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confessio amantis-第38部分

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To vertu as the kinges Sone;
For every man his oghne wone     3260
After the lust of his assay
The vice or vertu chese may。
Thus stonden alle men franchised;
Bot in astat thei ben divised;
To some worschipe and richesse;
To some poverte and distresse;
On lordeth and an other serveth;
Bot yit as every man deserveth
The world yifth noght his yiftes hiere。
Bot certes he hath gret matiere     3270
To ben of good condicioun;
Which hath in his subjeccioun
The men that ben of his semblance。〃
And ek he tok a remembrance
How he that made lawe of kinde
Wolde every man to lawe binde;
And bad a man; such as he wolde
Toward himself; riht such he scholde
Toward an other don also。
And thus this worthi lord as tho    3280
Sette in balance his oghne astat
And with himself stod in debat;
And thoghte hou that it was noght good
To se so mochel mannes blod
Be spilt for cause of him alone。
He sih also the grete mone;
Of that the Modres were unglade;
And of the wo the children made;
Wherof that al his herte tendreth;
And such pite withinne engendreth;     3290
That him was levere forto chese
His oghne bodi forto lese;
Than se so gret a moerdre wroght
Upon the blod which gulteth noght。
Thus for the pite which he tok
Alle othre leches he forsok;
And put him out of aventure
Al only into goddes cure;
And seith; 〃Who that woll maister be;
He mot be servant to pite。〃   3300
So ferforth he was overcome
With charite; that he hath nome
His conseil and hise officers;
And bad unto hise tresorers
That thei his tresour al aboute
Departe among the povere route
Of wommen and of children bothe;
Wherof thei mihte hem fede and clothe
And saufli tornen hom ayein
Withoute lost of eny grein。   3310
Thurgh charite thus he despendeth
His good; wherof that he amendeth
The povere poeple; and contrevaileth
The harm; that he hem so travaileth:
And thus the woful nyhtes sorwe
To joie is torned on the morwe;
Al was thonkinge; al was blessinge;
Which erst was wepinge and cursinge;
Thes wommen gon hom glade ynowh;
Echon for joie on other lowh;    3320
And preiden for this lordes hele;
Which hath relessed the querele;
And hath his oghne will forsake
In charite for goddes sake。
Bot now hierafter thou schalt hiere
What god hath wroght in this matiere;
As he which doth al equite。
To him that wroghte charite
He was ayeinward charitous;
And to pite he was pitous:    3330
For it was nevere knowe yit
That charite goth unaquit。
The nyht; whan he was leid to slepe;
The hihe god; which wolde him kepe;
Seint Peter and seint Poul him sende;
Be whom he wolde his lepre amende。
Thei tuo to him slepende appiere
Fro god; and seide in this manere:
〃O Constantin; for thou hast served
Pite; thou hast pite deserved:   3340
Forthi thou schalt such pite have
That god thurgh pite woll thee save。
So schalt thou double hele finde;
Ferst for thi bodiliche kinde;
And for thi wofull Soule also;
Thou schalt ben hol of bothe tuo。
And for thou schalt thee noght despeire;
Thi lepre schal nomore empeire
Til thou wolt sende therupon
Unto the Mont of Celion;   3350
Wher that Silvestre and his clergie
Togedre duelle in compaignie
For drede of thee; which many day
Hast ben a fo to Cristes lay;
And hast destruid to mochel schame
The prechours of his holy name。
Bot now thou hast somdiel appesed
Thi god; and with good dede plesed;
That thou thi pite hast bewared
Upon the blod which thou hast spared。     3360
Forthi to thi salvacion
Thou schalt have enformacioun;
Such as Silvestre schal the teche:
The nedeth of non other leche。〃
This Emperour; which al this herde;
〃Grant merci lordes;〃 he ansuerde;
〃I wol do so as ye me seie。
Bot of o thing I wolde preie:
What schal I telle unto Silvestre
Or of youre name or of youre estre?〃   3370
And thei him tolden what thei hihte;
And forth withal out of his sihte
Thei passen up into the hevene。
And he awok out of his swevene;
And clepeth; and men come anon:
He tolde his drem; and therupon
In such a wise as he hem telleth
The Mont wher that Silvestre duelleth
Thei have in alle haste soght;
And founde he was and with hem broght     3380
To themperour; which to him tolde
His swevene and elles what he wolde。
And whan Silvestre hath herd the king;
He was riht joiful of this thing;
And him began with al his wit
To techen upon holi writ
Ferst how mankinde was forlore;
And how the hihe god therfore
His Sone sende from above;
Which bore was for mannes love;     3390
And after of his oghne chois
He tok his deth upon the crois;
And how in grave he was beloke;
And how that he hath helle broke;
And tok hem out that were him lieve;
And forto make ous full believe
That he was verrai goddes Sone;
Ayein the kinde of mannes wone
Fro dethe he ros the thridde day;
And whanne he wolde; as he wel may;    3400
He styh up to his fader evene
With fleissh and blod into the hevene;
And riht so in the same forme
In fleissh and blod he schal reforme;
Whan time comth; the qwike and dede
At thilke woful dai of drede;
Where every man schal take his dom;
Als wel the Maister as the grom。
The mihti kinges retenue
That dai may stonde of no value     3410
With worldes strengthe to defende;
For every man mot thanne entende
To stonde upon his oghne dedes
And leve alle othre mennes nedes。
That dai mai no consail availe;
The pledour and the plee schal faile;
The sentence of that ilke day
Mai non appell sette in delay;
Ther mai no gold the Jugge plie;
That he ne schal the sothe trie     3420
And setten every man upriht;
Als wel the plowman as the kniht:
The lewed man; the grete clerk
Schal stonde upon his oghne werk;
And such as he is founde tho;
Such schal he be for everemo。
Ther mai no peine be relessed;
Ther mai no joie ben encressed;
Bot endeles; as thei have do;
He schal receive on of the tuo。     3430
And thus Silvestre with his sawe
The ground of al the newe lawe
With gret devocion he precheth;
Fro point to point and pleinly techeth
Unto this hethen Emperour;
And seith; the hihe creatour
Hath underfonge his charite;
Of that he wroghte such pite;
Whan he the children hadde on honde。
Thus whan this lord hath understonde   3440
Of al this thing how that it ferde;
Unto Silvestre he thanne ansuerde;
With al his hole herte and seith
That he is redi to the feith。
And so the vessel which for blod
Was mad; Silvestre; ther it stod;
With clene water of the welle
In alle haste he let do felle;
And sette Constantin therinne
Al naked up unto the chinne。     3450
And in the while it was begunne;
A liht; as thogh it were a Sunne;
Fro hevene into the place com
Wher that he tok his cristendom;
And evere among the holi tales
Lich as thei weren fisshes skales
Ther fellen from him now and eft;
Til that ther was nothing beleft
Of al his grete maladie。
For he that wolde him purefie;   3460
The hihe god hath mad him clene;
So that ther lefte nothing sene;
He hath him clensed bothe tuo;
The bodi and the Soule also。
Tho knew this Emperour in dede
That Cristes feith was forto drede;
And sende anon hise lettres oute
And let do crien al aboute;
Up peine of deth that noman weyve
That he baptesme ne receive:     3470
After his Moder qweene Hele
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