第 9 节
作者:管他三七二十一      更新:2024-01-16 22:39      字数:9322
  Of hem that ben so derk withinne;
  At Troie also if we beginne;
  Ipocrisie it hath betraied:
  For whan the Greks hadde al assaied;    1080
  And founde that be no bataille
  Ne be no Siege it myhte availe
  The toun to winne thurgh prouesse;
  This vice feigned of simplesce
  Thurgh sleyhte of Calcas and of Crise
  It wan be such a maner wise。
  An Hors of Bras thei let do forge
  Of such entaile; of such a forge;
  That in this world was nevere man
  That such an other werk began。   1090
  The crafti werkman Epius
  It made; and forto telle thus;
  The Greks; that thoghten to beguile
  The kyng of Troie; in thilke while
  With Anthenor and with Enee;
  That were bothe of the Cite
  And of the conseil the wiseste;
  The richeste and the myhtieste;
  In prive place so thei trete
  With fair beheste and yiftes grete     1100
  Of gold; that thei hem have engined;
  Togedre and whan thei be covined;
  Thei feignen forto make a pes;
  And under that yit natheles
  Thei schopen the destruccioun
  Bothe of the kyng and of the toun。
  And thus the false pees was take
  Of hem of Grece and undertake;
  And therupon thei founde a weie;
  Wher strengthe myhte noght aweie;    1110
  That sleihte scholde helpe thanne;
  And of an ynche a large spanne
  Be colour of the pees thei made;
  And tolden how thei weren glade
  Of that thei stoden in acord;
  And for it schal ben of record;
  Unto the kyng the Gregois seiden;
  Be weie of love and this thei preiden;
  As thei that wolde his thonk deserve;
  A Sacrifice unto Minerve;   1120
  The pes to kepe in good entente;
  Thei mosten offre er that thei wente。
  The kyng conseiled in this cas
  Be Anthenor and Eneas
  Therto hath yoven his assent:
  So was the pleine trowthe blent
  Thurgh contrefet Ipocrisie
  Of that thei scholden sacrifie。
  The Greks under the holinesse
  Anon with alle besinesse   1130
  Here Hors of Bras let faire dihte;
  Which was to sen a wonder sihte;
  For it was trapped of himselve;
  And hadde of smale whieles twelve;
  Upon the whiche men ynowe
  With craft toward the toun it drowe;
  And goth glistrende ayein the Sunne。
  Tho was ther joie ynowh begunne;
  For Troie in gret devocioun
  Cam also with processioun     1140
  Ayein this noble Sacrifise
  With gret honour; and in this wise
  Unto the gates thei it broghte。
  Bot of here entre whan thei soghte;
  The gates weren al to smale;
  And therupon was many a tale;
  Bot for the worschipe of Minerve;
  To whom thei comen forto serve;
  Thei of the toun; whiche understode
  That al this thing was do for goode;    1150
  For pes; wherof that thei ben glade;
  The gates that Neptunus made
  A thousend wynter ther tofore;
  Thei have anon tobroke and tore;
  The stronge walles doun thei bete;
  So that in to the large strete
  This Hors with gret solempnite
  Was broght withinne the Cite;
  And offred with gret reverence;
  Which was to Troie an evidence   1160
  Of love and pes for everemo。
  The Gregois token leve tho
  With al the hole felaschipe;
  And forth thei wenten into Schipe
  And crossen seil and made hem yare;
  Anon as thogh thei wolden fare:
  Bot whan the blake wynter nyht
  Withoute Mone or Sterre lyht
  Bederked hath the water Stronde;
  Al prively thei gon to londe     1170
  Ful armed out of the navie。
  Synon; which mad was here aspie
  Withinne Troie; as was conspired;
  Whan time was a tokne hath fired;
  And thei with that here weie holden;
  And comen in riht as thei wolden;
  Ther as the gate was tobroke。
  The pourpos was full take and spoke:
  Er eny man may take kepe;
  Whil that the Cite was aslepe;    1180
  Thei slowen al that was withinne;
  And token what thei myhten wynne
  Of such good as was sufficant;
  And brenden up the remenant。
  And thus cam out the tricherie;
  Which under fals Ypocrisie
  Was hid; and thei that wende pees
  Tho myhten finde no reles
  Of thilke swerd which al devoureth。
  Fulofte and thus the swete soureth;     1190
  Whan it is knowe to the tast:
  He spilleth many a word in wast
  That schal with such a poeple trete;
  For whan he weneth most beyete;
  Thanne is he schape most to lese。
  And riht so if a womman chese
  Upon the wordes that sche hiereth
  Som man; whan he most trewe appiereth;
  Thanne is he forthest fro the trowthe:
  Bot yit fulofte; and that is rowthe;    1200
  Thei speden that ben most untrewe
  And loven every day a newe;
  Wherof the lief is after loth
  And love hath cause to be wroth。
  Bot what man that his lust desireth
  Of love; and therupon conspireth
  With wordes feigned to deceive;
  He schal noght faile to receive
  His peine; as it is ofte sene。
  Forthi; my Sone; as I thee mene;     1210
  It sit the wel to taken hiede
  That thou eschuie of thi manhiede
