《troilus and criseyde》

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Now beeth al hool; no lenger ye ne pleyne。



‘But nathelees; this warne I yow;' quod she;

‘A kinges sone al…though ye be; y…wis;  170

Ye shal na…more have soverainetee

Of me in love; than right in that cas is;

Ne I nil forbere; if that ye doon a…mis;

To wrathen yow; and whyl that ye me serve;

Cherycen yow right after ye deserve。  175



‘And shortly; dere herte and al my knight;

Beth glad; and draweth yow to lustinesse;

And I shal trewely; with al my might;

Your bittre tornen al in…to swetenesse。

If I be she that may yow do gladnesse;  180

For every wo ye shal recovere a blisse';

And him in armes took; and gan him kisse。



Fil Pandarus on knees; and up his eyen

To hevene threw; and held his hondes hye;

‘Immortal god!' quod he; ‘That mayst nought dyen;  185

Cupide I mene; of this mayst glorifye;

And Venus; thou mayst maken melodye;

With…outen hond; me semeth that in the towne;

For this merveyle; I here ech belle sowne。



‘But ho! No more as now of this matere;  190

For…why this folk wol comen up anoon;

That han the lettre red; lo; I hem here。

But I coniure thee; Criseyde; and oon;

And two; thou Troilus; whan thow mayst goon;

That at myn hous ye been at my warninge;  195

For I ful wel shal shape youre cominge;



‘And eseth ther your hertes right y…nough;

And lat see which of yow shal bere the belle

To speke of love a…right!' ther…with he lough;

‘For ther have ye a layser for to telle。'  200

Quod Troilus; ‘How longe shal I dwelle

Er this be doon?' Quod he; ‘Whan thou mayst ryse;

This thing shal be right as I yow devyse。'



With that Eleyne and also Deiphebus

Tho comen upward; right at the steyres ende;  205

And Lord; so than gan grone Troilus;

His brother and his suster for to blende。

Quod Pandarus; ‘It tyme is that we wende;

Tak; nece myn; your leve at alle three;

And lat hem speke; and cometh forth with me。'  210



She took hir leve at hem ful thriftily;

As she wel coude; and they hir reverence

Un…to the fulle diden hardely;

And speken wonder wel; in hir absence;

Of hir; in preysing of hir excellence;  215

Hir governaunce; hir wit; and hir manere

Commendeden; it Ioye was to here。



Now lat hir wende un…to hir owne place;

And torne we to Troilus a…yein;

That gan ful lightly of the lettre passe  220

That Deiphebus hadde in the gardin seyn。

And of Eleyne and him he wolde fayn

Delivered been; and seyde that him leste

To slepe; and after tales have reste。



Eleyne him kiste; and took hir leve blyve;  225

Deiphebus eek; and hoom wente every wight;

And Pandarus; as faste as he may dryve;

To Troilus tho com; as lyne right;

And on a paillet; al that glade night;

By Troilus he lay; with mery chere;  230

To tale; and wel was hem they were y…fere。



Whan every wight was voided but they two;

And alle the dores were faste y…shette;

To telle in short; with…oute wordes mo;

This Pandarus; with…outen any lette;  235

Up roos; and on his beddes syde him sette;

And gan to speken in a sobre wyse

To Troilus; as I shal yow devyse:



‘Myn alderlevest lord; and brother dere;

God woot; and thou; that it sat me so sore;  240

When I thee saw so languisshing to…yere;

For love; of which thy wo wex alwey more;

That I; with al my might and al my lore;

Have ever sithen doon my bisinesse

To bringe thee to Ioye out of distresse;  245



‘And have it brought to swich plyt as thou wost;

So that; thorugh me; thow stondest now in weye

To fare wel; I seye it for no bost;

And wostow which? For shame it is to seye;

For thee have I bigonne a gamen pleye  250

Which that I never doon shal eft for other;

Al…though he were a thousand fold my brother。



‘That is to seye; for thee am I bicomen;

Bitwixen game and ernest; swich a mene

As maken wommen un…to men to comen;  255

Al sey I nought; thou wost wel what I mene。

For thee have I my nece; of vyces clene;

So fully maad thy gentilesse triste;

That al shal been right as thy…selve liste。



‘But god; that al wot; take I to witnesse;  260

That never I this for coveityse wroughte;

But only for to abregge that distresse;

For which wel nygh thou deydest; as me thoughte。

But; gode brother; do now as thee oughte;

For goddes love; and kep hir out of blame;  265

Sin thou art wys; and save alwey hir name。



‘For wel thou wost; the name as yet of here

Among the peple; as who seyth; halwed is;

For that man is unbore; I dar wel swere;

That ever wiste that she dide amis。  270

But wo is me; that I; that cause al this;

May thenken that she is my nece dere;

And I hir eem; and trattor eek y…fere!



