confessio amantis-及85嫗
梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ○ 賜 ★ 辛酔堀貧和鍬匈��梓囚徒貧議 Enter 囚辛指欺云慕朕村匈��梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ● 辛指欺云匈競何��
!!!!隆堋響頼��紗秘慕禰厮宴和肝写偬堋響��
In olde bokes of record
This finde I write of essamplaire��
Troian the worthi debonaire��
Be whom that Rome stod governed��
Upon a time as he was lerned
Of that he was to familier��
He seide unto that conseiller��
That forto ben an Emperour
His will was noght for vein honour�察 �3150
Ne yit for reddour of justice��
Bot if he myhte in his office
Hise lordes and his poeple plese��
Him thoghte it were a grettere ese
With love here hertes to him drawe��
Than with the drede of eny lawe。
For whan a thing is do for doute��
Fulofte it comth the worse aboute��
Bot wher a king is Pietous��
He is the more gracious�察 �3160
That mochel thrift him schal betyde��
Which elles scholde torne aside。
Of Pite forto speke plein��
Which is with mercy wel besein��
Fulofte he wole himselve peine
To kepe an other fro the peine��
For Charite the moder is
Of Pite�察�which nothing amis
Can soffre�察�if he it mai amende。
It sit to every man livende 3170
To be Pitous�察�bot non so wel
As to a king�察�which on the whiel
Fortune hath set aboven alle��
For in a king�察�if so befalle
That his Pite be ferme and stable��
To al the lond it is vailable
Only thurgh grace of his persone��
For the Pite of him al one
Mai al the large realme save。
So sit it wel a king to have 3180
Pite�察�for this Valeire tolde��
And seide hou that be daies olde
Codrus�察�which was in his degre
King of Athenis the cite��
A werre he hadde ayein Dorrence��
And forto take his evidence
What schal befalle of the bataille��
He thoghte he wolde him ferst consaille
With Appollo�察�in whom he triste��
Thurgh whos ansuere this he wiste�察 �3190
Of tuo pointz that he myhte chese��
Or that he wolde his body lese
And in bataille himselve deie��
Or elles the seconde weie��
To sen his poeple desconfit。
Bot he�察�which Pite hath parfit
Upon the point of his believe��
The poeple thoghte to relieve��
And ches himselve to be ded。
Wher is nou such an other hed�察 �3200
Which wolde for the lemes dye��
And natheles in som partie
It oghte a kinges herte stere��
That he hise liege men forbere。
And ek toward hise enemis
Fulofte he may deserve pris��
To take of Pite remembrance��
Wher that he myhte do vengance��
For whanne a king hath the victoire��
And thanne he drawe into memoire 3210
To do Pite in stede of wreche��
He mai noght faile of thilke speche
Wherof arist the worldes fame��
To yive a Prince a worthi name。
I rede hou whilom that Pompeie��
To whom that Rome moste obeie��
A werre hadde in jeupartie
Ayein the king of Ermenie��
Which of long time him hadde grieved。
Bot ate laste it was achieved 3220
That he this king desconfit hadde��
And forth with him to Rome ladde
As Prisoner�察�wher many a day
In sori plit and povere he lay��
The corone of his heved deposed��
Withinne walles faste enclosed��
And with ful gret humilite
He soffreth his adversite。
Pompeie sih his pacience
And tok pite with conscience�察 �3230
So that upon his hihe deis
Tofore al Rome in his Paleis��
As he that wolde upon him rewe��
Let yive him his corone newe
And his astat al full and plein
Restoreth of his regne ayein��
And seide it was more goodly thing
To make than undon a king��
To him which pouer hadde of bothe。
Thus thei�察�that weren longe wrothe�察 �3240
Acorden hem to final pes��
And yit justice natheles
Was kept and in nothing offended��
Wherof Pompeie was comended。
Ther mai no king himself excuse��
Bot if justice he kepe and use��
Which for teschuie crualte
He mot attempre with Pite。
Of crualte the felonie
Engendred is of tirannie�察 �3250
Ayein the whos condicion
God is himself the champion��
Whos strengthe mai noman withstonde。
For evere yit it hath so stonde��
