第 35 节
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Have al my time in vein despended;
And se noght how to ben amended;
Bot rathere forto be empeired;
As he that is welnyh despeired:
For I ne mai no thonk deserve;
And evere I love and evere I serve;
And evere I am aliche nerr。
Thus; for I stonde in such a wer;
I am; as who seith; out of herre;
And thus upon miself the werre 1150
I bringe; and putte out alle pes;
That I fulofte in such a res
Am wery of myn oghne lif。
So that of Contek and of strif
I am beknowe and have ansuerd;
As ye; my fader; now have herd。
Min herte is wonderly begon
With conseil; wherof witt is on;
Which hath resoun in compaignie;
Ayein the whiche stant partie 1160
Will; which hath hope of his acord;
And thus thei bringen up descord。
Witt and resoun conseilen ofte
That I myn herte scholde softe;
And that I scholde will remue
And put him out of retenue;
Or elles holde him under fote:
For as thei sein; if that he mote
His oghne rewle have upon honde;
Ther schal no witt ben understonde。 1170
Of hope also thei tellen this;
That overal; wher that he is;
He set the herte in jeupartie
With wihssinge and with fantasie;
And is noght trewe of that he seith;
So that in him ther is no feith:
Thus with reson and wit avised
Is will and hope aldai despised。
Reson seith that I scholde leve
To love; wher ther is no leve 1180
To spede; and will seith therayein
That such an herte is to vilein;
Which dar noght love and til he spede;
Let hope serve at such a nede:
He seith ek; where an herte sit
Al hol governed upon wit;
He hath this lyves lust forlore。
And thus myn herte is al totore
Of such a Contek as thei make:
Bot yit I mai noght will forsake; 1190
That he nys Maister of my thoght;
Or that I spede; or spede noght。
Thou dost; my Sone; ayein the riht;
Bot love is of so gret a miht;
His lawe mai noman refuse;
So miht thou thee the betre excuse。
And natheles thou schalt be lerned
That will scholde evere be governed
Of reson more than of kinde;
Wherof a tale write I finde。 1200
A Philosophre of which men tolde
Ther was whilom be daies olde;
And Diogenes thanne he hihte。
So old he was that he ne mihte
The world travaile; and for the beste
He schop him forto take his reste;
And duelte at hom in such a wise;
That nyh his hous he let devise
Endlong upon an Axeltre
To sette a tonne in such degre; 1210
That he it mihte torne aboute;
Wherof on hed was taken oute;
For he therinne sitte scholde
And torne himself so as he wolde;
To take their and se the hevene
And deme of the planetes sevene;
As he which cowthe mochel what。
And thus fulofte there he sat
To muse in his philosophie
Solein withoute compaignie: 1220
So that upon a morwetyde;
As thing which scholde so betyde;
Whan he was set ther as him liste
To loke upon the Sonne ariste;
Wherof the propretes he sih;
It fell ther cam ridende nyh
King Alisandre with a route;
And as he caste his yhe aboute;
He sih this Tonne; and what it mente
He wolde wite; and thider sente 1230
A knyht; be whom he mihte it knowe;
And he himself that ilke throwe
Abod; and hoveth there stille。
This kniht after the kinges wille
With spore made his hors to gon
And to the tonne he cam anon;
Wher that he fond a man of Age;
And he him tolde the message;
Such as the king him hadde bede;
And axeth why in thilke stede 1240
The Tonne stod; and what it was。
And he; which understod the cas;
Sat stille and spak no word ayein。
The kniht bad speke and seith; 〃Vilein;
Thou schalt me telle; er that I go;
It is thi king which axeth so。〃
〃Mi king;〃 quod he; 〃that were unriht。〃
〃What is he thanne?〃 seith the kniht;
〃Is he thi man?〃 〃That seie I noght;〃
Quod he; 〃bot this I am bethoght; 1250
Mi mannes man hou that he is。〃
〃Thou lyest; false cherl; ywiss;〃
The kniht him seith; and was riht wroth;
And to the king ayein he goth
And tolde him how this man ansuerde。
The king; whan he this tale herde;
Bad that thei scholden alle abyde;
For he himself wol thider ryde。
And whan he cam tofore the tonne;
He hath his tale thus begonne: 1260
〃Alheil;〃 he seith; 〃what man art thou?〃
Quod he; 〃Such on as thou sest now。〃
The king; which hadde wordes wise;
His age wolde noght despise;
Bot seith; 〃Mi fader; I thee preie
That thou me wolt the cause seie;
How that I am thi mannes man。〃
〃Sire king;〃 quod he; 〃and that I can;
If that thou wolt。〃 〃Yis;〃 seith the king。
Quod he; 〃This is the sothe thing: 1270
Sith I ferst resoun understod;
And knew what thing was evel and good;
The will which of my bodi moeveth;
Whos werkes that the god reproeveth;
