第 91 节
作者:管他三七二十一      更新:2024-01-16 22:39      字数:9322
  Of fin gold and of riche stones
  A corone on his hed he bar;
  And soudeinly; er sche was war;
  As he which alle guile can;
  His forme he torneth into man;  2080
  And cam to bedde; and sche lai stille;
  Wher as sche soffreth al his wille;
  As sche which wende noght misdo。
  Bot natheles it hapneth so;
  Althogh sche were in part deceived;
  Yit for al that sche hath conceived
  The worthieste of alle kiththe;
  Which evere was tofore or siththe
  Of conqueste and chivalerie;
  So that thurgh guile and Sorcerie  2090
  Ther was that noble knyht begunne;
  Which al the world hath after wunne。
  Thus fell the thing which falle scholde;
  Nectanabus hath that he wolde;
  With guile he hath his love sped;
  With guile he cam into the bed;
  With guile he goth him out ayein:
  He was a schrewed chamberlein;
  So to beguile a worthi queene;
  And that on him was after seene。   2100
  Bot natheles the thing is do;
  This false god was sone go;
  With his deceipte and hield him clos;
  Til morwe cam; that he aros。
  And tho; whan time and leisir was;
  The queene tolde him al the cas;
  As sche that guile non supposeth;
  And of tuo pointz sche him opposeth。
  On was; if that this god nomore
  Wol come ayein; and overmore;   2110
  Hou sche schal stonden in acord
  With king Philippe hire oghne lord;
  Whan he comth hom and seth hire grone。
  〃Ma dame;〃 he seith; 〃let me alone:
  As for the god I undertake
  That whan it liketh you to take
  His compaignie at eny throwe;
  If I a day tofore it knowe;
  He schal be with you on the nyht;
  And he is wel of such a myht    2120
  To kepe you from alle blame。
  Forthi conforte you; ma dame;
  Ther schal non other cause be。〃
  Thus tok he leve and forth goth he;
  And tho began he forto muse
  Hou he the queene mihte excuse
  Toward the king of that is falle;
  And fond a craft amonges alle;
  Thurgh which he hath a See foul daunted;
  With his magique and so enchaunted;   2130
  That he flyh forth; whan it was nyht;
  Unto the kinges tente riht;
  Wher that he lay amidde his host:
  And whanne he was aslepe most;
  With that the See foul to him broghte
  And othre charmes; whiche he wroghte
  At hom withinne his chambre stille;
  The king he torneth at his wille;
  And makth him forto dreme and se
  The dragoun and the privete  2140
  Which was betuen him and the queene。
  And over that he made him wene
  In swevene; hou that the god Amos;
  Whan he up fro the queene aros;
  Tok forth a ring; wherinne a ston
  Was set; and grave therupon
  A Sonne; in which; whan he cam nyh;
  A leoun with a swerd he sih;
  And with that priente; as he tho mette;
  Upon the queenes wombe he sette    2150
  A Seal; and goth him forth his weie。
  With that the swevene wente aweie;
  And tho began the king awake
  And sigheth for his wyves sake;
  Wher as he lay withinne his tente;
  And hath gret wonder what it mente。
  With that he hasteth him to ryse
  Anon; and sende after the wise;
  Among the whiche ther was on;
  A clerc; his name is Amphion:   2160
  Whan he the kinges swevene herde;
  What it betokneth he ansuerde;
  And seith; 〃So siker as the lif;
  A god hath leie be thi wif;
  And gete a Sone; which schal winne
  The world and al that is withinne。
  As leon is the king of bestes;
  So schal the world obeie his hestes;
  Which with his swerd schal al be wonne;
  Als ferr as schyneth eny Sonne。〃   2170
  The king was doubtif of this dom;
  Bot natheles; whan that he com
  Ayein into his oghne lond;
  His wif with childe gret he fond。
  He mihte noght himselve stiere;
  That he ne made hire hevy chiere;
  Bot he which couthe of alle sorwe;
  Nectanabus; upon the morwe
  Thurgh the deceipte and nigromance
  Tok of a dragoun the semblance;    2180
  And wher the king sat in his halle;
  Com in rampende among hem alle
  With such a noise and such a rore;
  That thei agast were also sore
  As thogh thei scholde deie anon。
  And natheles he grieveth non;
  Bot goth toward the deyss on hih;
  And whan he cam the queene nyh;
  He stinte his noise; and in his wise
  To hire he profreth his servise;   2190
  And leith his hed upon hire barm;
  And sche with goodly chiere hire arm
  Aboute his necke ayeinward leide;
  And thus the queene with him pleide
  In sihte of alle men aboute。
  And ate laste he gan to loute
  And obeissance unto hire make;
  As he that wolde his leve take;
  And sodeinly his lothly forme
  Into an Egle he gan transforme;    2200
  And flyh and sette him on a raile;
  Wherof the king hath gret mervaile;
  For there he pruneth him and piketh;
  As doth an hauk whan him wel liketh;
  And after that himself he schok;
  Wherof that al the halle quok;
  As it a terremote were;
  Thei seiden alle; god was there:
  In such a res and forth he flyh。
