第 97 节
作者:管他三七二十一      更新:2024-01-16 22:39      字数:9322
  Among the whiche forth withal
  Nectanabus in special;
  Which was an Astronomien
  And ek a gret Magicien;
  And undertake hath thilke emprise
  To Alisandre in his aprise   1300
  As of Magique naturel
  To knowe; enformeth him somdel
  Of certein sterres what thei mene;
  Of whiche; he seith; ther ben fiftene;
  And sondrily to everich on
  A gras belongeth and a Ston;
  Wherof men worchen many a wonder
  To sette thing bothe up and under。
  To telle riht as he began;
  The ferste sterre Aldeboran;    1310
  The cliereste and the moste of alle;
  Be rihte name men it calle;
  Which lich is of condicion
  To Mars; and of complexion
  To Venus; and hath therupon
  Carbunculum his propre Ston:
  His herbe is Anabulla named;
  Which is of gret vertu proclamed。
  The seconde is noght vertules;
  Clota or elles Pliades    1320
  It hatte; and of the mones kinde
  He is; and also this I finde;
  He takth of Mars complexion:
  And lich to such condicion
  His Ston appropred is Cristall;
  And ek his herbe in special
  The vertuous Fenele it is。
  The thridde; which comth after this;
  Is hote Algol the clere rede;
  Which of Satorne; as I may rede;   1330
  His kinde takth; and ek of Jove
  Complexion to his behove。
  His propre Ston is Dyamant;
  Which is to him most acordant;
  His herbe; which is him betake;
  Is hote Eleborum the blake。
  So as it falleth upon lot;
  The ferthe sterre is Alhaiot;
  Which in the wise as I seide er
  Of Satorne and of Jupiter    1340
  Hath take his kinde; and therupon
  The Saphir is his propre Ston;
  Marrubium his herbe also;
  The whiche acorden bothe tuo。
  And Canis maior in his like
  The fifte sterre is of Magique;
  The whos kinde is venerien;
  As seith this Astronomien。
  His propre Ston is seid Berille;
  Bot forto worche and to fulfille   1350
  Thing which to this science falleth;
  Ther is an herbe which men calleth
  Saveine; and that behoveth nede
  To him that wole his pourpos spede。
  The sexte suiende after this
  Be name Canis minor is;
  The which sterre is Mercurial
  Be weie of kinde; and forth withal;
  As it is writen in the carte;
  Complexion he takth of Marte。   1360
  His Ston and herbe; as seith the Scole;
  Ben Achates and Primerole。
  The sefnthe sterre in special
  Of this science is Arial;
  Which sondri nature underfongeth。
  The Ston which propre unto him longeth;
  Gorgonza proprely it hihte:
  His herbe also; which he schal rihte
  Upon the worchinge as I mene;
  Is Celidoine freissh and grene。    1370
  Sterre Ala Corvi upon heihte
  Hath take his place in nombre of eighte;
  Which of his kinde mot parforne
  The will of Marte and of Satorne:
  To whom Lapacia the grete
  Is herbe; bot of no beyete;
  His Ston is Honochinus hote;
  Thurgh which men worchen gret riote。
  The nynthe sterre faire and wel
  Be name is hote Alaezel;  1380
  Which takth his propre kinde thus
  Bothe of Mercurie and of Venus。
  His Ston is the grene Amyraude;
  To whom is yoven many a laude:
  Salge is his herbe appourtenant
  Aboven al the rememant。
  The tenthe sterre is Almareth;
  Which upon lif and upon deth
  Thurgh kinde of Jupiter and Mart
  He doth what longeth to his part。  1390
  His Ston is Jaspe; and of Planteine
  He hath his herbe sovereine。
  The sterre ellefthe is Venenas;
  The whos nature is as it was
  Take of Venus and of the Mone;
  In thing which he hath forto done。
  Of Adamant is that perrie
  In which he worcheth his maistrie;
  Thilke herbe also which him befalleth;
  Cicorea the bok it calleth。  1400
  Alpheta in the nombre sit;
  And is the twelfthe sterre yit;
  Of Scorpio which is governed;
  And takth his kinde; as I am lerned;
  And hath his vertu in the Ston
  Which cleped is Topazion:
  His herbe propre is Rosmarine;
  Which schapen is for his covine。
  Of these sterres; whiche I mene;
  Cor Scorpionis is thritiene;    1410
  The whos nature Mart and Jove
  Have yoven unto his behove。
  His herbe is Aristologie;
  Which folweth his Astronomie:
  The Ston which that this sterre alloweth;
  Is Sardis; which unto him boweth。
  The sterre which stant next the laste;
  Nature on him this name caste
  And clepeth him Botercadent;
  Which of his kinde obedient  1420
  Is to Mercurie and to Venus。
  His Ston is seid Crisolitus;
  His herbe is cleped Satureie;
  So as these olde bokes seie。
  Bot nou the laste sterre of alle
  The tail of Scorpio men calle;
  Which to Mercurie and to Satorne
  Be weie of kinde mot retorne
  After the preparacion
  Of due constellacion。  1430
  The Calcedoine unto him longeth;
  Which for his Ston he underfongeth;
  Of Majorane his herbe is grounded。
  Thus have I seid hou thei be founded;
  Of every sterre in special;
  Which hath his herbe and Ston withal;
  As Hermes in his bokes olde
