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confessio amantis-第63部分

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Of mannes berthe the mesure;
It is so comun to nature;
That it yifth every man aliche;
Als wel to povere as to the riche;
For naked thei ben bore bothe;
The lord nomore hath forto clothe
As of himself that ilke throwe;
Than hath the povereste of the rowe。
And whan thei schulle both passe;
I not of hem which hath the lasse  2240
Of worldes good; bot as of charge
The lord is more forto charge;
Whan god schal his accompte hiere;
For he hath had hise lustes hiere。
Bot of the bodi; which schal deie;
Althogh ther be diverse weie
To deth; yit is ther bot on ende;
To which that every man schal wende;
Als wel the beggere as the lord;
Of o nature; of on acord:    2250
Sche which oure Eldemoder is;
The Erthe; bothe that and this
Receiveth and alich devoureth;
That sche to nouther part favoureth。
So wot I nothing after kinde
Where I mai gentilesse finde。
For lacke of vertu lacketh grace;
Wherof richesse in many place;
Whan men best wene forto stonde;
Al sodeinly goth out of honde:  2260
Bot vertu set in the corage;
Ther mai no world be so salvage;
Which mihte it take and don aweie;
Til whanne that the bodi deie;
And thanne he schal be riched so;
That it mai faile neveremo;
So mai that wel be gentilesse;
Which yifth so gret a sikernesse。
For after the condicion
Of resonable entencion;   2270
The which out of the Soule groweth
And the vertu fro vice knoweth;
Wherof a man the vice eschuieth;
Withoute Slowthe and vertu suieth;
That is a verrai gentil man;
And nothing elles which he can;
Ne which he hath; ne which he mai。
Bot for al that yit nou aday;
In loves court to taken hiede;
The povere vertu schal noght spiede;  2280
Wher that the riche vice woweth;
For sielde it is that love alloweth
The gentil man withoute good;
Thogh his condicion be good。
Bot if a man of bothe tuo
Be riche and vertuous also;
Thanne is he wel the more worth:
Bot yit to putte himselve forth
He moste don his besinesse;
For nowther good ne gentilesse  2290
Mai helpen him whiche ydel be。
Bot who that wole in his degre
Travaile so as it belongeth;
It happeth ofte that he fongeth
Worschipe and ese bothe tuo。
For evere yit it hath be so;
That love honeste in sondri weie
Profiteth; for it doth aweie
The vice; and as the bokes sein;
It makth curteis of the vilein;    2300
And to the couard hardiesce
It yifth; so that verrai prouesse
Is caused upon loves reule
To him that can manhode reule;
And ek toward the wommanhiede;
Who that therof wol taken hiede;
For thei the betre affaited be
In every thing; as men may se。
For love hath evere hise lustes grene
In gentil folk; as it is sene;  2310
Which thing ther mai no kinde areste:
I trowe that ther is no beste;
If he with love scholde aqueinte;
That he ne wolde make it queinte
As for the while that it laste。
And thus I conclude ate laste;
That thei ben ydel; as me semeth;
Whiche unto thing that love demeth
Forslowthen that thei scholden do。
And overthis; mi Sone; also  2320
After the vertu moral eke
To speke of love if I schal seke;
Among the holi bokes wise
I finde write in such a wise;
〃Who loveth noght is hier as ded〃;
For love above alle othre is hed;
Which hath the vertus forto lede;
Of al that unto mannes dede
Belongeth: for of ydelschipe
He hateth all the felaschipe。   2330
For Slowthe is evere to despise;
Which in desdeign hath al apprise;
And that acordeth noght to man:
For he that wit and reson kan;
It sit him wel that he travaile
Upon som thing which mihte availe;
For ydelschipe is noght comended;
Bot every lawe it hath defended。
And in ensample therupon
The noble wise Salomon;   2340
Which hadde of every thing insihte;
Seith; 〃As the briddes to the flihte
Ben made; so the man is bore
To labour;〃 which is noght forbore
To hem that thenken forto thryve。
For we; whiche are now alyve;
Of hem that besi whylom were;
Als wel in Scole as elleswhere;
Mowe every day ensample take;
That if it were now to make  2350
Thing which that thei ferst founden oute;
It scholde noght be broght aboute。
Here lyves thanne were longe;
Here wittes grete; here mihtes stronge;
Here hertes ful of besinesse;
Wherof the worldes redinesse
In bodi bothe and in corage
Stant evere upon his avantage。
And forto drawe into memoire
Here names bothe and here histoire;   2360
Upon the vertu of her dede
In sondri bokes thou miht rede。
Of every wisdom the parfit
The hyhe god of his spirit
Yaf to the men in Erthe hiere
Upon the forme and the matiere
Of that he wolde make hem wise:
And thus cam in the ferste apprise
Of bokes and of alle goode
Thurgh hem that whilom understode  2370
The lore which to hem was yive;
Wherof these othre; that now live;
Ben every day to lerne newe。
Bot er the time that men siewe;
And that the labour forth it broghte;
Ther was no corn; thogh men it soghte;
In non of al the fieldes oute;
And er the wisdom cam aboute
Of hem that ferst the bokes write;
This mai wel every wys man wite;   2380
Ther was gret labour ek also。
Thus was non ydel of the tuo;
That on the plogh hath undertake
With labour which the hond hath take;
That other tok to studie and muse;
As he which wolde noght refuse
The labour of hise wittes alle。
And in this wise it is befalle;
Of labour which that thei begunne
We be now tawht of that we kunne:  2390
Here besinesse is yit so seene;
That it stant evere alyche greene;
Al be it so the bodi deie;
The name of hem schal nevere aweie。
In the Croniqes as I finde;
Cham; whos labour is yit in minde;
Was he which ferst the lettres fond
And wrot in Hebreu with his hond:
Of naturel Philosophie
He fond ferst also the clergie。    2400
Cadmus the lettres of Gregois
Ferst made upon his oghne chois。
Theges of thing which schal befalle;
He was the ferste Augurre of alle:
And Philemon be the visage
Fond to descrive the corage。
Cladyns; Esdras and Sulpices;
Termegis; Pandulf; Frigidilles;
Menander; Ephiloquorus;
Solins; Pandas and Josephus  2410
The ferste were of Enditours;
Of old Cronique and ek auctours:
And Heredot in his science
Of metre; of rime and of cadence
The ferste was of which men note。
And of Musique also the note
In mannes vois or softe or scharpe;
That fond Jubal; and of the harpe
The merie soun; which is to like;
That fond Poulins forth with phisique。   2420
Zenzis fond ferst the pourtreture;
And Promothes the Sculpture;
After what forme that hem thoghte;
The resemblance anon thei wroghte。
Tubal in Iren and in Stel
Fond ferst the forge and wroghte it wel:
And Jadahel; as seith the bok;
Ferst made Net and fisshes tok:
Of huntynge ek he fond the chace;
Which now is knowe in many place:  2430
A tente of cloth with corde and stake
He sette up ferst and dede it make。
Verconius of cokerie
Ferst made the delicacie。
The craft Minerve of wolle fond
And made cloth hire oghne hond;
And Delbora made it of lyn:
Tho wommen were of great engyn。
Bot thing which yifth ous mete and drinke
And doth the labourer to swinke    2440
To tile lond and sette vines;
Wherof the cornes and the wynes
Ben sustenance to mankinde;
In olde bokes as I finde;
Saturnus of his oghne wit
Hath founde ferst; and more yit
Of Chapmanhode he fond the weie;
And
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