第 28 节
作者:管他三七二十一      更新:2024-01-16 22:39      字数:9322
  Tho seiden some he scholde deie;
  Bot yit thei founden such a weie
  That he schal noght be ded in Perse;
  And thus the skiles ben diverse。    2770
  Be cause that he was coroned;
  And that the lond was abandoned
  To him; althogh it were unriht;
  Ther is no peine for him diht;
  Bot to this point and to this ende
  Thei granten wel that he schal wende
  With the Romeins to Rome ayein。
  And thus acorded ful and plein;
  The qwike body with the dede
  With leve take forth thei lede;     2780
  Wher that Supplant hath his juise。
  Wherof that thou thee miht avise
  Upon this enformacioun
  Touchende of Supplantacioun;
  That thou; my Sone; do noght so:
  And forto take hiede also
  What Supplant doth in other halve;
  Ther is noman can finde a salve
  Pleinly to helen such a Sor;
  It hath and schal ben everemor;     2790
  Whan Pride is with Envie joint;
  He soffreth noman in good point;
  Wher that he mai his honour lette。
  And therupon if I schal sette
  Ensample; in holy cherche I finde
  How that Supplant is noght behinde;
  God wot if that it now be so:
  For in Cronique of time ago
  I finde a tale concordable
  Of Supplant; which that is no fable;   2800
  In the manere as I schal telle;
  So as whilom the thinges felle。
  At Rome; as it hath ofte falle;
  The vicair general of alle
  Of hem that lieven Cristes feith
  His laste day; which non withseith;
  Hath schet as to the worldes ije;
  Whos name if I schal specefie;
  He hihte Pope Nicolas。
  And thus whan that he passed was;   2810
  The Cardinals; that wolden save
  The forme of lawe; in the conclave
  Gon forto chese a newe Pope;
  And after that thei cowthe agrope
  Hath ech of hem seid his entente:
  Til ate laste thei assente
  Upon an holy clerk reclus;
  Which full was of gostli vertus;
  His pacience and his simplesse
  Hath set him into hih noblesse。     2820
  Thus was he Pope canonized;
  With gret honour and intronized;
  And upon chance as it is falle;
  His name Celestin men calle;
  Which notefied was be bulle
  To holi cherche and to the fulle
  In alle londes magnified。
  Bot every worschipe is envied;
  And that was thilke time sene:
  For whan this Pope of whom I meene     2830
  Was chose; and othre set beside;
  A Cardinal was thilke tide
  Which the papat longe hath desired
  And therupon gretli conspired;
  Bot whan he sih fortune is failed;
  For which long time he hath travailed;
  That ilke fyr which Ethna brenneth
  Thurghout his wofull herte renneth;
  Which is resembled to Envie;
  Wherof Supplant and tricherie    2840
  Engendred is; and natheles
  He feigneth love; he feigneth pes;
  Outward he doth the reverence;
  Bot al withinne his conscience
  Thurgh fals ymaginacioun
  He thoghte Supplantacioun。
  And therupon a wonder wyle
  He wroghte: for at thilke whyle
  It fell so that of his lignage
  He hadde a clergoun of yong age;    2850
  Whom he hath in his chambre affaited。
  This Cardinal his time hath waited;
  And with his wordes slyhe and queinte;
  The whiche he cowthe wysly peinte;
  He schop this clerk of which I telle
  Toward the Pope forto duelle;
  So that withinne his chambre anyht
  He lai; and was a prive wyht
  Toward the Pope on nyhtes tide。
  Mai noman fle that schal betide。    2860
  This Cardinal; which thoghte guile;
  Upon a day whan he hath while
  This yonge clerc unto him tok;
  And made him swere upon a bok;
  And told him what his wille was。
  And forth withal a Trompe of bras
  He hath him take; and bad him this:
  〃Thou schalt;〃 he seide; 〃whan time is
  Awaite; and take riht good kepe;
  Whan that the Pope is fast aslepe   2870
  And that non other man by nyh;
  And thanne that thou be so slyh
  Thurghout the Trompe into his Ere;
  Fro hevene as thogh a vois it were;
  To soune of such prolacioun
  That he his meditacioun
  Therof mai take and understonde;
  As thogh it were of goddes sonde。
  And in this wise thou schalt seie;
  That he do thilke astat aweie    2880
  Of Pope; in which he stant honoured;
  So schal his Soule be socoured
  Of thilke worschipe ate laste
  In hevene which schal evere laste。〃
  This clerc; whan he hath herd the forme
  How he the Pope scholde enforme;
  Tok of the Cardinal his leve;
  And goth him hom; til it was Eve;
  And prively the trompe he hedde;
  Til that the Pope was abedde。    2890
  And at the Midnyht; whan he knewh
  The Pope slepte; thanne he blewh
  Withinne his trompe thurgh the wal;
  And tolde in what manere he schal
  His Papacie leve; and take
  His ferste astat: and thus awake
  This holi Pope he made thries;
  Wherof diverse fantasies
  Upon his grete holinesse
  Withinne his herte he gan impresse。    2900
  The Pope ful of innocence
  Conceiveth in his conscience
  That it is goddes wille he cesse;
