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confessio amantis-第47部分

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Ther mihte mochel thing befalle;
That scholde make a man to falle   1620
Fro love; that nevere afterward
Ne durste he loke thiderward。
In harde weies men gon softe;
And er thei clymbe avise hem ofte:
Men sen alday that rape reweth;
And who so wicked Ale breweth;
Fulofte he mot the werse drinke:
Betre is to flete than to sincke;
Betre is upon the bridel chiewe
Thanne if he felle and overthrewe;    1630
The hors and stikede in the Myr:
To caste water in the fyr
Betre is than brenne up al the hous:
The man which is malicious
And folhastif; fulofte he falleth;
And selden is whan love him calleth。
Forthi betre is to soffre a throwe
Than be to wilde and overthrowe;
Suffrance hath evere be the beste
To wissen him that secheth reste:  1640
And thus; if thou wolt love and spede;
Mi Sone; soffre; as I the rede。
What mai the Mous ayein the Cat?
And for this cause I axe that;
Who mai to love make a werre;
That he ne hath himself the werre?
Love axeth pes and evere schal;
And who that fihteth most withal
Schal lest conquere of his emprise:
For this thei tellen that ben wise;   1650
Wicke is to stryve and have the werse;
To hasten is noght worth a kerse;
Thing that a man mai noght achieve;
That mai noght wel be don at Eve;
It mot abide til the morwe。
Ne haste noght thin oghne sorwe;
Mi Sone; and tak this in thi witt;
He hath noght lost that wel abitt。
Ensample that it falleth thus;
Thou miht wel take of Piramus;  1660
Whan he in haste his swerd outdrowh
And on the point himselve slowh
For love of Tisbee pitously;
For he hire wympel fond blody
And wende a beste hire hadde slain;
Wher as him oghte have be riht fain;
For sche was there al sauf beside:
Bot for he wolde noght abide;
This meschief fell。 Forthi be war;
Mi Sone; as I the warne dar;    1670
Do thou nothing in such a res;
For suffrance is the welle of Pes。
Thogh thou to loves Court poursuie;
Yit sit it wel that thou eschuie
That thou the Court noght overhaste;
For so miht thou thi time waste;
Bot if thin happ therto be schape;
It mai noght helpe forto rape。
Therfore attempre thi corage;
Folhaste doth non avantage;  1680
Bot ofte it set a man behinde
In cause of love; and that I finde
Be olde ensample; as thou schalt hiere;
Touchende of love in this matiere。
A Maiden whilom ther was on;
Which Daphne hihte; and such was non
Of beaute thanne; as it was seid。
Phebus his love hath on hire leid;
And therupon to hire he soghte
In his folhaste; and so besoghte;      1690
That sche with him no reste hadde;
For evere upon hire love he gradde;
And sche seide evere unto him nay。
So it befell upon a dai;
Cupide; which hath every chance
Of love under his governance;
Syh Phebus hasten him so sore:
And for he scholde him haste more;
And yit noght speden ate laste;
A dart thurghout his herte he caste;  1700
Which was of gold and al afyre;
That made him manyfold desire
Of love more thanne he dede。
To Daphne ek in the same stede
A dart of Led he caste and smot;
Which was al cold and nothing hot。
And thus Phebus in love brenneth;
And in his haste aboute renneth;
To loke if that he mihte winne;
Bot he was evere to beginne;    1710
For evere awei fro him sche fledde;
So that he nevere his love spedde。
And forto make him full believe
That no Folhaste mihte achieve
To gete love in such degree;
This Daphne into a lorer tre
Was torned; which is evere grene;
In tokne; as yit it mai be sene;
That sche schal duelle a maiden stille;
And Phebus failen of his wille。    1720
Be suche ensamples; as thei stonde;
Mi Sone; thou miht understonde;
To hasten love is thing in vein;
Whan that fortune is therayein。
To take where a man hath leve
Good is; and elles he mot leve;
For whan a mannes happes failen;
Ther is non haste mai availen。
Mi fader; grant merci of this:
Bot while I se mi ladi is    1730
No tre; but halt hire oghne forme;
Ther mai me noman so enforme;
To whether part fortune wende;
That I unto mi lyves ende
Ne wol hire serven everemo。
Mi Sone; sithen it is so;
I seie nomor; bot in this cas
Bewar how it with Phebus was。
Noght only upon loves chance;
Bot upon every governance    1740
Which falleth unto mannes dede;
Folhaste is evere forto drede;
And that a man good consail take;
Er he his pourpos undertake;
For consail put Folhaste aweie。
Now goode fader; I you preie;
That forto wisse me the more;
Som good ensample upon this lore
Ye wolden telle of that is write;
That I the betre mihte wite  1750
How I Folhaste scholde eschuie;
And the wisdom of conseil suie。
Mi Sone; that thou miht enforme
Thi pacience upon the forme
Of old essamples; as thei felle;
Now understond what I schal telle。
Whan noble Troie was belein
And overcome; and hom ayein
The Gregois torned fro the siege;
The kinges founde here oghne liege    1760
In manye places; as men seide;
That hem forsoke and desobeide。
Among the whiche fell this cas
To Demephon and Athemas;
That weren kinges bothe tuo;
And bothe weren served so:
Here lieges wolde hem noght receive;
So that thei mote algates weyve
To seche lond in other place;
For there founde thei no grace。    1770
Wherof they token hem to rede;
And soghten frendes ate nede;
And ech of hem asseureth other
To helpe as to his oghne brother;
To vengen hem of thilke oultrage

And winne ayein here heritage。
And thus thei ryde aboute faste
To gete hem help; and ate laste
Thei hadden pouer sufficant;
And maden thanne a covenant;    1780
That thei ne scholden no lif save;
Ne prest; ne clerc; ne lord; ne knave;
Ne wif; ne child; of that thei finde;
Which berth visage of mannes kinde;
So that no lif schal be socoured;
Bot with the dedly swerd devoured:
In such Folhaste here ordinance
Thei schapen forto do vengance。
Whan this pourpos was wist and knowe
Among here host; tho was ther blowe   1790
Of wordes many a speche aboute:
Of yonge men the lusti route
Were of this tale glad ynowh;
Ther was no care for the plowh;
As thei that weren Folhastif;
Thei ben acorded to the strif;
And sein it mai noght be to gret
To vengen hem of such forfet:
Thus seith the wilde unwise tonge
Of hem that there weren yonge。  1800
Bot Nestor; which was old and hor;
The salve sih tofore the sor;
As he that was of conseil wys:
So that anon be his avis
Ther was a prive conseil nome。
The lordes ben togedre come;
This Demephon and Athemas
Here pourpos tolden; as it was;
Thei sieten alle stille and herde;
Was non bot Nestor hem ansuerde。   1810
He bad hem; if thei wolde winne;
They scholden se; er thei beginne;
Here ende; and sette here ferste entente;
That thei hem after ne repente:
And axeth hem this questioun;
To what final conclusioun
Thei wolde regne Kinges there;
If that no poeple in londe were;
And seith; it were a wonder wierde
To sen a king become an hierde;    1820
Wher no lif is bot only beste
Under the liegance of his heste;
For who that is of man no king;
The remenant is as no thing。
He seith ek; if the pourpos holde
To sle the poeple; as thei tuo wolde;
Whan thei it mihte noght restore;
Al Grece it scholde abegge sore;
To se the wilde beste wone
Wher whilom duelte a mannes Sone:  1830
And for that cause he bad hem trete;
And s
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