confessio amantis-第123章
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And he with al the haste he myhte
To grounde fell and therthe kiste;
Bot non of hem the cause wiste;
Bot wenden that he hadde sporned
Per chance; and so was overtorned。 4740
Bot Brutus al an other mente;
For he knew wel in his entente
Hou therthe of every mannes kinde
Is Moder: bot thei weren blinde;
And sihen noght so fer as he。
Bot whan thei leften the Cite
And comen hom to Rome ayein;
Thanne every man which was Romein
And moder hath; to hire he bende
And keste; and ech of hem thus wende 4750
To be the ferste upon the chance;
Of Tarquin forto do vengance;
So as thei herden Phebus sein。
Bot every time hath his certein;
So moste it nedes thanne abide;
Til afterward upon a tyde
Tarquinus made unskilfully
A werre; which was fasteby
Ayein a toun with walles stronge
Which Ardea was cleped longe; 4760
And caste a Siege theraboute;
That ther mai noman passen oute。
So it befell upon a nyht;
Arrons; which hadde his souper diht;
A part of the chivalerie
With him to soupe in compaignie
Hath bede: and whan thei comen were
And seten at the souper there;
Among here othre wordes glade
Arrons a gret spekinge made; 4770
Who hadde tho the beste wif
Of Rome: and ther began a strif;
For Arrons seith he hath the beste。
So jangle thei withoute reste;
Til ate laste on Collatin;
A worthi knyht; and was cousin
To Arrons; seide him in this wise:
〃It is;〃 quod he; 〃of non emprise
To speke a word; bot of the dede;
Therof it is to taken hiede。 4780
Anon forthi this same tyde
Lep on thin hors and let ous ryde:
So mai we knowe bothe tuo
Unwarli what oure wyves do;
And that schal be a trewe assay。〃
This Arrons seith noght ones nay:
On horse bak anon thei lepte
In such manere; and nothing slepte;
Ridende forth til that thei come
Al prively withinne Rome; 4790
In strange place and doun thei lihte;
And take a chambre; and out of sihte
Thei be desguised for a throwe;
So that no lif hem scholde knowe。
And to the paleis ferst thei soghte;
To se what thing this ladi wroghte
Of which Arrons made his avant:
And thei hire sihe of glad semblant;
Al full of merthes and of bordes;
Bot among alle hire othre wordes 4800
Sche spak noght of hire housebonde。
And whan thei hadde al understonde
Of thilke place what hem liste;
Thei gon hem forth; that non it wiste;
Beside thilke gate of bras;
Collacea which cleped was;
Wher Collatin hath his duellinge。
Ther founden thei at hom sittinge
Lucrece his wif; al environed
With wommen; whiche are abandoned 4810
To werche; and sche wroghte ek withal;
And bad hem haste; and seith; 〃It schal
Be for mi housebondes were;
Which with his swerd and with his spere
Lith at the Siege in gret desese。
And if it scholde him noght displese;
Nou wolde god I hadde him hiere;
For certes til that I mai hiere
Som good tidinge of his astat;
Min herte is evere upon debat。 4820
For so as alle men witnesse;
He is of such an hardiesse;
That he can noght himselve spare;
And that is al my moste care;
Whan thei the walles schulle assaile。
Bot if mi wisshes myhte availe;
I wolde it were a groundles pet;
Be so the Siege were unknet;
And I myn housebonde sihe。〃
With that the water in hire yhe 4830
Aros; that sche ne myhte it stoppe;
And as men sen the dew bedroppe
The leves and the floures eke;
Riht so upon hire whyte cheke
The wofull salte teres felle。
Whan Collatin hath herd hire telle
The menynge of hire trewe herte;
Anon with that to hire he sterte;
And seide; 〃Lo; mi goode diere;
Nou is he come to you hiere; 4840
That ye most loven; as ye sein。〃
And sche with goodly chiere ayein
Beclipte him in hire armes smale;
And the colour; which erst was pale;
To Beaute thanne was restored;
So that it myhte noght be mored。
The kinges Sone; which was nyh;
And of this lady herde and syh
The thinges as thei ben befalle;
The resoun of hise wittes alle 4850
Hath lost; for love upon his part
Cam thanne; and of his fyri dart
With such a wounde him hath thurghsmite;
That he mot nedes fiele and wite
Of thilke blinde maladie;
To which no cure of Surgerie