  Bot in what wise he may relesse
  His hihe astat; that wot he noght。
  And thus withinne himself bethoght;
  He bar it stille in his memoire;
  Til he cam to the Consistoire;
  And there in presence of hem alle
  He axeth; if it so befalle    2910
  That eny Pope cesse wolde;
  How that the lawe it soffre scholde。
  Thei seten alle stille and herde;
  Was non which to the point ansuerde;
  For to what pourpos that it mente
  Ther was noman knew his entente;
  Bot only he which schop the guile。
  This Cardinal the same while
  Al openly with wordes pleine
  Seith; if the Pope wolde ordeigne   2920
  That ther be such a lawe wroght;
  Than mihte he cesse; and elles noght。
  And as he seide; don it was;
  The Pope anon upon the cas
  Of his Papal Autorite
  Hath mad and yove the decre:
  And whan that lawe was confermed
  In due forme and al affermed;
  This innocent; which was deceived;
  His Papacie anon hath weyved;    2930
  Renounced and resigned eke。
  That other was nothing to seke;
  Bot undernethe such a jape
  He hath so for himselve schape;
  That how as evere it him beseme;
  The Mitre with the Diademe
  He hath thurgh Supplantacion:
  And in his confirmacion
  Upon the fortune of his grace
  His name is cleped Boneface。     2940
  Under the viser of Envie;
  Lo; thus was hid the tricherie;
  Which hath beguiled manyon。
  Bot such conseil ther mai be non;
  With treson whan it is conspired;
  That it nys lich the Sparke fyred
  Up in the Rof; which for a throwe
  Lith hidd; til whan the wyndes blowe
  It blaseth out on every side。
  This Bonefas; which can noght hyde     2950
  The tricherie of his Supplant;
  Hath openly mad his avant
  How he the Papacie hath wonne。
  Bot thing which is with wrong begonne
  Mai nevere stonde wel at ende;
  Wher Pride schal the bowe bende;
  He schet fulofte out of the weie:
  And thus the Pope of whom I seie;
  Whan that he stod on hih the whiel;
  He can noght soffre himself be wel。    2960
  Envie; which is loveles;
  And Pride; which is laweles;
  With such tempeste made him erre;
  That charite goth out of herre:
  So that upon misgovernance
  Ayein Lowyz the king of France
  He tok querelle of his oultrage;
  And seide he scholde don hommage
  Unto the cherche bodily。
  Bot he; that wiste nothing why   2970
  He scholde do so gret servise
  After the world in such a wise;
  Withstod the wrong of that demande;
  For noght the Pope mai comande
  The king wol noght the Pope obeie。
  This Pope tho be alle weie
  That he mai worche of violence
  Hath sent the bulle of his sentence
  With cursinge and with enterdit。
  The king upon this wrongful plyt;   2980
  To kepe his regne fro servage;
  Conseiled was of his Barnage
  That miht with miht schal be withstonde。
  Thus was the cause take on honde;
  And seiden that the Papacie
  Thei wolde honoure and magnefie
  In al that evere is spirital;
  Bot thilke Pride temporal
  Of Boneface in his persone;
  Ayein that ilke wrong al one     2990
  Thei wolde stonden in debat:
  And thus the man and noght the stat
  The Frensche schopen be her miht
  To grieve。 And fell ther was a kniht;
  Sire Guilliam de Langharet;
  Which was upon this cause set;
  And therupon he tok a route
  Of men of Armes and rod oute;
  So longe and in a wayt he lay;
  That he aspide upon a day     3000
  The Pope was at Avinoun;
  And scholde ryde out of the toun
  Unto Pontsorge; the which is
  A Castell in Provence of his。
  Upon the weie and as he rod;
  This kniht; which hoved and abod
  Embuisshed upon horse bak;
  Al sodeinliche upon him brak
  And hath him be the bridel sesed;
  And seide: 〃O thou; which hast desesed    3010
  The Court of France be thi wrong;
  Now schalt thou singe an other song:
  Thin enterdit and thi sentence
  Ayein thin oghne conscience
  Hierafter thou schalt fiele and grope。
  We pleigne noght ayein the Pope;
  For thilke name is honourable;
  Bot thou; which hast be deceivable
  And tricherous in al thi werk;
  Thou Bonefas; thou proude clerk;    3020
  Misledere of the Papacie;
  Thi false bodi schal abye
  And soffre that it hath deserved。〃
  Lo; thus the Supplantour was served;
  For thei him ladden into France
  And setten him to his penance
  Withinne a tour in harde bondes;
  Wher he for hunger bothe hise hondes
  Eet of and deide; god wot how:
  Of whom the wrytinge is yit now     3030
  Registred; as a man mai hiere;
  Which spekth and seith in this manere:
  Thin entre lich the fox was slyh;
  Thi regne also with pride on hih
  Was lich the Leon in his rage;
  Bot ate laste of thi passage
  Thi deth was to the houndes like。
  Such is the lettre of his Cronique
  Proclamed in the Court of Rome;
  Wherof the wise ensample nome。   3040
  And yit; als ferforth as I dar;
  I rede alle othre men be war;
  And that thei loke wel alg