I have restreigned everemore;
As him which stant under the lore
Of reson; whos soubgit he is;
So that he mai noght don amis:
And thus be weie of covenant
Will is my man and my servant; 1280
And evere hath ben and evere schal。
And thi will is thi principal;
And hath the lordschipe of thi witt;
So that thou cowthest nevere yit
Take o dai reste of thi labour;
Bot forto ben a conquerour
Of worldes good; which mai noght laste;
Thou hiest evere aliche faste;
Wher thou no reson hast to winne:
And thus thi will is cause of Sinne; 1290
And is thi lord; to whom thou servest;
Wherof thou litel thonk deservest。〃
The king of that he thus answerde
Was nothing wroth; bot whanne he herde
The hihe wisdom which he seide;
With goodly wordes this he preide;
That he him wolde telle his name。
〃I am;〃 quod he; 〃that ilke same;
The which men Diogenes calle。〃
Tho was the king riht glad withalle; 1300
For he hadde often herd tofore
What man he was; so that therfore
He seide; 〃O wise Diogene;
Now schal thi grete witt be sene;
For thou schalt of my yifte have
What worldes thing that thou wolt crave。〃
Quod he; 〃Thanne hove out of mi Sonne;
And let it schyne into mi Tonne;
For thou benymst me thilke yifte;
Which lith noght in thi miht to schifte: 1310
Non other good of thee me nedeth。〃
This king; whom every contre dredeth;
Lo; thus he was enformed there:
Wherof; my Sone; thou miht lere
How that thi will schal noght be lieved;
Where it is noght of wit relieved。
And thou hast seid thiself er this
How that thi will thi maister is;
Thurgh which thin hertes thoght withinne
Is evere of Contek to beginne; 1320
So that it is gretli to drede
That it non homicide brede。
For love is of a wonder kinde;
And hath hise wittes ofte blinde;
That thei fro mannes reson falle;
Bot whan that it is so befalle
That will schal the corage lede;
In loves cause it is to drede:
Wherof I finde ensample write;
Which is behovely forto wite。 1330
I rede a tale; and telleth this:
The Cite which Semiramis
Enclosed hath with wall aboute;
Of worthi folk with many a route
Was enhabited here and there;
Among the whiche tuo ther were
Above alle othre noble and grete;
Dwellende tho withinne a Strete
So nyh togedre; as it was sene;
That ther was nothing hem betwene; 1340
Bot wow to wow and wall to wall。
This o lord hadde in special
A Sone; a lusti Bacheler;
In al the toun was non his pier:
That other hadde a dowhter eke;
In al the lond that forto seke
Men wisten non so faire as sche。
And fell so; as it scholde be;
This faire dowhter nyh this Sone
As thei togedre thanne wone; 1350
Cupide hath so the thinges schape;
That thei ne mihte his hand ascape;
That he his fyr on hem ne caste:
Wherof her herte he overcaste
To folwe thilke lore and suie
Which nevere man yit miht eschuie;
And that was love; as it is happed;
Which hath here hertes so betrapped;
That thei be alle weies seche
How that thei mihten winne a speche; 1360
Here wofull peine forto lisse。
Who loveth wel; it mai noght misse;
And namely whan ther be tuo
Of on acord; how so it go;
Bot if that thei som weie finde;
For love is evere of such a kinde
And hath his folk so wel affaited;
That howso that it be awaited;
Ther mai noman the pourpos lette:
And thus betwen hem tuo thei sette 1370
And hole upon a wall to make;
Thurgh which thei have her conseil take
At alle times; whan thei myhte。
This faire Maiden Tisbee hihte;
And he whom that sche loveth hote
Was Piramus be name hote。
So longe here lecoun thei recorden;
Til ate laste thei acorden
Be nihtes time forto wende
Al one out fro the tounes ende; 1380
Wher was a welle under a Tree;
And who cam ferst; or sche or he;
He scholde stille there abide。
So it befell the nyhtes tide
This maiden; which desguised was;
Al prively the softe pas
Goth thurgh the large toun unknowe;
Til that sche cam withinne a throwe
Wher that sche liketh forto duelle;
At thilke unhappi freisshe welle; 1390
Which was also the Forest nyh。
Wher sche comende a Leoun syh
Into the feld to take his preie;
In haste and sche tho fledde aweie;
So as fortune scholde falle;
For feere and let hire wympel falle
Nyh to the welle upon therbage。
This Leoun in his wilde rage
A beste; which that he fond oute;
Hath slain; and with his blodi snoute; 1400
Whan he hath eten what he wolde;
To drynke of thilke stremes colde
Cam to the welle; where he fond
The wympel; which out of hire hond
Was falle; and he it hath todrawe;
Bebled aboute and al forgnawe;
And thanne he strawhte him forto drinke
Upon the freisshe welles brinke;
And after that out of the plein
He torneth to the wode