第 14 节
作者:冷如冰      更新:2024-04-07 11:51      字数:8596
  For my poor self; I am combined by a sacred vow; And shall be absent。
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  Wend you with this letter。 Command these fretting waters from your eyes
  With a light heart; trust not my holy order; If I pervert your course。 Who's
  here?
  Enter LUCIO
  LUCIO。 Good even。 Friar; where's the Provost? DUKE。 Not within;
  sir。 LUCIO。 O pretty Isabella; I am pale at mine heart to see thine eyes so
  red。 Thou must be patient。 I am fain to dine and sup with water and bran; I
  dare not for my head fill my belly; one fruitful meal would set me to't。 But
  they say the Duke will be here to…morrow。 By my troth; Isabel; I lov'd thy
  brother。 If the old fantastical Duke of dark corners had been at home; he
  had
  lived。   Exit  ISABELLA   DUKE。          Sir;  the  Duke   is  marvellous     little
  beholding to   your reports;   but the  best is;  he lives   not in   them。   LUCIO。
  Friar; thou knowest not the Duke so well as I do; he's a better woodman
  than thou tak'st him for。 DUKE。 Well; you'll answer this one day。 Fare ye
  well。 LUCIO。 Nay; tarry; I'll go along with thee; I can tell thee pretty tales
  of   the   Duke。   DUKE。 You   have   told   me   too   many  of   him  already;   sir;   if
  they be true; if not true; none were enough。 LUCIO。 I was once before him
  for getting a wench with child。 DUKE。 Did you such a thing? LUCIO。 Yes;
  marry; did I; but I was fain to forswear it: they would else have married
  me to the rotten medlar。 DUKE。 Sir; your company is fairer than honest。
  Rest you well。 LUCIO。 By my troth; I'll go with thee to the lane's end。 If
  bawdy talk offend you; we'll have very little of it。 Nay; friar; I am a kind of
  burr; I shall stick。 Exeunt
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  SCENE IV。 ANGELO'S house
  Enter ANGELO and ESCALUS
  ESCALUS。 Every letter he hath writ hath disvouch'd other。 ANGELO。
  In   most   uneven   and   distracted   manner。   His   actions   show   much   like   to
  madness; pray heaven his wisdom be not tainted! And why  meet him  at
  the   gates;   and   redeliver   our   authorities   there?   ESCALUS。   I   guess   not。
  ANGELO。 And why should we proclaim it in an hour before his ent'ring
  that; if any crave redress of injustice; they should exhibit their petitions in
  the street? ESCALUS。 He shows his reason for that: to have a dispatch of
  complaints; and to deliver us from devices hereafter; which shall then have
  no   power   to   stand   against   us。 ANGELO。   Well;   I   beseech   you;   let   it   be
  proclaim'd; Betimes i' th' morn I'll call you at your house; Give notice to
  such men of sort and suit As are to meet him。 ESCALUS。 I shall; sir; fare
  you well。 ANGELO。 Good night。 Exit ESCALUS This deed unshapes me
  quite;   makes   me   unpregnant   And   dull   to   all   proceedings。   A   deflow'red
  maid! And by an eminent body that enforc'd The law against it! But that
  her tender shame Will not proclaim against her maiden loss; How might
  she   tongue   me!   Yet   reason   dares   her   no;   For   my   authority   bears   a   so
  credent bulk That no particular scandal once can touch But it confounds
  the   breather。   He   should    have   liv'd;  Save   that  his  riotous   youth;   with
  dangerous   sense;   Might   in   the   times   to   come   have   ta'en   revenge;   By   so
  receiving a dishonour'd life With ransom of such shame。 Would yet he had
  liv'd! Alack; when once our grace we have forgot; Nothing goes right; we
  would; and we would not。 Exit
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  SCENE V。 Fields without the town
  Enter DUKE in his own habit; and Friar PETER
  DUKE。   These   letters    at   fit  time   deliver   me。  'Giving  letters'   The
