。
‘To…morwe eek wol I speken with yow fayn; 995
So that ye touchen nought of this matere。
And whan yow list; ye may come here ayeyn;
And; er ye gon; thus muche I seye yow here;
As help me Pallas with hir heres clere;
If that I sholde of any Greek han routhe; 1000
It sholde be your…selven; by my trouthe!
‘I sey not therfore that I wol yow love;
Ne I sey not nay; but in conclusioun;
I mene wel; by god that sit above:'
And ther…with…al she caste hir eyen doun; 1005
And gan to syke; and seyde; ‘O Troye toun;
Yet bidde I god; in quiete and in reste
I may yow seen; or do myn herte breste。'
But in effect; and shortly for to seye;
This Diomede al freshly newe ayeyn 1010
Gan pressen on; and faste hir mercy preye;
And after this; the sothe for to seyn;
Hir glove he took; of which he was ful fayn。
And fynally; whan it was waxen eve;
And al was wel; he roos and took his leve。 1015
The brighte Venus folwede and ay taughte
The wey; ther brode Phebus doun alighte;
And Cynthea hir char…hors over…raughte
To whirle out of the Lyon; if she mighte;
And Signifer his candelse shewed brighte; 1020
Whan that Criseyde un…to hir bedde wente
In…with hir fadres faire brighte tente。
Retorning in hir soule ay up and doun
The wordes of this sodein Diomede;
His greet estat; and peril of the toun; 1025
And that she was allone and hadde nede
Of freendes help; and thus bigan to brede
The cause why; the sothe for to telle;
That she tok fully purpos for to dwelle。
The morwe com; and goostly for to speke; 1030
This Diomede is come un…to Criseyde;
And shortly; lest that ye my tale breke;
So wel he for him…selve spak and seyde;
That alle hir sykes sore adoun he leyde。
And fynally; the sothe for to seyne; 1035
He refte hir of the grete of al hir peyne。
And after this the story telleth us;
That she him yaf the faire baye stede;
The which he ones wan of Troilus;
And eek a broche (and that was litel nede) 1040
That Troilus was; she yaf this Diomede。
And eek; the bet from sorwe him to releve;
She made him were a pencel of hir sleve。
I finde eek in stories elles…where;
Whan through the body hurt was Diomede 1045
Of Troilus; tho weep she many a tere;
Whan that she saugh his wyde woundes blede;
And that she took to kepen him good hede;
And for to hele him of his sorwes smerte。
Men seyn; I not; that she yaf him hir herte。 1050
But trewely; the story telleth us;
Ther made never womman more wo
Than she; whan that she falsed Troilus。
She seyde; ‘Allas! For now is clene a…go
My name of trouthe in love; for ever…mo! 1055
For I have falsed oon; the gentileste
That ever was; and oon the worthieste!
‘Allas; of me; un…to the worldes ende;
Shal neither been y…writen nor y…songe
No good word; for thise bokes wol me shende。 1060
O; rolled shal I been on many a tonge;
Through…out the world my belle shal be ronge;
And wommen most wol hate me of alle。
Allas; that swich a cas me sholde falle!
‘They wol seyn; in as muche as in me is; 1065
I have hem don dishonour; weylawey!
Al be I not the first that dide amis;
What helpeth that to do my blame awey?