That god a tirant overladde��
Bot wher Pite the regne ladde��
Ther mihte no fortune laste
Which was grevous�察�bot ate laste
The god himself it hath redresced。
Pite is thilke vertu blessed 3260
Which nevere let his Maister falle��
Bot crualte�察�thogh it so falle
That it mai regne for a throwe��
God wole it schal ben overthrowe��
Wherof ensamples ben ynowhe
Of hem that thilke merel drowhe。
Of crualte I rede thus��
Whan the tirant Leoncius
Was to thempire of Rome arrived��
Fro which he hath with strengthe prived 3270
The pietous Justinian��
As he which was a cruel man��
His nase of and his lippes bothe
He kutte�察�for he wolde him lothe
Unto the poeple and make unable。
Bot he which is al merciable��
The hihe god�察�ordeigneth so��
That he withinne a time also��
Whan he was strengest in his ire��
Was schoven out of his empire。 3280
Tiberius the pouer hadde��
And Rome after his will he ladde��
And for Leonce in such a wise
Ordeigneth�察�that he tok juise
Of nase and lippes bothe tuo��
For that he dede an other so��
Which more worthi was than he。
Lo�察�which a fall hath crualte��
And Pite was set up ayein��
For after that the bokes sein�察 �3290
Therbellis king of Bulgarie
With helpe of his chivalerie
Justinian hath unprisoned
And to thempire ayein coroned。
In a Cronique I finde also
Of Siculus�察�which was ek so
A cruel king lich the tempeste��
The whom no Pite myhte areste�察�
He was the ferste�察�as bokes seie��
Upon the See which fond Galeie 3300
And let hem make for the werre�察�
As he which al was out of herre
Fro Pite and misericorde��
For therto couthe he noght acorde��
Bot whom he myhte slen�察�he slouh��
And therof was he glad ynouh。
He hadde of conseil manyon��
Among the whiche ther was on��
Be name which Berillus hihte��
And he bethoghte him hou he myhte 3310
Unto the tirant do likinge��
And of his oghne ymaginynge
Let forge and make a Bole of bras��
And on the side cast ther was
A Dore�察�wher a man mai inne��
Whan he his peine schal beginne
Thurgh fyr�察�which that men putten under。
And al this dede he for a wonder��
That whanne a man for peine cride��
The Bole of bras�察�which gapeth wyde�察 �3320
It scholde seme as thogh it were
A belwinge in a mannes Ere��
And noght the criinge of a man。
Bot he which alle sleihtes can��
The devel�察�that lith in helle fast��
Him that this caste hath overcast��
That for a trespas which he dede
He was putt in the same stede��
And was himself the ferste of alle
Which was into that peine falle 3330
That he for othre men ordeigneth��
Ther was noman which him compleigneth。
Of tirannie and crualte
Be this ensample a king mai se��
Himself and ek his conseil bothe��
Hou thei ben to mankinde lothe
And to the god abhominable。
Ensamples that ben concordable
I finde of othre Princes mo��
As thou schalt hiere�察�of time go。 3340
The grete tirant Dionys��
Which mannes lif sette of no pris��
Unto his hors fulofte he yaf
The men in stede of corn and chaf��
So that the hors of thilke stod
Devoureden the mennes blod��
Til fortune ate laste cam��
That Hercules him overcam��
And he riht in the same wise
Of this tirant tok the juise�此 �3350
As he til othre men hath do��
The same deth he deide also��
That no Pite him hath socoured��
Til he was of hise hors devoured。
Of Lichaon also I finde
Hou he ayein the lawe of kinde
Hise hostes slouh�察�and into mete
He made her bodies to ben ete
With othre men withinne his hous。
Bot Jupiter the glorious�察 �3360
Which was commoeved of this thing��
Vengance upon this cruel king
So tok�察�that he fro mannes forme
Into a wolf him let transforme��
And thus the crualte was kidd��
Which of long time he hadde hidd��
A wolf he was thanne openly��
The whos nature prively
He hadde in his condicion。
And unto this conclusioun�察 �3370
That tirannie is to despise��
I finde ensample in sondri wise��
