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!!!!隆堋響頼��紗秘慕禰厮宴和肝写偬堋響��
And hath of hire unhappi wit
A moerdre with a moerdre quit。
Such is of moerdre the vengance。
Forthi�察�mi Sone�察�in remembrance
Of this ensample tak good hiede��
For who that thenkth his love spiede
With moerdre�察�he schal with worldes schame
Himself and ek his love schame。 2200
Mi fader�察�of this aventure
Which ye have told�察�I you assure
Min herte is sory forto hiere��
Bot only for I wolde lere
What is to done�察�and what to leve。
And over this now be your leve��
That ye me wolden telle I preie��
If ther be lieffull eny weie
Withoute Senne a man to sle。
Mi Sone�察�in sondri wise ye。 2210
What man that is of traiterie��
Of moerdre or elles robberie
Atteint�察�the jugge schal noght lette��
Bot he schal slen of pure dette��
And doth gret Senne�察�if that he wonde。
For who that lawe hath upon honde��
And spareth forto do justice
For merci�察�doth noght his office��
That he his mercy so bewareth��
Whan for o schrewe which he spareth 2220
A thousand goode men he grieveth��
With such merci who that believeth
To plese god�察�he is deceived��
Or elles resoun mot be weyved。
The lawe stod er we were bore��
How that a kinges swerd is bore
In signe that he schal defende
His trewe poeple and make an ende
Of suche as wolden hem devoure。
Lo thus�察�my Sone�察�to socoure 2230
The lawe and comun riht to winne��
A man mai sle withoute Sinne��
And do therof a gret almesse��
So forto kepe rihtwisnesse。
And over this for his contre
In time of werre a man is fre
Himself�察�his hous and ek his lond
Defende with his oghne hond��
And slen�察�if that he mai no bet��
After the lawe which is set。 2240
Now�察�fader�察�thanne I you beseche
Of hem that dedly werres seche
In worldes cause and scheden blod��
If such an homicide is good。
Mi Sone�察�upon thi question
The trowthe of myn opinion��
Als ferforth as my wit arecheth
And as the pleine lawe techeth��
I woll thee telle in evidence��
To rewle with thi conscience。 2250
The hihe god of his justice
That ilke foule horrible vice
Of homicide he hath forbede��
Be Moi5ses as it was bede。
Whan goddes Sone also was bore��
He sende hise anglis doun therfore��
Whom the Schepherdes herden singe��
Pes to the men of welwillinge
In erthe be among ous here。
So forto speke in this matiere 2260
After the lawe of charite��
Ther schal no dedly werre be��
And ek nature it hath defended
And in hir lawe pes comended��
Which is the chief of mannes welthe��
Of mannes lif�察�of mannes helthe。
Bot dedly werre hath his covine
Of pestilence and of famine��
Of poverte and of alle wo��
Wherof this world we blamen so�察 �2270
Which now the werre hath under fote��
Til god himself therof do bote。
For alle thing which god hath wroght
In Erthe�察�werre it bringth to noght��
The cherche is brent�察�the priest is slain��
The wif�察�the maide is ek forlain��
The lawe is lore and god unserved��
I not what mede he hath deserved
That suche werres ledeth inne。
If that he do it forto winne�察 �2280
Ferst to acompte his grete cost
Forth with the folk that he hath lost��
As to the wordes rekeninge
Ther schal he finde no winnynge��
And if he do it to pourchace
The hevene mede�察�of such a grace
I can noght speke�察�and natheles
Crist hath comanded love and pes��
And who that worcheth the revers��
I trowe his mede is ful divers。 2290
And sithen thanne that we finde
That werres in here oghne kinde
Ben toward god of no decerte��
And ek thei bringen in poverte
Of worldes good�察�it is merveile
Among the men what it mai eyle��
That thei a pes ne conne sette。
I trowe Senne be the lette��
And every mede of Senne is deth��
So wot I nevere hou that it geth�此 �2300
Bot we that ben of o believe
Among ousself�察�this wolde I lieve��
That betre it were pes to chese��
Than so be double weie lese。
I not if that it now so stonde��
Bot this a man mai understonde��
Who that these olde bokes redeth��
That coveitise is on which ledeth��
And broghte ferst the werres inne。
At Grece if that I schal beginne�察 �2310
Ther was it proved hou it stod��
To Perce�察�which was ful of good��
Thei maden werre in special��
And so thei deden overal��
Wher gret richesse was in londe��
So that thei leften nothing stonde
Unwerred�察�bot onliche Archade。
For there thei no werres made��
Be cause it was bareigne and povere��
Wherof thei mihten noght recovere�察 �2320
And thus poverte was forbore��
He that noght hadde noght hath lore。
Bot yit it is a wonder thing��
Whan that a riche worthi king��
Or other lord�察�what so he be��
Wol axe and cleyme proprete
In thing to which he hath no riht��
Bot onliche of his grete miht��
For this mai every man wel wite��
That bothe kinde and lawe write 2330
Expressly stonden therayein。
Bot he mot nedes somwhat sein��
Althogh ther be no reson inne��
Which secheth cause forto winne��
For wit that is with will oppressed��
Whan coveitise him hath adressed��
And alle resoun put aweie��
He can wel finde such a weie
To werre�察�where as evere him liketh��
Wherof that he the world entriketh�察 �2340
That many a man of him compleigneth��
Bot yit alwei som cause he feigneth��
And of his wrongful herte he demeth
