第 70 节
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管他三七二十一 更新:2024-01-16 22:39 字数:9322
The remembrance duelleth yit。
King Peles his Em was ded;
Jason bar corone on his hed;
Medea hath fulfild his wille:
Bot whanne he scholde of riht fulfille 4190
The trouthe; which to hire afore
He hadde in thyle of Colchos swore;
Tho was Medea most deceived。
For he an other hath received;
Which dowhter was to king Creon;
Creusa sche hihte; and thus Jason;
As he that was to love untrewe;
Medea lefte and tok a newe。
Bot that was after sone aboght:
Medea with hire art hath wroght 4200
Of cloth of gold a mantel riche;
Which semeth worth a kingesriche;
And that was unto Creusa sent
In name of yifte and of present;
For Sosterhode hem was betuene;
And whan that yonge freisshe queene
That mantel lappeth hire aboute;
Anon therof the fyr sprong oute
And brente hir bothe fleissh and bon。
Tho cam Medea to Jason 4210
With bothe his Sones on hire hond;
And seide; 〃O thou of every lond
The moste untrewe creature;
Lo; this schal be thi forfeture。〃
With that sche bothe his Sones slouh
Before his yhe; and he outdrouh
His swerd and wold have slayn hir tho;
Bot farewel; sche was ago
Unto Pallas the Court above;
Wher as sche pleigneth upon love; 4220
As sche that was with that goddesse;
And he was left in gret destresse。
Thus miht thou se what sorwe it doth
To swere an oth which is noght soth;
In loves cause namely。
Mi Sone; be wel war forthi;
And kep that thou be noght forswore:
For this; which I have told tofore;
Ovide telleth everydel。
Mi fader; I may lieve it wel; 4230
For I have herde it ofte seie
Hou Jason tok the flees aweie
Fro Colchos; bot yit herde I noght
Be whom it was ferst thider broght。
And for it were good to hiere;
If that you liste at mi preiere
To telle; I wolde you beseche。
Mi Sone; who that wole it seche;
In bokes he mai finde it write;
And natheles; if thou wolt wite; 4240
In the manere as thou hast preid
I schal the telle hou it is seid。
The fame of thilke schepes fell;
Which in Colchos; as it befell;
Was al of gold; schal nevere deie;
Wherof I thenke for to seie
Hou it cam ferst into that yle。
Ther was a king in thilke whyle
Towardes Grece; and Athemas
The Cronique of his name was; 4250
And hadde a wif; which Philen hihte;
Be whom; so as fortune it dihte;
He hadde of children yonge tuo。
Frixus the ferste was of tho;
A knave child; riht fair withalle;
A dowhter ek; the which men calle
Hellen; he hadde be this wif。
Bot for ther mai no mannes lif
Endure upon this Erthe hiere;
This worthi queene; as thou miht hiere; 4260
Er that the children were of age;
Tok of hire ende the passage;
With gret worschipe and was begrave。
What thing it liketh god to have
It is gret reson to ben his;
Forthi this king; so as it is;
With gret suffrance it underfongeth:
And afterward; as him belongeth;
Whan it was time forto wedde;
A newe wif he tok to bedde; 4270
Which Yno hihte and was a Mayde;
And ek the dowhter; as men saide;
Of Cadme; which a king also
Was holde in thilke daies tho。
Whan Yno was the kinges make;
Sche caste hou that sche mihte make
These children to here fader lothe;
And schope a wyle ayein hem bothe;
Which to the king was al unknowe。
A yeer or tuo sche let do sowe 4280
The lond with sode whete aboute;
Wherof no corn mai springen oute;
And thus be sleyhte and be covine
Aros the derthe and the famine
Thurghout the lond in such a wise;
So that the king a sacrifise
Upon the point of this destresse
To Ceres; which is the goddesse
Of corn; hath schape him forto yive;
To loke if it mai be foryive; 4290
The meschief which was in his lond。
Bot sche; which knew tofor the hond
The circumstance of al this thing;
Ayein the cominge of the king
Into the temple; hath schape so;
Of hire acord that alle tho
Whiche of the temple prestes were
Have seid and full declared there
Unto the king; bot if so be
That he delivere the contre 4300
Of Frixus and of Hellen bothe;
With whom the goddes ben so wrothe;
That whil tho children ben therinne;
Such tilthe schal noman beginne;
Wherof to gete him eny corn。
Thus was it seid; thus was it sworn
Of all the Prestes that ther are;
And sche which causeth al this fare
Seid ek therto what that sche wolde;
And every man thanne after tolde 4310
So as the queene hem hadde preid。
The king; which hath his Ere leid;
And lieveth al that evere he herde;
Unto here tale thus ansuerde;
And seith that levere him is to chese
Hise children bothe forto lese;
Than him and al the remenant
Of hem whiche are aportenant
Unto the lond which he schal kepe:
And bad his wif to take kepe 4320
