第 5 节
作者:冷如冰      更新:2024-04-07 11:51      字数:9322
  Pompey; you are partly a bawd; Pompey; howsoever you colour it in being
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  a tapster。 Are you not? Come; tell me true; it shall be the better for you。
  POMPEY。 Truly; sir; I am a poor fellow that would live。 ESCALUS。 How
  would you live; Pompey… by being a bawd? What do you think of the trade;
  Pompey?   Is   it   a   lawful   trade?   POMPEY。   If   the   law   would   allow   it;   sir。
  ESCALUS。   But   the   law   will   not   allow   it;   Pompey;   nor   it   shall   not   be
  allowed in Vienna。 POMPEY。 Does your worship mean to geld and splay
  all the youth of the city? ESCALUS。 No; Pompey。 POMPEY。 Truly; sir; in
  my poor opinion; they will to't then。 If your worship will take order for the
  drabs and the knaves; you need not to fear the bawds。 ESCALUS。 There is
  pretty orders beginning; I can tell you: but it is but heading and hanging。
  POMPEY。 If you head and hang all that offend that way but for ten year
  together; you'll be glad to give out a commission for more heads; if this
  law hold in Vienna ten year; I'll rent the fairest house in it; after threepence
  a   bay。   If   you   live   to   see   this   come   to   pass;   say   Pompey   told   you   so。
  ESCALUS。 Thank you; good Pompey; and; in requital of your prophecy;
  hark   you:   I   advise   you;   let   me   not   find   you   before   me   again   upon   any
  complaint whatsoever… no; not for dwelling where you do; if I do; Pompey;
  I shall beat you to your tent; and prove a shrewd Caesar to you; in plain
  dealing; Pompey;  I shall   have you   whipt。  So for this time;  Pompey;  fare
  you well。 POMPEY。 I thank your worship for your good counsel; 'Aside'
  but I shall follow it as the flesh and fortune shall better determine。 Whip
  me? No; no; let carman whip his jade; The valiant heart's not whipt out of
  his trade。 Exit ESCALUS。 Come hither to me; Master Elbow; come hither;
  Master   Constable。   How   long   have   you   been   in   this   place   of   constable?
  ELBOW。        Seven     year   and   a  half;  sir。  ESCALUS。        I  thought;    by   the
  readiness in the office; you had continued in it some time。 You say seven
  years   together?   ELBOW。 And   a   half;   sir。   ESCALUS。 Alas;   it   hath   been
  great pains to you! They do you wrong to put you so oft upon't。 Are there
  not men in your ward sufficient to serve it? ELBOW。 Faith; sir; few of any
  wit   in   such   matters;   as   they   are   chosen;   they  are   glad   to   choose   me   for
  them; I do it for some piece of money; and go through with all。 ESCALUS。
  Look you; bring me in the names of some six or seven; the most sufficient
  of your parish。 ELBOW。 To your worship's house; sir? ESCALUS。 To my
  house。 Fare you well。 'Exit ELBOW' What's o'clock; think you? JUSTICE。
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  Eleven; sir。 ESCALUS。 I pray you home to dinner with me。 JUSTICE。 I
  humbly thank you。 ESCALUS。 It grieves me for the death of Claudio; But
  there's no remedy。 JUSTICE。 Lord Angelo is severe。 ESCALUS。 It is but
  needful: Mercy is not itself that oft looks so; Pardon is still the nurse of
  second woe。 But yet; poor Claudio! There is no remedy。 Come; sir。 Exeunt
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  SCENE II。 Another room in ANGELO'S house
  Enter PROVOST and a SERVANT
  SERVANT。 He's hearing of a cause; he will come straight。 I'll tell him
  of you。 PROVOST。 Pray you do。 'Exit SERVANT' I'll know His pleasure;
  may be he will relent。 Alas; He hath but as offended in a dream! All sects;
  all ages; smack of this vice; and he To die for 't!
  Enter ANGELO
  ANGELO。   Now;   what's   the   matter;   Provost?   PROVOST。   Is   it   your
  will   Claudio   shall   die   to…morrow?   ANGELO。   Did   not   I   tell   thee   yea?