  Provost   knows   our   purpose   and   our   plot。   The   matter   being   afoot;   keep
  your instruction And hold you ever to our special drift; Though sometimes
  you do blench from this to that As cause doth minister。 Go; call at Flavius'
  house;   And   tell   him   where   I   stay;   give   the   like   notice   To   Valentinus;
  Rowland; and to Crassus; And bid them bring the trumpets to the gate; But
  send me Flavius first。 PETER。 It shall be speeded well。 Exit FRIAR
  Enter VARRIUS
  DUKE。 I thank thee; Varrius; thou hast made good haste。 Come; we
  will walk。 There's other of our friends Will greet us here anon。 My gentle
  Varrius! Exeunt
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  SCENE VI。 A street near the city gate
  Enter ISABELLA and MARIANA
  ISABELLA。 To speak so indirectly I am loath; I would say the truth;
  but to accuse him so; That is your part。 Yet I am advis'd to do it; He says;
  to veil full purpose。 MARIANA。 Be rul'd by him。 ISABELLA。 Besides; he
  tells me that; if peradventure He speak against me on the adverse side; I
  should   not   think   it   strange;   for   'tis   a   physic   That's   bitter   to   sweet   end。
  MARIANA。 I would Friar Peter…
  Enter FRIAR PETER
  ISABELLA。 O; peace! the friar is come。 PETER。 Come; I have found
  you out a stand most fit; Where you may have such vantage on the Duke
  He   shall   not   pass   you。  Twice   have   the   trumpets   sounded;   The   generous
  and gravest citizens Have hent the gates; and very near upon The Duke is
  ent'ring; therefore; hence; away。 Exeunt
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  ACT V。
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  SCENE I。 The city gate
  Enter     at  several    doors    DUKE;      VARRIUS;        LORDS;        ANGELO;
  ESCALUS; Lucio; PROVOST; OFFICERS; and CITIZENS
  DUKE。   My   very   worthy   cousin;   fairly   met!   Our   old   and   faithful
  friend; we are glad to see you。 ANGELO; ESCALUS。 Happy return be to
  your   royal   Grace!   DUKE。   Many   and   hearty   thankings   to   you   both。   We
  have made inquiry of you; and we hear Such goodness of your justice that
  our soul   Cannot   but   yield   you   forth   to   public   thanks;   Forerunning   more
  requital。   ANGELO。   You   make   my   bonds   still   greater。   DUKE。   O;   your
  desert speaks loud; and I should wrong it To lock it in the wards of covert
  bosom;   When   it   deserves;   with   characters   of   brass;   A   forted   residence
  'gainst the tooth of time And razure of oblivion。 Give me your hand。 And
  let the subject see; to make them know That outward courtesies would fain
  proclaim Favours that keep within。 Come; Escalus; You must walk by us
  on our other hand; And good supporters are you。
  Enter FRIAR PETER and ISABELLA
  PETER。      Now     is  your   time;   speak    loud;   and   kneel    before   him。
  ISABELLA。 Justice; O  royal Duke! Vail your   regard Upon   a wrong'd…   I
  would fain have said a maid! O worthy Prince; dishonour not your eye By
  throwing      it  on  any   other   object   Till  you   have    heard   me   in   my   true
  complaint; And   given   me   justice;   justice;   justice;   justice。   DUKE。   Relate
  your wrongs。 In what? By whom? Be brief。 Here is Lord Angelo shall give
  you justice; Reveal yourself to him。 ISABELLA。 O worthy Duke; You bid
  me seek redemption of the devil! Hear me yourself; for that which I must
  speak   Must   either   punish   me;  not   being   believ'd;   Or   wring   redress   from
  you。 Hear me; O; hear me; here! ANGELO。 My lord; her wits; I fear me;
  are   not   firm;   She   hath   been   a   suitor   to   me   for   her   brother;   Cut   off   by
  course of justice… ISABELLA。 By course of justice! ANGELO。 And she
  will   speak   most   bitterly   and   strange。   ISABELLA。   Most   strange;   but   yet
  most