第 18 节
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I can noght telle my desese。 50
Bot; Sire; as of my ladi selve;
Thogh sche have wowers ten or twelve;
For no mistrust I have of hire
Me grieveth noght; for certes; Sire;
I trowe; in al this world to seche;
Nis womman that in dede and speche
Woll betre avise hire what sche doth;
Ne betre; forto seie a soth;
Kepe hire honour ate alle tide;
And yit get hire a thank beside。 60
Bot natheles I am beknowe;
That whanne I se at eny throwe;
Or elles if I mai it hiere;
That sche make eny man good chiere;
Thogh I therof have noght to done;
Mi thought wol entermette him sone。
For thogh I be miselve strange;
Envie makth myn herte change;
That I am sorghfully bestad
Of that I se an other glad 70
With hire; bot of other alle;
Of love what so mai befalle;
Or that he faile or that he spede;
Therof take I bot litel heede。
Now have I seid; my fader; al
As of this point in special;
Als ferforthli as I have wist。
Now axeth further what you list。
Mi Sone; er I axe eny more;
I thenke somdiel for thi lore 80
Telle an ensample of this matiere
Touchende Envie; as thou schalt hiere。
Write in Civile this I finde:
Thogh it be noght the houndes kinde
To ete chaf; yit wol he werne
An Oxe which comth to the berne;
Therof to taken eny fode。
And thus; who that it understode;
It stant of love in many place:
Who that is out of loves grace 90
And mai himselven noght availe;
He wolde an other scholde faile;
And if he may put eny lette;
He doth al that he mai to lette。
Wherof I finde; as thou schalt wite;
To this pourpos a tale write。
Ther ben of suche mo than twelve;
That ben noght able as of hemselve
To gete love; and for Envie
Upon alle othre thei aspie; 100
And for hem lacketh that thei wolde;
Thei kepte that non other scholde
Touchende of love his cause spede:
Wherof a gret ensample I rede;
Which unto this matiere acordeth;
As Ovide in his bok recordeth;
How Poliphemus whilom wroghte;
Whan that he Galathee besoghte
Of love; which he mai noght lacche。
That made him forto waite and wacche 110
Be alle weies how it ferde;
Til ate laste he knew and herde
How that an other hadde leve
To love there as he mot leve;
As forto speke of eny sped:
So that he knew non other red;
Bot forto wayten upon alle;
Til he may se the chance falle
That he hire love myhte grieve;
Which he himself mai noght achieve。 120
This Galathee; seith the Poete;
Above alle othre was unmete
Of beaute; that men thanne knewe;
And hadde a lusti love and trewe;
A Bacheler in his degree;
Riht such an other as was sche;
On whom sche hath hire herte set;
So that it myhte noght be let
For yifte ne for no beheste;
That sche ne was al at his heste。 130
This yonge knyht Acis was hote;
Which hire ayeinward als so hote
Al only loveth and nomo。
Hierof was Poliphemus wo
Thurgh pure Envie; and evere aspide;
And waiteth upon every side;
Whan he togedre myhte se
This yonge Acis with Galathe。
So longe he waiteth to and fro;
Til ate laste he fond hem tuo; 140
In prive place wher thei stode
To speke and have here wordes goode。
The place wher as he hem syh;
It was under a banke nyh
The grete See; and he above
Stod and behield the lusti love
Which ech of hem to other made
With goodly chiere and wordes glade;
That al his herte hath set afyre
Of pure Envie: and as a fyre 150
Which fleth out of a myhti bowe;
Aweie he fledde for a throwe;
As he that was for love wod;
Whan that he sih how that it stod。
This Polipheme a Geant was;
And whan he sih the sothe cas;
How Galathee him hath forsake
And Acis to hire love take;
His herte mai it noght forbere
That he ne roreth lich a Bere; 160
And as it were a wilde beste;
The whom no reson mihte areste;
He ran Ethna the hell aboute;
Wher nevere yit the fyr was oute;
Fulfild of sorghe and gret desese;
That he syh Acis wel at ese。
Til ate laste he him bethoghte;
As he which al Envie soghte;
And torneth to the banke ayein;
Wher he with Galathee hath seyn 170
Acis; whom that he thoghte grieve;
Thogh he himself mai noght relieve。
This Geant with his ruide myht
Part of the banke he schof doun riht;
The which evene upon Acis fell;
So that with fallinge of this hell
This Poliphemus Acis slowh;
Wherof sche made sorwe ynowh。
And as sche fledde fro the londe;
Neptunus tok hire into honde 180
And kept hire in so sauf a place
Fro Polipheme and his manace;
That he with al his false Envie
Ne mihte atteigne hir compaignie。
This Galathee of whom I speke;
That of hirself mai noght be wreke;
Withouten eny semblant feigned
