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作者:希望之舟      更新:2021-02-18 23:53      字数:9322
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  that John Mortimer; which now is dead; In face; in gait; in speech; he doth
  resemble。 By this I shall perceive the commons' mind; How they affect the
  house and claim of York。 Say he be taken; rack'd; and tortured; I know no
  pain they can inflict upon him Will   make him say  I   mov'd him to   those
  arms。 Say that he thrive; as 'tis great like he will; Why; then from Ireland
  come   I   with   my   strength; And   reap   the   harvest   which   that   rascal   sow'd;
  For Humphrey being dead; as he shall be; And Henry put apart; the next
  for me。 Exit
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  SCENE II。 Bury St。 Edmunds。 A room of state
  Enter two or three MURDERERS running over the stage; from
  the murder of DUKE HUMPHREY
  FIRST MURDERER。 Run to my Lord of Suffolk; let him know We
  have dispatch'd the Duke; as he commanded。 SECOND MURDERER。 O
  that it were to do! What have we done? Didst ever hear a man so penitent?
  Enter SUFFOLK
  FIRST   MURDERER。   Here   comes   my   lord。   SUFFOLK。   Now;   sirs;
  have you dispatch'd this thing? FIRST MURDERER。 Ay;   my good lord;
  he's dead。 SUFFOLK。 Why; that's well said。 Go; get you to my house; I
  will   reward   you   for   this venturous   deed。 The   King   and all   the peers   are
  here at hand。 Have you laid fair the bed? Is all things well; According as I
  gave   directions?   FIRST   MURDERER。   'Tis;   my   good   lord。   SUFFOLK。
  Away! be gone。 Exeunt MURDERERS
  Sound     trumpets。Enter      the   KING;      the   QUEEN;       CARDINAL;
  SOMERSET; with attendants
  KING   HENRY。   Go   call   our   uncle   to   our   presence   straight;   Say  we
  intend to try his Grace to…day; If he be guilty; as 'tis published。 SUFFOLK。
  I'll   call   him   presently;   my   noble   lord。   Exit   KING   HENRY。   Lords;   take
  your   places;   and;   I   pray   you   all;   Proceed   no   straiter   'gainst   our   uncle
  Gloucester Than from  true evidence; of good   esteem; He   be approv'd   in
  practice   culpable。   QUEEN。   God   forbid   any   malice   should   prevail   That
  faultless   may   condemn   a   nobleman!   Pray   God   he   may   acquit   him   of
  suspicion!   KING   HENRY。   I   thank   thee;   Meg;   these   words   content   me
  much。
  Re…enter    SUFFOLK        How     now!    Why     look'st   thou   pale?   Why
  tremblest     thou?    Where     is  our   uncle?    What's    the   matter;   Suffolk?
  SUFFOLK。 Dead in his bed; my lord; Gloucester is dead。 QUEEN。 Marry;
  God   forfend!   CARDINAL。   God's   secret   judgment!   I   did   dream   to…night
  The   Duke   was   dumb   and   could   not   speak   a   word。   'The   KING   swoons'
  QUEEN。 How fares my lord? Help; lords! The King is dead。 SOMERSET。
  Rear up his body; wring him by the nose。 QUEEN。 Run; go; help; help! O
  Henry;   ope    thine  eyes!   SUFFOLK。       He   doth   revive   again;  madam;     be
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  patient。 KING。  O heavenly  God!   QUEEN。 How  fares   my  gracious lord?
  SUFFOLK。         Comfort;     my    sovereign!     Gracious     Henry;    comfort!    KING
  HENRY。 What; doth my Lord of Suffolk comfort me? Came he right now
  to   sing   a   raven's   note;   Whose   dismal   tune   bereft   my   vital   pow'rs;   And
  thinks   he that   the   chirping of   a   wren;   By  crying   comfort   from  a   hollow
  breast;   Can   chase   away   the   first   conceived   sound?   Hide   not   thy   poison
  with such sug'red words; Lay not thy hands on me; forbear; I say; Their
  touch affrights me as a serpent's sting。 Thou baleful messenger; out of my
  sight! Upon thy eye…balls murderous tyranny Sits in grim majesty to fright
  the world。 Look not upon me; for thine eyes are wounding; Yet do not go
  away; come; basilisk; And kill the innocent gazer with thy sight; For in the
  shade of death I shall find joy… In life but double death;'now Gloucester's
  dead。 QUEEN。 Why do you rate my Lord of Suffolk thus? Although the
  Duke   was   enemy   to   him;   Yet   he   most   Christian…like   laments   his   death;
  And     for  myself…    foe   as  he   was   to  me…    Might    liquid   tears;  or   heart…
  offending   groans;   Or   blood…consuming   sighs;   recall   his   life;   I   would   be
  blind with weeping; sick with groans; Look pale as primrose with blood…
  drinking sighs; And all to have the noble Duke alive。 What know I how the
  world may deem of me? For it is known we were but hollow friends: It
  may  be   judg'd   I   made   the   Duke   away;   So shall   my   name   with   slander's
  tongue be wounded; And princes' courts be fill'd with my reproach。 This
  get   I   by   his   death。   Ay   me;   unhappy!   To   be   a   queen   and   crown'd   with
  infamy!   KING   HENRY。   Ah;   woe   is   me   for   Gloucester;   wretched   man!