And nameliche of hem fulofte��
The whom fortune hath set alofte
Upon the werres forto winne。
Bot hou so that the wrong beginne
Of tirannie�察�it mai noght laste��
Bot such as thei don ate laste
To othre men�察�such on hem falleth��
For ayein suche Pite calleth 3380
Vengance to the god above。
For who that hath no tender love
In savinge of a mannes lif��
He schal be founde so gultif��
That whanne he wolde mercy crave
In time of nede�察�he schal non have。
Of the natures this I finde��
The fierce Leon in his kinde��
Which goth rampende after his preie��
If he a man finde in his weie�察 �3390
He wole him slen�察�if he withstonde。
Bot if the man coude understonde
To falle anon before his face
In signe of mercy and of grace��
The Leon schal of his nature
Restreigne his ire in such mesure��
As thogh it were a beste tamed��
And torne awey halfvinge aschamed��
That he the man schal nothing grieve。
Hou scholde than a Prince achieve 3400
The worldes grace�察�if that he wolde
Destruie a man whanne he is yolde
And stant upon his mercy al��
Bot forto speke in special��
Ther have be suche and yit ther be
Tirantz�察�whos hertes no pite
Mai to no point of mercy plie��
That thei upon her tirannie
Ne gladen hem the men to sle��
And as the rages of the See 3410
Ben unpitous in the tempeste��
Riht so mai no Pite areste
Of crualte the gret oultrage��
Which the tirant in his corage
Engendred hath�此�wherof I finde
A tale�察�which comth nou to mynde。
I rede in olde bokes thus��
Ther was a Duk�察�which Spertachus
Men clepe�察�and was a werreiour��
A cruel man�察�a conquerour 3420
With strong pouer the which he ladde。
For this condicion he hadde��
That where him hapneth the victoire��
His lust and al his moste gloire
Was forto sle and noght to save��
Of rancoun wolde he no good have
For savinge of a mannes lif��
Bot al goth to the swerd and knyf��
So lief him was the mannes blod。
And natheles yit thus it stod�察 �3430
So as fortune aboute wente��
He fell riht heir as be descente
To Perse�察�and was coroned king。
And whan the worschipe of this thing
Was falle�察�and he was king of Perse��
If that thei weren ferst diverse��
The tirannies whiche he wroghte��
A thousendfold welmore he soghte
Thanne afterward to do malice。
The god vengance ayein the vice 3440
Hath schape�此�for upon a tyde��
Whan he was heihest in his Pride��
In his rancour and in his hete
Ayein the queene of Marsagete��
Which Thameris that time hihte��
He made werre al that he myhte��
And sche�察�which wolde hir lond defende��
Hir oghne Sone ayein him sende��
Which the defence hath undertake。
Bot he desconfit was and take�察 �3450
And whan this king him hadde in honde��
He wol no mercy understonde��
Bot dede him slen in his presence。
The tidinge of this violence
Whan it cam to the moder Ere��
Sche sende anon ay wydewhere
To suche frendes as sche hadde��
A gret pouer til that sche ladde。
In sondri wise and tho sche caste
Hou sche this king mai overcaste�察 �3460
And ate laste acorded was��
That in the danger of a pass��
Thurgh which this tirant scholde passe��
Sche schop his pouer to compasse
With strengthe of men be such a weie
That he schal noght eschape aweie。
And whan sche hadde thus ordeigned��
Sche hath hir oghne bodi feigned��
For feere as thogh sche wolde flee
Out of hir lond�此�and whan that he 3470
Hath herd hou that this ladi fledde��
So faste after the chace he spedde��
That he was founde out of array。
For it betidde upon a day��
Into the pas whanne he was falle��
Thembuisschementz tobrieken alle
And him beclipte on every side��
That fle ne myhte he noght aside��
So that ther weren dede and take
Tuo hundred thousend for his sake�察 �3480
That weren with him of his host。
And thus was leid the grete bost
Of him and of his tirannie��
It halp no mercy forto crie
To him which whilom dede non��
For he un