第 119 节
作者:管他三七二十一      更新:2024-01-16 22:39      字数:9322
  And ek this queene forth with him;
  That he the toun of Ephesim
  Wol leve and go wher as thei be;
  For nevere man of his degre  1880
  Hath do to hem so mochel good;
  And he his profit understod;
  And granteth with hem forto wende。
  And thus thei maden there an ende;
  And token leve and gon to Schipe
  With al the hole felaschipe。
  This king; which nou hath his desir;
  Seith he wol holde his cours to Tyr。
  Thei hadden wynd at wille tho;
  With topseilcole and forth they go;   1890
  And striken nevere; til thei come
  To Tyr; where as thei havene nome;
  And londen hem with mochel blisse。
  Tho was ther many a mowth to kisse;
  Echon welcometh other hom;
  Bot whan the queen to londe com;
  And Thaise hir doghter be hir side;
  The joie which was thilke tyde
  Ther mai no mannes tunge telle:
  Thei seiden alle; 〃Hier comth the welle  1900
  Of alle wommannysshe grace。〃
  The king hath take his real place;
  The queene is into chambre go:
  Ther was gret feste arraied tho;
  Whan time was; thei gon to mete;
  Alle olde sorwes ben foryete;
  And gladen hem with joies newe:
  The descoloured pale hewe
  Is now become a rody cheke;
  Ther was no merthe forto seke;  1910
  Bot every man hath that he wolde。
  The king; as he wel couthe and scholde;
  Makth to his poeple riht good chiere;
  And after sone; as thou schalt hiere;
  A parlement he hath sommoned;
  Wher he his doghter hath coroned
  Forth with the lord of Mitelene;
  That on is king; that other queene:
  And thus the fadres ordinance
  This lond hath set in governance;  1920
  And seide thanne he wolde wende
  To Tharse; forto make an ende
  Of that his doghter was betraied。
  Therof were alle men wel paied;
  And seide hou it was forto done:
  The Schipes weren redi sone;
  And strong pouer with him he tok;
  Up to the Sky he caste his lok;
  And syh the wynd was covenable。
  Thei hale up Ancher with the cable;   1930
  The Seil on hih; the Stiere in honde;
  And seilen; til thei come alonde
  At Tharse nyh to the cite;
  And whan thei wisten it was he;
  The toun hath don him reverence。
  He telleth hem the violence;
  Which the tretour Strangulio
  And Dionise him hadde do
  Touchende his dowhter; as yee herde;
  And whan thei wiste hou that it ferde;   1940
  As he which pes and love soghte;
  Unto the toun this he besoghte;
  To don him riht in juggement。
  Anon thei were bothe asent
  With strengthe of men; and comen sone;
  And as hem thoghte it was to done;
  Atteint thei were be the lawe
  And diemed forto honge and drawe;
  And brent and with the wynd toblowe;
  That al the world it myhte knowe:  1950
  And upon this condicion
  The dom in execucion
  Was put anon withoute faile。
  And every man hath gret mervaile;
  Which herde tellen of this chance;
  And thonketh goddes pourveance;
  Which doth mercy forth with justice。
  Slain is the moerdrer and moerdrice
  Thurgh verray trowthe of rihtwisnesse;
  And thurgh mercy sauf is simplesse    1960
  Of hire whom mercy preserveth;
  Thus hath he wel that wel deserveth。
  Whan al this thing is don and ended;
  This king; which loved was and frended;
  A lettre hath; which cam to him
  Be Schipe fro Pentapolim;
  Be which the lond hath to him write;
  That he wolde understonde and wite
  Hou in good mynde and in good pes
  Ded is the king Artestrates;    1970
  Wherof thei alle of on acord
  Him preiden; as here liege lord;
  That he the lettre wel conceive
  And come his regne to receive;
  Which god hath yove him and fortune;
  And thus besoghte the commune
  Forth with the grete lordes alle。
  This king sih how it was befalle;
  Fro Tharse and in prosperite
  He tok his leve of that Cite    1980
  And goth him into Schipe ayein:
  The wynd was good; the See was plein;
  Hem nedeth noght a Riff to slake;
  Til thei Pentapolim have take。
  The lond; which herde of that tidinge;
  Was wonder glad of his cominge;
  He resteth him a day or tuo
  And tok his conseil to him tho;
  And sette a time of Parlement;
  Wher al the lond of on assent   1990
  Forth with his wif hath him corouned;
  Wher alle goode him was fuisouned。
  Lo; what it is to be wel grounded:
  For he hath ferst his love founded
  Honesteliche as forto wedde;
  Honesteliche his love he spedde
  And hadde children with his wif;
  And as him liste he ladde his lif;
  And in ensample his lif was write;
  That alle lovers myhten wite    2000
  How ate laste it schal be sene
  Of love what thei wolden mene。
  For se now on that other side;
  Antiochus with al his Pride;
  Which sette his love unkindely;
  His ende he hadde al sodeinly;
  Set ayein kinde upon vengance;
  And for his lust hath his penance。
  Lo thus; mi Sone; myht thou liere
  What is to love in good manere;    2010
