第 83 节
作者:管他三七二十一      更新:2024-01-16 22:39      字数:9320
  Of othre men and make him bounde;
  Wher elles he mai stonde unbounde。
  Senec conseileth in this wise;
  And seith; 〃Bot; if thi good suffise
  Unto the liking of thi wille;
  Withdrawh thi lust and hold the stille;
  And be to thi good sufficant。〃
  For that thing is appourtenant  7740
  To trouthe and causeth to be fre
  After the reule of charite;
  Which ferst beginneth of himselve。
  For if thou richest othre tuelve;
  Wherof thou schalt thiself be povere;
  I not what thonk thou miht recovere。
  Whil that a man hath good to yive;
  With grete routes he mai live
  And hath his frendes overal;
  And everich of him telle schal。    7750
  Therwhile he hath his fulle packe;
  Thei seie; 〃A good felawe is Jacke〃;
  Bot whanne it faileth ate laste;
  Anon his pris thei overcaste;
  For thanne is ther non other lawe
  Bot; 〃Jacke was a good felawe。〃
  Whan thei him povere and nedy se;
  Thei lete him passe and farwel he;
  Al that he wende of compainie
  Is thanne torned to folie。   7760
  Bot nou to speke in other kinde
  Of love; a man mai suche finde;
  That wher thei come in every route
  Thei caste and waste her love aboute;
  Til al here time is overgon;
  And thanne have thei love non:
  For who that loveth overal;
  It is no reson that he schal
  Of love have eny proprete。
  Forthi; mi Sone; avise thee  7770
  If thou of love hast be to large;
  For such a man is noght to charge:
  And if it so be that thou hast
  Despended al thi time in wast
  And set thi love in sondri place;
  Though thou the substance of thi grace
  Lese ate laste; it is no wonder;
  For he that put himselven under;
  As who seith; comun overal;
  He lest the love special  7780
  Of eny on; if sche be wys;
  For love schal noght bere his pris
  Be reson; whanne it passeth on。
  So have I sen ful many on;
  That were of love wel at ese;
  Whiche after felle in gret desese
  Thurgh wast of love; that thei spente
  In sondri places wher thei wente。
  Riht so; mi Sone; I axe of thee
  If thou with Prodegalite  7790
  Hast hier and ther thi love wasted。
  Mi fader; nay; bot I have tasted
  In many a place as I have go;
  And yit love I nevere on of tho;
  Bot forto drive forth the dai。
  For lieveth wel; myn herte is ay
  Withoute mo for everemore
  Al upon on; for I nomore
  Desire bot hire love al one:
  So make I many a prive mone;    7800
  For wel I fiele I have despended
  Mi longe love and noght amended
  Mi sped; for oght I finde yit。
  If this be wast to youre wit
  Of love; and Prodegalite;
  Nou; goode fader; demeth ye:
  Bot of o thing I wol me schryve;
  That I schal for no love thryve;
  Bot if hirself me wol relieve。
  Mi Sone; that I mai wel lieve:  7810
  And natheles me semeth so;
  For oght that thou hast yit misdo
  Of time which thou hast despended;
  It mai with grace ben amended。
  For thing which mai be worth the cost
  Per chaunce is nouther wast ne lost;
  For what thing stant on aventure;
  That can no worldes creature
  Telle in certein hou it schal wende;
  Til he therof mai sen an ende。  7820
  So that I not as yit therfore
  If thou; mi Sone; hast wonne or lore:
  For ofte time; as it is sene;
  Whan Somer hath lost al his grene
  And is with Wynter wast and bare;
  That him is left nothing to spare;
  Al is recovered in a throwe;
  The colde wyndes overblowe;
  And still be the scharpe schoures;
  And soudeinliche ayein his floures  7830
  The Somer hapneth and is riche:
  And so per cas thi graces liche;
  Mi Sone; thogh thou be nou povere
  Of love; yit thou miht recovere。
  Mi fader; certes grant merci:
  Ye have me tawht so redeli;
  That evere whil I live schal
  The betre I mai be war withal
  Of thing which ye have seid er this。
  Bot overmore hou that it is;  7840
  Toward mi schrifte as it belongeth;
  To wite of othre pointz me longeth;
  Wherof that ye me wolden teche
  With al myn herte I you beseche。
  Explicit Liber Quintus。
  Incipit Liber Sextus
  Est gula; que nostrum maculavit prima parentem
  Ex vetito pomo; quo dolet omnis homo
  Hec agit; ut corpus anime contraria spirat;
  Quo caro fit crassa; spiritus atque macer。
  Intus et exterius si que virtutis habentur;
  Potibus ebrietas conviciata ruit。
  Mersa sopore labis; que Bachus inebriat hospes;
  Indignata Venus oscula raro premit。
  The grete Senne original;
  Which every man in general
  Upon his berthe hath envenymed;
  In Paradis it was mystymed:
  Whan Adam of thilke Appel bot;
  His swete morscel was to hot;
  Which dedly made the mankinde。
  And in the bokes as I finde;
  This vice; which so out of rule
  Hath sette ous alle; is cleped Gule;  10
  Of which the branches ben so grete;
  That of hem alle I wol noght trete;
  Bot only as touchende of tuo