  Ipocrisie and his semblant;
  That thou ne be noght deceivant;
  To make a womman to believe
  Thing which is noght in thi bilieve:
  For in such feint Ipocrisie
  Of love is al the tricherie;
  Thurgh which love is deceived ofte;
  For feigned semblant is so softe;    1220
  Unethes love may be war。
  Forthi; my Sone; as I wel dar;
  I charge thee to fle that vice;
  That many a womman hath mad nice;
  Bot lok thou dele noght withal。
  Iwiss; fader; nomor I schal。
  Now; Sone; kep that thou hast swore:
  For this that thou hast herd before
  Is seid the ferste point of Pride:
  And next upon that other side;    1230
  To schryve and speken overthis
  Touchende of Pride; yit ther is
  The point seconde; I thee behote;
  Which Inobedience is hote。
  This vice of Inobedience
  Ayein the reule of conscience
  Al that is humble he desalloweth;
  That he toward his god ne boweth
  After the lawes of his heste。
  Noght as a man bot as a beste;    1240
  Which goth upon his lustes wilde;
  So goth this proude vice unmylde;
  That he desdeigneth alle lawe:
  He not what is to be felawe;
  And serve may he noght for pride;
  So is he badde on every side;
  And is that selve of whom men speke;
  Which wol noght bowe er that he breke。
  I not if love him myhte plie;
  For elles forto justefie   1250
  His herte; I not what mihte availe。
  Forthi; my Sone; of such entaile
  If that thin herte be disposed;
  Tell out and let it noght be glosed:
  For if that thou unbuxom be
  To love; I not in what degree
  Thou schalt thi goode world achieve。
  Mi fader; ye schul wel believe;
  The yonge whelp which is affaited
  Hath noght his Maister betre awaited;   1260
  To couche; whan he seith 〃Go lowe;〃
  That I; anon as I may knowe
  Mi ladi will; ne bowe more。
  Bot other while I grucche sore
  Of some thinges that sche doth;
  Wherof that I woll telle soth:
  For of tuo pointz I am bethoght;
  That; thogh I wolde; I myhte noght
  Obeie unto my ladi heste;
  Bot I dar make this beheste;   1270
  Save only of that ilke tuo
  I am unbuxom of no mo。
  Whan ben tho tuo? tell on; quod he。
  Mi fader; this is on; that sche
  Comandeth me my mowth to close;
  And that I scholde hir noght oppose
  In love; of which I ofte preche;
  Bot plenerliche of such a speche
  Forbere; and soffren hire in pes。
  Bot that ne myhte I natheles     1280
  For al this world obeie ywiss;
  For whanne I am ther as sche is;
  Though sche my tales noght alowe;
  Ayein hir will yit mot I bowe;
  To seche if that I myhte have grace:
  Bot that thing may I noght enbrace
  For ought that I can speke or do;
  And yit fulofte I speke so;
  That sche is wroth and seith; 〃Be stille。〃
  If I that heste schal fulfille   1290
  And therto ben obedient;
  Thanne is my cause fully schent;
  For specheles may noman spede。
  So wot I noght what is to rede;
  Bot certes I may noght obeie;
  That I ne mot algate seie
  Somwhat of that I wolde mene;
  For evere it is aliche grene;
  The grete love which I have;
  Wherof I can noght bothe save    1300
  My speche and this obedience:
  And thus fulofte my silence
  I breke; and is the ferste point
  Wherof that I am out of point
  In this; and yit it is no pride。
  Now thanne upon that other side
  To telle my desobeissance;
  Ful sore it stant to my grevance
  And may noght sinke into my wit;
  For ofte time sche me bit     1310
  To leven hire and chese a newe;
  And seith; if I the sothe knewe
  How ferr I stonde from hir grace;
  I scholde love in other place。
  Bot therof woll I desobeie;
  For also wel sche myhte seie;
  〃Go tak the Mone ther it sit;〃
  As bringe that into my wit:
  For ther was nevere rooted tre;
  That stod so faste in his degre;     1320
  That I ne stonde more faste
  Upon hire love; and mai noght caste
  Min herte awey; althogh I wolde。
  For god wot; thogh I nevere scholde
  Sen hir with yhe after this day;
  Yit stant it so that I ne may
  Hir love out of my brest remue。
  This is a wonder retenue;
  That malgre wher sche wole or non
  Min herte is everemore in on;     1330
  So that I can non other chese;
  Bot whether that I winne or lese;
  I moste hire loven til I deie;
  And thus I breke as be that weie
  Hire hestes and hir comandinges;
  Bot trewliche in non othre thinges。
  Forthi; my fader; what is more
  Touchende to this ilke lore
  I you beseche; after the forme
  That ye pleinly me wolde enforme;    1340
  So that I may myn herte reule
  In loves cause after the reule。
  Toward this vice of which we trete
  Ther ben yit tweie of thilke estrete;
  Here name is Murmur and Compleignte:
  Ther can noman here chiere peinte;
  To sette a glad semblant therinne;
  For thogh fortune make hem wynne;
  Yit grucchen thei; and if thei lese;
  Ther is no weie forto chese;   1350
  Wherof thei myhten stonde appesed。
  So ben thei