That al is wel�察�what evere him semeth��
Be so that he mai winne ynowh。
For as the trew man to the plowh
Only to the gaignage entendeth��
Riht so the werreiour despendeth
His time and hath no conscience。
And in this point for evidence 2350
Of hem that suche werres make��
Thou miht a gret ensample take��
How thei her tirannie excusen
Of that thei wrongfull werres usen��
And how thei stonde of on acord��
The Souldeour forth with the lord��
The povere man forth with the riche��
As of corage thei ben liche��
To make werres and to pile
For lucre and for non other skyle�此 �2360
Wherof a propre tale I rede��
As it whilom befell in dede。
Of him whom al this Erthe dradde��
Whan he the world so overladde
Thurgh werre�察�as it fortuned is��
King Alisandre�察�I rede this��
How in a Marche�察�where he lay��
It fell per chance upon a day
A Rovere of the See was nome��
Which many a man hadde overcome 2370
And slain and take here good aweie��
This Pilour�察�as the bokes seie��
A famous man in sondri stede
Was of the werkes whiche he dede。
This Prisoner tofor the king
Was broght�察�and there upon this thing
In audience he was accused��
And he his dede hath noght excused��
Bot preith the king to don him riht��
And seith�察 �Sire�察�if I were of miht�察 �2380
I have an herte lich to thin��
For if the pouer were myn��
Mi will is most in special
To rifle and geten overal
The large worldes good aboute。
Bot for I lede a povere route
And am�察�as who seith�察�at meschief��
The name of Pilour and of thief
I bere�察�and thou�察�which routes grete
Miht lede and take thi beyete�察 �2390
And dost riht as I wolde do��
Thi name is nothing cleped so��
Bot thou art named Emperour。
Oure dedes ben of o colour
And in effect of o decerte��
Bot thi richesse and my poverte
Tho ben noght taken evene liche。
And natheles he that is riche
This dai�察�tomorwe he mai be povere��
And in contraire also recovere 2400
A povere man to gret richesse
Men sen�此�forthi let rihtwisnesse
Be peised evene in the balance。
The king his hardi contienance
Behield�察�and herde hise wordes wise��
And seide unto him in this wise��
;Thin ansuere I have understonde��
Wherof my will is�察�that thou stonde
In mi service and stille abide。;
And forth withal the same tide 2410
He hath him terme of lif withholde��
The mor and for he schal ben holde��
He made him kniht and yaf him lond��
Which afterward was of his hond
And orped kniht in many a stede��
And gret prouesce of armes dede��
As the Croniqes it recorden。
And in this wise thei acorden��
The whiche of o condicioun
Be set upon destruccioun�此 �2420
Such Capitein such retenue。
Bot forto se to what issue
The thing befalleth ate laste��
It is gret wonder that men caste
Here herte upon such wrong to winne��
Wher no beyete mai ben inne��
And doth desese on every side��
Bot whan reson is put aside
And will governeth the corage��
The faucon which that fleth ramage 2430
And soeffreth nothing in the weie��
Wherof that he mai take his preie��
Is noght mor set upon ravine��
Than thilke man which his covine
Hath set in such a maner wise��
For al the world ne mai suffise
To will which is noght resonable。
Wherof ensample concordable
Lich to this point of which I meene��
Was upon Alisandre sene�察 �2440
Which hadde set al his entente��
So as fortune with him wente��
That reson mihte him non governe��
Bot of his will he was so sterne��
That al the world he overran
And what him list he tok and wan。
In Ynde the superiour
Whan that he was ful conquerour��
And hadde his wilful pourpos wonne
Of al this Erthe under the Sonne�察 �2450
This king homward to Macedoine��
Whan that he cam to Babiloine��
And wende most in his Empire��
As he which was hol lord and Sire��
In honour forto be received��
Most sodeinliche he was deceived��
And with strong puison envenimed。
And as he hath the world mistimed
Noght as he scholde with his wit��
Noght as he wolde it was aquit。 2460
Thus was he slain that whilom slowh��
And he which riche was ynowh
This dai�察�tomorwe he hadde noght��
And in such wise as he hath wroght
In destorbance of worldes pes��
His werre he fond thanne endeles��
In which for evere desconfit
He was。 Lo now�察�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�察�mi Sone�察�in alle weie
Be wel avised�察�I thee preie��
Of slawhte er that thou be coupable
Withoute cause resonable。
Mi fader�察�understonde it is��
That ye have seid�察�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�拭�Sone myn�察 �2490
To preche and soffre for the feith��
That have I herd the gospell seith��
Bot forto slee�察�that hiere I noght。
Crist with his oghne deth hath boght
Alle othre men�察�and made hem fre��
In tokne of parfit charite��
And after that he tawhte himselve��
Whan he was ded�察�these othre tuelve
Of hise Apostles wente aboute
The holi feith to prechen oute�察 �2500
Wherof the deth in sondri place
Thei soffre�察�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�察�and hath the swerd received�察 �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�察�Sone�察�if thou wolt live in reste
Of conscience wel assised��
Er that thou sle�察�be wel avised��
For man�察�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 e