Can helpe。 Bot yit natheles
At thilke time he hield his pes;
That he no contienance made;
Bot openly with wordes glade; 4860
So as he couthe in his manere;
He spak and made frendly chiere;
Til it was time forto go。
And Collatin with him also
His leve tok; so that be nyhte
With al the haste that thei myhte
Thei riden to the Siege ayein。
Bot Arrons was so wo besein
With thoghtes whiche upon him runne;
That he al be the brode Sunne 4870
To bedde goth; noght forto reste;
Bot forto thenke upon the beste
And the faireste forth withal;
That evere he syh or evere schal;
So as him thoghte in his corage;
Where he pourtreieth hire ymage:
Ferst the fetures of hir face;
In which nature hadde alle grace
Of wommanly beaute beset;
So that it myhte noght be bet; 4880
And hou hir yelwe her was tresced
And hire atir so wel adresced;
And hou sche spak; and hou sche wroghte;
And hou sche wepte; al this he thoghte;
That he foryeten hath no del;
Bot al it liketh him so wel;
That in the word nor in the dede
Hire lacketh noght of wommanhiede。
And thus this tirannysshe knyht
Was soupled; bot noght half ariht; 4890
For he non other hiede tok;
Bot that he myhte be som crok;
Althogh it were ayein hire wille;
The lustes of his fleissh fulfille;
Which love was noght resonable;
For where honour is remuable;
It oghte wel to ben avised。
Bot he; which hath his lust assised
With melled love and tirannie;
Hath founde upon his tricherie 4900
A weie which he thenkth to holde;
And seith; 〃Fortune unto the bolde
Is favorable forto helpe。〃
And thus withinne himself to yelpe;
As he which was a wylde man;
Upon his treson he began:
And up he sterte; and forth he wente
On horsebak; bot his entente
Ther knew no wiht; and thus he nam
The nexte weie; til he cam 4910
Unto Collacea the gate
Of Rome; and it was somdiel late;
Riht evene upon the Sonne set;
As he which hadde schape his net
Hire innocence to betrappe。
And as it scholde tho mishappe;
Als priveliche as evere he myhte
He rod; and of his hors alyhte
Tofore Collatines In;
And al frendliche he goth him in; 4920
As he that was cousin of house。
And sche; which is the goode spouse;
Lucrece; whan that sche him sih;
With goodli chiere drowh him nyh;
As sche which al honour supposeth;
And him; so as sche dar; opposeth
Hou it stod of hire housebonde。
And he tho dede hire understonde
With tales feigned in his wise;
Riht as he wolde himself devise; 4930
Wherof he myhte hire herte glade;
That sche the betre chiere made;
Whan sche the glade wordes herde;
Hou that hire housebonde ferde。
And thus the trouthe was deceived
With slih tresoun; which was received
To hire which mente alle goode;
For as the festes thanne stode;
His Souper was ryht wel arraied。
Bot yit he hath no word assaied 4940
To speke of love in no degre;
Bot with covert subtilite
His frendly speches he affaiteth;
And as the Tigre his time awaiteth
In hope forto cacche his preie。
Whan that the bordes were aweie
And thei have souped in the halle;
He seith that slep is on him falle;
And preith he moste go to bedde;
And sche with alle haste spedde; 4950
So as hire thoghte it was to done;
That every thing was redi sone。
Sche broghte him to his chambre tho
And tok hire leve; and forth is go
Into hire oghne chambre by;
As sche that wende certeinly
Have had a frend; and hadde a fo;
Wherof fell after mochel wo。
This tirant; thogh he lyhe softe;
Out of his bed aros fulofte; 4960
And goth aboute; and leide his Ere
To herkne; til that alle were
To bedde gon and slepten faste。
And thanne upon himself he caste
A mantell; and his swerd al naked
He tok in honde; and sche unwaked
Abedde lay; but what sche mette;
God wot; for he the Dore unschette
So prively that non it herde;
The softe pas and forth he ferde 4970
Unto the bed wher that sche slepte;
Al sodeinliche and in he crepte;
And hire in bothe his Armes tok。
With that this worthi wif awok;
Which thurgh tendresce of wommanhiede
Hire vois hath lost for pure drede;
That o word speke sche ne dar:
And ek he bad hir to be war;
For if sche made noise or cry;
He