  And what to love in other wise:
  The mede arist of the servise;
  Fortune; thogh sche be noght stable;
  Yit at som time is favorable
  To hem that ben of love trewe。
  Bot certes it is forto rewe
  To se love ayein kinde falle;
  For that makth sore a man to falle;
  As thou myht of tofore rede。
  Forthi; my Sone; I wolde rede   2020
  To lete al other love aweie;
  Bot if it be thurgh such a weie
  As love and reson wolde acorde。
  For elles; if that thou descorde;
  And take lust as doth a beste;
  Thi love mai noght ben honeste;
  For be no skile that I finde
  Such lust is noght of loves kinde。
  Mi fader; hou so that it stonde;
  Youre tale is herd and understonde;   2030
  As thing which worthi is to hiere;
  Of gret ensample and gret matiere;
  Wherof; my fader; god you quyte。
  Bot in this point miself aquite
  I mai riht wel; that nevere yit
  I was assoted in my wit;
  Bot only in that worthi place
  Wher alle lust and alle grace
  Is set; if that danger ne were。
  Bot that is al my moste fere:   2040
  I not what ye fortune acompte;
  Bot what thing danger mai amonte
  I wot wel; for I have assaied;
  For whan myn herte is best arraied
  And I have al my wit thurghsoght
  Of love to beseche hire oght;
  For al that evere I skile may;
  I am concluded with a nay:
  That o sillable hath overthrowe
  A thousend wordes on a rowe  2050
  Of suche as I best speke can;
  Thus am I bot a lewed man。
  Bot; fader; for ye ben a clerk
  Of love; and this matiere is derk;
  And I can evere leng the lasse;
  Bot yit I mai noght let it passe;
  Youre hole conseil I beseche;
  That ye me be som weie teche
  What is my beste; as for an ende。
  Mi Sone; unto the trouthe wende    2060
  Now wol I for the love of thee;
  And lete alle othre truffles be。
  The more that the nede is hyh;
  The more it nedeth to be slyh
  To him which hath the nede on honde。
  I have wel herd and understonde;
  Mi Sone; al that thou hast me seid;
  And ek of that thou hast me preid;
  Nou at this time that I schal
  As for conclusioun final  2070
  Conseile upon thi nede sette:
  So thenke I finaly to knette
  This cause; where it is tobroke;
  And make an ende of that is spoke。
  For I behihte thee that yifte
  Ferst whan thou come under my schrifte;
  That thogh I toward Venus were;
  Yit spak I suche wordes there;
  That for the Presthod which I have;
  Min ordre and min astat to save;   2080
  I seide I wolde of myn office
  To vertu more than to vice
  Encline; and teche thee mi lore。
  Forthi to speken overmore
  Of love; which thee mai availe;
  Tak love where it mai noght faile:
  For as of this which thou art inne;
  Be that thou seist it is a Sinne;
  And Sinne mai no pris deserve;
  Withoute pris and who schal serve;    2090
  I not what profit myhte availe。
  Thus folweth it; if thou travaile;
  Wher thou no profit hast ne pris;
  Thou art toward thiself unwis:
  And sett thou myhtest lust atteigne;
  Of every lust thende is a peine;
  And every peine is good to fle;
  So it is wonder thing to se;
  Why such a thing schal be desired。
  The more that a Stock is fyred;    2100
  The rathere into Aisshe it torneth;
  The fot which in the weie sporneth
  Fulofte his heved hath overthrowe;
  Thus love is blind and can noght knowe
  Wher that he goth; til he be falle:
  Forthi; bot if it so befalle
  With good conseil that he be lad;
  Him oghte forto ben adrad。
  For conseil passeth alle thing
  To him which thenkth to ben a king;   2110
  And every man for his partie
  A kingdom hath to justefie;
  That is to sein his oghne dom。
  If he misreule that kingdom;
  He lest himself; and that is more
  Than if he loste Schip and Ore
  And al the worldes good withal:
  For what man that in special
  Hath noght himself; he hath noght elles;
  Nomor the perles than the schelles;   2120
  Al is to him of o value:
  Thogh he hadde at his retenue
  The wyde world ryht as he wolde;
  Whan he his herte hath noght withholde
  Toward himself; al is in vein。
  And thus; my Sone; I wolde sein;
  As I seide er; that thou aryse;
  Er that thou falle in such a wise
  That thou ne myht thiself rekevere;
  For love; which that blind was evere;    2130
  Makth alle his servantz blinde also。
  My Sone; and if thou have be so;
  Yit is it time to withdrawe;
  And set thin herte under that lawe;
  The which of reson is governed
  And noght of will。 And to be lerned;
  Ensamples thou hast many on
  Of now and ek of time gon;
  That every lust is bot a while;
  And who that wole himself beguile;    2140
  He may the rathere be deceived。
  Mi Sone; now thou hast conceived
  Somwhat of that I wolde mene;
  Hierafterward it schal be sene
  If that thou lieve upon mi lore;
  For I can do to thee nomore
  Bot teche thee the rihte weie:
  Now ches if thou wolt live or deie。
  Mi fader; so as I have h