‘And were it wist that I; through myn engyn;

Hadde in my nece y…put this fantasye;  275

To do thy lust; and hoolly to be thyn;

Why; al the world up…on it wolde crye;

And seye; that I the worste trecherye

Dide in this cas; that ever was bigonne;

And she for…lost; and thou right nought y…wonne。  280



‘Wher…fore; er I wol ferther goon a pas;

Yet eft I thee biseche and fully seye;

That privetee go with us in this cas;

That is to seye; that thou us never wreye;

And be nought wrooth; though I thee ofte preye  285

To holden secree swich an heigh matere;

For skilful is; thow wost wel; my preyere。



‘And thenk what wo ther hath bitid er this;

For makinge of avantes; as men rede;


And what mischaunce in this world yet ther is;  290

Fro day to day; right for that wikked dede;

For which these wyse clerkes that ben dede

Han ever yet proverbed to us yonge;

That 〃Firste vertu is to kepe tonge。〃



‘And; nere it that I wilne as now tabregge  295

Diffusioun of speche; I coude almost

A thousand olde stories thee alegge

Of wommen lost; thorugh fals and foles bost;

Proverbes canst thy…self y…nowe; and wost;

Ayeins that vyce; for to been a labbe;  300

Al seyde men sooth as often as they gabbe。



‘O tonge; allas! So often here…biforn

Hastow made many a lady bright of hewe

Seyd; 〃Welawey! The day that I was born!〃

And many a maydes sorwes for to newe;  305

And; for the more part; al is untrewe

That men of yelpe; and it were brought to preve;

Of kinde non avauntour is to leve。



‘Avauntour and a lyere; al is on;

As thus: I pose; a womman graunte me  310

Hir love; and seyth that other wol she non;

And I am sworn to holden it secree;

And after I go telle it two or three;

Y…wis; I am avauntour at the leste;

And lyere; for I breke my biheste。  315



‘Now loke thanne; if they be nought to blame;

Swich maner folk; what shal I clepe hem; what;

That hem avaunte of wommen; and by name;

That never yet bihighte hem this ne that;

Ne knewe hem more than myn olde hat?  320

No wonder is; so god me sende hele;

Though wommen drede with us men to dele。



‘I sey not this for no mistrust of yow;

Ne for no wys man; but for foles nyce;

And for the harm that in the world is now;  325

As wel for foly ofte as for malyce;

For wel wot I; in wyse folk; that vyce

No womman drat; if she be wel avysed;

For wyse ben by foles harm chastysed。



‘But now to purpos; leve brother dere;  330

Have al this thing that I have seyd in minde;

And keep thee clos; and be now of good chere;

For at thy day thou shalt me trewe finde。

I shal thy proces sette in swich a kinde;

And god to…forn; that it shall thee suffyse;  335

For it shal been right as thou wolt devyse。



‘For wel I woot; thou menest wel; parde;

Therfore I dar this fully undertake。

Thou wost eek what thy lady graunted thee;

And day is set; the chartres up to make。  340

Have now good night; I may no lenger wake;

And bid for me; sin thou art now in blisse;

That god me sende deeth or sone lisse。'



Who mighte telle half the Ioye or feste

Which that the sowle of Troilus tho felte;  345

Heringe theffect of Pandarus biheste?

His olde wo; that made his herte swelte;

Gan tho for Ioye wasten and to…melte;

And al the richesse of his sykes sore

At ones fledde; he felte of hem no more。  350



But right so as these holtes and these hayes;

That han in winter dede been and dreye;

Revesten hem in grene; whan that May is;

Whan every lusty lyketh best to pleye;

Right in that selve wyse; sooth to seye;  355

Wax sodeynliche his herte ful of Ioye;

That gladder was ther never man in Troye。



And gan his look on Pandarus up caste

Ful sobrely; and frendly for to see;

And seyde; ‘Freend; in Aprille the laste;  360

As wel thou wost; if it remembre thee;

How neigh the deeth for wo thou founde me;

And how thou didest al thy bisinesse

To knowe of me the cause of my distresse。



‘Thou wost how longe I it for…bar to seye  365

To thee; that art the man that I best triste;

And peril was it noon to thee by…wreye;

That wiste I wel; but tel me; if thee liste;

Sith I so looth was that thy…self it wiste;

How dorst I mo tellen of this matere;  370

That quake now; and no wight may us here?



‘But natheles; by that god I thee swere;

That; as him lis
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