  Hadst thou not order? Why dost thou ask again? PROVOST。 Lest I might
  be    too  rash;   Under    your    good   correction;    I  have   seen    When;    after
  execution;  judgment   hath   Repented   o'er  his   doom。 ANGELO。   Go   to;   let
  that be   mine。   Do   you   your   office;   or   give up   your   place; And   you   shall
  well   be   spar'd。   PROVOST。   I   crave   your   honour's   pardon。 What   shall   be
  done;   sir;   with   the   groaning   Juliet?   She's   very  near   her   hour。 ANGELO。
  Dispose of her To some more fitter place; and that with speed。
  Re…enter SERVANT
  SERVANT。 Here is the sister of the man condemn'd Desires access to
  you。 ANGELO。   Hath   he   a  sister?   PROVOST。 Ay;   my   good   lord;   a   very
  virtuous maid; And to be shortly of a sisterhood; If not already。 ANGELO。
  Well;   let   her   be   admitted。   Exit   SERVANT   See   you   the   fornicatress   be
  remov'd; Let her have needful but not lavish means; There shall be order
  for't。
  Enter Lucio and ISABELLA
  PROVOST。 'Going' Save your honour! ANGELO。 Stay a little while。
  'To   ISABELLA' Y'are   welcome;   what's   your   will?   ISABELLA。   I   am   a
  woeful suitor to your honour; Please but your honour hear me。 ANGELO。
  Well; what's your suit? ISABELLA。 There is a vice that most I do abhor;
  And most desire should meet the blow of justice; For which I would not
  plead; but that I must; For which I must not plead; but that I am At war
  'twixt will and will not。 ANGELO。 Well; the matter? ISABELLA。 I have a
  brother is condemn'd to die; I do beseech you; let it be his fault; And not
  my     brother。   PROVOST。        'Aside'     Heaven     give   thee   moving     graces。
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  ANGELO。 Condemn the fault and not the actor of it! Why; every fault's
  condemn'd ere it be done; Mine were the very cipher of a function; To fine
  the faults whose fine stands in record; And let go by the actor。 ISABELLA。
  O  just   but   severe   law!   I   had a   brother;  then。   Heaven keep   your   honour!
  LUCIO。   'To   ISABELLA'   Give't   not   o'er   so;   to   him   again;   entreat   him;
  Kneel   down   before   him;   hang   upon   his   gown; You   are   too   cold:   if   you
  should need a pin; You could   not with more  tame a tongue desire it。 To
  him;    I  say。  ISABELLA。         Must    he   needs   die?   ANGELO。        Maiden;     no
  remedy。   ISABELLA。   Yes;   I   do   think   that   you   might   pardon   him。   And
  neither   heaven   nor   man   grieve   at   the   mercy。 ANGELO。   I   will   not   do't。
  ISABELLA。 But can you; if you would? ANGELO。 Look; what I will not;
  that   I   cannot   do。   ISABELLA。   But   might   you   do't;   and   do   the   world   no
  wrong; If so your heart were touch'd with that remorse As mine is to him?
  ANGELO。 He's sentenc'd; 'tis too late。 LUCIO。 'To ISABELLA' You are
  too   cold。  ISABELLA。 Too   late? Why;  no;   I;  that do speak   a  word;   May
  call it back again。 Well; believe this: No ceremony that to great ones longs;
  Not the king's crown nor the deputed sword; The marshal's truncheon nor
  the judge's robe;   Become them  with one   half so good a   grace As   mercy
  does。 If he had been as you; and you as he; You would have slipp'd like
  him; but he; like you; Would not have been so stern。 ANGELO。 Pray you
  be gone。 ISABELLA。 I would to heaven I had your potency; And you were
  Isabel! Should it then be thus? No; I would tell what 'twere to be a judge
  And what a prisoner。 LUCIO。 'To ISABELLA' Ay; touch him; there's the
  vein。 ANGELO。 Your   brother is a   forfeit   of   the law; And   you   but   waste
  your   words。   ISABELLA。 Alas! Alas!  Why;   all   the   souls   that   were   were
  forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took Found out the
  remedy。 How would you be If He; which is the top of judgment; should
  But judge you as you are? O; think on that; And mercy then will breathe
  within   your   lips;   Like   man   new   made。   ANGELO。   Be   you   content;   fair
  maid。   It   is   the   law;   not   I   condemn   your   brother。   Were   he   my   kinsman;
  brother; or   my  son; It   should   be thus   with him。 He   must   die to…morrow。
  ISABELLA。 To…morrow! O; that's sudden! Spare him; spare him。 He's not
  prepar'd for death。 Even for our kitchens We kill the fowl of season; shall
  we serve heaven With less respect than we do minister To our gross selves?
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  Good; good my lord; bethink you。 Who is it that hath died for this offence?
  There's many have committed it。 LUCIO。 'Aside' Ay; well said。 ANGELO。
  The   law   hath   not   been   dead;   thoug