  QUEEN。 Be woe for me; more wretched than he is。 What; dost thou turn
  away; and hide thy face? I am no loathsome leper… look on me。 What; art
  thou   like   the   adder   waxen   deaf?   Be   poisonous   too;   and   kill   thy   forlorn
  Queen。   Is   all   thy   comfort   shut   in   Gloucester's   tomb?   Why;   then   Dame
  Margaret was ne'er thy joy。 Erect his statue and worship it; And make my
  image but an alehouse sign。 Was I for this nigh wreck'd upon the sea; And
  twice by awkward wind from England's bank Drove back again unto my
  native clime? What boded this but well…forewarning wind Did seem to say
  'Seek not a scorpion's nest; Nor set no footing on this unkind shore'? What
  did I then but curs'd the gentle gusts; And he that loos'd them forth their
  brazen caves; And bid them blow towards England's blessed shore; Or turn
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  our stern upon a dreadful rock? Yet Aeolus would not be a murderer; But
  left that hateful office unto thee。 The pretty…vaulting sea refus'd to drown
  me; Knowing that thou wouldst have me drown'd on shore With tears as
  salt   as   sea   through   thy   unkindness;   The   splitting   rocks   cow'r'd   in   the
  sinking sands And would not dash me with their ragged sides; Because thy
  flinty heart; more hard than they; Might in thy palace perish Margaret。 As
  far as I could ken thy chalky cliffs; When from thy shore the tempest beat
  us back; I stood upon the hatches in the storm; And when the dusky sky
  began to rob My earnest…gaping sight of thy land's view; I took a costly
  jewel from my neck… A heart it was; bound in with diamonds… And threw it
  towards thy land。 The sea receiv'd it; And so I wish'd thy body might my
  heart。 And even with this I lost fair England's view; And bid mine eyes be
  packing   with   my   heart; And   call'd   them   blind   and   dusky   spectacles   For
  losing ken of Albion's wished coast。 How often have I tempted Suffolk's
  tongue…     The   agent   of  thy   foul  inconstancy…     To   sit  and  witch   me;   as
  Ascanius   did   When   he   to   madding   Dido   would   unfold   His   father's   acts
  commenc'd in burning Troy! Am I not witch'd like her? Or thou not false
  like him? Ay me; I can no more! Die; Margaret; For Henry weeps that thou
  dost live so long。
  Noise within。Enter WARWICK; SALISBURY; and many commons
  WARWICK。         It  is  reported;    mighty    sovereign;    That   good    Duke
  Humphrey traitorously is murd'red By Suffolk and the Cardinal Beaufort's
  means。 The commons; like an angry hive of bees That want their leader;
  scatter up and down And care not who they sting in his revenge。 Myself
  have calm'd their spleenful mutiny Until they hear the order of his death。
  KING HENRY。 That he is dead; good Warwick; 'tis too true; But how he
  died God knows; not Henry。Enter his chamber; view his breathless corpse;
  And comment then upon his sudden death。 WARWICK。 That shall I do;
  my liege。 Stay; Salisbury; With the rude multitude till I return。 Exit Exit
  SALISBURY with the commons KING HENRY。 O Thou that judgest all
  things;   stay   my   thoughts…   My   thoughts   that   labour   to   persuade   my   soul
  Some violent hands were laid on Humphrey's life! If my suspect be false;
  forgive me; God; For judgment only doth belong to Thee。 Fain would I go
  to chafe his paly lips With twenty thousand kisses and to drain Upon his
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  face an ocean of salt tears To tell my love unto his dumb deaf trunk; And
  with my fingers feel his hand un…fee