第 89 节
作者:管他三七二十一      更新:2024-01-16 22:39      字数:9322
  Bot as of beaute hevenelich
  It was most to an Angel lich:   1530
  And thus betwen angel and man
  Beholden it this king began;
  And such a lust tok of the sihte;
  That fain he wolde; if that he mihte;
  The forme of that figure embrace;
  And goth him forth toward the place;
  Wher he sih that ymage tho;
  And takth it in his Armes tuo;
  And it embraceth him ayein
  And to the king thus gan it sein:  1540
  〃Uluxes; understond wel this;
  The tokne of oure aqueintance is
  Hierafterward to mochel tene:
  The love that is ous betuene;
  Of that we nou such joie make;
  That on of ous the deth schal take;
  Whan time comth of destine;
  It may non other wise be。〃
  Uluxes tho began to preie
  That this figure wolde him seie    1550
  What wyht he is that seith him so。
  This wyht upon a spere tho
  A pensel which was wel begon;
  Embrouded; scheweth him anon:
  Thre fisshes alle of o colour
  In manere as it were a tour
  Upon the pensel were wroght。
  Uluxes kneu this tokne noght;
  And preith to wite in som partie
  What thing it myhte signefie;   1560
  〃A signe it is;〃 the wyht ansuerde;
  〃Of an Empire:〃 and forth he ferde
  Al sodeinly; whan he that seide。
  Uluxes out of slep abreide;
  And that was riht ayein the day;
  That lengere slepen he ne may。
  Men sein; a man hath knowleching
  Save of himself of alle thing;
  His oghne chance noman knoweth;
  Bot as fortune it on him throweth:    1570
  Was nevere yit so wys a clerk;
  Which mihte knowe al goddes werk;
  Ne the secret which god hath set
  Ayein a man mai noght be let。
  Uluxes; thogh that he be wys;
  With al his wit in his avis;
  The mor that he his swevene acompteth;
  The lasse he wot what it amonteth:
  For al his calculacion;
  He seth no demonstracion  1580
  Al pleinly forto knowe an ende;
  Bot natheles hou so it wende;
  He dradde him of his oghne Sone。
  That makth him wel the more astone;
  And schop therfore anon withal;
  So that withinne castel wall
  Thelamachum his Sone he schette;
  And upon him strong warde he sette。
  The sothe furthere he ne knew;
  Til that fortune him overthreu;    1590
  Bot natheles for sikernesse;
  Wher that he mihte wite and gesse
  A place strengest in his lond;
  Ther let he make of lym and sond
  A strengthe where he wolde duelle;
  Was nevere man yit herde telle
  Of such an other as it was。
  And forto strengthe him in that cas;
  Of al his lond the sekereste
  Of servantz and the worthieste;    1600
  To kepen him withinne warde;
  He sette his bodi forto warde;
  And made such an ordinance;
  For love ne for aqueintance;
  That were it erly; were it late;
  Thei scholde lete in ate gate
  No maner man; what so betydde;
  Bot if so were himself it bidde。
  Bot al that myhte him noght availe;
  For whom fortune wole assaile;  1610
  Ther mai be non such resistence;
  Which mihte make a man defence;
  Al that schal be mot falle algate。
  This Circes; which I spak of late;
  On whom Uluxes hath begete
  A child; thogh he it have foryete;
  Whan time com; as it was wone;
  Sche was delivered of a Sone;
  Which cleped is Thelogonus。
  This child; whan he was bore thus;    1620
  Aboute his moder to ful age;
  That he can reson and langage;
  In good astat was drawe forth:
  And whan he was so mochel worth
  To stonden in a mannes stede;
  Circes his moder hath him bede
  That he schal to his fader go;
  And tolde him al togedre tho
  What man he was that him begat。
  And whan Thelogonus of that  1630
  Was war and hath ful knowleching
  Hou that his fader was a king;
  He preith his moder faire this;
  To go wher that his fader is;
  And sche him granteth that he schal;
  And made him redi forth withal。
  It was that time such usance;
  That every man the conoiscance
  Of his contre bar in his hond;
  Whan he wente into strange lond;   1640
  And thus was every man therfore
  Wel knowe; wher that he was bore:
  For espiaile and mistrowinges
  They dede thanne suche thinges;
  That every man mai other knowe。
  So it befell that ilke throwe
  Thelogonus as in this cas;
  Of his contre the signe was
  Thre fisshes; whiche he scholde bere
  Upon the penon of a spere:       1650
  And whan that he was thus arraied
  And hath his harneis al assaied;
  That he was redy everydel;
  His moder bad him farewel;
  And seide him that he scholde swithe
  His fader griete a thousand sithe。
  Thelogonus his moder kiste
  And tok his leve; and wher he wiste
  His fader was; the weie nam;
  Til he unto Nachaie cam;  1660
  Which of that lond the chief Cite
  Was cleped; and ther axeth he
  Wher was the king and hou he ferde。
  And whan that he the sothe herde;
  Wher that the king Uluxes was;
  Al one upon his hors gret pas
  He rod him forth; and in his hond
  He bar the signal of his lond