  The king; which al this wonder syh;   2210
  Whan he cam to his chambre alone;
  Unto the queene he made his mone
  And of foryivenesse hir preide;
  For thanne he knew wel; as he seide;
  Sche was with childe with a godd。
  Thus was the king withoute rodd
  Chastised; and the queene excused
  Of that sche hadde ben accused。
  And for the gretere evidence;
  Yit after that in the presence  2220
  Of king Philipp and othre mo;
  Whan thei ride in the fieldes tho;
  A Phesant cam before here yhe;
  The which anon as thei hire syhe;
  Fleende let an ey doun falle;
  And it tobrak tofore hem alle:
  And as thei token therof kepe;
  Thei syhe out of the schelle crepe
  A litel Serpent on the ground;
  Which rampeth al aboute round;  2230
  And in ayein it wolde have wonne;
  Bot for the brennynge of the Sonne
  It mihte noght; and so it deide。
  And therupon the clerkes seide;
  〃As the Serpent; whan it was oute;
  Went enviroun the schelle aboute
  And mihte noght torne in ayein;
  So schal it fallen in certein:
  This child the world schal environe;
  And above alle the corone    2240
  Him schal befalle; and in yong Age
  He schal desire in his corage;
  Whan al the world is in his hond;
  To torn ayein into the lond
  Wher he was bore; and in his weie
  Homward he schal with puison deie。〃
  The king; which al this sih and herde;
  Fro that dai forth; hou so it ferde;
  His jalousie hath al foryete。
  Bot he which hath the child begete;   2250
  Nectanabus; in privete
  The time of his nativite
  Upon the constellacioun
  Awaiteth; and relacion
  Makth to the queene hou sche schal do;
  And every houre apointeth so;
  That no mynut therof was lore。
  So that in due time is bore
  This child; and forth with therupon
  Ther felle wondres many on   2260
  Of terremote universiel:
  The Sonne tok colour of stiel
  And loste his lyht; the wyndes blewe;
  And manye strengthes overthrewe;
  The See his propre kinde changeth;
  And al the world his forme strangeth;
  The thonder with his fyri levene
  So cruel was upon the hevene;
  That every erthli creature
  Tho thoghte his lif in aventure。   2270
  The tempeste ate laste cesseth;
  The child is kept; his age encresseth;
  And Alisandre his name is hote;
  To whom Calistre and Aristote
  To techen him Philosophie
  Entenden; and Astronomie;
  With othre thinges whiche he couthe
  Also; to teche him in his youthe
  Nectanabus tok upon honde。
  Bot every man mai understonde;  2280
  Of Sorcerie hou that it wende;
  It wole himselve prove at ende;
  And namely forto beguile
  A lady; which withoute guile
  Supposeth trouthe al that sche hiereth:
  Bot often he that evele stiereth
  His Schip is dreynt therinne amidde;
  And in this cas riht so betidde。
  Nectanabus upon a nyht;
  Whan it was fair and sterre lyht;  2290
  This yonge lord ladde up on hih
  Above a tour; wher as he sih
  Thee sterres such as he acompteth;
  And seith what ech of hem amonteth;
  As thogh he knewe of alle thing;
  Bot yit hath he no knowleching
  What schal unto himself befalle。
  Whan he hath told his wordes alle;
  This yonge lord thanne him opposeth;
  And axeth if that he supposeth  2300
  What deth he schal himselve deie。
  He seith; 〃Or fortune is aweie
  And every sterre hath lost his wone;
  Or elles of myn oghne Sone
  I schal be slain; I mai noght fle。〃
  Thoghte Alisandre in privete;
  〃Hierof this olde dotard lieth〃:
  And er that other oght aspieth;
  Al sodeinliche his olde bones
  He schof over the wal at ones;  2310
  And seith him; 〃Ly doun there apart:
  Wherof nou serveth al thin art?
  Thou knewe alle othre mennes chance
  And of thiself hast ignorance:
  That thou hast seid amonges alle
  Of thi persone; is noght befalle。〃
  Nectanabus; which hath his deth;
  Yit while him lasteth lif and breth;
  To Alisandre he spak and seide
  That he with wrong blame on him leide    2320
  Fro point to point and al the cas
  He tolde; hou he his Sone was。
  Tho he; which sory was ynowh;
  Out of the dich his fader drouh;
  And tolde his moder hou it ferde
  In conseil; and whan sche it herde
  And kneu the toknes whiche he tolde;
  Sche nyste what sche seie scholde;
  Bot stod abayssht as for the while
  Of his magique and al the guile。   2330
  Sche thoghte hou that sche was deceived;
  That sche hath of a man conceived;
  And wende a god it hadde be。
  Bot natheles in such degre;
  So as sche mihte hire honour save;
  Sche schop the body was begrave。
  And thus Nectanabus aboghte
  The Sorcerie which he wroghte:
  Thogh he upon the creatures
  Thurgh his carectes and figures    2340
  The maistrie and the pouer hadde;
  His creatour to noght him ladde;
  Ayein whos lawe his craft he useth;
  Whan he for lust his god refuseth;
  And tok him to the dieules craft。
  Lo; what profit him is be