第 69 节
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If that he mihte him overtake。
To this thei seiden alle yee:
Anon thei weren ate See; 3920
And alle; as who seith; at a word
Thei gon withinne schipes bord;
The Sail goth up; and forth thei strauhte。
Bot non espleit therof thei cauhte;
And so thei tornen hom ayein;
For al that labour was in vein。
Jason to Grece with his preie
Goth thurgh the See the rihte weie:
Whan he ther com and men it tolde;
Thei maden joie yonge and olde。 3930
Eson; whan that he wiste of this;
Hou that his Sone comen is;
And hath achieved that he soughte
And hom with him Medea broughte;
In al the wyde world was non
So glad a man as he was on。
Togedre ben these lovers tho;
Til that thei hadden sones tuo;
Wherof thei weren bothe glade;
And olde Eson gret joie made 3940
To sen thencress of his lignage;
For he was of so gret an Age;
That men awaiten every day;
Whan that he scholde gon away。
Jason; which sih his fader old;
Upon Medea made him bold;
Of art magique; which sche couthe;
And preith hire that his fader youthe
Sche wolde make ayeinward newe:
And sche; that was toward him trewe; 3950
Behihte him that sche wolde it do;
Whan that sche time sawh therto。
Bot what sche dede in that matiere
It is a wonder thing to hiere;
Bot yit for the novellerie
I thenke tellen a partie。
Thus it befell upon a nyht;
Whan ther was noght bot sterreliht;
Sche was vanyssht riht as hir liste;
That no wyht bot hirself it wiste; 3960
And that was ate mydnyht tyde。
The world was stille on every side;
With open hed and fot al bare;
Hir her tosprad sche gan to fare;
Upon hir clothes gert sche was;
Al specheles and on the gras
Sche glod forth as an Addre doth:
Non otherwise sche ne goth;
Til sche cam to the freisshe flod;
And there a while sche withstod。 3970
Thries sche torned hire aboute;
And thries ek sche gan doun loute
And in the flod sche wette hir her;
And thries on the water ther
Sche gaspeth with a drecchinge onde;
And tho sche tok hir speche on honde。
Ferst sche began to clepe and calle
Upward unto the sterres alle;
To Wynd; to Air; to See; to lond
Sche preide; and ek hield up hir hond 3980
To Echates; and gan to crie;
Which is goddesse of Sorcerie。
Sche seide; 〃Helpeth at this nede;
And as ye maden me to spede;
Whan Jason cam the Flees to seche;
So help me nou; I you beseche。〃
With that sche loketh and was war;
Doun fro the Sky ther cam a char;
The which Dragouns aboute drowe:
And tho sche gan hir hed doun bowe; 3990
And up sche styh; and faire and wel
Sche drof forth bothe char and whel
Above in thair among the Skyes。
The lond of Crete and tho parties
Sche soughte; and faste gan hire hye;
And there upon the hulles hyhe
Of Othrin and Olimpe also;
And ek of othre hulles mo;
Sche fond and gadreth herbes suote;
Sche pulleth up som be the rote; 4000
And manye with a knyf sche scherth;
And alle into hir char sche berth。
Thus whan sche hath the hulles sought;
The flodes ther foryat sche nought;
Eridian and Amphrisos;
Peneie and ek Sperchei5dos;
To hem sche wente and ther sche nom
Bothe of the water and the fom;
The sond and ek the smale stones;
Whiche as sche ches out for the nones; 4010
And of the rede See a part;
That was behovelich to hire art;
Sche tok; and after that aboute
Sche soughte sondri sedes oute
In feldes and in many greves;
And ek a part sche tok of leves:
Bot thing which mihte hire most availe
Sche fond in Crete and in Thessaile。
In daies and in nyhtes Nyne;
With gret travaile and with gret pyne; 4020
Sche was pourveid of every piece;
And torneth homward into Grece。
Before the gates of Eson
Hir char sche let awai to gon;
And tok out ferst that was therinne;
For tho sche thoghte to beginne
Such thing as semeth impossible;
And made hirselven invisible;
As sche that was with Air enclosed
And mihte of noman be desclosed。 4030
Sche tok up turves of the lond
Withoute helpe of mannes hond;
Al heled with the grene gras;
Of which an Alter mad ther was
Unto Echates the goddesse
Of art magique and the maistresse;
And eft an other to Juvente;
As sche which dede hir hole entente。
Tho tok sche fieldwode and verveyne;
Of herbes ben noght betre tueine; 4040
Of which anon withoute let
These alters ben aboute set:
Tuo sondri puttes faste by
Sche made; and with that hastely
A wether which was blak sche slouh;
And out therof the blod sche drouh
And dede into the pettes tuo;
Warm melk sche putte also therto
With hony meynd: and in such wise
Sche gan to make hir sacrifice; 4050
And cride and preide forth withal
To Pluto the god infernal;