  I thenke speke and of no mo;
  Wherof the ferste is Dronkeschipe;
  Which berth the cuppe felaschipe。
  Ful many a wonder doth this vice;
  He can make of a wisman nyce;
  And of a fool; that him schal seme
  That he can al the lawe deme;   20
  And yiven every juggement
  Which longeth to the firmament
  Bothe of the sterre and of the mone;
  And thus he makth a gret clerk sone
  Of him that is a lewed man。
  Ther is nothing which he ne can;
  Whil he hath Dronkeschipe on honde;
  He knowth the See; he knowth the stronde;
  He is a noble man of armes;
  And yit no strengthe is in his armes:    30
  Ther he was strong ynouh tofore;
  With Dronkeschipe it is forlore;
  And al is changed his astat;
  And wext anon so fieble and mat;
  That he mai nouther go ne come;
  Bot al togedre him is benome
  The pouer bothe of hond and fot;
  So that algate abide he mot。
  And alle hise wittes he foryet;
  The which is to him such a let;    40
  That he wot nevere what he doth;
  Ne which is fals; ne which is soth;
  Ne which is dai; ne which is nyht;
  And for the time he knowth no wyht;
  That he ne wot so moche as this;
  What maner thing himselven is;
  Or he be man; or he be beste。
  That holde I riht a sori feste;
  Whan he that reson understod
  So soudeinliche is woxe wod;    50
  Or elles lich the dede man;
  Which nouther go ne speke can。
  Thus ofte he is to bedde broght;
  Bot where he lith yit wot he noght;
  Til he arise upon the morwe;
  And thanne he seith; 〃O; which a sorwe
  It is a man be drinkeles!〃
  So that halfdrunke in such a res
  With dreie mouth he sterte him uppe;
  And seith; 〃Nou baillez a the cuppe。〃        60
  That made him lese his wit at eve
  Is thanne a morwe al his beleve;
  The cuppe is al that evere him pleseth;
  And also that him most deseseth;
  It is the cuppe whom he serveth;
  Which alle cares fro him kerveth
  And alle bales to him bringeth:
  In joie he wepth; in sorwe he singeth;
  For Dronkeschipe is so divers;
  It may no whyle stonde in vers。    70
  He drinkth the wyn; bot ate laste
  The wyn drynkth him and bint him faste;
  And leith him drunke be the wal;
  As him which is his bonde thral
  And al in his subjeccion。
  And lich to such condicion;
  As forto speke it other wise;
  It falleth that the moste wise
  Ben otherwhile of love adoted;
  And so bewhaped and assoted;    80
  Of drunke men that nevere yit
  Was non; which half so loste his wit
  Of drinke; as thei of such thing do
  Which cleped is the jolif wo;
  And waxen of here oghne thoght
  So drunke; that thei knowe noght
  What reson is; or more or lesse。
  Such is the kinde of that sieknesse;
  And that is noght for lacke of brain;
  Bot love is of so gret a main;  90
  That where he takth an herte on honde;
  Ther mai nothing his miht withstonde:
  The wise Salomon was nome;
  And stronge Sampson overcome;
  The knihtli David him ne mihte
  Rescoue; that he with the sihte
  Of Bersabee ne was bestad;
  Virgile also was overlad;
  And Aristotle was put under。
  Forthi; mi Sone; it is no wonder   100
  If thou be drunke of love among;
  Which is above alle othre strong:
  And if so is that thou so be;
  Tell me thi Schrifte in privite;
  It is no schame of such a thew
  A yong man to be dronkelew。
  Of such Phisique I can a part;
  And as me semeth be that art;
  Thou scholdest be Phisonomie
  Be schapen to that maladie   110
  Of lovedrunke; and that is routhe。
  Ha; holi fader; al is trouthe
  That ye me telle: I am beknowe
  That I with love am so bethrowe;
  And al myn herte is so thurgh sunke;
  That I am verrailiche drunke;
  And yit I mai bothe speke and go。
  Bot I am overcome so;
  And torned fro miself so clene;
  That ofte I wot noght what I mene;    120
  So that excusen I ne mai
  Min herte; fro the ferste day
  That I cam to mi ladi kiththe;
  I was yit sobre nevere siththe。
  Wher I hire se or se hire noght;
  With musinge of min oghne thoght;
  Of love; which min herte assaileth;
  So drunke I am; that mi wit faileth
  And al mi brain is overtorned;
  And mi manere so mistorned;  130
  That I foryete al that I can
  And stonde lich a mased man;
  That ofte; whanne I scholde pleie;
  It makth me drawe out of the weie
  In soulein place be miselve;
  As doth a labourer to delve;
  Which can no gentil mannes chere;
  Or elles as a lewed Frere;
  Whan he is put to his penance;
  Riht so lese I mi contienance。  140
  And if it nedes to betyde;
  That I in compainie abyde;
  Wher as I moste daunce and singe
  The hovedance and carolinge;
  Or forto go the newefot;
  I mai noght wel heve up mi fot;
  If that sche be noght in the weie;
  For thanne is al mi merthe aweie;
  And waxe anon of thoght so full;
  Wherof mi limes ben so dull;    150
  I mai unethes gon the pas。
  For thus it is and evere was;