  Witnesse berth of that I tolde。
  The science of Astronomie;
  Which principal is of clergie   1440
  To dieme betwen wo and wel
  In thinges that be naturel;
  Thei hadde a gret travail on honde
  That made it ferst ben understonde;
  And thei also which overmore
  Here studie sette upon this lore;
  Thei weren gracious and wys
  And worthi forto bere a pris。
  And whom it liketh forto wite
  Of hem that this science write;    1450
  On of the ferste which it wrot
  After Noe5; it was Nembrot;
  To his disciple Ychonithon
  And made a bok forth therupon
  The which Megaster cleped was。
  An other Auctor in this cas
  Is Arachel; the which men note;
  His bok is Abbategnyh hote。
  Danz Tholome is noght the leste;
  Which makth the bok of Almageste;  1460
  And Alfraganus doth the same;
  Whos bok is Chatemuz be name。
  Gebuz and Alpetragus eke
  Of Planisperie; which men seke;
  The bokes made: and over this
  Ful many a worthi clerc ther is;
  That writen upon this clergie
  The bokes of Altemetrie;
  Planemetrie and ek also;
  Whiche as belongen bothe tuo;   1470
  So as thei ben naturiens;
  Unto these Astronomiens。
  Men sein that Habraham was on;
  Bot whether that he wrot or non;
  That finde I noght; and Moi5ses
  Ek was an other: bot Hermes
  Above alle othre in this science
  He hadde a gret experience;
  Thurgh him was many a sterre assised;
  Whos bokes yit ben auctorized。  1480
  I mai noght knowen alle tho
  That writen in the time tho
  Of this science; bot I finde;
  Of jugement be weie of kinde
  That in o point thei alle acorden:
  Of sterres whiche thei recorden
  That men mai sen upon the hevene;
  Ther ben a thousend sterres evene
  And tuo and twenty; to the syhte
  Whiche aren of hemself so bryhte;  1490
  That men mai dieme what thei be;
  The nature and the proprete。
  Nou hast thou herd; in which a wise
  These noble Philosophres wise
  Enformeden this yonge king;
  And made him have a knowleching
  Of thing which ferst to the partie
  Belongeth of Philosophie;
  Which Theorique cleped is;
  As thou tofore hast herd er this。  1500
  Bot nou to speke of the secounde;
  Which Aristotle hath also founde;
  And techeth hou to speke faire;
  Which is a thing full necessaire
  To contrepeise the balance;
  Wher lacketh other sufficance。
  Above alle erthli creatures
  The hihe makere of natures
  The word to man hath yove alone;
  So that the speche of his persone;    1510
  Or forto lese or forto winne;
  The hertes thoght which is withinne
  Mai schewe; what it wolde mene;
  And that is noghwhere elles sene
  Of kinde with non other beste。
  So scholde he be the more honeste;
  To whom god yaf so gret a yifte;
  And loke wel that he ne schifte
  Hise wordes to no wicked us;
  For word the techer of vertus   1520
  Is cleped in Philosophie。
  Wherof touchende this partie;
  Is Rethorique the science
  Appropred to the reverence
  Of wordes that ben resonable:
  And for this art schal be vailable
  With goodli wordes forto like;
  It hath Gramaire; it hath Logiqe;
  That serven bothe unto the speche。
  Gramaire ferste hath forto teche   1530
  To speke upon congruite:
  Logique hath eke in his degre
  Betwen the trouthe and the falshode
  The pleine wordes forto schode;
  So that nothing schal go beside;
  That he the riht ne schal decide。
  Wherof full many a gret debat
  Reformed is to good astat;
  And pes sustiened up alofte
  With esy wordes and with softe;    1540
  Wher strengthe scholde lete it falle。
  The Philosophre amonges alle
  Forthi commendeth this science;
  Which hath the reule of eloquence。
  In Ston and gras vertu ther is;
  Bot yit the bokes tellen this;
  That word above alle erthli thinges
  Is vertuous in his doinges;
  Wher so it be to evele or goode。
  For if the wordes semen goode   1550
  And ben wel spoke at mannes Ere;
  Whan that ther is no trouthe there;
  Thei don fulofte gret deceipte;
  For whan the word to the conceipte
  Descordeth in so double a wise;
  Such Rethorique is to despise
  In every place; and forto drede。
  For of Uluxes thus I rede;
  As in the bok of Troie is founde;
  His eloquence and his facounde  1560
  Of goodly wordes whiche he tolde;
  Hath mad that Anthenor him solde
  The toun; which he with tresoun wan。
  Word hath beguiled many a man;
  With word the wilde beste is daunted;
  With word the Serpent is enchaunted;
  Of word among the men of Armes
  Ben woundes heeled with the charmes;
  Wher lacketh other medicine;
  Word hath under his discipline  1570
  Of Sorcerie the karectes。
  The wordes ben of sondri sectes;
  Of evele and eke of goode also;
  The wordes maken frend of fo;
  And fo of frend; and pes of werre;
  And werre of pes; and out of herre
  The word this worldes cause entriketh;
  And reconsileth whan him liketh。
  The word under the c