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confessio amantis-第59部分

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〃Ha; goode Soster; yit I preie;
Tell me whi ye ben so beseie
And with these haltres thus begon。〃
〃Ma Dame; whilom I was on
That to mi fader hadde a king;
Bot I was slow; and for no thing
Me liste noght to love obeie;
And that I now ful sore abeie。  1390
For I whilom no love hadde;
Min hors is now so fieble and badde;
And al totore is myn arai;
And every yeer this freisshe Maii
These lusti ladis ryde aboute;
And I mot nedes suie here route
In this manere as ye now se;
And trusse here haltres forth with me;
And am bot as here horse knave。
Non other office I ne have;  1400
Hem thenkth I am worthi nomore;
For I was slow in loves lore;
Whan I was able forto lere;
And wolde noght the tales hiere
Of hem that couthen love teche。〃
〃Now tell me thanne; I you beseche;
Wherof that riche bridel serveth。〃
With that hire chere awei sche swerveth;
And gan to wepe; and thus sche tolde:
〃This bridel; which ye nou beholde    1410
So riche upon myn horse hed;…
Ma Dame; afore; er I was ded;
Whan I was in mi lusti lif;
Ther fel into myn herte a strif
Of love; which me overcom;
So that therafter hiede I nom
And thoghte I wolde love a kniht:
That laste wel a fourtenyht;
For it no lengere mihte laste;
So nyh my lif was ate laste。    1420
Bot now; allas; to late war
That I ne hadde him loved ar:
For deth cam so in haste bime;
Er I therto hadde eny time;
That it ne mihte ben achieved。
Bot for al that I am relieved;
Of that mi will was good therto;
That love soffreth it be so
That I schal swiche a bridel were。
Now have ye herd al myn ansuere:   1430
To godd; ma Dame; I you betake;
And warneth alle for mi sake;
Of love that thei ben noght ydel;
And bidd hem thenke upon mi brydel。〃
And with that word al sodeinly
Sche passeth; as it were a Sky;
Al clene out of this ladi sihte:
And tho for fere hire herte afflihte;
And seide to hirself; 〃Helas'
I am riht in the same cas。   1440
Bot if I live after this day;
I schal amende it; if I may。〃
And thus homward this lady wente;
And changede al hire ferste entente;
Withinne hire herte and gan to swere
That sche none haltres wolde bere。
Lo; Sone; hier miht thou taken hiede;
How ydelnesse is forto drede;
Namliche of love; as I have write。
For thou miht understonde and wite;   1450
Among the gentil nacion
Love is an occupacion;
Which forto kepe hise lustes save
Scholde every gentil herte have:
For as the ladi was chastised;
Riht so the knyht mai ben avised;
Which ydel is and wol noght serve
To love; he mai per cas deserve
A grettere peine than sche hadde;
Whan sche aboute with hire ladde   1460
The horse haltres; and forthi
Good is to be wel war therbi。
Bot forto loke aboven alle;
These Maidens; hou so that it falle;
Thei scholden take ensample of this
Which I have told; for soth it is。
Mi ladi Venus; whom I serve;
What womman wole hire thonk deserve;
Sche mai noght thilke love eschuie
Of paramours; bot sche mot suie    1470
Cupides lawe; and natheles
Men sen such love sielde in pes;
That it nys evere upon aspie
Of janglinge and of fals Envie;
Fulofte medlid with disese:
Bot thilke love is wel at ese;
Which set is upon mariage;
For that dar schewen the visage
In alle places openly。
A gret mervaile it is forthi;   1480
How that a Maiden wolde lette;
That sche hir time ne besette
To haste unto that ilke feste;
Wherof the love is al honeste。
Men mai recovere lost of good;
Bot so wys man yit nevere stod;
Which mai recovere time lore:
So mai a Maiden wel therfore
Ensample take; of that sche strangeth
Hir love; and longe er that sche changeth   1490
Hir herte upon hir lustes greene
To mariage; as it is seene。
For thus a yer or tuo or thre
Sche lest; er that sche wedded be;
Whyl sche the charge myhte bere
Of children; whiche the world forbere
Ne mai; bot if it scholde faile。
Bot what Maiden hire esposaile
Wol tarie; whan sche take mai;
Sche schal per chance an other dai    1500
Be let; whan that hire lievest were。
Wherof a tale unto hire Ere;
Which is coupable upon this dede;
I thenke telle of that I rede。
Among the Jewes; as men tolde;
Ther was whilom be daies olde
A noble Duck; which Jepte hihte。
And fell; he scholde go to fyhte
Ayein Amon the cruel king:
And forto speke upon this thing;   1510
Withinne his herte he made avou
To god and seide; 〃Ha lord; if thou
Wolt grante unto thi man victoire;
I schal in tokne of thi memoire
The ferste lif that I mai se;
Of man or womman wher it be;
Anon as I come hom ayein;
To thee; which art god sovereign;
Slen in thi name and sacrifie。〃
And thus with his chivalerie    1520
He goth him forth; wher that he scholde;
And wan al that he winne wolde
And overcam his fomen alle。
Mai noman lette that schal falle。
This Duc a lusti dowhter hadde;
And fame; which the wordes spradde;
Hath broght unto this ladi Ere
How that hire fader hath do there。
Sche waiteth upon his cominge
With dansinge and with carolinge;  1530
As sche that wolde be tofore
Al othre; and so sche was therfore
In Masphat at hir fader gate
The ferste; and whan he com therate;
And sih his douhter; he tobreide
Hise clothes and wepende he seide:
〃O mihti god among ous hiere;
Nou wot I that in no manere
This worldes joie mai be plein。
I hadde al that I coude sein    1540
Ayein mi fomen be thi grace;
So whan I cam toward this place
Ther was non gladdere man than I:
But now; mi lord; al sodeinli
Mi joie is torned into sorwe;
For I mi dowhter schal tomorwe
Tohewe and brenne in thi servise
To loenge of thi sacrifise
Thurgh min avou; so as it is。〃
The Maiden; whan sche wiste of this;  1550
And sih the sorwe hir fader made;
So as sche mai with wordes glade
Conforteth him; and bad him holde
The covenant which he is holde
Towardes god; as he behihte。
Bot natheles hire herte aflihte
Of that sche sih hire deth comende;
And thanne unto the ground knelende
Tofore hir fader sche is falle;
And seith; so as it is befalle  1560
Upon this point that sche schal deie;
Of o thing ferst sche wolde him preie;
That fourty daies of respit
He wolde hir grante upon this plit;
That sche the whyle mai bewepe
Hir maidenhod; which sche to kepe
So longe hath had and noght beset;
Wherof her lusti youthe is let;
That sche no children hath forthdrawe
In Mariage after the lawe;   1570
So that the poeple is noght encressed。
Bot that it mihte be relessed;
That sche hir time hath lore so;
Sche wolde be his leve go
With othre Maidens to compleigne;
And afterward unto the peine
Of deth sche wolde come ayein。
The fader herde his douhter sein;
And therupon of on assent
The Maidens were anon asent;    1580
That scholden with this Maiden wende。
So forto speke unto this ende;
Thei gon the dounes and the dales
With wepinge and with wofull tales;
And every wyht hire maidenhiede
Compleigneth upon thilke nede;
That sche no children hadde bore;
Wherof sche hath hir youthe lore;
Which nevere sche recovere mai:
For so fell that hir laste dai  1590
Was come; in which sche scholde take
Hir deth; which sche may noght forsake。
Lo; thus sche deiede a wofull Maide
For thilke cause which I saide;
As thou hast understonde above。
Mi fader; as toward the Love
Of Maidens forto telle trowthe
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