Sche hath hire loves deth compleigned;
And with hire sorwe and with hire wo
Sche hath the goddes moeved so; 190
That thei of pite and of grace
Have Acis in the same place;
Ther he lai ded; into a welle
Transformed; as the bokes telle;
With freisshe stremes and with cliere;
As he whilom with lusti chiere
Was freissh his love forto qweme。
And with this ruide Polipheme
For his Envie and for his hate
Thei were wrothe。 And thus algate; 200
Mi Sone; thou myht understonde;
That if thou wolt in grace stonde
With love; thou most leve Envie:
And as thou wolt for thi partie
Toward thi love stonde fre;
So most thou soffre an other be;
What so befalle upon the chaunce:
For it is an unwys vengance;
Which to non other man is lief;
And is unto himselve grief。 210
Mi fader; this ensample is good;
Bot how so evere that it stod
With Poliphemes love as tho;
It schal noght stonde with me so;
To worchen eny felonie
In love for no such Envie。
Forthi if ther oght elles be;
Now axeth forth; in what degre
It is; and I me schal confesse
With schrifte unto youre holinesse。 220
Mi goode Sone; yit ther is
A vice revers unto this;
Which envious takth his gladnesse
Of that he seth the hevinesse
Of othre men: for his welfare
Is whanne he wot an other care:
Of that an other hath a fall;
He thenkth himself arist withal。
Such is the gladschipe of Envie
In worldes thing; and in partie 230
Fulofte times ek also
In loves cause it stant riht so。
If thou; my Sone; hast joie had;
Whan thou an other sihe unglad;
Schrif the therof。 Mi fader; yis:
I am beknowe unto you this。
Of these lovers that loven streyte;
And for that point which thei coveite
Ben poursuiantz fro yeer to yere
In loves Court; whan I may hiere 240
How that thei clymbe upon the whel;
And whan thei wene al schal be wel;
Thei ben doun throwen ate laste;
Thanne am I fedd of that thei faste;
And lawhe of that I se hem loure;
And thus of that thei brewe soure
I drinke swete; and am wel esed
Of that I wot thei ben desesed。
Bot this which I you telle hiere
Is only for my lady diere; 250
That for non other that I knowe
Me reccheth noght who overthrowe;
Ne who that stonde in love upriht:
Bot be he squier; be he knyht;
Which to my ladiward poursuieth;
The more he lest of that he suieth;
The mor me thenketh that I winne;
And am the more glad withinne
Of that I wot him sorwe endure。
For evere upon such aventure 260
It is a confort; as men sein;
To him the which is wo besein
To sen an other in his peine;
So that thei bothe mai compleigne。
Wher I miself mai noght availe
To sen an other man travaile;
I am riht glad if he be let;
And thogh I fare noght the bet;
His sorwe is to myn herte a game:
Whan that I knowe it is the same 270
Which to mi ladi stant enclined;
And hath his love noght termined;
I am riht joifull in my thoght。
If such Envie grieveth oght;
As I beknowe me coupable;
Ye that be wys and resonable;
Mi fader; telleth youre avis。
Mi Sone; Envie into no pris
Of such a forme; I understonde;
Ne mihte be no resoun stonde 280
For this Envie hath such a kinde;
That he wole sette himself behinde
To hindre with an othre wyht;
And gladly lese his oghne riht
To make an other lesen his。
And forto knowe how it so is;
A tale lich to this matiere
I thenke telle; if thou wolt hiere;
To schewe proprely the vice
Of this Envie and the malice。 290
Of Jupiter this finde I write;
How whilom that he wolde wite
Upon the pleigntes whiche he herde;
Among the men how that it ferde;
As of here wrong condicion
To do justificacion:
And for that cause doun he sente
An Angel; which about wente;
That he the sothe knowe mai。
So it befell upon a dai 300
This Angel; which him scholde enforme;
Was clothed in a mannes forme;
And overtok; I understonde;
Tuo men that wenten over londe;
Thurgh whiche he thoghte to aspie
His cause; and goth in compaignie。
This Angel with hise wordes wise
Opposeth hem in sondri wise;
Now lowde wordes and now softe;
That mad hem to desputen ofte; 310
And ech of hem his reson hadde。
And thus with tales he hem ladde
With good examinacioun;
Til he knew the condicioun;
What men thei were bothe tuo;
And sih wel ate laste tho;
That on of hem was coveitous;
And his fela was envious。
And thus; whan he hath knowlechinge;
Anon he feigneth departinge; 320
And seide he mot algate wende。
Bot herkne now what fell at ende:
For thanne he made hem understonde
That he was there of goddes sonde;
And seide hem; for the kindeschipe
That thei have don him felaschipe;
He wole hem do som grace ayein;
And bad that on of hem schal sein
What thing him is