In what manere is best to done;
That thei delivered weren sone
Out of this world。 And sche anon
Tuo men ordeigneth forto gon;
Bot ferst sche made hem forto swere
That thei the children scholden bere
Unto the See; that non it knowe;
And hem therinne bothe throwe。
The children to the See ben lad;
Wher in the wise as Yno bad 4330
These men be redy forto do。
Bot the goddesse which Juno
Is hote; appiereth in the stede;
And hath unto the men forbede
That thei the children noght ne sle;
Bot bad hem loke into the See
And taken hiede of that thei sihen。
Ther swam a Schep tofore here yhen;
Whos flees of burned gold was al;
And this goddesse forth withal 4340
Comandeth that withoute lette
Thei scholde anon these children sette
Above upon this Schepes bak;
And al was do; riht as sche spak;
Wherof the men gon hom ayein。
And fell so; as the bokes sein;
Hellen the yonge Mayden tho;
Which of the See was wo bego;
For pure drede hire herte hath lore;
That fro the Schep; which hath hire bore; 4350
As sche that was swounende feint;
Sche fell; and hath hirselve dreint;
With Frixus and this Schep forth swam;
Til he to thyle of Colchos cam;
Where Juno the goddesse he fond;
Which tok the Schep unto the lond;
And sette it there in such a wise
As thou tofore hast herd devise;
Wherof cam after al the wo;
Why Jason was forswore so 4360
Unto Medee; as it is spoke。
Mi fader; who that hath tobroke
His trouthe; as ye have told above;
He is noght worthi forto love
Ne be beloved; as me semeth:
Bot every newe love quemeth
To him which newefongel is。
And natheles nou after this;
If that you list to taken hiede
Upon mi Schrifte to procede; 4370
In loves cause ayein the vice
Of covoitise and Avarice
What ther is more I wolde wite。
Mi Sone; this I finde write;
Ther is yit on of thilke brood;
Which only for the worldes good;
To make a Tresor of Moneie;
Put alle conscience aweie:
Wherof in thi confession
The name and the condicion 4380
I schal hierafterward declare;
Which makth on riche; an other bare。
Upon the bench sittende on hih
With Avarice Usure I sih;
Full clothed of his oghne suite;
Which after gold makth chace and suite
With his brocours; that renne aboute
Lich unto racches in a route。
Such lucre is non above grounde;
Which is noght of tho racches founde; 4390
For wher thei se beyete sterte;
That schal hem in no wise asterte;
Bot thei it dryve into the net
Of lucre; which Usure hath set。
Usure with the riche duelleth;
To al that evere he beith and selleth
He hath ordeined of his sleyhte
Mesure double and double weyhte:
Outward he selleth be the lasse;
And with the more he makth his tasse; 4400
Wherof his hous is full withinne。
He reccheth noght; be so he winne;
Though that ther lese ten or tuelve:
His love is al toward himselve
And to non other; bot he se
That he mai winne suche thre;
For wher he schal oght yive or lene;
He wol ayeinward take a bene;
Ther he hath lent the smale pese。
And riht so ther ben manye of these 4410
Lovers; that thogh thei love a lyte;
That scarsly wolde it weie a myte;
Yit wolde thei have a pound again;
As doth Usure in his bargain。
Bot certes such usure unliche;
It falleth more unto the riche;
Als wel of love as of beyete;
Than unto hem that be noght grete;
And; as who seith; ben simple and povere;
For sielden is whan thei recovere; 4420
Bot if it be thurgh gret decerte。
And natheles men se poverte
With porsuite and continuance
Fulofte make a gret chevance
And take of love his avantage;
Forth with the help of his brocage;
That maken seme wher is noght。
And thus fulofte is love boght
For litel what; and mochel take;
With false weyhtes that thei make。 4430
Nou; Sone; of that I seide above
Thou wost what Usure is of love:
Tell me forthi what so thou wilt;
If thou therof hast eny gilt。
Mi fader; nay; for ought I hiere。
For of tho pointz ye tolden hiere
I wol you be mi trouthe assure;
Mi weyhte of love and mi mesure
Hath be mor large and mor certein
Than evere I tok of love ayein: 4440
For so yit couthe I nevere of sleyhte;
To take ayein be double weyhte
Of love mor than I have yive。
For als so wiss mot I be schrive
And have remission of Sinne;
As so yit couthe I nevere winne;
Ne yit so mochel; soth to sein;
That evere I mihte have half ayein
Of so full love as I have lent:
And if myn happ were so wel went; 4450
That for the hole I mihte have half;
Me thenkth I were a goddeshalf。
For where Usure wole have double;
Mi conscience is noght so trouble;
I biede nevere as to my del
Bot of the hole an halvendel;
That is non excess; as me thenketh。
Bot nathele