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confessio amantis-第51部分

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His werre he fond thanne endeles;
In which for evere desconfit
He was。 Lo now; for what profit
Of werre it helpeth forto ryde;
For coveitise and worldes pride    2470
To sle the worldes men aboute;
As bestes whiche gon theroute。
For every lif which reson can
Oghth wel to knowe that a man
Ne scholde thurgh no tirannie
Lich to these othre bestes die;
Til kinde wolde for him sende。
I not hou he it mihte amende;
Which takth awei for everemore
The lif that he mai noght restore。    2480
Forthi; mi Sone; in alle weie
Be wel avised; I thee preie;
Of slawhte er that thou be coupable
Withoute cause resonable。
Mi fader; understonde it is;
That ye have seid; bot over this
I prei you tell me nay or yee;
To passe over the grete See
To werre and sle the Sarazin;
Is that the lawe? Sone myn;  2490
To preche and soffre for the feith;
That have I herd the gospell seith;
Bot forto slee; that hiere I noght。
Crist with his oghne deth hath boght
Alle othre men; and made hem fre;
In tokne of parfit charite;
And after that he tawhte himselve;
Whan he was ded; these othre tuelve
Of hise Apostles wente aboute
The holi feith to prechen oute;    2500
Wherof the deth in sondri place
Thei soffre; and so god of his grace
The feith of Crist hath mad aryse:
Bot if thei wolde in other wise
Be werre have broght in the creance;
It hadde yit stonde in balance。
And that mai proven in the dede;
For what man the Croniqes rede;
Fro ferst that holi cherche hath weyved
To preche; and hath the swerd received;  2510
Wherof the werres ben begonne;
A gret partie of that was wonne
To Cristes feith stant now miswent:
Godd do therof amendement;
So as he wot what is the beste。
Bot; Sone; if thou wolt live in reste
Of conscience wel assised;
Er that thou sle; be wel avised:
For man; as tellen ous the clerkes;
Hath god above alle ertheli werkes    2520
Ordeined to be principal;
And ek of Soule in special
He is mad lich to the godhiede。
So sit it wel to taken hiede
And forto loke on every side;
Er that thou falle in homicide;
Which Senne is now so general;
That it welnyh stant overal;
In holi cherche and elles where。
Bot al the while it stant so there;   2530
The world mot nede fare amis:
For whan the welle of pite is
Thurgh coveitise of worldes good
Defouled with schedinge of blod;
The remenant of folk aboute
Unethe stonden eny doute
To werre ech other and to slee。
So is it all noght worth a Stree;
The charite wherof we prechen;
For we do nothing as we techen:    2540
And thus the blinde conscience
Of pes hath lost thilke evidence
Which Crist upon this Erthe tawhte。
Now mai men se moerdre and manslawhte
Lich as it was be daies olde;
Whan men the Sennes boghte and solde。
In Grece afore Cristes feith;
I rede; as the Cronique seith;
Touchende of this matiere thus;
In thilke time hou Peles   2550
His oghne brother Phocus slowh;
Bot for he hadde gold ynowh
To yive; his Senne was despensed
With gold; wherof it was compensed:
Achastus; which with Venus was
Hire Priest; assoilede in that cas;
Al were ther no repentance。
And as the bok makth remembrance;
It telleth of Medee also;
Of that sche slowh her Sones tuo;  2560
Eges in the same plit
Hath mad hire of hire Senne quit。
The Sone ek of Amphioras;
Whos rihte name Almes was;
His Moder slowh; Eriphile;
Bot Achilo the Priest and he;
So as the bokes it recorden;
For certein Somme of gold acorden
That thilke horrible sinfull dede
Assoiled was。 And thus for mede    2570
Of worldes good it falleth ofte
That homicide is set alofte
Hiere in this lif;  bot after this
Ther schal be knowe how that it is
Of hem that suche thinges werche;
And hou also that holi cherche
Let suche Sennes passe quyte;
And how thei wole hemself aquite
Of dedly werres that thei make。
For who that wolde ensample take;  2580
The lawe which is naturel
Be weie of kinde scheweth wel
That homicide in no degree;
Which werreth ayein charite;
Among the men ne scholde duelle。
For after that the bokes telle;
To seche in al this worldesriche;
Men schal noght finde upon his liche
A beste forto take his preie:
And sithen kinde hath such a weie;    2590
Thanne is it wonder of a man;
Which kynde hath and resoun can;
That he wol owther more or lasse
His kinde and resoun overpasse;
And sle that is to him semblable。
So is the man noght resonable
Ne kinde; and that is noght honeste;
Whan he is worse than a beste。
Among the bokes whiche I finde
Solyns spekth of a wonder kinde;   2600
And seith of fowhles ther is on;
Which hath a face of blod and bon
Lich to a man in resemblance。
And if it falle him so per chance;
As he which is a fowhl of preie;
That he a man finde in his weie;
He wol him slen; if that he mai:
Bot afterward the same dai;
Whan he hath eten al his felle;
And that schal be beside a welle;  2610
In which whan he wol drinke take;
Of his visage and seth the make
That he hath slain; anon he thenketh
Of his misdede; and it forthenketh
So gretly; that for pure sorwe
He liveth noght til on the morwe。
Be this ensample it mai well suie
That man schal homicide eschuie;
For evere is merci good to take;
Bot if the lawe it hath forsake    2620
And that justice is therayein。
For ofte time I have herd sein
Amonges hem that werres hadden;
That thei som while here cause ladden
Be merci; whan thei mihte have slain;
Wherof that thei were after fain:
And; Sone; if that thou wolt recorde
The vertu of Misericorde;
Thou sihe nevere thilke place;
Where it was used; lacke grace。    2630
For every lawe and every kinde
The mannes wit to merci binde;
And namely the worthi knihtes;
Whan that thei stonden most uprihtes
And ben most mihti forto grieve;
Thei scholden thanne most relieve
Him whom thei mihten overthrowe;
As be ensample a man mai knowe。
He mai noght failen of his mede
That hath merci: for this I rede;  2640
In a Cronique and finde thus。
Whan Achilles with Telaphus
His Sone toward Troie were;
It fell hem; er thei comen there;
Ayein Theucer the king of Mese
To make werre and forto sese
His lond; as thei that wolden regne
And Theucer pute out of his regne。
And thus the Marches thei assaile;
Bot Theucer yaf to hem bataille;   2650
Thei foghte on bothe sides faste;
Bot so it hapneth ate laste;
This worthi Grek; this Achilles;
The king among alle othre ches:
As he that was cruel and fell;
With swerd in honde on him he fell;
And smot him with a dethes wounde;
That he unhorsed fell to grounde。
Achilles upon him alyhte;
And wolde anon; as he wel mihte;   2660
Have slain him fullich in the place;
Bot Thelaphus his fader grace
For him besoghte; and for pite
Preith that he wolde lete him be;
And caste his Schield betwen hem tuo。
Achilles axeth him why so;
And Thelaphus his cause tolde;
And seith that he is mochel holde;
For whilom Theucer in a stede
Gret grace and socour to him dede;    2670
And seith that he him wolde aquite;
And preith his fader to respite。
Achilles tho withdrowh his hond;
Bot al the pouer of the lond;
Whan that thei sihe here king thus take;
Thei fledde and han the feld forsake:
The Grecs unto the chace falle;
And for the moste part of alle
Of that contre the lordes grete
Thei to
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