But sin I see there is no bettre way;
And that to late is now for me to rewe; 1070
To Diomede algate I wol be trewe。
‘But Troilus; sin I no better may;
And sin that thus departen ye and I;
Yet preye I god; so yeve yow right good day
As for the gentileste; trewely; 1075
That ever I say; to serven feithfully;
And best can ay his lady honour kepe:'
And with that word she brast anon to wepe。
‘And certes yow ne haten shal I never;
And freendes love; that shal ye han of me; 1080
And my good word; al mighte I liven ever。
And; trewely; I wolde sory be
For to seen yow in adversitee。
And giltelees; I woot wel; I yow leve;
But al shal passe; and thus take I my leve。' 1085
But trewely; how longe it was bitwene;
That she for…sook him for this Diomede;
Ther is non auctor telleth it; I wene。
Take every man now to his bokes hede;
He shal no terme finden; out of drede。 1090
For though that he bigan to wowe hir sone;
Er he hir wan; yet was ther more to done。
Ne me ne list this sely womman chyde
Ferther than the story wol devyse。
Hir name; allas! Is publisshed so wyde; 1095
That for hir gilt it oughte y…noe suffyse。
And if I mighte excuse hir any wyse;
For she so sory was for hir untrouthe;
Y…wis; I wolde excuse hir yet for routhe。
This Troilus; as I biforn have told; 1100
Thus dryveth forth; as wel as he hath might。
But often was his herte hoot and cold;
And namely; that ilke nynthe night;
Which on the morwe she hadde him byhight
To come ayein: god wot; ful litel reste 1105
Hadde he that night; no…thing to slepe him leste。
The laurer…crouned Phebus; with his hete;
Gan; in his course ay upward as he wente;
To warmen of the est see the wawes wete;
And Nisus doughter song with fresh entente; 1110
Whan Troilus his Pandare after sente;
And on the walles of the toun they pleyde;
To loke if they can seen ought of Criseyde。
Til it was noon; they stoden for to see
Who that ther come; and every maner wight; 1115
That cam fro fer; they seyden it was she;
Til that they coude knowen him a…right。
Now was his herte dul; now was it light;
And thus by…iaped stonden for to stare
Aboute nought; this Troilus and Pandare。 1120
To Pandarus this Troilus tho seyde;
‘For ought I wot; bi…for noon; sikerly;
In…to this toun ne comth nought here Criseyde。
She hath y…now to done; hardily;
To winnen from hir fader; so trowe I; 1125
Hir olde fader wol yet make hir dyne
Er that she go; god yeve his herte pyne!'
Pandare answerde; ‘It may wel be; certeyn;
And for…thy lat us dyne; I thee biseche;
And after noon than maystw thou come ayeyn。' 1130
And hoom they go; with…oute more speche;
And comen ayein; but longe may they seche
Er that they finde that they after cape;
Fortune hem bothe thenketh for to Iape。
Quod Troilus; ‘I see wel now; that she 1135
Is taried with hir olde fader so;
That er she come; it wole neigh even be。
Com forth; I wol un…to the yate go。
Thise portours been unkonninge ever…mo;
And I wol doon hem holden up the yate 1140
As nought ne were; al…though she come late。'
The day goth faste; and after that comth eve;
And yet com nought to Troilus Criseyde。
He loketh forth by hegge; by tree; by greve;
And fer his heed over the wal he leyde。 1145
And at the laste he torned him; and seyde。
‘By god; I woot hir mening now; Pandare!
Al…most; y…wis; al newe was my care。
‘Now douteles; this lady can hir good;
I woot; she meneth ryden prively。 1150
I comende hir wysdom; by myn hood!
She wol not maken peple nycely
Gaure on hir; whan she comth; but softely
By nighte in…to the toun she thenketh ryde。
And; dere brother; thenk not longe to abyde。 1155
‘We han nought elles for to don; y…wis。
And Pandarus; now woltow trowen me?
Have here my trouthe; I see hir! Yond she is。
Heve up thyn eyen; man! Maystow not see?'
Pandare answerde; ‘Nay; so mote I thee! 1160
Al wrong; by god; what seystow; man; wher art?
That I see yond nis but a fare…cart。'
‘Allas; thou seist right sooth;' quod Troilus;
‘But; hardely; it is not al for nought
That in myn herte I now reioyse thus。 1165
It is ayein som good I have a thought。
Noot I not how; but sin that I was wrought;
Ne felte I swich a confort; dar I seye;
She comth to…night; my lyf; that dorste I leye!'