And to the queene Proserpine。
And so sche soghte out al the line
Of hem that longen to that craft;
Behinde was no name laft;
And preide hem alle; as sche wel couthe;
To grante Eson his ferste youthe。
This olde Eson broght forth was tho;
Awei sche bad alle othre go 4060
Upon peril that mihte falle;
And with that word thei wenten alle;
And leften there hem tuo al one。
And tho sche gan to gaspe and gone;
And made signes manyon;
And seide hir wordes therupon;
So that with spellinge of hir charmes
Sche tok Eson in bothe hire armes;
And made him forto slepe faste;
And him upon hire herbes caste。 4070
The blake wether tho sche tok;
And hiewh the fleissh; as doth a cok;
On either alter part sche leide;
And with the charmes that sche seide
A fyr doun fro the Sky alyhte
And made it forto brenne lyhte。
Bot whan Medea sawh it brenne;
Anon sche gan to sterte and renne
The fyri aulters al aboute:
Ther was no beste which goth oute 4080
More wylde than sche semeth ther:
Aboute hir schuldres hyng hir her;
As thogh sche were oute of hir mynde
And torned in an other kynde。
Tho lay ther certein wode cleft;
Of which the pieces nou and eft
Sche made hem in the pettes wete;
And put hem in the fyri hete;
And tok the brond with al the blase;
And thries sche began to rase 4090
Aboute Eson; ther as he slepte;
And eft with water; which sche kepte;
Sche made a cercle aboute him thries;
And eft with fyr of sulphre twyes:
Ful many an other thing sche dede;
Which is noght writen in this stede。
Bot tho sche ran so up and doun;
Sche made many a wonder soun;
Somtime lich unto the cock;
Somtime unto the Laverock; 4100
Somtime kacleth as a Hen;
Somtime spekth as don the men:
And riht so as hir jargoun strangeth;
In sondri wise hir forme changeth;
Sche semeth faie and no womman;
For with the craftes that sche can
Sche was; as who seith; a goddesse;
And what hir liste; more or lesse;
Sche dede; in bokes as we finde;
That passeth over manneskinde。 4110
Bot who that wole of wondres hiere;
What thing sche wroghte in this matiere;
To make an ende of that sche gan;
Such merveile herde nevere man。
Apointed in the newe Mone;
Whan it was time forto done;
Sche sette a caldron on the fyr;
In which was al the hole atir;
Wheron the medicine stod;
Of jus; of water and of blod; 4120
And let it buile in such a plit;
Til that sche sawh the spume whyt;
And tho sche caste in rynde and rote;
And sed and flour that was for bote;
With many an herbe and many a ston;
Wherof sche hath ther many on:
And ek Cimpheius the Serpent
To hire hath alle his scales lent;
Chelidre hire yaf his addres skin;
And sche to builen caste hem in; 4130
A part ek of the horned Oule;
The which men hiere on nyhtes houle;
And of a Raven; which was told
Of nyne hundred wynter old;
Sche tok the hed with al the bile;
And as the medicine it wile;
Sche tok therafter the bouele
Of the Seewolf; and for the hele
Of Eson; with a thousand mo
Of thinges that sche hadde tho; 4140
In that Caldroun togedre as blyve
Sche putte; and tok thanne of Olyve
A drie branche hem with to stere;
The which anon gan floure and bere
And waxe al freissh and grene ayein。
Whan sche this vertu hadde sein;
Sche let the leste drope of alle
Upon the bare flor doun falle;
Anon ther sprong up flour and gras;
Where as the drope falle was; 4150
And wox anon al medwe grene;
So that it mihte wel be sene。
Medea thanne knew and wiste
Hir medicine is forto triste;
And goth to Eson ther he lay;
And tok a swerd was of assay;
With which a wounde upon his side
Sche made; that therout mai slyde
The blod withinne; which was old
And sek and trouble and fieble and cold。 4160
And tho sche tok unto his us
Of herbes al the beste jus;
And poured it into his wounde;
That made his veynes fulle and sounde:
And tho sche made his wounde clos;
And tok his hond; and up he ros;
And tho sche yaf him drinke a drauhte;
Of which his youthe ayein he cauhte;
His hed; his herte and his visage
Lich unto twenty wynter Age; 4170
Hise hore heres were away;
And lich unto the freisshe Maii;
Whan passed ben the colde shoures;
Riht so recovereth he his floures。
Lo; what mihte eny man devise;
A womman schewe in eny wise
Mor hertly love in every stede;
Than Medea to Jason dede?
Ferst sche made him the flees to winne;
And after that fro kiththe and kinne 4180
With gret tresor with him sche stal;
And to his fader forth withal
His Elde hath torned into youthe;
Which thing non other womman couthe:
Bot hou it was to hire aquit;
The remembrance duelleth yit。
King Peles his Em was ded;
Jason bar corone on his hed;