  With fisshes thre; as I have told;
  And thus he wente unto that hold;  1670
  Wher that his oghne fader duelleth。
  The cause why he comth he telleth
  Unto the kepers of the gate;
  And wolde have comen in therate;
  Bot schortli thei him seide nay:
  And he als faire as evere he may
  Besoghte and tolde hem ofte this;
  Hou that the king his fader is;
  Bot they with proude wordes grete
  Begunne to manace and threte;   1680
  Bot he go fro the gate faste;
  Thei wolde him take and sette faste。
  Fro wordes unto strokes thus
  Thei felle; and so Thelogonus
  Was sore hurt and welnyh ded;
  Bot with his scharpe speres hed
  He makth defence; hou so it falle;
  And wan the gate upon hem alle;
  And hath slain of the beste fyve;
  And thei ascriden als so blyve  1690
  Thurghout the castell al aboute。
  On every syde men come oute;
  Wherof the kinges herte afflihte;
  And he with al the haste he mihte
  A spere cauhte and out he goth;
  As he that was nyh wod for wroth。
  He sih the gates ful of blod;
  Thelogonus and wher he stod
  He sih also; bot he ne knew
  What man it was; and to him threw  1700
  His Spere; and he sterte out asyde。
  Bot destine; which schal betide;
  Befell that ilke time so;
  Thelogonus knew nothing tho
  What man it was that to him caste;
  And while his oghne spere laste;
  With al the signe therupon
  He caste unto the king anon;
  And smot him with a dedly wounde。
  Uluxes fell anon to grounde;    1710
  Tho every man; 〃The king! the king!〃
  Began to crie; and of this thing
  Thelogonus; which sih the cas;
  On knes he fell and seide; 〃Helas!
  I have min oghne fader slain:
  Nou wolde I deie wonder fain;
  Nou sle me who that evere wile;
  For certes it is right good skile。〃
  He crith; he wepth; he seith therfore;
  〃Helas; that evere was I bore;  1720
  That this unhappi destine
  So wofulli comth in be me!〃
  This king; which yit hath lif ynouh;
  His herte ayein to him he drouh;
  And to that vois an Ere he leide
  And understod al that he seide;
  And gan to speke; and seide on hih;
  〃Bring me this man。〃 And whan he sih
  Thelogonus; his thoght he sette
  Upon the swevene which he mette;   1730
  And axeth that he myhte se
  His spere; on which the fisshes thre
  He sih upon a pensel wroght。
  Tho wiste he wel it faileth noght;
  And badd him that he telle scholde
  Fro whenne he cam and what he wolde。
  Thelogonus in sorghe and wo
  So as he mihte tolde tho
  Unto Uluxes al the cas;
  Hou that Circes his moder was;  1740
  And so forth seide him everydel;
  Hou that his moder gret him wel;
  And in what wise sche him sente。
  Tho wiste Uluxes what it mente;
  And tok him in hise Armes softe;
  And al bledende he kest him ofte;
  And seide; 〃Sone; whil I live;
  This infortune I thee foryive。〃
  After his other Sone in haste
  He sende; and he began him haste   1750
  And cam unto his fader tyt。
  Bot whan he sih him in such plit;
  He wolde have ronne upon that other
  Anon; and slain his oghne brother;
  Ne hadde be that Uluxes
  Betwen hem made acord and pes;
  And to his heir Thelamachus
  He bad that he Thelogonus
  With al his pouer scholde kepe;
  Til he were of his woundes depe    1760
  Al hol; and thanne he scholde him yive
  Lond wher upon he mihte live。
  Thelamachus; whan he this herde;
  Unto his fader he ansuerde
  And seide he wolde don his wille。
  So duelle thei togedre stille;
  These brethren; and the fader sterveth。
  Lo; wherof Sorcerie serveth。
  Thurgh Sorcerie his lust he wan;
  Thurgh Sorcerie his wo began;   1770
  Thurgh Sorcerie his love he ches;
  Thurgh Sorcerie his lif he les;
  The child was gete in Sorcerie;
  The which dede al this felonie:
  Thing which was ayein kynde wroght
  Unkindeliche it was aboght;
  The child his oghne fader slowh;
  That was unkindeschipe ynowh。
  Forthi tak hiede hou that it is;
  So forto winne love amis;    1780
  Which endeth al his joie in wo:
  For of this Art I finde also;
  That hath be do for loves sake;
  Wherof thou miht ensample take;
  A gret Cronique imperial;
  Which evere into memorial
  Among the men; hou so it wende;
  Schal duelle to the worldes ende。
  The hihe creatour of thinges;
  Which is the king of alle kinges;  1790
  Ful many a wonder worldes chance
  Let slyden under his suffrance;
  Ther wot noman the cause why;
  Bot he the which is almyhty。
  And that was proved whilom thus;
  Whan that the king Nectanabus;
  Which hadde Egipte forto lede;…
  Bot for he sih tofor the dede
  Thurgh magique of his Sorcerie;
  Wherof he couthe a gret partie;        1800
  Hise enemys to him comende;
  Fro whom he mihte him noght defende;
  Out of his oghne lond he fledde;
  And in the wise as he him dredde
  It fell; for al his wicchecraft;
  So that Egipte him was beraft;
  And he desguised fledde aweie
  Be sch